Chrome paint is it legal

gsb876 · January 06, 2007, 01:06:47 PM

Quote from: Initial-DIt would look awsome but the legal side would mean that if you did pull it off it\'d be a trailer job only.

Gurj, those pics are awsome!! Any more links or info on the Supra? Since I\'m taking mine to bits for seam welding I can change the whole car colour if I like and a chrome/black would be mental! Although I\'ll proably settle for black again the thought of something dofferent (maybe even a deep purple) would help show off the body work a bit more.

Hi Ben,

This Supra was at TOTB last year, and i\'m guessing it will be making appearences in 2007 so best bet would be either to ask on the Supra forum or catch up with peeps who own it at one of the jap meets ?

And stop copying my purple affair :Giggle

gsb876 · January 06, 2007, 01:09:06 PM

Also check this out for an outstanding colour, absolutely awesome, sorry its one of those Skybuses though

Grizzly · January 06, 2007, 01:18:49 PM

As i say its down to how reflective it is, the theory is you don\'t get Dazzled off a tanker in summer becouse of how the Sides reflect light (you never see flat sided Wagons with Stainless sides?)

As i say i know people that have been using Custom paints for ALONG time (not just recently jumped on the Band wagon of the Fast and Furious kids with money) Trust me it can be done, but this stuff is designed to be used in smaller areas (logo backgrounds etc)

What you have to understand is its put on like no other Base, if you are not using it alot or have little experiance with it it goes Cloudy (simple as that) and once it starts to go there is no getting it back without starting again, Hence the reason you see show cars that look dodgy. Go to the Motorbike side of the paint world (where the real skill is) and have a look at some of there jobs.

Don\'t forget i have been to quite a few "Custom" paint shops and there all early 20\'s and have this ego thing going on but when it comes down to it they realy don\'t do as good a job as you think, The Older guys who realy know there Stuff tend to stay away from the Custom side becouse of the GRP (no painter likes working with it as it does nasty things if you get it warm and there is more money in High std work) so you are left ither paying stupid money to get the intrest of the guys who are in the know or sticking with the "Custom" paint shops, If you don\'t belive this then go to a few max power shows and look at the cars then go to a Concourse Classic car show and tell me what the Diffrence is?

yogibear · January 06, 2007, 07:39:11 PM

No its not legal. The style police will come and take you away.

Grizzly · January 06, 2007, 07:57:29 PM

Quote from: gsb876Also check this out for an outstanding colour, absolutely awesome, sorry its one of those Skybuses though

I may be mistaken but that looks like heat Sensitive paint.

Yep it gets worse.

Grizzly · January 06, 2007, 08:00:57 PM

You can just tell thats cost some serious cash to build that car, i was after a set of those rims a while ago and they came out at 3k for the rims without tyres

I bet you would\'nt see alot of change from 10k to repaint that.

gsb876 · January 06, 2007, 08:01:14 PM

Quote from: GrizzlyI may be mistaken but that looks like heat Sensitive paint.

Yep it gets worse.

Honestly ............ no idea but the colour is seriously lush :Ladys-man

Grizzly · January 06, 2007, 08:04:02 PM

If its the same, when its cold it all looks like the Gold colour on the door, when you use it it changes colour depending on what temp etc so it can change colour dramaticly around the engine and Wheels.

Its big in the US here it just looks gold all the time

Grizzly · January 06, 2007, 08:09:03 PM

this stuff is realy wacky, you can put it on as Clear and it changes to a Completly diffrent colour with heat.

gsb876 · January 06, 2007, 08:25:53 PM

Ahh you mean like flip paint as you move it changes colour ? But this one changes on heat

I think thats what you meant, i\'m no expert on paint tbh, it just looks cool !!!

We had a Escort Cosworth in Derby which had a 5 paint flip to it, something like purple/pink/green/silver/gold - work that one out :3Confused looked ok but a car with a decent paint job without flip looks better to me personally :Thumbsup!

Grizzly · January 06, 2007, 08:32:50 PM

Yeh Multi flip Paint has been done.... ALOT!! :yes people want some thing Diffrent all the time so this stuff was brought in, yes it changes like Multi flip but if you put your Hand on it or pour warm water on it you get crazy shapes.

Not my idea of fun but the Multi flip colours you talk about are upto about 6 diffrent flips at the moment and are realy easy to use (they even Match) but you have to watch the Feminin factor of a car painted like that:D

Grizzly · January 06, 2007, 08:33:28 PM

This is a Multi Post, simalar sort of thing realy.

Initial-D · January 06, 2007, 08:35:25 PM

Amazing what can be done wit colour these days!
Gurj that Signal Auto car is a stunner! If I were to go down the purple route it\'d probably be a ew shades darker than that.

gsb876 · January 06, 2007, 08:35:45 PM

That sounds well funky, not my cup of tea by any means and probably would cost a packet too i\'m guessing ?

Ahhh well at least i know what you meant now with the heat stuff, originally i thought you meant extreme heat ruins the paint as in the summer when it gets really warm :Giggle

gsb876 · January 06, 2007, 08:38:09 PM

Quote from: Initial-DAmazing what can be done wit colour these days!
Gurj that Signal Auto car is a stunner! If I were to go down the purple route it\'d probably be a ew shades darker than that.

I saw this up for sale in the US a while ago, candy shade of purple: