so trying to decide on a color

beachbum · 08-19-2010, 01:01 AM

So as of right now I have 3 colors picked out but its such a tough decision. If I was ballin I would just buy a few mr2's and paint them each one of the colors lol. My colors of choice are...white, rsp blue, and sunset orange. I really think the white looks clean yet mean. and I love blue's especially rsp blue. and sunset orange I like as well. I just bought my mr2 about a week ago well wait not even. I think tomorrow makes a week. It was red and someone painted it yellow. Well they did a crappy job. So I'm deff fixing that. I paint cars for a living so luckily to tools and resources are ready available its just a matter of eeny meeny miney moe. heres some pics of the colors. sling your opinions my way to maybe help me think out my options. I also thought about a gunmetal but unsure on that one right now.

heres my mr2 as is now

ok heres my color choices
first up white

now for rsp blue

and then sunset orange

RePete · 08-19-2010, 01:18 AM

That's a bit of a tough one. I know white is a coveted MR2 color & has a slightly higher resale value, but that blue looks pretty good. I'd probably still pop for white, especially since the yellow underneath would be less obvious than a dark color overtop.

That sunset orange, though original, might be something you tire of over the long haul.

Those are pretty rims but you need fatter rear wheels/tires (oops, sorry - just my love of fat tires on a deuce coming out

)

goopi · 08-19-2010, 01:27 AM

I say you can't go wrong if you go with white, but the other colors have to be the perfect shade to look nice. Good luck with deciding on a colour, its been so many months now for me and I still cannot decide!

wagonis · 08-19-2010, 01:59 AM

I say go with the blue, looks pretty sick

Gairloch · 08-19-2010, 02:06 AM

White looks great and is boring. The blue looks good and will get you the right kind of attention. The orange looks good and will get you the wrong kind of attention.

Right attention = afficionados, women

Wrong attention = hoons and cops

mr29180 · 08-19-2010, 03:37 AM

No!!! Don't change the color!! Yellows are a rare color lol

mr2magic · 08-19-2010, 06:11 AM

You cannot use orange, because that color belongs to me!

328FTW · 08-19-2010, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by mr29180

No!!! Don't change the color!! Yellows are a rare color lol

Meh I like to keep my faded, cracked "rare" paint to just gets that old car look going on

I think white and blue the orange is out, I do like that blue whatever you will enjoy cruising in and walking backwards staring at. At home job or going to take it to a shop?

beachbum · 08-19-2010, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RePete

That's a bit of a tough one. I know white is a coveted MR2 color & has a slightly higher resale value, but that blue looks pretty good. I'd probably still pop for white, especially since the yellow underneath would be less obvious than a dark color overtop.

That sunset orange, though original, might be something you tire of over the long haul.

Those are pretty rims but you need fatter rear wheels/tires (oops, sorry - just my love of fat tires on a deuce coming out

)

I'm deffinetly not worried about resale I'm keeping this baby I just got it. I'll prob and plan on keeping it forever! mwhahahah! Well I will deffinitley be stripping this down to bare metal there is no way I would trust my paint over the top of theirs. for one they used single stage for two their stuff is peeling pretty back and just looks bad. so I don't have to worry about the yellow showing through. and I always use valueshade/sealer which seals off any old contaminates and gives the car an even base before the base coat as well. those are the rims that came with it. as for fatter tires does this do it for ya

[quote]You cannot use orange, because that color belongs to me![QUOTE]

you sure about that? lol no worries I'm leaning towards the rsp blue anyways. i believe its a factory supra color I know we have two mkIII supras at our shop that has it on them and it looks sick. but then again the white does look good as well.

Quote:

Meh I like to keep my faded, cracked "rare" paint to just gets that old car look going on I think white and blue the orange is out, I do like that blue whatever you will enjoy cruising in and walking backwards staring at. At home job or going to take it to a shop?

I would be doing this at the shop I work at majestic motorsports. Its what I do. so i have all the tools and can use our own paint booth which is nice. thanks for the input guys. I'm deff gonna keep thinking about it. more input is always good

lol

328FTW · 08-19-2010, 09:51 AM

I want a paint booth I have to kick stones waiting for a good forecast and low humidity. And a good paintgun doesn't go amiss last car I did I used a 20 year old primer gun for topcoat, somehow it didn't actually turn out that bad.

The upshot is while I'm waiting round for a sunny day the halfboard gets a workout to get the car really flat. Just so boring takes so much prep but then the paint itself takes a day to shoot. No one really does their own cars much I think it is lots of fun restoring them myself engine to body and back again.

mr2magic · 08-19-2010, 10:38 AM

Yeah I'm sure!

Orange = mr2magic!

muffinman · 08-19-2010, 10:47 AM

that blue looks great but white is exactly what the sign behind your car reads "Majestic".

MR2_Hunter · 08-19-2010, 11:39 AM

Super White II (040)

MSAGRO · 08-19-2010, 11:59 AM

Beachbum,

I recommend going white, specifically, pearl white. Mine is done in Mazda's 3-stage.
Diamond Pearl.

Plus, are you doing a total inside/outside paint job?

muffinman · 08-19-2010, 12:08 PM

^

David · 08-19-2010, 12:15 PM

I say screw all these colors. Aquamarine pearl is the most bad ass color ever.

