Color change

[CrnCnn]

I do like this one tho too. Cladding shiny and painted like the rest.

[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...ayphotohosting

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.

[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.

[CrnCnn]

[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?

[nfpgasmask]

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

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

[mdwyer]

Has anyone done a vinyl wrap of a VX? I was half-jokingly talking about it over in another thread.

[Triathlete]

Has anyone done a vinyl wrap of a VX? I was half-jokingly talking about it over in another thread.

YES! This one belongs to SBC...