Repainting my EG Civic hatchback

[pampos]

Finally i will not polish the paint because there are a lot of scratches under the paint(the car has been badly repainted from the previous owner).
As i am going to use it as my ''advertising car'' i want to repaint it with a bright colour...Any ideas pls??

[RacerX88]

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Orange & Red maybe?

[RacerX88]

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Bright colors make small cars look larger. Dark colors will make small cars seem smaller. IMHOP.

[pampos]

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I am thinking of orange or lime,with black rims/headlights/tail lights/company logo stickers...Will be a good idea or it is going to be to much??
I prefer an uncommon color...

[RaskyR1]

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I like the electric blue colors found on the newer Civic Si's and the Nissan 350Z's

[J. A. Michaels]

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I would stick with the electric blue. To outrageous of a color might turn off potential customers. Just my 0.02

[TimG]

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Flip colors - bronze to purple with big red met. flakes

[pampos]

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this is my first try on photoshop and here are the first ideas.







Which combo do you prefer??

[benhui86]

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you need something that can impress people..... yellow and lime green and orange are low maintainance colors but at the same time lack depth to show off that it is a well detailed car..... and i dont think you will get much higher end customers with a demo car in that color..... too fast and furious....

try darker shades of red or blue..... something that would easily show off a good detail job.... i dont know about black though.....

[Markus Kleis]

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I would look at Ford's sonic Blue and see what you think. Properly prepared it has an amazing depth, lots of metallic flake, and can change from a blue to almost purple.

It's sweet...

Like others mentioned, I would avoid obnoxiously bright and over done colors...and go for clean, simple, but still something that will grab your eye when detailed.

Bottom line, I say go metallic no matter what you do...a metallic paint job just seems to have more possibility for depth and "awe" factor.

[pampos]

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I am not waiting to get many customers from that car..For that reason i have my Accord(TSX) Nighthawk black pearl : ).
i just want a color that will make people turn and see the logo the name and the phone number of my company : )
I don't know of course if that is a good idea,but they are just my thoughts

[benhui86]

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red is a real catchy color without looking strange.... aside from seeing your logo you also want them to actually consider your business..... if you painted your car lime green.... sure they would see your logo but then they would not take you seriously because 1) they cant tell whether it is a well detailed car because the color is not good at showing depth 2) they think of your business as gimmicky and a joke

[pampos]

Re: Repainting my EG Civic hatchback

red is a real catchy color without looking strange.... aside from seeing your logo you also want them to actually consider your business..... if you painted your car lime green.... sure they would see your logo but then they would not take you seriously because 1) they cant tell whether it is a well detailed car because the color is not good at showing depth 2) they think of your business as gimmicky and a joke

I agree a little bit with you....I want a catchy and ''serious'' color at the same time....

[Markus Kleis]

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I agree a little bit with you....I want a catchy and ''serious'' color at the same time....

There are some very bad *** metallic copper colors out there...done right, it REALLY looks awesome and it is so rare and unique I would think it could turn heads.

Another option would be a clean and subtle two-tone setup...that way the certain custom aspect will grab heads without being cheesy.

for example, pick a nice darker metallic (copper, red, sonic blue, burple, etc) and paint from the window line DOWN that color, and then do from the base of the windows UP in black. The tinted windows will blend with the black and it will set off and show case the metallic lower half.

The only stock vehicle that does it (that I know of) was the 2002-2003 Harley Davidson F150 in silver and black, which was the best looking factory truck ever IMO.

[TimG]

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black with ghost flames?


Tim