Mercguy
20th May 2017, 02:01 PM
Thinking of doing something crazy with the wheels / roofrack / accessories / maybe barwork - It might upset the Ardennes Green paintjob though. Am I barking mad??? Probably.... I'm thinking something properly crazy - Like Fluorescent Orange or something equally as contrasting
Maybe the 'look' is frowned upon / not desirable and I should conform to olive drab and wrap it in Camo instead, like every other Perentie out there..
Won't trip over it at night though...
I'm not respraying the car, but I may have an opportunity to wrap some areas or change the blacked out pillars into a colour etc.
I scratched the roof the other day, pulling the roof rack off, because I was an impatient *****. So it's my own dumb fault for being stupid.
So now the roof pretty much has to come off and I was going to have it blasted & powder coated - because the salt here is atrocious. Thing is, I thought a fluoro orange roof might be a good idea in terms of aerial visibility. maybe stencil a big H and a circle on it as well, and use it as a Helipad. Just kidding.
Well the whole thing's got me a bit peeved at myself, because I'll have to attend to this sooner than later. I have no idea if I should have gone with my earlier thought of just spraying it silver (heat rejection) or if that will detract from the ardennes green.
It's actually a tougher decision than I first thought.
I don't know a truckload about the assembly of the RRC, but it would seem to me that the only really pesky part to spray are the door jambs and the rear tailgate jamb - because pretty much everything else unbolts. Am I correct in thinking this? Because it may be easier to deal with a complete respray if that is the case, when I pull the v8 out later this year.
To me it makes sense to paint the engine bay a generic colour, like gloss black, but I also think that something that reflects light might also make it easier to see stuff. but then I end up with two different colours, so I go back to black - which is a generally acceptable engine bay standard colour, and allows freedom of choice to do whatever down the track, without having to spray the engine bay.
Anyone got some colour suggestions?
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Maybe the 'look' is frowned upon / not desirable and I should conform to olive drab and wrap it in Camo instead, like every other Perentie out there..
Won't trip over it at night though...
I'm not respraying the car, but I may have an opportunity to wrap some areas or change the blacked out pillars into a colour etc.
I scratched the roof the other day, pulling the roof rack off, because I was an impatient *****. So it's my own dumb fault for being stupid.
So now the roof pretty much has to come off and I was going to have it blasted & powder coated - because the salt here is atrocious. Thing is, I thought a fluoro orange roof might be a good idea in terms of aerial visibility. maybe stencil a big H and a circle on it as well, and use it as a Helipad. Just kidding.
Well the whole thing's got me a bit peeved at myself, because I'll have to attend to this sooner than later. I have no idea if I should have gone with my earlier thought of just spraying it silver (heat rejection) or if that will detract from the ardennes green.
It's actually a tougher decision than I first thought.
I don't know a truckload about the assembly of the RRC, but it would seem to me that the only really pesky part to spray are the door jambs and the rear tailgate jamb - because pretty much everything else unbolts. Am I correct in thinking this? Because it may be easier to deal with a complete respray if that is the case, when I pull the v8 out later this year.
To me it makes sense to paint the engine bay a generic colour, like gloss black, but I also think that something that reflects light might also make it easier to see stuff. but then I end up with two different colours, so I go back to black - which is a generally acceptable engine bay standard colour, and allows freedom of choice to do whatever down the track, without having to spray the engine bay.
Anyone got some colour suggestions?
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