OK if you were thinking of going classic dark blue with the paint what colour upholstery would you choose?

None of the mag's or books give a good indication of what looks good or is done

Lots of exterior shots but not much of what's inside. Very frustrating:cussing

I have an idea but would like peoples thoughts as to what works for them

I had a dark blue 67 beetle and the interior was a light to mid grey colour it is a good combo and I always say original is best
the other colour option would be black and with a dark window tint it would be nice(you would need the tint to stop burning up).come to think of it no matter what colour interior you chose dark tinted windows would look neat with dark blue! oh and lots of chrome :bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce
I like this bouncy guy

my 65 resto is Dark SEA BLUE n i have Bright Red interior with dark grey carpets...

Looks good. and its nearly finished.

I have a few colour charts what year car are we talking about Jen.

Dave can you post some pics when it's done?

Just sitting outside and thinking (dangerous)

Was trying to imagine slate colours. Sort of Bluey grey black, not light grey or black, maybe with black piping?

Too dark?

Had been thinking totally original but I'm really wavering.

[Edited on 9-1-2003 by jenz58]

The Galactic Blue New Beetle has a tan (beige) interior, but I really don't like light colored interiors. Monsters to keep clean.

In the UK, Marlin Blue can be had with a black leather interior:

Andrew

[Edited on 9-1-2003 by vanderaj]

You can see the black leather peeping through the tinted windows. I think this is the effect silver was noting as being desirable.

Jen

Whats the year and body style of the car your going to do

'58 beetle. See Avatar

Woke up this morning thinking that I was going too dark.

Bel at the moment is a bright happy colour, don't want to make her too somber. But then again it could look classy?

Andrew, yeh, beige would be hard to keep clean I would imagine.

Maybe a cheery colour inside to contrast with the dark outside?

i'd do a white interior.. or slightly offwhite, and have dark blue inserts...
either that or i'd go with andrew and say beige.

good luck and let us know how u go!

My bug is an off white colour (I think it's called alabaster), with blood red vinyl interior. I'll try and get some pics up. I say go with original colour schemes, they help give that retro look.

My sunroof will be either gulf blau or Capri blue, with red and white uph! Its what the car had from new! (exterior was gulf blau) The seats will have red fronts, and white sides and rear!, Carpets will be camel around the outer sides, and mats will be black!!!!! Looks god damn good!!!! hehe

Cheers! N!

Hey thanks for the colour ideas.

The seats I've got are the original type for a '58 beetle.

Drove all the way to work thinking about it.

OK how does red fronts, grey sides and back, blue or white piping sound?

I was thinking the same thing. A bit of white relief (that's bad I'm out of here!):jesus

Light grey tuck and roll with a slightly darker blue feature.

There is a link in the web page of the month bit that has original bug and ghia color themes..it quite the site
I, for JOE, my 66' kombi, am going with light blue top half and paddle pop brown bottom half, with color coded symbol, and wheels, and bumpers, the interior is already wood panaled...soon..soon

White seats with dark blue piping, dark blue carpets and maybe white door-trims with blue armrests....

as Adz said,
VWFOOL knows best...

If I went original I could follow this but I think the colour reproduction on the site is bad. Not a good indication of true colour?

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We need something like this for Types 1, 2, & 3

:bounce

http://karmannghia.org/sales_lit/color_combinations/type_34_colors.html

Still feel OK about the red, grey and white. I like a bit of colour

Also they're probably the american colours, I think the Aussie ones were different.

Silver, what colours are the 2 used on the exterior of your kombi (as seen in your avatar)?
cheers, ian

peppermint green? and...?

Yes Aussie beetle colours were different to the uS and the UK... the UK tried to satisfy everyone with different colours every few years and there doesn't seem to be much variety in Aussie Beetles.
Talking interior Colours.. Are We talking Vinyl Here??? or Leather!! or Velour?? If You can't make up Your Mind Jen, Polar White with White Vinyl Interior... looks great on those US 1979 Karmann Cabrios.
Stick with a Light colour Jen.. cooler in the summer heat and safer on the road...:o:thumb:bounce

Listy,
You might be a learner Dubber , but You can certainly play the drums....
:bounce:bounce:bounce

Umm.

Green with a brown interior
or
Brown with a green interior

these do wonders for me.

NOT!

The bus is black ribbed velour, and that is nice, but for some reason cat hairs show up on it all the time, and the cat is never in there.
I think just being within a 2km radius is close enough for cat fur to get on black velour.

The EH has mid-dark grey patterned velour kind of a saw tooth pattern in the velour instead of plain ribbed.

Some of the colour flecked grey inserts look good without being over the top.

Hi Listy,
the colours i painted my splitty in are Bahama Blue and Polar White both VW colours from the 60,s the Bahama is a Beetle Colour and the Polar a colour used for both beetles and Kombi's.It was quite a tough decision to choose a colour .i hope you like it

Guess I'm not into whether they are Aussie colours or not just trying to get ideas.

Hmmm, know the dark colours absorb the heat and are less easy to see of a night (safety issue) but I do like the dark blue

Vinyl due to the budget (leather in my dreams). Velour not, 'cos I do have a tendence to get wet occasionally e.g. cruise up to Albury. Col and I soaked in the Goulburn River while we waited for Andrew to meet up in Seymour. It was nice having the wind through the vent window hitting the wet clothes, very cool Have also been known to through myself into the surf clothes and all (I have a history!)

Bel will remain a daily driver and not necessarily a show car. She has to be practical for me.

*Will I ever grow up*