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Old 05-27-2012, 09:07 AM
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Well I'm in the process of repainting my 94 Z and I'm torn between the original red color or a different shade of red that is still bright. I'm respraying the whole car, door jams, and hatch jams. I just want my car to be different in a way so if anyone has pictures of cars with a good looking red on them that would be great.

Here's my appearance thread in case anyone is curious: https://ls1tech.com/forums/paint-bod...ld-thread.html

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I like the red BMW offers on their cars. If I'm not mistaken, it's called crimson red. I think it would look awesome on an fbody.


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Torch red like in C5 vettes!
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Are you looking for a metallic color or are you staying with a solid?
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Originally Posted by HotWhipT/A
Are you looking for a metallic color or are you staying with a solid?
probably solid
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Rosso Corsa....My choice.



Guards Red



Passion Red

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The Rosso Corsa is very nice.

I don't care for the guards red, seems just generic to me. If you're going to do a non factory color choice, I feel you should make it distinguishable.

As far the Passion red, I would like to see that in better lighting. Almost appears to have an orange tint in it, might be cool.
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Deffinitly going for a slightly darker tint. I'm using gran turismo to get a good color

Passion red looks good but I found a color made by nissan called grand prix red. It looks cool too but I think pasion red is #1 right now
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Crystal Red Tintcoat:

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Originally Posted by Double-aught_Z/28
Crystal Red Tintcoat:
Very nice color but it's too dark to the point where I'd have to paint my engine bay
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Here's thread I found on a Volvo forum. Plenty of pics in different lighting to get a feel for the real color of Passion Red
http://www.c30world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17515
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That's a nice red. I might go with that but I'm gonna keep looking. Thank you big time
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Its down to: passion red, rosso corsa, vibrant red off the gtr or victory red
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colorado red. using it on my 93z28. got it off the Andrenalin. looks better in person.




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How many stages is it?
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I like the red on the bmw's, I also really like honda milano red.



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