RiggsRX Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Yeh G'day. I'm sure a lot of you have been in the same boat. Ive been racking my brain day and night trying to decide on a colour to paint my r100. I want to go outside the norm of red, blue and other basic common colours. To decide on an outside colour - the interior colour needs to suit. I have had my heart set on an all white interior forever but could sway away if need be. I have been researching some browns. Seems to be some really nice browns out there these days. That's a different colour for sure. Would be a balzy move to paint the car brown and have an all white interior. Anyway just wondering your guys thoughts regarding interior and exterior colours outside of the norm. Cheers!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRWEST Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Ahhhhh this is painful, went through this for months with the impala. Go with your first instint/vision for the car in my opinion. I had always pictured the 64 as gunmetal with black roof and interior and very nearly ended up painting it a number of other colours, but kept coming back to my original pic of the car. Id go for something timeless, maybe period (depending on what path of build style your going for) and something that will look good obviously. Hate to paint it an "in" colour now that will look shit or dated in a few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggsRX Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Ahhhhh this is painful, went through this for months with the impala. Go with your first instint/vision for the car in my opinion. I had always pictured the 64 as gunmetal with black roof and interior and very nearly ended up painting it a number of other colours, but kept coming back to my original pic of the car. Id go for something timeless, maybe period (depending on what path of build style your going for) and something that will look good obviously. Hate to paint it an "in" colour now that will look shit or dated in a few years. Brown has always been timeless, looked like shit and never been an "in" colour haha. Also looked into two tone which is about as big of a gamble as brown..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr1600 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I looked at this for about 4 years with my Datsun before going back to a silver...........I toyed with a pastel colour but I was never going to end up with something standard. I think if your building a resto go with something like the original colour / shades , However if its not so original go with something metallic. Not a red car fan , but god damn does an R100 look good in most shades of red. or black...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taistorm Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm a big fan of the 240z mustard. I reckon an r100 would look awesome in that get up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Got a color called "Dirty Wine" with a Brown Pearl added made up for a two tone bike with White as the second color. Looked epic in the sun with color shift from Red Candy through Dark Purple and into Dark Brown. Would need near perfect panel work because it's such a dark color. Sorry I never took a picture of the finished bike but the customer was very happy with the result. I did keep the sample stick so I had a reminder which I still have but it's very scratched, I doubt I could get a picture that would give you a true idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRWEST Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I think if your building a resto go with something like the original colour / shades , However if its not so original go with something metallic. My thoughts too. An another point dont listen to anyone else you get confused as fark hahaha. go with what you want to run at the end of the day ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 white interiors are not great IMO they get dirty very easily and can reflect on to the glass in sunny conditions making it harder to see out- a mate of mine had a car with a white dash and that sucked in summer, its the one thing that sticks in my mind about that car. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Google BMW brown colour, I think that would look boss. Go well with chrome too. Also steer well away from white interiors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Surely the interior decision has already been made? Camo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggsRX Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Google BMW brown colour, I think that would look boss. Go well with chrome too. Also steer well away from white interiors. Yeh mate I've been checking out that colour. It's called "Pyrite Brown" Let me know what you fellas think!! Also what you think would look good for interior!! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Some of the new toyotas (in nz anyway) have a nice metallic? Brownie colour that I've been thinking would look sweet for a motorbike, just googled brown Toyota and it shows a few Toyota tundras which I'd assume you get over your way? Bit of Toyota reliability would be handy no? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 70's Mazda brown called 'bracken', it's the colour of melted milk chocolate.. mmmm, chocolate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm quite a fan of the brown on the Cedric's 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I have never seen a white interior that's looked good after a bit of use, it just ages soooo poorly. I vote trying for something classy rather than bold- like a dark red or just plain black. I'm constantly surprised at how well some factory interiors in these colours have aged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggsRX Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 I'm quite a fan of the brown on the Cedric's Shit Kicker that's pretty sick ay mate. Kind of a burgundy/red/brown. I googled brown Cedric and a bunch of mug shots of black dudes came up. Guys by the name of Cedric I assume haha!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 That's a pretty nice brown.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I reckon the closer to factory colour and interior you go the happier you will be with it in the long run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I think with the right reddy shade of brown you could pull off a rich dark blood red interior, or possibly even navy blue with a browny brown. I'm down with a silver-green paint with brown interior though. E21s came out in this rad colour; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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