Hi everyone,
my beetle is going to be painted (not sure of exactly when, but hopefully not toooo far down the track) and I need some suggestions on colours. I am thinking either a nice metalicy blue (not too dark, not too light if you know what I mean), a green, similar to the Canberra Raiders Green, or purple (some sort of shiny dark purple) ... but i dont know any colour names etc... so any pics/suggestions would be great thanks
1974 L-bug... 'Basil'
VW's were made to be driven, not hidden.
Blue but be careful of interia not blending with what ever colour you choose
Wheel is packed and being posted tomorrow
:beer
Cheers Doc
reVOLKS at Fyansford Geelong
20th OCT 2007 STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS
Personally i like solid colours rater than metal flakes.
Although - I really like that metallic yellow on the new Mazda 626's
Just go bright. There is enough silver cars out there already
Futue te ipsum!!!
Yeah, new Mazda Yellow! Make it stand out like dog's ....
phantom purple ,and ford mulberry
are some nice colours but the phantom purple is not metallic
I cant find the Mazda 626's on the website to have a look at the yellow... are they new and maybe not on the website yet?
Thanks for the other suggestions - i'll have a look at the ford mulberry - and just saw the phantom purple on the mazda site - looks nice 🙂
1974 L-bug... 'Basil'
VW's were made to be driven, not hidden.
any oppinions on these:
http://www.ford.com.au/range/falcon/views/exteriorcolours.asp
looking at 'menance' purple and 'toxic' green - waddaya rekon? bright enough
🤓😵💫1974 L-bug... 'Basil'
VW's were made to be driven, not hidden.
White.
Most people seem normal, till you get to know them.
of the ford ones, i recon shockwave woudl look fantastic.
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
Whataver u choose, choose a standard colour from a late-model Aussie-made. Easy to match if you crash it. Don't use a 'custom' colour... there are about 10,000 colours on standard cars so I'm sure you'll find somthing you like!
My exgf liked the colour of a Rover she saw in traffic last year - so that's what colour she painted her Ghia
Pay your debts, CxxT
If you are going to the trouble of spraying your car -
If you are going to keep it for a while, spray it any colour you like.
If you plan on selling soon-ish spray it a stock VW colour. Spray jobs are not cheap and people arent likely to want your custome colour.
As for that Mazda colour it is called Honey Yellow
http://www.mazda.com.au/colourSelector_pl.asp?id=66&includeOtherModelsInSeries=1
Could only find it on the Mazda 2 colour scheme - the above link might work
Futue te ipsum!!!
i'd say the ford Neo - it looks better than the web version in that link.
or the Cosmic Blue of the Mazda3...or maybe even the Mazda3 Phantom Purple
64 Beetle. Like a beaten up 70's speedboat.
here we are - this gives a pretty good idea (so long as I can afford those tyres and suspension mods too 😀 )
Mr Basil now:
Basil if he was purple:
Basil if he was green:
Basil if he was blue:
I tried to make pics smaller - dont know if it worked... hopefully they arent huge. let me know if they are too big and I'll try again! I dont know that I'll go with the yellow - because there are a few yellow bugs around canberra - gotta stand out! 😀
[ Edited on 25-9-2006 by bugluv ]
1974 L-bug... 'Basil'
VW's were made to be driven, not hidden.
if his name is Basil, then that narrows it to Purple or Green.
I've never seen Blue Basil.
My old Baja "flying jalapeno" was holden Mint Julep Green when I had it.
The guy I sold it to painted it metallic purple
Most people seem normal, till you get to know them.
havent seen some of those mazda colours. sparkling gold and mocha would make an amazing 2tone for an oldschool bug! 😎
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
Kawaisaki green it will make your bug stand out lol
one of my bugs is kwaka green but she hadn,t been clear coated so she wasnt as shiny as she could of been
