Hi people,
I know this should really go in painting and interior but I thought I would get a better idea in this section. I was thinking of painting my 1975 bus completely white then painting a purple pearl over the lower half of the van to give it a two tone effect. If I painted the purple pearl over the white would it go on as purple or clear? would it change colour when the sun hit it from a specific angle/direction or would it just spray on a light purple?

I really have no idea what to paint on my bus.

Thanks for any comments/opinions. They are all greatly appreciated

Maurice

sorry, its actually a 1976

I've seen a Beetle painted in white with purple-pearl... in the sun it looks awesome, but in the shade it sort of looks a dirty yellowy colour which was yukky. I've also seen a white with aqua-pearl and that had the same yellowy look in the shade.

I can't believe how hard it is to come up with an idea for a kombi that looks modern and cool but doesn't stick out like dogs b@@ls

Maybe a reverse two tone would look better.

What do you guys think of this?

cool mate any colour looks good on a kombi but i like the choice

Paul

yep...kombis look good whichever way you paint em...

That one looks good...but maybe break up the white with something... a design or flashes perhaps?

Cheers!

Im biased but i recon there was some hot colours comeing out on the early BA falcons that convert real well onto kombis. i used the mandarin orange with a bright (blue)white and it stands out and gets heaps of looks without looking wrong. would love to see a bay kombi done in their blue with white.

ya mean the GTP colors? :bounce

Hi guys, thanks for the replies. Do you mean this colour?

thats a damn classy color!

non metallic, but yeah, i think thats the one, from memory the colours were on the performance models. recon that could look sexy with bright white upper half

hell yeh! :bounce

or was it this one? I must admit I really do like this colour.

that could definitely work. although my paintjob is pretty rough, you can see that their mandarin doesnt look out of place and gives the car a good freshen up at the same time.

Paint Job looks ok to me, so does the colour. Is it a home job?

yeah, home jobby, was my first time with a spray gun so came off way too dull and matt, waiting for attempt 2 soon.
Bionic blue was the blue i was thinking of, but ir econ toxic green could look pretty wild also

looks great baybuscamperkid, blue & white and red & white suit the kombi really well
Holden have always done quite a good red