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Title: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Lee.C on December 10, 2007, 01:56:33 am As the title says guys - Are Metallic paints Cal Look or Not ??? ??? ???
Let hear you thoughts and see your pictures :) Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Donny B. on December 10, 2007, 02:30:08 am Yes. Gary Berg's car is Porsche Minerva Blue and that is a metalic color. Wasn't Art Gutierrez's car metalic green? I think it would depend on the color. It would have to be in good taste, but then who defines good taste?
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on December 10, 2007, 02:42:44 am Hi Lee there were Quite A Few Car's Painted Metallic In The 70's But Most were Painted Porsche, BMW, or Mercedes Colors Even The Solid Color's that were Used were Colors of High End Cars$$$ Only Certian Metallic Colors look good On Bugs
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Jim M on December 10, 2007, 03:57:46 am I think we should leave this up to the "CALLOOK POLICE"
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: louisb on December 10, 2007, 05:18:07 am As the title says guys - Are Metallic paints Cal Look or Not ??? ??? ??? Let hear you thoughts and see your pictures :) I think it would depend on the color. Some of the modern metalic paints probably not so much. Stick close to basic colors and I think you would be okay. Or Like Shubee says, look at colors from high end cars like Porsche. --louis Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Lids on December 10, 2007, 07:21:29 am the colours came off Porsche, BMW or even Mercedes colour charts
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: empicolector on December 10, 2007, 08:16:19 am it depend of the colour
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: nicolas on December 10, 2007, 11:29:01 am mine is metallic and it is callook. a nice burgundy metallic paint or blue is very nice. or a black with a little blue in it ( subaru WRX colour) would look good too. my friend has that and ask Flatfire what he thought of the car at EBI when he was on the campsite at Camargue...
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Luftkraft on December 10, 2007, 12:15:36 pm definitely yes
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: benssp on December 10, 2007, 12:21:46 pm Hell yeah! Street Dragon, Bergler ;D
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: WCB Hitler's Hot Rod on December 10, 2007, 13:29:44 pm I prefer the solid colors nonmetalic. My preference.
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: javabug on December 10, 2007, 14:56:04 pm The right metallic brown would be excellent on a dechromed car.
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: louisb on December 10, 2007, 15:40:32 pm The right metallic brown would be excellent on a dechromed car. There was a '70s Ford Metallic Brown that looks bitchin on bugs. Sort of a Chocolate color. --louis Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Luftkraft on December 10, 2007, 15:49:40 pm metallic brown looks great...
(http://www.luftkraft.ch/swissfiles/dominique.jpg) Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: speedwell on December 10, 2007, 18:07:49 pm remember the mark thurber brown metaliic sedan 8)
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Zach Gomulka on December 10, 2007, 18:12:16 pm Metallic, yes. Metalflake, no.
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Jim Ratto on December 10, 2007, 18:14:20 pm My car is barely metallic, has a mica in the base coat. Not sure if the original Porsche Adriatic blue was metallic or not, but the guy that painted my car in 1989 thought the mica would be a subtle and tasetful touch. I like it. Not sure if it qualifies as CAL LOOK or not.
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Bewitched666 on December 10, 2007, 19:12:42 pm Like Zach says metallic pain is callook but not metalflake ;D
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: javabug on December 10, 2007, 19:21:19 pm The right metallic brown would be excellent on a dechromed car. There was a '70s Ford Metallic Brown that looks bitchin on bugs. Sort of a Chocolate color. --louis Right, also Chrysler had a metallic brown in the early '70s that would work. Think "rootbeer." Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: jick on December 10, 2007, 19:41:37 pm for me Art G's car is a perfect colour, as is Hector Bonilla's, but i think its very easy to get it wrong with a metallic.
