Aaron's ST162 - Possible future "Green Machine"

ditch the color on the spoiler.....and the washer novels....... if you didnt do a bright green that would look good....maybe darken up the green a bit. and alot smaller letters.

 

Thanx for the wheel shot, It f'kn amazes me how people mistreat rims and tyres, how hard is it to NOT hit gutters :scratch

Anyways, after some work those rims should clean up a treat. I like cars painted in dark green (metallic) or dark green pearl (metallic), then powder coat the rims black :thumbsup:

 

orange looks way better to be honest.

 

i would imagine a 2.2L 5s-gte would push you back..?

 

edit - bugger, we were still talking about colour schemes when I started typing this

Just my opinion, but I don't reckon the design of these cars lends itself to loud colours. Cars that look a bit plain or generic to start with need a bit of help to get noticed and an in-your-face paint scheme can look good on them, but our cars don't really look like anything else on the road, and there is a lot of subtle detail in the shape and that's what I think makes them such a good looker. For my mind, you want people to see the car, not just the paint.

But anyway, all that said, if you are going to paint it green then I would have to recommend something along the lines of Dick Johnson's old "Greens-Tuf" colour scheme from back in the early 1980's - a nice solid mid-green with all of your bump strips spoilers mirrors etc colour-coded, and either white or gold wheels. Here's the Mustang, and here's the XD Falcon

Cheers
Matt

edit #2 - start with a 5S block and crank for more torque

 

Do the orange theme,but paint the roof black too as the rear wing :thumbsup:

 

General lee? Reminds me more of a Lamborghini paint scheme Which, I think would actually fit this car well

 

Thanks Steve, and hey, happy 1000 posts to you!

I'll level with you, I don't hate the Lambo orange :lol

Seriously though, I've seen these cars painted smurf blue, lime green, pinks, purples, all sorts of wild mica's and metallics, flames graphics and skunk stripes, all trying to be different, and they almost always look like crap. IMO, of course. Simple colours work best because they don't spoil or detract from the lines of the car. IMO.

Did I say IMO yet? lol..

 

Paint it dark green (metallic) or dark green pearl (metallic), then powder coat the rims gunmetal grey :fingersx

 

I did'nt forget and yes, you can do it.

My brother is a panel beater and spray painter but contaminants are always an issue.

Get the paint mixed, use some decent/clean gear and hire a paint booth for the day, the biggest killer for paint jobs is contaminants floating in the air whether it be skin flakes or clothing fibre etc...


The moral of the story is............... you only get ONE chance with a paint job so it's worth the extra $$.

 

Stick with Orange I have seen one I have one lol look's cool

 

If you really want a bright color IMO orange is your best bet. No light green and pink or metallic sky blue Lol I saw a hot pink metallic Celica at the yards and it just reminded me of a barbie power wheels for 5 year olds