Color change

[CrnCnn]

So should I go this route?
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMGA0710.JPG

No real reason to just tired of the silver. Not real fond of many other colors other than OD green.... Hey I could go that way too.

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Hmm... I like glossy paint. Yellow looks pretty good on the VX, in my opinion...

[CrnCnn]

I agree the Yellow looks nice but I would rather buy a Yellow as our second VX and make mine how I want it.

[tomdietrying]

I think you'll get tired of flat black pretty quick. With that said, it's your rig. If flat black makes you happy, go for it!
Peace.
Tom

[Dino]

Olive drab in FLAT!

mmmmmmmm :p

[IndianaVX]

ive always thought about a deep dark blue metallic, if thats what its called, dark like dragon green, foxfire red, bluewhale finpit blue, i dont know, im just real partial to blue tones, it would defenatly be different.
oh well, just my .02


durrrrr, i forgot to look at what the poll was:rolleyes: hey, im tired, running on little sleep, and little healthy food......of THOSE choices, i would go with the drab, defenatly!!!

sorry, my bad.......ignore the man behind the curtain......

[JHarris1385]

A textured desert camo khaki..........

[CrnCnn]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/Meedited-1.jpg

Something like this maybe?

[uncle_asa]

I like how it looks now... What about myself, I'm going to repaint my Proton. I tired with the color selection. Here are some pics done to see what to expect: http://pics.livejournal.com/uncle_asa/gallery/00012gaf :) My girlfriend insists on orange, I like light greens :) And I definetly wish to try glossy ;)

[Triathlete]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/Meedited-1.jpg

Something like this maybe?

Looks like a cheap 70's sofa! ;puke2;

[Spike]

Looks like a cheap 70's sofa! ;puke2;

Paint little black 'chevy' bowties in the center of the headlights and you can drive down the street, windows down, loudly blaring Kermit the Frog - while you sing along:

It's not that easy being green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold
Or something much more colorful like that

It's not easy being green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky

But green's the color of Spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean, or important
Like a mountain, or tall like a tree

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful
And I think it's what I want to be

After that, you can dig up a recording of "Movin' right along"

[ZEUS]

Make it an olive MartiniCROSS!

[WILLY]

definetely not the puke green!way outdated,but the m&m green looks bad ***
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/05-Photo_5.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/05-Photo_5.jpg)

[CrnCnn]

Looks like a cheap 70's sofa! ;puke2;
Glad I didnt live in the 70's.

[CrnCnn]

Well it wouldnt be that exact green. I would like it a little more towards a Kaki color.

[circmand]

I like shiny things but if going flat I would consider Camo green It would look like a new military vehicle

[nfpgasmask]

Hmmm, I vote Olive Drab since it is the closest thing to flat khaki. I would love to see a VX in flat, desert tan. Paint the cladding and all the plastic flat black and the rest flat desert khaki. But olive drab would look just as cool. I was actually just at the Ace Hardware in Lemmon Valley and they have flat, camo spray paint colors! Trust me, the thought crossed my mind. But I love my stealthy black wasteland VX.

And Clint, not that you want to sell, but I would say that if you paint, you had better be 100% ready to keep your VX for a long time. This is a heavily personalized mod, that will make resale value plummit. Just something to think about. Other than that, go for it! Just get ready for me to call upon you to take part in some upcoming movie projects I have in mind...I would love to have a fleet of wasteland VXes for a certain scene....oh yeah.

:) Bart

[Ldub]

Glad I didnt live in the 70's.


Lemme tell ya, it was ROUGH !

Godawful green sofas in every living room, burnt orange carpeting...EVERYWHERE, freakin' Barry Manilow coming out of every speaker...sometimes even in stereo...the 70's my friend, was not a decade for the faint of heart... :p

[nfpgasmask]

The only thing cool about the 70s are the muscle cars. Otherwise, everything else is ;puke2;

Bart



Lemme tell ya, it was ROUGH !

