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post Mar 18, 2005 - 7:47 PM
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I am considering repainting my car since i need to do some body work and install my splitters and extetions anyway. Also, this will cover all the small chips i have built up on my car for the past 7+ years.

I love the how the red looks on my car, so i want to keep it red. But i was thinking perhaps going for a bit darker shade of red. Does anyone have any suggestions? or have you seen a red car color that you really like?

I was thinking along the lines of the Cadillac cts red
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post Mar 18, 2005 - 8:27 PM
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I was thinking... there are alot of blue/silver colors. What if you took that idea but made it like red/gun metal or red/silver. I cant find any samples of it though..

Maybe like gun metal first, then go over it with red.
post Mar 18, 2005 - 8:41 PM
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Trouble is, to do a proper job he'd have to remove his engine, and preferably strip his interior.

I'll agree the Caddy CTS red is nice -- so is the Mazda3/RX-8 Velocity Red, with the fine metallics in two-stage paint, which I what I got when I repainted my car.

By doing a bunch of the prep work myself, I got a good deal on a more comprehensive spray job, to the point where you can't tell it's been repainted unless you look carefully at a few spots. Nice thing is, the spray ended in the water channels of the engine bay, so you get a transition from metallic red to flat red.

A caveat to a nicer red, however. All those dark reds, including the Velocity Red, use a dark primer. You won't get the same kind of depth off of painting over the stock red coat.
post Mar 18, 2005 - 8:44 PM
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Impulse Red Pearl its on the 2003 corollas. there are a few diffent kinds. the paint code is 3P1. thats what mine is getting painted at this very moment.
post Mar 18, 2005 - 10:18 PM
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i love my red just the same. ever thought about that brownish color on some of the celis? I want one that color.


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