Going to repaint to a non-stock color

[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’

[transio]

I sort of see both sides... On the one hand... On the other

And on the OTHER other hand, the VehiCROSS's badges are ugly as dog poo. Love the VX, hate the badges. It just looks so much nicer without them. The only one I regret removing is the "ISUZU" badge on the front. I was planning on making a custom "Tonka" badge, but it became too much work and I gave up. Now I have a big hole in my grill.

[WyldWeasel]

Ah yes. That Lotus Orange is nice. However, one of my goals is to have a color that works well with the red/black interior, so that sort of limits my choices as far as the colors go. While I love alot of the oranges out there, some are too yellow, some are too gold, some are too berry/cherry, some are too brown, etc. So I am limited to the oranges that are bright enough for my purposes (i.e. good contrast with the cladding, which is my main gripe with the Foxfire and Dragon mica, they're too dark), while still being of the correct shade/tone to work with the red/black interior.

And LOL on that Habenero bit. It would be fun to be a fly on the wall if a so called expert started going on about how Porsche came out with this smaller 4WD version of the Cayenne.

[johnnyapollo]

I believe the orange that you've picked is the same as one of the 25 colors offered with the Limiteds in Japan - good choice! I don't know if anyone actually chose that color in Japan - most that I've seen pictures of are within a fairly limited range - I like the fuscia too!

-- John

[WyldWeasel]

On one of the JDM tribute pages there are a few pix of an orange VX from the interior, and that really struck me as a nice combo. But the photos are so stylized that it's hard to get a good idea of how it will look over all. I'm so excited, I can't wait to see how the car will look when it's finished.

[E-ZooZoo One]

Your truck is going to look awesome -congratulations!

TRUE THAT!

I haven’t said anything about it yet – but the main reason that I was so quick with that link is that our VX will need to be repainted someday (sooner rather than later), and that’s the color that I was thinking about using…

And it sort of ties-in with my Habanero joke – mainly because it was the color that inspired the name in the first place.

…And LOL on that Habenero bit. It would be fun to be a fly on the wall if a so called expert started going on about how Porsche came out with this smaller 4WD version of the Cayenne.

“Yeah, Norm, ya see right there… that’s Porsche’s answer to the Dakar Rally question. --- These babies are so hot that no other name would do the trick……… `cause, ya know, the habanero is the hottest pepper on the face of the planet… In fact, it’s so hot that…”

[WyldWeasel]

I haven’t said anything about it yet – but the main reason that I was so quick with that link is that our VX will need to be repainted someday (sooner rather than later), and that’s the color that I was thinking about using…

Ah, I see. You want me to be the guinea pig. Smart thinking!

[WyldWeasel]

ok, I don't want to do full pix until I get the cladding and everything back on, but I officially have a '99 Copper Orange Mica VX.

HERE is a pic of the rig that shows how the color works with the red/black interior.

This color is gorgeous, it's exactly what I was looking for, so thanks again E Zoo Zoo One, I didn't mind being your guinea pig because now I can say that I'm the first!

[Cyrk]

That is going to look nice... but one thing the picture is too small...
Nice work look forward to seeing the finished product.
-Dave

[CSTYLES]

That looks awesome, its a great color! I noticed they painted the door jam copper color, where mine is black. I like that too, wonder why they decided to paint that part in black to begin with.