Godawful green sofas in every living room, burnt orange carpeting...EVERYWHERE, freakin' Barry Manilow coming out of every speaker...sometimes even in stereo...the 70's my friend, was not a decade for the faint of heart... :p

[TexVeX]

OD flat green, the real ARMY green, that is, with a big white star on the doors. heheh

[uncle_asa]

My damaged fender painted in mat orange:
http://pics.livejournal.com/uncle_asa/pic/000qgkqt/s640x480
Huh-huh, can't wait to see whole baby painted! But... it is all not so fast :(

[creeg]

OD flat green, the real ARMY green, that is, with a big white star on the doors. heheh

That actually sounds pretty cool.

[TEN36VX]

I want to go flat desert tan, but my wife says no...
I think flat military colors look good. With flat black, the flat black cladding might get lost. I like the contrast.

[dmfk]

I'm with texvex. that sounds pretty sweet.

[wekilled]

If I was going to go all out I would get about 4 colors: Black, dark gray, light gray, and a bluish gray, and do a urban camo pattern using hard angles. Take a look at old battleship camo or Swedish M90 camo for ideas.

Its off the wall, and would require some sketching and masking but would be one of a kind.

When I deploy I am always on the lookout for interesting camo patterns.

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, camo is another area I could have started collecting, but I resisted. I always thought a vehicle in East German Raindrop pattern camo would be sweet, but it would be challenging to paint.

http://www.buymilitaria.com/ak_images/AKDRUMPOUCHRAINGERMAN.jpg

Bart


If I was going to go all out I would get about 4 colors: Black, dark gray, light gray, and a bluish gray, and do a urban camo pattern using hard angles. Take a look at old battleship camo or Swedish M90 camo for ideas.

Its off the wall, and would require some sketching and masking but would be one of a kind.

When I deploy I am always on the lookout for interesting camo patterns.

[circmand]

Actually I had the interesting and expensive idea of going all chrome on a car. Everything body panels door handles bumpers even some window tint with reflective surface where legal. Never got too far as chroming costs an arm and a leg but I am betting one of a kind.

[JHarris1385]

I have always wanted a CTS-V ALL CHROME like that.

[wekilled]

Check these out just for S&Gs:

This is the Swedish M90 (I think it would look better in "grayscale:"
www.kamouflage.net/.../swatches/00024.gif (http://)

and this is the kriegsmarine "dazzle" pattern on old-style battleships:Colors commonly used in these multicolored "dazzle" patterns were: dark blue, medium blue, white, black, dark gray, light gray and olive green.

www.smmlonline.com/.../kriegsmarine05.jpg

Then again there is the tumbler (prior to repainting) which also is worth a look:
www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAG...


That German raindrop pattern would be a hassle to do as well!

My personal thoughts (for my own VX) are if I ever get a serious enough dent I will likely go with the "dazzle" kriegsmarine pattern (might as well go "all the way" if it isnt the stock silver I have. The only caveat is I would likely do it in a satin color versus a true flat and leave the skirts black-ie "Hollywood camo."

Obviously I have way too much free time sitting here in Baqubah Iraq!

[dmfk]

if you went go with some crazy camo, you should mount a dummy .50 cal machine gun or a fake turret of some kind up top. imagine driving that down main street! as if it doesnt get enough turned heads already.

[CrnCnn]

I do like this one tho too. Cladding shiny and painted like the rest.
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/2/medium/510hpim0290.jpg

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

During a few moments of weakness (shame 'o' shame!) I've had some evil thoughts about change of color:

'member the ole mopars of the late 60's & early 70's...Lime Twist Green with dark cladding with the flat black hood insert...kind of barracudish. Maybe even a black strobe stripe swishing along the side below the side windows.

Then there is the negative, anti-matter opposite of the above....Black with Lime Twist Green cladding & hood insert either color. I got one of those VX Toys (Stomper) kind of painted like this with rally-inspired graphics.

I like desert camo too but specifically this (I have an RC buggy painted up like this!):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SKULL-CAP-Desert-Camo-Camouflage-DU-DOO-RAG-HAT-NEW-NWT_W0QQitemZ300135637297QQihZ020QQcategoryZ6753QQ cmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Toyota Tacoma's have a color called "Speedway Blue" that I like alot.

