Well, in a couple of months I hope to have my car ready for paint and would like to ask for some suggestions and ideas for paint schemes and colours for the bug. I've been finxed on an idea but would love to hear what you all have to suggest.

Here are a couple of pics if any of you wish to express your ideas in photoshopped form.

Slap some flames on it!

How about WRX rally car style - Blue yellow bits with gold wheels

[Edited on 4-5-2003 by fatboy]

how bout metalic silver withe twin metalic maron race stripes down the center ?? or even the same colours but the opposite way round still would look sick :bounce:thumb:bounce

Gunmetal grey ghost flames whith a silver lining..something subtle love it black

keep the matt black, but have a 2 tone with a pastel blue or something on the side panels.

keep the matt black, but have a 2 tone with a pastel blue or something on the side panels.

(1) Go the Candly Apple Burgendy dripping or flashed with chrome over a stark / polar white or cream.


(2) Like the racing stripe/s idea too. It's low enough to sport stripes with out looking to "G'day, I'm a wanker!"ish.

Don't agree with the flames - power plant too modern and would avoid the matt black (even though it does look good) as that was the previous owners choice and it wouldn't be seen as your car. Would seem like you just bought it as is.

My 2c

I've got it... I've got the answer
here it is

Or maybe this

or even this

Keep them coming guys. Love to see and hear them.

As for Herbie on steroids, how cool would that be.

Depending on your pockets Reub, have you thought about the rnage of Chameleon paints ? (also called Chromalusion i think).

The one that comes to mind is a deep green / purple metallic colour filp.

Also a gold / purple metallic colour flip would be sweet.

Failing that - Porsche Guards Red (like mine !!!) or (not everyone like this one) Commodore Tiger Eye Gold.

Hows the rebuild coming along ?

I've managed to find a set of EMPI 8 spokes, and am trying to sort out the front end shimmies and shakes now

Cheers

here's a few

How possible do you think you second pic would be herbie with the black cracked surface. Would that be possible or fairly fictional. I actually really like that. I'm thinking for the Dog-O-War. Never seen anything like it.

I would like to paint it black or Gun Metal Grey Hammertone but the father-in-law reckons the paint wouldn't harden enough to be usable.

I have seen hammertone used in various form equally unsuccessfully, its to hard to make hammertone look like anything other than thats all the paint you had left in the shed and you thought you would give it a try.
As for the cracked paint look, it is easy and cheap to do, use GMH black because its water proof and make a template or stencil for a few different shapes and air brush the cracks using the stencil for your hard lines, have a play with an old panel or something.
I am tempted to paint a car to look like it is absolutely swamped with rust with holes as well you can paint a hole in the doors with some legs showing through and a hole in the front where you can see the spare wheel and a hole in the back where you can see the engine, all done with paint and shellac with water to make the fake rust.

Like the crackle finish Herbie, very Homes and Gardens.

What about a darkside Herbie look.

what about brown shag pile carpet like "Dumb and Dumber" truck !!!!!!!

like this?

like this?

Stop it ,my sides are hurting from laughing tooo much !

looking good now !

good one Herb LOL.

turn it into borris, the black bug from herbie, sure it was evil, but it kicked ass!

hell yeah do the boris look!!! (but i hated the skinny tires they used..)

they went to all that trouble and then decided to skimp on the wheels

fules!!!

You mean Horrace?
It wasnt far from horrace to start with
I am to tired right now but maybe later.
Does anyone have a photo of the vw beetle from the cars that ate paris?

love the mods herbie lol now thats a mean looking beetle a real "villan"

What are ghost flames?
they sound cool.

could airbrush it to look like the cracks in the pavement i liked that pic gotta try it...

Here you go. What do you think of this purple? A crude photoshop chop top and colour change.