Help me pick a new color
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From: Commerce Twp.
Help me pick a new color Before you just start throwing out ideas, let me share a little bit of history:
Here is my competition white drag radial firebird formula:
But an unfortunate run in with the wall in April this year changed all of that:
I had severe structural damage so the only feasible thing I could do short of totaling the car was to cut the back half of the car off and replace all the structural elements of the car. At this point I decided to just go with an Outlaw 10.5 chassis since the factory frame rails were ruined beyond repair. This is the result:
So as not to delay things we threw it up in prime so we could get back to the track:
All is good and we head out to test in September. Many compliments about the black or murdered look but remember this is just primer. First time out we set the world record for an LS to the 1/8 on a 10.5 tire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5qvwZLO2SBY
But unfortunately my good fortune was short lived. Yet again I was met with a run into the wall. My chute failed to deploy properly and caught my wheelie bars throwing me into an uncontrollable slide at around 200mph.
Sooo, what does a guy do? Fix it again but this this time it will be re-born a Firehawk!
Now that you have the brief history, white was just not the color meant for me and flat black is waaaaay over done. What color is best suited for what I hope to be the fastest LS ANYTHING in the world! Examples or Photoshop is welcome.
Thanks!!
Tom
Here is my competition white drag radial firebird formula:
But an unfortunate run in with the wall in April this year changed all of that:
I had severe structural damage so the only feasible thing I could do short of totaling the car was to cut the back half of the car off and replace all the structural elements of the car. At this point I decided to just go with an Outlaw 10.5 chassis since the factory frame rails were ruined beyond repair. This is the result:
So as not to delay things we threw it up in prime so we could get back to the track:
All is good and we head out to test in September. Many compliments about the black or murdered look but remember this is just primer. First time out we set the world record for an LS to the 1/8 on a 10.5 tire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5qvwZLO2SBY
But unfortunately my good fortune was short lived. Yet again I was met with a run into the wall. My chute failed to deploy properly and caught my wheelie bars throwing me into an uncontrollable slide at around 200mph.
Sooo, what does a guy do? Fix it again but this this time it will be re-born a Firehawk!
Now that you have the brief history, white was just not the color meant for me and flat black is waaaaay over done. What color is best suited for what I hope to be the fastest LS ANYTHING in the world! Examples or Photoshop is welcome.
Thanks!!
Tom
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Ill come at this from a unique view point, a photographer. Gloss black looks killer, but is almost impossible to shoot while racing. White is more or less the same problem, and you loose a lot of details in white. Bright colors are where its at for sure. In my experience Orange seems to be the best to shoot. When I am shooting track side I will nail every shot of an orange car, and then miss most of a black car. The camera is able to focus and track orange (or any bright color) very well. Yellow seems to be good as well, but its a little too bright and you loose some details just like with white. Blue colors are next in line, they seem to shoot very well. Before anybody asks about red, I just don't like it. I am not alone on that either, a lot of other photographers aren't fans of red cars.
Ignoring all of that, I would like it in gloss black! Any color that car is in, it is still a bad *** ride!!
Sean
Ignoring all of that, I would like it in gloss black! Any color that car is in, it is still a bad *** ride!!
Sean
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As bad as I wanted Monterey Red ($1000 per gallon 3 stage paint) I found a 2 stage that was close and I could afford 
Boat load of pearl in it....pics can't capture that
It's Fire Red Metallic, found on 2010 Stangs
but hey...it's only a color.
Boat load of pearl in it....pics can't capture that
It's Fire Red Metallic, found on 2010 Stangs
but hey...it's only a color. Trending Topics
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From: Commerce Twp.
Hues of Blue and Orange are so far the biggest suggestions from multiple boards and locations... I had a metallic matte silver as the base in mind originally. I will definitely have a partial wrap of some sort from Greg at Sticker Dude. I love to read all the comments! From a photographers perspective (Sean here and a couple on another site) it seems they like to shoot Orange and Blue hues which match's the majority of suggestions but Black is a real strong 3rd. I will see how the suggestions continue to roll out and then I will pick the top 3 suggestions and maybe do a poll with those colors for fun.
Thanks for all the great ideas!!
Tom
Thanks for all the great ideas!!
Tom
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I don't have a suggestion for color, but if it were me I would choose something that is easy to color match. With these fast cars mishaps happen. I've seen guys cross lanes and have wheelie bars go through the front end of another car, chutes from an opponents car get caught on a wing, doors popping off and sliding down the track from tire shake, cars getting out of shape and brushing the wall, just random stuff that does happen that causes paint work to be required. The risk of these things happening are even greater in small tire racing.
Maybe even consider a full wrap. A lot of people have gone to wraps because they are quickly and easily repaired and supposedly often cost less than a quality paint job.
I know when the day comes to make a change on my own car, I will either be going with something easy to match or a wrap. Just makes more sense to me than a super fancy color that may look great, but if damage occurs you're up a creek having to get the whole car painted, or having to repaint a part then it doesn't match afterwords and looks bad. Food for thought.
Maybe even consider a full wrap. A lot of people have gone to wraps because they are quickly and easily repaired and supposedly often cost less than a quality paint job.
I know when the day comes to make a change on my own car, I will either be going with something easy to match or a wrap. Just makes more sense to me than a super fancy color that may look great, but if damage occurs you're up a creek having to get the whole car painted, or having to repaint a part then it doesn't match afterwords and looks bad. Food for thought.
The car is a unique piece of hardware, I would do it in a color you don't usually see these cars in.... It will give it the standout look you're after.
When Dave's camaro was built at w2w and they chose the flashy yellow for that it really made that car.... I don't know if ceta yellow is something you would consider but with black accents (engine bay, stuff like that) it would be a clean standout look.
When Dave's camaro was built at w2w and they chose the flashy yellow for that it really made that car.... I don't know if ceta yellow is something you would consider but with black accents (engine bay, stuff like that) it would be a clean standout look.
Maybe a gun metal gray Argent ??the only problems with orange are...my car is orange with a gold pearl...X275 car at milan ..should be out first race ..and theres already an orange TA in OL 10.5 SPONSORED BY La Fontaine
heres a couple pics of my junk ...and the Lafontaine car
heres a couple pics of my junk ...and the Lafontaine car