I keep thinking about that darn sick lowered VX that Wormgod created with Bimanti's Batman red pinstriping on the snout and.......make it stop...please!

[CrnCnn]

So how much does a paint job cost usually? I figure around 3g's for a good one but that is an ignorant guess since all I’ve ever heard of is Macco for like 200. I REALY want an ebony. My next concern would be finding a really good shop that would screw up the cladding.

Keep in mind I'm basically talking out my butt because I can’t afford to pay bills little lone get a paint job. All hypothetical.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

So how much does a paint job cost usually? I figure around 3g's for a good one but that is an ignorant guess since all I’ve ever heard of is Macco for like 200. I REALY want an ebony. My next concern would be finding a really good shop that would screw up the cladding.

Keep in mind I'm basically talking out my butt because I can’t afford to pay bills little lone get a paint job. All hypothetical.

I've always wondered that if you do a complete color change....wouldn't you want to change the color of the engine bay (ie firewall, fender wells, under hood, etc..), inner door & rockers, and what about inner fenders and behind cladding????? Now that's gotta be 'spensive! Plus, to do a really good job wouldn't you want to remove the engine and some other key underhood components too? Looking at my engine compartment I see alot of things in the way of repainting the firewall in particular.

My guess is that some orignal colors would be better to repaint than others...like an ebony would be okay to leave the engine compartment & stuff black as it is probably less clashing than say my white ironman would be.

[CrnCnn]

So here is another thought.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/untitled-1.jpg

[nfpgasmask]

I like the green color, but I don't know how it would mix with the silver. I think all green might work....

Bart


So here is another thought.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/untitled-1.jpg

[CrnCnn]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/untitled3.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/untitled2.jpg

[CoastieCosta567]

i like the green, very ruggish, but keep the cladding black, thats my thought, but flat black, if it's shinny, i think it looses its offroad ruggish look, does not looks bad, just not a good combo all shinny i think. i plan on changing mine one day as well, but in too a very bright white with a little bluish tint in the sun, thats what i want, still not sure, maybe you should try that ;).

[alanbradley]

Never been a great fan of painting the cladding tbh - it takes away a lot of the character of the VX.

I would have liked one of the burgundy ones or the dragone green. Khaki might be interesting but I wouldn't go cammo - you want folk to see the distinctive lines, don't you?

Black always looks good - you could always go for black with a metal fleck incorporated into it. I saw an NSX at a Jap car sow recently that was black with a gold fleck. Looked stunning! Might not be wonderfully practical off road though :-(

A

[Solitude]

How about snow camo.. would look good this time of year

[CrnCnn]

So what about a flat black with some sort of rising sun japanese theme?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/untitled-2.jpg

[nfpgasmask]

So what about a flat black with some sort of rising sun japanese theme?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/untitled-2.jpg


Or better yet, flat black with a Hannya stenciled to the hood insert.

:) Bart

[CrnCnn]

Or better yet, flat black with a Hannya stenciled to the hood insert.

:) Bart


OOOOOHH good call

BTW I found this one on Ebay last night. Devil Demon (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=350011792782&Category=73466&_trksid=p3907.m29)

[mdwyer]

Has anyone done a vinyl wrap of a VX? I was half-jokingly talking about it over in another thread (http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?p=115951).

[Triathlete]

Has anyone done a vinyl wrap of a VX? I was half-jokingly talking about it over in another thread (http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?p=115951).


YES! This one belongs to SBC...
http://shutter09.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/18/004/51/3B/AD/BA/pzlZTw+tHkJ3y1x5ILI-xTtuEwWxgo7m0300.jpg

http://shutter09.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/21/003/77/EF/20/66/YFoSI6RDZtEdDDQIxNr2QZ63zztbSyl50300.jpg

http://shutter06.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/14/009/3E/BD/D7/05/U83YYJGOr-n-VtjH0RB+c-GFEHeJC9mn0300.jpg

[mdwyer]

YES! This one belongs to SBC...

Hmmm... not exactly the design I was thinking, but I guess I'm impressed by the coverage. I'm going to have to read a bit more about it. It seems like it should be difficult to stick stuff around the curves.

