best colour to respray discovery?

[jazzaD1]

I am going to respray my discovery in the coming weeks, most likely a solid colour, with a satin finish and i will probably be choosing from older land rover colours, my question is...

If you were in the same position, what colour would you choose for a pre-update disco?

[justinc]

try this for a comprehensive chart/s :D:eek:

Select the year of your land rover (http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choosecolor/year.aspx'make=land+rover)


jc

[sheerluck]

try this for a comprehensive chart/s :D:eek:

Select the year of your land rover (http://www.automotivetouchup.com/choosecolor/year.aspx'make=land+rover)


jc

Thanks for posting that JC, very helpful. Only problem being that my combination (1998 D1 in white), doesn't appear to appear.

Maybe my colourblindness is worse than I thought!

[justinc]

dave, should be chawton white, or white diamond. if you select 'all lr models' option they are in that list. chawton was introduced in 1998 and ran to 2009 , prior to 98 it was called white diamond 2.

that chart and history is very helpful :)

jc

[sheerluck]

dave, should be chawton white, or white diamond. if you select 'all lr models' option they are in that list. chawton was introduced in 1998 and ran to 2009 , prior to 98 it was called white diamond 2.

that chart and history is very helpful :)

jc
Thanks JC.
It's Too helpful. I now know what colour to get to spray where the rear wing of SWMBO's Merc met the garage door frame :o. Means I no longer have an excuse to put I off!

[justinc]

Thanks JC.
It's Too helpful. I now know what colour to get to spray where the rear wing of SWMBO's Merc met the garage door frame :o. Means I no longer have an excuse to put I off!

:D:D:D:D:D:p glad to be of assistance then :o :)

jc

[Marmoset]

I'd go for a keswick green, bonatti grey or white if its going to be a satin finish

[PeterM]

Sahara dust - go all retro with it.

[VladTepes]

White - easy to fix scratches

[loanrangie]

Sahara dust - go all retro with it.

If its a bush vehicle then i'd go sahara dust.

[jazzaD1]

Sahara dust - go all retro with it.

white wheels also? like the older land rovers?

[Gary S11]

Hi all anyone done a disco is olive drab? Have some left over from painting my haflinger and the my ex series 2 ...thinking about it...comments ?.. Gary

[Mick_Marsh]

Someone has done one in Auscam.

Another vote for "Sahara Dust".

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

I am going to respray my discovery in the coming weeks, most likely a solid colour, with a satin finish and i will probably be choosing from older land rover colours, my question is...

If you were in the same position, what colour would you choose for a pre-update disco?

I know this doesn't really answer your question but this is a Photoshop mock up of my plans for next summer. Couldn't resist. :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/12/667.jpg

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I think the two Rossignol colours were the pick of the D1's;):cool:

[PeterM]

white wheels also? like the older land rovers?

Absolutely. :cool:

[PeterM]

I think the two Rossignol colours were the pick of the D1's;):cool:

Interestingly enough, my colour didn't appear against the Discoveries around the years mine was built. The colour is montpellier and I could only find it as a Rangie colour.

[jazzaD1]

at the moment, i'm choosing between keswick green and a grey of some sort, bonatti grey is great but metallic unfortunately

my paint supplier needs a 'colour plate' to match the paint colours, they wont work from land rover codes, so it may be difficult to get an exact match, unless anyone knows where I can find a colour chip booklet, I know land rover dealerships used to have brochures with the paint colours in the back, but i'm not sure now.

[jazzaD1]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/753.jpg

i'm after peoples opinions about this colour on a pre update disco 1? (yes i know it's a model)

[Homestar]

I'll go against the trend - NOT SAHARA DUST! That's the colour of mine and I hate it...:D. It is the only thing I don't like about my Classic.

I'll be painting mine something like Alveston Red in a non metallic, but that is a newer colour, not older.

Just my 2 cents...:)

Oh, and my mates paint shop can do the paint by the LR codes, they're all on computer these days, so not sure why your paint place can't do it. The paint scales are hooked directly to the PC so it even does a blow by blow description, with pics about how to mix the batch and if you accidentally add too much of a tint...

[jazzaD1]

i agree!

[sandman]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/753.jpg

i'm after peoples opinions about this colour on a pre update disco 1? (yes i know it's a model)

hot.

[sheerluck]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/753.jpg

i'm after peoples opinions about this colour on a pre update disco 1? (yes i know it's a model)

Mmmm, Kermit the Frog green. Unusual!

[gazby]

Any colour as long as it's white!

[jazzaD1]

the decision had been made! white it is! not because you suggested it, but because it is practical, non metallic (no metallics in the paint type i am using - Valspar LIC 40), and because it is a previous discovery colour, i should be able to source a fuel filler flap to give to the bloke that matches the paint colour, if i had gone with a different colour i may have had more trouble matching it

so....does anyone have a white discovery fuel filler flap i could borrow/buy?

[VladTepes]

I am buying a Maroon D1.
It is a good car so can't quibble on colour.

If I had a choice I'd always go white - it just suits Land Rovers.

When I win Lotto there's a white D4 in my future..... :lol:

[1976_michelle]

how long is a piece of string...

i dont know about the matte colours but boy am i in trouble in 15 yrs time or so when it comes time to go shopping for a repaint on my blue d2, i'm seeing fuscia only partner says he'll refuse to travel in it, vibrant yellow, atomic green like on the holdens, mazda green like on their cute little mazda 2 neos, or their strong vibrant red, purple i've thought about eg sorta like holden 'luscious'...
the possibilities are endless, i'm going to need more discos

[VladTepes]

... or more taste ! :lol2:

[manic]

If I had a choice I'd always go white - it just suits Land Rovers.


Land rovers perhaps a bit too broad... D4's yes.

To me white is not a colour. Id rather have bare metal.

I like the green on that defender!

If I was paying for a re-spray do you have to look at land rover paint codes.. would'nt it be nice to have your disco a little less common?