maybe limited to dark burgundy reds, dark bottle greens, Thurber browns..... Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: lowfastbus on December 10, 2007, 19:57:26 pm for me Art G's car is a perfect colour, as is Hector Bonilla's, but i think its very easy to get it wrong with a metallic. maybe limited to dark burgundy reds, dark bottle greens, Thurber browns..... As Jick said, Hector Bonnilla's is the perfect example off metallic and cal-look! Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Lee.C on December 10, 2007, 20:16:56 pm Looks like you guys think the same as me then - YES THEY ARE ;) :)
But as alot of you have said it has to be the "Right" colour Dark Reds, Browns, Dark Greens etc Oh yeah - I just LOVE Hectors ride - the Stance is PERFECT but thatr a whole other discussion ;) :) Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: jick on December 10, 2007, 20:46:35 pm Porsche India Red is not a metallic.......why are you wasting our time Monkiboy? ;) ;) :D
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Lee.C on December 10, 2007, 21:00:53 pm Porsche India Red is not a metallic.......why are you wasting our time Monkiboy? ;) ;) :D Yeah yeah yeah - what is it with all you guys do you all have a bet going or something - What colour can we get Monkiboy to paint his car ;) :D :D I was asking because I have been looking at a few metallic 70's porsche colours as well as a few nice E type colours ;) :) IF i do go down the red route I was thinking about this one - 914 Malaga Red :) Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Jim Ratto on December 10, 2007, 21:03:08 pm Porsche India Red is not a metallic.......why are you wasting our time Monkiboy? ;) ;) :D Yeah yeah yeah - what is it with all you guys do you all have a bet going or something - What colour can we get Monkiboy to paint his car ;) :D :D I was asking because I have been looking at a few metallic 70's porsche colours as well as a few nice E type colours ;) :) IF i do go down the red route I was thinking about this one - 914 Malaga Red :) nice color....I mean colour.... ;D Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Lee.C on December 10, 2007, 21:12:38 pm Porsche India Red is not a metallic.......why are you wasting our time Monkiboy? ;) ;) :D Yeah yeah yeah - what is it with all you guys do you all have a bet going or something - What colour can we get Monkiboy to paint his car ;) :D :D I was asking because I have been looking at a few metallic 70's porsche colours as well as a few nice E type colours ;) :) IF i do go down the red route I was thinking about this one - 914 Malaga Red :) nice color....I mean colour.... ;D You do know how to spell it properly then ;) :D It is a lovely color though - what colour is Hectors by the way ??? Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: louisb on December 10, 2007, 21:15:09 pm Porsche India Red is not a metallic.......why are you wasting our time Monkiboy? ;) ;) :D Yeah yeah yeah - what is it with all you guys do you all have a bet going or something - What colour can we get Monkiboy to paint his car ;) :D :D I was asking because I have been looking at a few metallic 70's porsche colours as well as a few nice E type colours ;) :) IF i do go down the red route I was thinking about this one - 914 Malaga Red :) MMM I like that. --louis Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Martin Greaves on December 10, 2007, 21:15:54 pm Some Metallic gold off a 70s Porsche can work to.
Well may be. :D Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: flatfire on December 10, 2007, 22:08:29 pm mine is metallic and it is callook. a nice burgundy metallic paint or blue is very nice. or a black with a little blue in it ( subaru WRX colour) would look good too. my friend has that and ask Flatfire what he thought of the car at EBI when he was on the campsite at Camargue... That car at Camargue rocked. I think because it was different, it was a refreshing change. Everytime I want to paint a bug a base colour. The devil taps me on the shoulder and says '' ignore the base and get some sparkle into your life''. :D I love Mark Thurbers metallic brown bug. Have a nice Christmas Nicolas Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on December 10, 2007, 22:23:10 pm for me Art G's car is a perfect colour, as is Hector Bonilla's, but i think its very easy to get it wrong with a metallic. maybe limited to dark burgundy reds, dark bottle greens, Thurber browns..... As Jick said, Hector Bonnilla's is the perfect example off metallic and cal-look! Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: benssp on December 11, 2007, 14:33:26 pm Some Metallic gold off a 70s Porsche can work to. Well may be. :D Didn't you race a Porsche recently? :P Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Lee.C on December 13, 2007, 01:19:25 am Hmmmmm this one is lovely ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Lee.C on December 13, 2007, 01:30:30 am And one more ;) ;D
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Diederick/DVK on December 13, 2007, 14:15:02 pm awesome colours lee!
looks like you're going to a whole next level here ;) btw, i love those tan seats of the first red porsche :D :D ;D Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: roland on December 13, 2007, 14:23:11 pm Delphi green metallic looks nice on that 914! Don't know how it would look on a bug though..
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Diederick/DVK on December 13, 2007, 14:36:04 pm Probably too curvy for it.
I guess it would look like that swiss oval... Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: nicolas on December 13, 2007, 19:39:57 pm That car at Camargue rocked. I think because it was different, it was a refreshing change. I love Mark Thurbers metallic brown bug. Have a nice Christmas Nicolas wel thanks, the same for your family and are little Jeff threw up his spade and rake in air to say the same. ;D hope we can catch eachother next season, take care. and indeed mark's car is one very cool car. was an inspiration for my colour. think rootbeer, like someone said above and mine is a 70's ford colour in some charts and a audi colour of the 80's in others. and while we are at it i think it is time to open a tread completely dedicated to a very nice metallic car. art's 67. i just have gotten the backissue from Ultra vw with the feature in it. and it is such a nice car. everything about that car screams, race me! Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: maX cal-look on December 14, 2007, 13:21:27 pm Nicolas your pic's sound good to me ... Brown color will win !! ::)
;) Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: nicolas on December 14, 2007, 18:16:10 pm Nicolas your pic's sound good to me ... Brown color will win !! ::) hehehehe;) thanks for the pictures (and stickers on your blog ;) ) Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: bugkeeper on December 20, 2007, 22:21:06 pm (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/368984.jpg)
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/296479.jpg) I just love metallic brown... ;D Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: speedwell on December 20, 2007, 22:27:05 pm yep very nice color & car ;)
Title: Re: Metallic paints - Cal Look or NOT ?????? Post by: Carlos De Alba on December 21, 2007, 01:23:18 am bitching car!!! 8)
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