Going to repaint to a non-stock color

[VehiX]

Is this the color:



Or was it this?

[WyldWeasel]

no it was this:

Orange Audi

[mbeach]

I've seen that color on a '00 Audi S4 -it only looks good if it's clean (polished and waxed -heavily). It just dulls too quickly otherwise.

I do like the new crop of oranges coming up -the Nissan burnt orange especially.
I think that it'll look good -even if you go with the Amigo Orange (read that thread btw -awful- thank God that I don't live in Mass.).

[WyldWeasel]

I went back today and checked paint chips in a better light, and I decided to go with the '98 Isuzu Copper Orange Mica. It's actually a great match with the red interior, and I think I'll be extremely happy with it. Many thanks to E Zoo Zoo One for the suggestion and the link to the pix. My heart goes out to that fellow in Massachusetts and the hell he's gone thru to get his salvaged Amigo past the idiot inspections. Does anyone know if he eventually suceeded?

For those who want a before pic, here's my Ebony stripped down for body work.

Stripped for Paint

[E-ZooZoo One]

…Many thanks to E Zoo Zoo One for the suggestion and the link to the pix.

Just glad I could help!
I can’t wait to see the After Pix

…My heart goes out to that fellow in Massachusetts and the hell he's gone thru to get his salvaged Amigo past the idiot inspections. Does anyone know if he eventually suceeded?

Yeah, Chris really had a run of bad luck with all of that red tape – and I still feel like it was partly my fault, for posting the link to the eBay auction in the first place - but AFAIK, after innumerable miseries, he finally got it legal.

[WyldWeasel]

That's great to hear about Chris and his Amigo. My ebony is also a salvage vehicle. It was salvaged in AZ (I have a feeling it was stolen, as AZ issues salvage titles for stolen vehicles, and this only had cosmetic damage aside from a dent in the oil pan and the AC condensor being punctured), then issued a rebuilt title and sold at auction.

The fellow I purchased it from brought it into SoCal about 2 years ago and went thru the bureaucratic nightmare of getting it inspected and legal here in CA, which took him 18 months, as the DMV lost his original paperwork, then couldn't figure out what to do when he overpaid them. Luckily, however the Highway Patrol passed him both times at the inspections. At least here in CA the emphasis is on safety and emissions, and not cosmetics.

Because it's salvage, I don't feel so bad repainting it to non-stock, as any potential collector value is killed by the salvage aspect. Plus, because I got it so cheap I can afford to drop some $ into it cosmetically and really make it as close to a brand new VX as possible. Better than new, in some ways, since I'll probably have the only '99 Copper Orange Mica on this board.

Oh, and for anyone who's curious: I am going to replace all the badges and stickers after it's painted (even the one under the hood that talks about emissions). I want it to look as close to stock as possible, as if it was indeed a color option for the VX that any one could have purchased. IMO debadged VX's look like someone repainted them and was just too lazy/cheap to replace the badges.

[transio]

Go for Lotus Chrome Orange! That color is HOT!!! Pearlescent Orange. Yummy.

http://www.puresportscar.com/gallery...range-side.jpg

[E-ZooZoo One]

...IMO debadged VX's look like someone repainted them and was just too lazy/cheap to replace the badges.

I sort of see both sides...

On the one hand - I'm a die-hard Isuzu Fanatic, almost to the point of obsession.
(Of course, if you asked Miss Kathy, I’m sure she’d tell you to drop the word “almost”!)
I love it when people check out the VX and eventually say something like “You’re KIDDIN’ me - that’s an ISUZU???”

On the other – keeping folks guessing is probably a whole lot of fun too…
I was joking around with Kathy the other day, and told her that I might just re-badge ours as a ‘Porsche Habanero’

[Chopper]

Photoshop is cool but, If you can find a House of Kolor specialist(won't be hard on the left coast) they have an amazing program available. Digital photos are taken of the vehicle from different angles and even under different lighting, they are loaded, and in no time you are seeing your car in its new color- even graphics and details, in bright light, twilight,front, side, whatever views you took. Sort of a Cali sunset orange without all the pearl. Check Sikkens paint- they made the original. Wayne P.S. Carefull pulling those side windows...the rear is a bit tricky as well but the sides are in like a Celica triangle glass. I called the glassman... even he wouldn't guarantee success, and he covers most everything except the Toyota Triangle. He did ok, and all ended well this time.

[Triathlete]

Already came in that color...

...in Japan!

[CSTYLES]

I believe the Japanese orange is different from the copper orange mica offered on the amigo and i-280 pickup. A while back someone posted a picture of the 20 some colors offered for the 175 limited edition in Japan. Can't read the color, of course, but in parenthasis the color code is 766. The color code for copper orange is 838. Anyone read Japanese?

サンバーストオレンジマイカ（７６６）

edit: babelfish has it as "sunburst orange mica"

[WyldWeasel]

Wow, great pic Billy. Thanks for posting it! That's very close to what I'm going for with making mine copper. I think you are right Cstyles about the color difference. I seem to remember looking over the various color chip books and considering the Isuzu Sunburst Orange Mica but finding it was too orange for the door panels. The Copper Orange Mica is slightly darker and redder and somehow, in a weird way, more luminous. Not sure how that works but I'm sure some paint expert can explain it.

[mbeach]

Your truck is going to look awesome -congratulations!