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  1. 9th November 2007, 06:35 AM #1
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    a blue day?

    http://www.motorauthority.com/news/d...h-of-a-button/


    One of the hardest decisions when picking a new car is choosing the right color but the day when cars will be available in multiple colors could be here sooner than you think. Scientists have developed a new coating called ‘paramagnetic’ paint that has the ability to change colors at the touch of a button. One carmaker looking into the technology is Nissan, which has already developed a self-healing paint.

    Before the vehicle is painted, a special polymer containing the special ‘paramagnetic’ iron oxide particles is applied to the car’s body. An applied electric current then adjusts the spacing of small crystals within the iron oxide particles and therefore affects their ability to reflect light and change color.
    The process is perfect for metal objects like cars because a continuous small current is needed to maintain the desired color. When the vehicle is switched off, the car returns to a default color of white.
    The coating has the ability to reproduce any color visible to the human eye and it takes less than a second to change the entire car. The first commercial applications could be on the market as early as 2010.
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  2. 9th November 2007, 07:20 AM #2
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    How does it stand up to scratching on a little track somewhere? They don't seem to mention that.
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  3. 9th November 2007, 08:02 AM #3
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    no,, nissan already have a paint that heals itself.
    "How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"

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    '01 V8 D2
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  4. 9th November 2007, 04:45 PM #4
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    EXCUSE ME DRIVER THE REGO ON THIS VEHICLE SAYS ITS WHITE!
    HANG ON OFFICER I'LL JUST FIX THAT FOR YOU
    MAKE A GREAT GETAWAY CAR WOULDN'T IT
    have a good one :D ken :wasntme:
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  5. 12th November 2007, 12:54 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Outback 1 View Post
    EXCUSE ME DRIVER THE REGO ON THIS VEHICLE SAYS ITS WHITE!
    HANG ON OFFICER I'LL JUST FIX THAT FOR YOU
    MAKE A GREAT GETAWAY CAR WOULDN'T IT
    Yup, I wonder how our beloved RTA would cope with that idea?

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    LOL, yeah, NSW RTA would have a heart attack. Love the idea though, i'm one of those people that can never make up their mind what colour that they want!
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    You know, the RTA here gave me an earful when I repainted my boxtrailer and didn't tell them until the next rego....many months later...

    went like this; she: "...and is the trailer brown?"

    me: no, it's now black".

    ...the woman at the RTA desk went right off her nut...

    ...must've been having a bad hair day

    it's only a box trailer...

    (imagine the RTA if they had a say on hair colours, poor dudes would be apoplexic)...

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  8. 12th November 2007, 02:13 PM #8
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    gee it'd make it easy to hide unmarked cop cars too!
    have a good one :D ken :wasntme:
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