New Paint Job for the MP5 - Ideas?

[Todd]

With the chameleon paint, if you get nicks in it all you would do is use the touch up paint that you would have. It will look fine. The paint changes colors by the angle of the car and how light hits it. It works like a prism.

 

[Sir Nuke]

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. That chameleon paint seems wildly pricey, though. And how do you match it when fixing nicks? Not too likely.

Also, the vinyl sticker route may not go over well with temps reaching over 110 degrees F. Any info on this?

I personally wouldn't recommend them if you plan on keeping your car for any length of time....

heres why....have you ever seen an OLDER trans am with the big bird on the hood? and see what happens to those decals after being baked in the sun for years and years....the color goes for one thing....AND when you do take them off...the paint under then is not the same as the rest of the car anymore for its been covered.....

personally....I wouldn't do it.


As far as repairing chips in ANY special paint job you EVER have done on a car.....ALWAYS have the painter that does the job put a pint of the actual paint he shot your car with in a seperate little can for YOU to have for the future....you will have UNLIMITED touchup paint.....and a pint will cover a pretty big area....and if you ever needed to have a small repair done....your covered with a perfect match.

 

[mint_blue_p5]

like i said before, the gunmetal or the titanium grey metallic seems to be the in color right now...

<img src="http://www.familia.mazda.co.jp/img/style_image03.jpg">
<img src="http://www.rx-7.mazda.co.jp/img/gallary_photo2.jpg">

 

[TexP5]

The familia picture here looks sweet! I would have liked that as a color choice for the P5. That color would add some sophistication to the lineup.

 

[mint_blue_p5]

The familia picture here looks sweet! I would have liked that as a color choice for the P5. That color would add some sophistication to the lineup.

but they do~...well for the famila sport 20 that is ...too bad they didn't have that color as an option here *sigh*

<img src="http://www.familia-sw.mazda.co.jp/img/color02.gif">

 

[adragonfly]

My friend paid 6,000 for it because he got the highest quality paint. He does shows so it was important for him to get it done so finely. You can actually get it done for about $3,500 at the cheapest, which doesn't mean it's a bad paint job, just not as many coats. Depends on what you really want in terms of quality.

 

[OurP5]

WOW!!!

I really like the gunmetal color. That would look sweet on a P5 I think.

You would definitely be unique.

I think the Ford Mustang came in that color didn't it? Worse comes to worse you could go to a paint shop and get some Ford paint to blanket your P5 in!!

Wait.... that just helps solidify the Ford/Mazda relationship.

 

[j_t_heilbrun]

There's 2 chameleon colors that are out now which change colors as the car moves to different angles...

The first one is the blue/purple/green/red/gold... it's actually anywhere from 14 to 16 colors mixed together, depending on the quality of the paint that the body shop uses. It's more on the blue/purple/green side than anything else... the other colors are more like accents that appear and disappear very subtley. It's great to watch the car drive by as the colors change. Very eyecatching! Plus, imagine a cop trying to write your car's color description on a ticket! LOL... It's originally a color from Mustang Saleens, I think. My friend had his MR2 painted with it and it was pretty cool. I think I might be able to get a pic of that this weekend and I'll post it for you to see.

Recently, they came out with a second version of the same type of paint. This one only changes within the warm color range - orange/yellow/red/gold. I drive by this house that's got two cars parked in front of it and they're both done with matching paint jobs. That one is newer and I think I like it better.

There are a few body shops in L.A. that I know can do this type of thing... I don't think it's too long of a drive to make for a quality job.

Your other option is to do full body vinyl graphics, which, if done properly, are cmpletely removable when you get sick of your design. My friend at Cookie graphics did flames on his car. The cool thing about them was that they were done with glow in the dark/reflective vinyl so that at night the flames really glowed! That should only be about 150 to 200 to do - much cheaper than a paint job. Plus the vinyl up front protects from at least minor chips and scratches.

OK there are many different paint companys that make color shifting paints. They do not have 14-16 colors mixed together. They use a special pigment that refracts light at a diffrent point on the color spectrum depending on the angle. The paint must be sprayed over a black base to get the maximum effect. The pigment for the paint is quite exspensive it runs the paint manufactures about 10,000 dollars a pound. It is very neat stuff and comes in way more than two colors. I work at a family owned NAPA store. We used to sell Dupont paints. They had what they called chromeillusion it came in 6 basic colors and about 30 alternates. We now sell Martin Senour paints, theirs is called multitones. It comes in about 40 different colors with 8 basics. The basics have the most color shifting range and the alternates are more exact 2-4 shade of 2 close colors as opposed to 15-20 shades of 5-8 diffrent colors. The stuff runs about 350-400 a pint. I takes about 5-7 pints to paint a car. So it's not cheap. I have a 92 prelude and I'm thinking about using some of it to paint my car. I have a special formula to make each pint go alot further.

