Color Change or Different Car - Opinions Needed

OneJoeZee

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The truth is Jay paid me off to help him hate on the red Supra group. ;)

He's got it in for you, forcedtorque, george, and all the other red supras.
 

ForcedTorque

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Jul 11, 2005
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Jay Knows I'm not a RED supra owner. I even explained in this thread to CSNOW why I think he should stay Red. It was more because I don't believe in color change for the same reasons he stated.........not because of any Red homerage!

And, Jay knows all of US Red owners will be out-numbering their Blue ass. I wish it was different, but it's not. And, you black guy's (no offense Joe - the paid off on) are still behind, but catching up every day!
 

Adjuster

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My vote is for Orange Pearl with a flip to the gold... (Lambo Orange Nachre..)

Seen Mission Impossible 3? The orange Lambo they blow up in the Vatican? That's the color.. :)

Red is more expensive than black. (Iron oxide v/s soot as the pigment... LOL)

Know why Henry Ford chose Black as the color the modle T?

It dries faster. (No shit, it's the truth.. and he went over to Holland, to Akzo, and "borrowed" some technology from the Dutch while he was there.. ) ;)

Keep in mind, on older cars, paint was brushed onto the surface of the carriage and chassis if the chassis was painted... Blown on coatings did not come around to later, and now the factory does not blow the paint onto your new car either.. (They electrostaticly apply the coating by squirting the paint into a very fast spinning wheel/fan that atomizes the paint that then settles and is attracted to the surface by electrical charge.. then they bake it at 300f... Try that in your local body shop paint booth... :) )

Chris, who says your car is not excellent looking? Surely not me ;) My old 88 paint is no contest for yours.. (And one of these days, when my car is running again, I'll let you check it out as I pass you... LOL)
 

Poodles

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He's going red, WOOT

The fact that the pigment in red is iron oxide probably is one of the reasons it likes to oxidize so badly if you let the paint go...

I need to do the bodywork on my supra bad and get it painted...
 

suprabad

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Red to...any color, especially black is the worst, because anything that's still red sticks out worse than any other color.

I grew up around paint and body shops, I've seen this situation many times.
Unless you are doing a complete "frame off" restoration:

Don't do it, you'll regret it.