tez162003 Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 I'm going to paint my new Brembo Calipers this weekend hopefully, so I need to go buy the paint, however I don't know what colour to get. I am after a really good bright white metallic paint. Do you guys know of any cars, be it Nissan, Ford, Vauxhall etc etc that has a bright white highly metallic paint colour that is not some special 3 stage paint like Aston Martin Morning Frost White. I want to simply do white primer, white metallic, brembo sticker and clear. Quote
Mikesding Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Audi have glacier white, and the 370z comes in quite a nice white colour I think Quote
Wasso Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Vauxhall Insignia and BMW 1 series have a nice white. Quote
Ebized Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Audi have glacier white, and the 370z comes in quite a nice white colour I think The 370 white is much creamier looking that the artic/glacier whites Quote
tez162003 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Posted August 9, 2012 I found a local(ish) paint shop now, so I will go browse their colour book and get one made up there and then. What has happened to all the paint shops nowadays? I knew of several, went to a couple yesterday and they are gone. Recession is hitting paint shops I'm guessing. Quote
Wasso Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Halfords have the entire paint catalogue, why not try there? Quote
tez162003 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Posted August 9, 2012 Because that's Halfords...... enough said. Quote
Wasso Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Up to you it's all paint code measured and weighed. Quote
tez162003 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Posted August 9, 2012 No doubt operated by a 16 year old kid who isn't even trained to mix paints. I have been there and had them mix up paint for me before, cocked it up 2 or 3 times in a row, had enough of Halfords, everything they do or sell is crap (except the professional range of tools, they're okay) I will only ever use Halfords as a very last resort. Quote
rtbiscuit Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 jaguar metallics are pretty good, usually have a mix of metallic flakes, my anthracite has bronzes, purples and greens in the flake. they do a metallic white as well, might be worth a look. Quote
tez162003 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Posted August 9, 2012 Cool, will keep that in mind later on when I pop to the paint shop. Quote
Wasso Posted August 9, 2012 Posted August 9, 2012 Maybe I'm lucky enough to have grown ups in my Halfords paint department. They managed to mix me a anodised red, using no paint code and spending 3 hours making the paint match. Not bad by trial and error. If they dont have decent staff the customer suffers. No bad experiences from my very helpful chaps though. Quote
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