Paint options

[edro*]

Ok guys so my girl crashed my STi and the whole drivers side will need to be repainted. The pass side could use a fresh coat too, so i figured why not a repaint. My car is WRB and I would like to change the color, I still want to stay blue and somewhat similar (as I will not be painting the door jams).

I have been contemplating using the Corvette Jetstream Blue, but would like other options. Please post pics and color codes if available.

Thanks in advance.

[Aben92]

Step one: dump the girl
Step two: repaint WRB (hey that rhymed)

If your gonna half ass it and not piant the jambs and bay just keep it the same color.

[Adrenaline981]

You let ur girl drive ur Sti!

[twonb1]

Originally Posted by Adrenaline981

You let ur girl drive ur Sti!

whats wrong with his girl driving his sti. It proably wasnt even her fault. I hope

[dirtwarrior]

Somebody put some pearl in WRB and didnt paint the jams. It looks sexy!

[mhorn0817]

id like some info as well, as i was thikning of doing the same thing...what kind of peral was put into it? any pics?

[edro*]

Can't dump the girl (mother of my child)
Yes I let her drive it, ill be a lot more hesitant from now on though
yes it was her fault 100%
I just want somthing different, I might paint the jams, deff not the bay
What kind of pearl did they use, I was thinking of doing either a dark blue, light gold, or metalic charcoal pearl, I guess a white pearl wouldn't look bad either.

By the way my car is currently carbon on wrb.

[edro*]

Can't dump the girl (mother of my child)
Yes I let her drive it, ill be a lot more hesitant from now on though
yes it was her fault 100%
I just want somthing different, I might paint the jams, deff not the bay
What kind of pearl did they use, I was thinking of doing either a dark blue, light gold, or metalic charcoal pearl, I guess a white pearl wouldn't look bad either.

By the way my car is currently carbon on wrb.

[mhorn0817]

the car already has blue pearl in it, along with a fine metallic, if you add a pearl white to it, it would basically add some all pearl colors to it, red,green,etc

[edro*]

dude honestly i didnt understand wut you just said.
if i add a white pearl i will add other colors?????

[vms150]

Audi Nogaro Blue

[om1nous]

check out the new Audi Sprint blue...I kinda wanna paint my S4 that when I'm out of school.


I'm partial to Santorin Blue...that's what my car is now (not a good pic. look it up though)

[ryan2.5]

save yourself headache from custom colors you'll never be able to match down the road and keep it wrb

[medic14]

You could do a flat WRB. I saw that a while ago; looks awesome. I don't know about upkeep tho.

[Lonewolf3626]

I like the idea of adding the pearl to the WRB that might look real nice

[edro*]

flat would be sick, upkeep would suck.

[ZOMG.STi]

Just read her mysubie.com post, damn man that sucks.

Don't go flat, upkeep is awful. I'd either stick WRB or go white and dont worry about the jambs, it'll look fine and if it doesn't then you can always make a project out of it later down the road.

[MoN]

Originally Posted by twonb1

whats wrong with his girl driving his sti. It proably wasnt even her fault. I hope

Thanks for standing up for us girlfriends who drive our mans cars!!

But yes it was my fault... dam fast cars and rain and sharps turns lmao!!!
But I def like the idea Ed came up with to keep it WRB add some pearl and paint the roof a DK grey almost black to blend w/ the CF hood & trunk!! Yay I cant wait. See the crash was all worth it! New right side and new fresh paint

[SS/GNX]

Originally Posted by MoN

Thanks for standing up for us girlfriends who drive our mans cars!!

But yes it was my fault... dam fast cars and rain and sharps turns lmao!!!
But I def like the idea Ed came up with to keep it WRB add some pearl and paint the roof a DK grey almost black to blend w/ the CF hood & trunk!! Yay I cant wait. See the crash was all worth it! New right side and new fresh paint

You crashed his car, you don't deserve any input anymore.

The crash was worth it? Does that mean you'll be paying the difference in his insurance rates from now on?

[ZOMG.STi]

Originally Posted by SS/GNX

The crash was worth it? Does that mean you'll be paying the difference in his insurance rates from now on?

Since she was the driver of the car and she was at fault his insurance shouldn't go up.

[edro*]

yeah about that, she isnt on my insurance so i called it in under my name, so my ins will deffinately go up.

we split the bills so we will both be paying the diff.

as far as worth it.........
positive:
rental for a month (can beat on it all i want, use cheap gas, a month's worth of miles not on my car)
fresh paint
new front bumper
new rear bumper
no more dents
fresh supension bits

Negative:
higher ins premium
points on MY license
depreciated re-sale value
spending a month without my STi

there seems to be more positives than negatives, but 3/4 negatives are severe

Her imput is just as welcome as anyone else, so stop being a DICK

[ZOMG.STi]

she doesn't have to be on your insurance to drive your car, as long as she has some sort of insurance hers will cover... she's not insured at all is she?

[edro*]

nope....

[MoN]

Thanks babe! *muah*
And why does it depriciate the re-sale value? If its getting new paint and stuff it shouldnt make a difference does it? Ooo Unless its on the carfax.....

Nope im uninsured... good time to get crackin on getting my leggy on the road And then we can both be on the insurance.

[wrxkyle]

anyone have links to modified wrb colors? i think a touch lighter color with a bit more pearl or metallic would really make it pop, any ideas, it would be close enough to not ahve to do the jambs and engine bay