Help needed picking a color...

Mikey · #1 September 25th 2004, 00:33

I just bought a project Ghia. It's a '64 body on a '74 pan.

I'm needing some color Ideas, turn signal ideas, and mirror ideas. I don't like the bullet turn signals. Or the Mirror that's on it.

I'm looking for something of a bright color, but I'm looking for options.

I have 1 option a Green Apple. Original vw paint color in the mid 70's.

vujade · #2 September 25th 2004, 03:10

my favorite is ravenna green

then theres cliff green

and finally willow green

**NO_H2O** · #3 September 25th 2004, 08:05

If you want a bright green, try the 70 MOPAR Sub-Lime

now that is bright.

zen · #4 September 25th 2004, 17:06

i take it you want green?

british racing green is one of the few i like. that or it needs to be an obnoxiously bright kind of green. :agree:

move the turns to the bumper. i also saw some nice mirrors on a GL Ghia that is in town here. i will see if i can hunt down the make.

Mikey · #5 September 25th 2004, 17:18

Maybe I wasn't clear at first, 1 option is a Apple Green. but I'm looking for ANY color option at all! not just green. I thought since I'm short on ideas, surely I can get some Ideas here. Like if you could paint your car over again or your other choices when you built your GL. that type of thing. or just favorite colors... I want a strong color, not blinding.

Basicly just ideas. because i'm short on Ideas. The same with the Mirror and Turn signals. Thanks for the sugjestions though.

zen · #6 September 25th 2004, 17:25

loved that blue PT Cruiser color vujade had on his bug. i think it would translate well to a Ghia. Porsche Blood/Speed yellow is one of my favorites. Bahama Yellow (which is actually orangy) is another favorite. Porsche has some of the wildest and most tasteful colors out there. Corvettes have some great colors too. oh, and dove blue like panelfantastics is also one of my tops.

Mikey · #7 November 16th 2004, 17:33

I found the color I want, but my painter went to the paint store and they said they can't get that color. I wasn't there, but he said something about they said it was a european color and they can't make it or something like that, they said I'd have to have someone in europe make it and send it to me

WTF is up with that?

Has anyone heard of this at all? Just wondering seems like all it takes is mixing certain amounts of paint to make my color. How can they not be able to reproduce it? :help: :shrug:

**NO_H2O** · #8 November 16th 2004, 23:12

sounds like your body man needs to try another paint store.

vujade · #9 November 17th 2004, 23:27

Whatever you do Mikey, dont paint it PT Cruiser Electric Blue Pearl, because I am probably gonna paint my next GL that color again seeing as I only got to enjoy my last GL a short while. I wouldnt want to of us in the club with the exact same blue if at all possible.....

justdubbin · #10 November 18th 2004, 20:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikey

I found the color I want, but my painter went to the paint store and they said they can't get that color. I wasn't there, but he said something about they said it was a european color and they can't make it or something like that, they said I'd have to have someone in europe make it and send it to me

WTF is up with that?

Has anyone heard of this at all? Just wondering seems like all it takes is mixing certain amounts of paint to make my color. How can they not be able to reproduce it? :help: :shrug:

The only way I can see this being correct is that the combination of colours needed to make your colour are European only (I take it's a VW or other European car companys colour) but I would of thought PPG or ICI would be able to sort this for you, when I used to paint if we had a US or Austrailian car in we would have to contact the paint manufacture for a paint formulation.

Maybe try some of the paint companies web sites?

Rob.

zen · #11 November 18th 2004, 21:27

call Charles at Rusty Restos if you need to. i'm sure he will be happy to give you some advise. great guy. he is the one that did my car and quite a few VWTrends cars.

Mikey · #12 November 18th 2004, 22:31

I found the PPG code for Apple Green L64M, and my painter went to the paint store and found out he can get that paint but, yes there HAS to be a but,

I can Only buy the thinner and hardener for that color in bulk. So to avoid buying too much or too little. I had to change the color, it won't be "apple green" but it will be close.

The bulk suggest to me it's used by Fedex or someone with green paint in their logos, cars, motor bikes...

Zen, I met Charles at Circle Yer Wagons, and saw him again at Bug Jam. He seems like a good guy to me but I think we have it figured out now.

**NO_H2O** · #13 November 19th 2004, 09:06

Charels is the green expert

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