MOAR!

da_force · 08-19-2010, 12:24 PM

^^^^ bad-ass

I'd also like to recommend the Toyota original crimson red

Original mr2 colors are the best!

muffinman · 08-19-2010, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by da_force

^^^^ bad-ass

I'd also like to recommend the Toyota original crimson red

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/6415/p1010505.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...31_36922_n.jpg

Original mr2 colors are the best!

did you finally get your car finished?

da_force · 08-19-2010, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muffinman

did you finally get your car finished?

Yeah that's mine right there, there's also a new huge post in the show off section regarding the build

muffinman · 08-19-2010, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by da_force

Yeah that's mine right there, there's also a new huge post in the show off section regarding the build

I saw it. Great work as usual.

View Poll Results: which color do you like out of these?
White	9	21.43%
RSP Blue	14	33.33%
Sunset Orange	12	28.57%
or should I go with a factory mr2 color or/other	7	16.67%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

08-19-2010, 01:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
beachbum Cage Fighter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 118 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	so trying to decide on a color So as of right now I have 3 colors picked out but its such a tough decision. If I was ballin I would just buy a few mr2's and paint them each one of the colors lol. My colors of choice are...white, rsp blue, and sunset orange. I really think the white looks clean yet mean. and I love blue's especially rsp blue. and sunset orange I like as well. I just bought my mr2 about a week ago well wait not even. I think tomorrow makes a week. It was red and someone painted it yellow. Well they did a crappy job. So I'm deff fixing that. I paint cars for a living so luckily to tools and resources are ready available its just a matter of eeny meeny miney moe. heres some pics of the colors. sling your opinions my way to maybe help me think out my options. I also thought about a gunmetal but unsure on that one right now. heres my mr2 as is now ok heres my color choices first up white now for rsp blue and then sunset orange

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MR2_Hunter So Fresh n so clean clean Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Midwest Posts: 295 Thanks: 25 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	My vote Super White II (040)

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08-19-2010, 01:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
RePete No Frills Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Western Canada Posts: 3,899 Thanks: 0 Thanked 254 Times in 244 Posts Blog Entries: 4 iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	That's a bit of a tough one. I know white is a coveted MR2 color & has a slightly higher resale value, but that blue looks pretty good. I'd probably still pop for white, especially since the yellow underneath would be less obvious than a dark color overtop. That sunset orange, though original, might be something you tire of over the long haul. Those are pretty rims but you need fatter rear wheels/tires (oops, sorry - just my love of fat tires on a deuce coming out )

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goopi Takumi!! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Surrey, B.C Posts: 1,194 Thanks: 43 Thanked 34 Times in 34 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	I say you can't go wrong if you go with white, but the other colors have to be the perfect shade to look nice. Good luck with deciding on a colour, its been so many months now for me and I still cannot decide!

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wagonis Cage Fighter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa Bay area, FL Posts: 1,452 Thanks: 60 Thanked 35 Times in 35 Posts iTrader Rating: (17/100% )	I say go with the blue, looks pretty sick

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Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,313 Thanks: 139 Thanked 296 Times in 264 Posts Blog Entries: 4 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	White looks great and is boring. The blue looks good and will get you the right kind of attention. The orange looks good and will get you the wrong kind of attention. Right attention = afficionados, women Wrong attention = hoons and cops

08-19-2010, 03:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
mr29180 Cage fighter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Frisco (bay area) Posts: 1,368 Thanks: 7 Thanked 42 Times in 37 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	No!!! Don't change the color!! Yellows are a rare color lol

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mr2magic deutsch type skillz Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hannover, Germany Posts: 1,201 Thanks: 107 Thanked 53 Times in 49 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	You cannot use orange, because that color belongs to me!

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328FTW Crazy Nasty Honey Badger Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,236 Thanks: 24 Thanked 266 Times in 239 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	I want a paint booth I have to kick stones waiting for a good forecast and low humidity. And a good paintgun doesn't go amiss last car I did I used a 20 year old primer gun for topcoat, somehow it didn't actually turn out that bad. The upshot is while I'm waiting round for a sunny day the halfboard gets a workout to get the car really flat. Just so boring takes so much prep but then the paint itself takes a day to shoot. No one really does their own cars much I think it is lots of fun restoring them myself engine to body and back again.

08-19-2010, 10:38 AM	#11 (permalink)
mr2magic deutsch type skillz Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hannover, Germany Posts: 1,201 Thanks: 107 Thanked 53 Times in 49 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	Yeah I'm sure! Orange = mr2magic!

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muffinman U-P-G-R-A-Y-E-D-D Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sunny South Florida Posts: 5,881 Thanks: 53 Thanked 283 Times in 272 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	that blue looks great but white is exactly what the sign behind your car reads "Majestic".

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MSAGRO Cage Fighter Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,006 Thanks: 23 Thanked 41 Times in 35 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	Beachbum, I recommend going white, specifically, pearl white. Mine is done in Mazda's 3-stage. Diamond Pearl. Plus, are you doing a total inside/outside paint job?

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muffinman U-P-G-R-A-Y-E-D-D Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sunny South Florida Posts: 5,881 Thanks: 53 Thanked 283 Times in 272 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	^

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David Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,621 Thanks: 120 Thanked 55 Times in 54 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	I say screw all these colors. Aquamarine pearl is the most bad ass color ever. MOAR!

08-19-2010, 12:24 PM	#17 (permalink)
da_force Stance Seeker Join Date: May 2009 Location: Croatia, Zagreb Posts: 140 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	^^^^ bad-ass I'd also like to recommend the Toyota original crimson red Original mr2 colors are the best!