Thanks for the pics!

[don moore]

flat desert tan..........;)

[reptiles]

Hi,

Although many people paint their vehicles in flat black (or other color) primer, and like the effect; one should still consider that flat primer is not a very protective coating --still needs to be sealed.

Just a thought.

Regards,

Mark

[Ldub]

Or better yet, flat black with a Hannya stenciled to the hood insert.

:) Bart


OOOOOHH good call

BTW I found this one on Ebay last night. Devil Demon (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=350011792782&Category=73466&_trksid=p3907.m29)

You two go check in my gallery.:smilewink

[CrnCnn]

You two go check in my gallery.:smilewink

Yeah, I saw that the day you uploaded them. That one wouldnt be too hard to replicate.

[Chopper]

The iron mask is excellent. I've a few, wooden ones, from Central America and Brazil.

[Chopper]

The Wrapped one certainly works. You'll see it!

[CrnCnn]

The iron mask is excellent.

The one on Ebay? I really like that one. Wish I got paid this week instead of next

[nfpgasmask]

OOOOOHH good call

BTW I found this one on Ebay last night. Devil Demon (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=350011792782&Category=73466&_trksid=p3907.m29)

Nice, that one is pretty sweet.

Bart

[CrnCnn]

So I am sure you all are tired of my indecisiveness.


BUT.......

How about this??? I know some of you are against the green. I figure the black has already been done so this would be my attempt at uniqueness


http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jimmylongwong/GreenVX.jpg

[orion]

I feel your pain. I can't decide between green/black or all tan. i want my next VX to have a military look. as of now I'm leaning towards all tan. but seeing it green, i like it.

[don moore]

how about this
http://imgbolt.com/public/90800/Greencamo.jpg

:gring:

[CrnCnn]

I feel your pain. I can't decide between green/black or all tan. i want my next VX to have a military look. as of now I'm leaning towards all tan. but seeing it green, i like it.

Yeah I really am liking the flat green.


how about this
http://imgbolt.com/public/90800/Greencamo.jpg

:gring:

I am not sure about camo full out just cause I havent seen a vehicle that really looks good that way, other than military vehicles.

[tom4bren]

Purple ... definitely go purple.

Actually a midnight purple with ghost black flames might be cool.

[Pepino]

im thinking of painting mine Lamborghini green Verde Ithaca and having the headlights and tailights blackouts and some black rims i think it would look really good oh ya and painting the leather seats and the door panels green too what do you all think?

[nfpgasmask]

im thinking of painting mine Lamborghini green Verde Ithaca and having the headlights and tailights blackouts and some black rims i think it would look really good oh ya and painting the leather seats and the door panels green too what do you all think?

Painting the leather seats is probably not a good idea. :p

Bart

[Pepino]

i saw one that looked really good with yellow seats and another one with purple or maybe not painting it but changin the leather to leather of a different color i just want to change the light grey part like

[nfpgasmask]

i saw one that looked really good with yellow seats and another one with purple or maybe not painting it but changin the leather to leather of a different color i just want to change the light grey part like

Yeah, that would work, I just know that painting the leather will not last long. Paint on leather will eventually crack...

Bart

[Rooster]

Here's some photchops I was working on.

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9449/vxblueil3.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4946/vxgrnik5.jpg
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9221/vxcyangp6.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6665/vxtealxg4.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3217/vxcopperev1.jpg

I'm digging the copper color, but most likely do the flat black on black. Here's mine after a quick photochop. Notice the blacked out rims .. ;)
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7176/darkiezy4.jpg

[etlsport]

wow nice job! i actually like most of those colors.. copper looks nice.. also like the first blue one too... a lil darker and i think youve got it!

for the military look i think a matte olive color would look good with a matte khaki cladding.. or vice versa

[tom4bren]

"changin the leather to leather of a different color i just want to change the light grey part"

$$$ Doable $$$

Had an upholstery shop quote me $75 once just to repair a split seam on cloth seats. I ended up fixing it myself (I work REAL cheap when I work for myself).