 

[Racer91]

Re: Flames

There is a truck here in town similar to this SHAWINGGGGG its a good thing i wore my loose jeans to the car show

Syzygy

consider the flames they look so good but as the Nuke says if you do it do it right. There is a mp3 on here with a sticker kit looks nice but man a nice flame job SCHWINGGGGG

A friend of mine had a 1947 Studebaker truck that he and his dad did a frame off restore on... Brand new Crate Lt-1, 700r4, the works... But the paint job was so awesome.

It was Gloss black, with Midnight blue flames on the front, hood, and front quarter panels... Best looking combination I have ever seen.. He only had about 10 coats of clear coat too... lol.

(Syzyguy, I really think you should paint your car sunlight silver metallic. )

 

[mint_blue_p5]

yea~ ain't she a beauty!

i wanted to paint my p5 in this color...but i have no money right now (anyone wanna join me to rob a bank? lol)

anyways, i'll attach another pic...the paint code for the gunmetal (titanium grey metallic) is 25G

<img src="http://www.familia.mazda.co.jp/img/style_image04.jpg">

 

[OurP5]

Almost

That color almost makes me want to be involved in accident and need a new paint job.....almost

That would be sweet though. With my dark tinted windows a REAL set of HIDs. Wow!

 

[adragonfly]

OK there are many different paint companys that make color shifting paints. They do not have 14-16 colors mixed together. They use a special pigment that refracts light at a diffrent point on the color spectrum depending on the angle. The paint must be sprayed over a black base to get the maximum effect. The pigment for the paint is quite exspensive it runs the paint manufactures about 10,000 dollars a pound. It is very neat stuff and comes in way more than two colors. I work at a family owned NAPA store. We used to sell Dupont paints. They had what they called chromeillusion it came in 6 basic colors and about 30 alternates. We now sell Martin Senour paints, theirs is called multitones. It comes in about 40 different colors with 8 basics. The basics have the most color shifting range and the alternates are more exact 2-4 shade of 2 close colors as opposed to 15-20 shades of 5-8 diffrent colors. The stuff runs about 350-400 a pint. I takes about 5-7 pints to paint a car. So it's not cheap. I have a 92 prelude and I'm thinking about using some of it to paint my car. I have a special formula to make each pint go alot further.

I didn't actually mean that there were 14-16 regular colors of paint all dumped together and then sprayed all over a car. That would look like mud. I simply meant that the color shifted to that many different shades. I was trying to summarize because I didn't want to make a list of all the shades that appeared in the paint. Sorry if I was unclear... Sheesh! Anyway... my friend used the dupont stuff.

 

[Racer91]

The Dupont stuff is called Chrome Illusion NICE... its what Jeff Gordon has had on is WC car a few times pricey pricey but nicey nicey (no nascar shots please boys and girls dont wanna go there today LOL)

Maybe Maybe Chrome Illusion Flames SYZ not a $6000.00 touch but it has potential to look good

Nuke get on that darn Photoshop program of yours and do some flames for this man on the front of his P (your gonna smack me the day you meet me right all this work i make you do) ]

I didn't actually mean that there were 14-16 regular colors of paint all dumped together and then sprayed all over a car. That would look like mud. I simply meant that the color shifted to that many different shades. I was trying to summarize because I didn't want to make a list of all the shades that appeared in the paint. Sorry if I was unclear... Sheesh! Anyway... my friend used the dupont stuff.

 

[adragonfly]

I finally developed that picture of my friend's car for you. Sorry it took so long. The bad news is that it's going to be a couple more hours before I get home to scan and post it! I'm such a dork that I forgot to take it to work with me so I could do it here. It'll be up tonight, Syz, promise!

 

[Syzygy]

...(snip)...It'll be up tonight, Syz, promise!

Thanks, adragonfly!

 

[adragonfly]

Here you go!

 

[Protege5girl]

Check out the House of Kolors web site. They have all sorts of different ideas, and colors and types. They have the kameleon paint which is like 5 different colors, they have flames etc...etc...

Ive been thinking about painting my car as well..