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« on: February 16, 2011, 20:21:01 pm »
 Hi,
My 69 late looker is at the paint shop right now and waiting for me to decide what the final colour
should be. I have been looking hi and low for pictures of Lotus White, Toga White and Pearl White
Bugs.  If you have good pictures of any of these colours I'll be happy Smiley.  Maybe side by side pictures
of two of the mentioned colours Wink  I have a hard time seeing the difference on the pictures because of
different light conditions, locations etc. Which one is the brightest white colour??

Thanks for looking

/Rolf
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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2011, 20:52:34 pm »
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2011, 21:06:41 pm »
lotus white

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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2011, 21:40:07 pm »
Pearl white...
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/324048.jpg
Lotus white...
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/332632.jpg
Lotus white looks brighter from these photos, but that is not conclusive.
Couldn't find a Toga white.
 
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2011, 22:19:24 pm »
 Ask your painter if he has a mixing system, if he does look at the white mixing color. It is the white they make all the other whites from, they add tint to change it from pure white to the other colors.  I used it on my Super beetle years ago and it was nice.      Mike
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2011, 23:31:53 pm »
Print the name of each color on a seperate peice of paper, go to your local pub, head straight to the dart board and place 1 paper at 10 o'clock, 1 at 2 o'clock and the last at 6 o'clock, all face down. grab 3 darts, step up to line line and aim for the bullseye, first paper you hit is your color. Relax, you'll be happy with any of them if you've narrowed it down to 3 Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2011, 00:26:48 am »
mine, Lotus White - probably the best photos I have in terms of what it looks like in real life. If you are looking for a pure, clean white I'd probably avoid it, it ain't 'snow white' but I love it. Wink
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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2011, 04:51:05 am »
Quote from: 61SNRF on February 16, 2011, 21:40:07 pm
Couldn't find a Toga white.
That's because it's a pretty rare colour.  It's 1969 only.
Lotus and Pearl are pretty common at the shows.
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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2011, 07:54:32 am »
I'd go for Toga white as it is the right colour for the model year and it is pretty rare...
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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2011, 08:14:31 am »
my original 1970 has Pastelweiß L90D
I kind of like the colour  Grin

happy deciding
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2011, 08:21:26 am »
My car was pastel white which is not quite as yellow/ creamy as lotus

 what about alpine white, much brighter
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2011, 10:10:15 am »
Isn't Jeffery Hicken's car Toga white? Haven't seen him on here for a while, but he has posted a few pictures of his car. Smiley

Edit - here you go! http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,97.msg158429.html#msg158429
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« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2011, 13:21:45 pm »
i know that Georg, his type34 is toga white. but if i remember a conversation from a few years back he said to me that the white isn't 'really' that nice, but it is, allthough i can understand what he means. it is more of a grey-white as where lotus is a yellow-white, if that makes any sense at all. and again, from pics on the net it would be more then impossible to see the true colour. it even changes if the colour sample is seen in a store or in outside daylight. and also some colours look good on samples, but just don't work on a car/beetle/... and visa versa.
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« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2011, 22:43:14 pm »
Hello Loungers

THANKS for all your inputs and links Smiley Smiley
I knew I could count on you guys  Smiley

/Rolf
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2011, 23:06:38 pm »
What about Icebox white? That's the original California Look white!
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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2011, 23:17:27 pm »
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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2011, 00:29:28 am »
better pic of lotus white

my wife says it looks like vanilla ice cream in some lights
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« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2011, 08:31:35 am »
Quote from: nicolas on February 17, 2011, 13:21:45 pm
i know that Georg, his type34 is toga white. but if i remember a conversation from a few years back he said to me that the white isn't 'really' that nice, but it is, allthough i can understand what he means. it is more of a grey-white as where lotus is a yellow-white, if that makes any sense at all. and again, from pics on the net it would be more then impossible to see the true colour. it even changes if the colour sample is seen in a store or in outside daylight. and also some colours look good on samples, but just don't work on a car/beetle/... and visa versa.

Good memory, Nicolas! Cheesy

Yes, I am not a big fan of toga white, at least on my Ghia (but it's the og color). Like Nicolas said, it's a grayish white. It may suite a Cal Look Beetle good, because it is a kind of boring color (imho) and helps with the sleeper theme. If you like grey shades, go for it. If you prefer creamy colors, go for lotus or pearl.
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« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2011, 08:36:11 am »
Quote from: Ivan on February 23, 2011, 23:06:38 pm
What about Icebox white? That's the original California Look white!
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« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2011, 08:37:12 am »
I love true pearls painted over any color -- and a blue pearl is nice --- My recommendation is a mother of pearl shot over white and that is an extraordinary combination -- -- chit u want stock colors -- never mind LOL

White whites have blue tinting in them -- for some reason a white looks whiter with blue tinting added -- -- (sorry -- too many years hanging around painters LOL) -- Blue cars run better
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« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2011, 11:29:40 am »
Togawhite is the choice!
Eveybody has Lotus or pearl!!!
Toga would make a difference  Smiley

And yes, my car is Togawhite, but no Callook!

Cheers Stephan
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