thoughts on white paint

[migelowsky]

Hi, this is my first post.

I`m thinking of painting my car again, it`s

my old loyal vehicle, a 1984 chevy cavalier.

When I got it 15 years ago it was red, then about 8 years

ago it was painted yellow.I love how it looks

yellow, it was a big upgrade from the red because

I changed the interior and bought new rims.

Now I want to know what you think about white cars, I would

like to try white with blue racing stripes, but I`m not sure

if white paint really show offs and makes justice to

all the waxing and polishing work. The reflections on

the surface mostly are light images, so I think they get

lost in the white paint, that`s why black cars look so cool

when they are well treated.

Any comments or thoughts on white paints?

Thanks =)

[Accumulator]

migelowsky- Welcome to Autopia!



White is simply *different* from darker colors, and most people don`t think it can ever have the same impact.



I can appreicate white if it`s kept very highly polished/well-detailed, especially if there`s good contrast with black/etc. trim. But IMO there aren`t all *that* many cars that "look right" in white and I dunno if your Cavalier is one of them :nixweiss



And while white with blue stripes might look cool on an old sportscar, I dunno how it`d look on a Cavalier either; I`d lean towards no stripes but then I`m kinda conservative about this stuff.



I`d find some images of one in white and see if it appeals to *you*. If so, go for it, and who cares what anybody else thinks. Note you might need some really good primer-sealer to put white over yellow (assuming you`re not taking it down to bare metal).



One very nice thing about white is that it`s very easy to maintain at the ~80% level because it doesn`t show minor flaws the way most other paints do.



But if you love how it looks in yellow....

[migelowsky]

thanks for your reply =)

at the moment, my 3 choices are those

white-blue, blue-white or black.

I like it yellow, but I think I need a change.

I`ll try to post the links to the 3d renders I made,

I have just one post so I don`t know if they will

allow me to post them.

white:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3231/blanco01ym1.jpg

blue:

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8566/azul01zo6.jpg

black:

http://miguelambriz.net/Inorganic_fi...ition=download



I know that a 25 Cavalier is not precisely a cool car, but every day there

are less and less, I think I enjoy watching any clean,waxed and shiny car.



thanks again =)

[White lexus 23]

just go with what makes you happy. thats what i say

[wytstang]

Leave the strips off, that model can not pull it off. Personally I don`t like *most* newer cars with racing strips. What I`m picturing a bit is a 2 tone paint job, paint the coupe part black and the rest white, with black rims with a polished lip.

[migelowsky]

thanks for all your suggestions,

I still have a month to decide, in

the mean time I`ll make another

render the way wytstang suggested.



The links to the images are now

active, when I do the render I`ll

see if I can post them directly here.

[Kaze_RSX]

Personally white has an odd impact. From the standpoint of a detailer, its as bland as it gets in most cases, but many modern show cars and trendy styled cars are white. A pure white just looks so clean and crisp...

[V_Eight]

A pure white just looks so clean and crisp...

I agree. I`ve always wanted a white on white 99-04 Saleen:







It`s so much less "look at me" than bright yellow or red, but still has the ease of cleanliness, and even looks better when clean IMO.

[migelowsky]

thanks for for reply =), I`m paying more attention on the streets

watching white cars, the Volkswagens seem to use it a lot,

they look very cool, the Golfs and also the Tuareg.

That Mustang looks great.

I also played with beige, is not very common this days,

the only one I`ve seen are the mini coopers, here are another

tests:



http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7...isatrasmg9.jpg

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/1289/beigegrisxz1.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7...ssolidohh9.jpg

[migelowsky]

My car it`s at the bodyshop and It`ll be ready next week =)

The color was ivory white from VW and dark gray from SEAT ( the

spanish automaker ).



I`ll post the pics when I get it back

[migelowsky]

My car is painted =), I`m happy with the result,

at first I was a little worried that the campanella white

would come too beige, but it is exactly as I wanted,

the same from the VW`s.

In two weeks I have to go back to the paint shop and they`ll

polish it.