Extended Color Palette
- Thread starter dbk
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sr71
GT Owner
Wasn't it the Model T that was available in any color you wanted.....as long as it was black.
My own '06 is midnight blue, still happy with that choice, but I sure do like the Moose color.
My own '06 is midnight blue, still happy with that choice, but I sure do like the Moose color.
Lady Moose
GT Owner
- Jul 28, 2016
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B. West
GT Owner
It is my understanding that the cost associated with custom colors at least in production model vehicles that are going down the line is due to the fact that the lines have to be flushed to do the custom colors. This requires stopping the production to insert a different color into the sprayers not readily being used.
Sinovac
GT Owner
SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
STORMCAT
GT
To be honest I think Ford would have benefited from having a small fly in studio. Where they would have actually had samples of all the Axalta colors in a book or books
I've looked at the Axalta website and it's really hard to get a feel for the colors looking at them on the internet. Especially in the Gray and Silver tones..
Possibly they could have had about 40 or 50 samples of some exciting colors chosen by the design team or a designer painted on the GT plastic pieces like the ones in the owners kit.. I'm not talking about a big Studio,,, like basically a cubicle with all the books and the current owners kit just some basic tools to get a better idea of colors ..
As Dave mentions $30,000 for a paint job is expensive a substantial investment. I'd be willing to spend a few hundred dollars to fly in to make a more educated or choice or the exposed to more colors first hand where I had a better Comfort level of what I was getting.. I did go to an Axalta paint supplier to look at the books they had and the books were old,,
I've looked at the Axalta website and it's really hard to get a feel for the colors looking at them on the internet. Especially in the Gray and Silver tones..
Possibly they could have had about 40 or 50 samples of some exciting colors chosen by the design team or a designer painted on the GT plastic pieces like the ones in the owners kit.. I'm not talking about a big Studio,,, like basically a cubicle with all the books and the current owners kit just some basic tools to get a better idea of colors ..
As Dave mentions $30,000 for a paint job is expensive a substantial investment. I'd be willing to spend a few hundred dollars to fly in to make a more educated or choice or the exposed to more colors first hand where I had a better Comfort level of what I was getting.. I did go to an Axalta paint supplier to look at the books they had and the books were old,,
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spartan
GT Owner
It's like a woman paying $30,000 for a custom dress and finds 3 others with the same dress at the event. The designer should not make the same dress as its no longer "custom designer".
Xcentric
GT Owner
ByeEnzo
GT
Looks like Tim Burton (Shmee150) is following DBK's advice. His spec will be Liquid red with extended palette gold stripes and wheels. Tribute to UK's Alan Mann Racing GT40's from the 1960's.
Sinovac
GT Owner
maxemus
GT Owner
STORMCAT
GT
Xcentric
GT Owner
^^^ They look very different on my devices. The Miami blue is much more....Miami! More robin's egg. More pastel. And Mexico is darker than Riviera, maybe a touch of cobalt.
The point, however, is that with ECP, copycat seems completely unnecessary. Even if one says, dang!...he got my FAVORITE color, there are countless other "favorite" colors that are unique. Because there is no such thing as a single favorite color. And there is no "best" color either.
Any one of these three could be my "favorite" Porsche color on any given day.
The point, however, is that with ECP, copycat seems completely unnecessary. Even if one says, dang!...he got my FAVORITE color, there are countless other "favorite" colors that are unique. Because there is no such thing as a single favorite color. And there is no "best" color either.
Any one of these three could be my "favorite" Porsche color on any given day.
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STORMCAT
GT
I understand, the realty is some of these colors are real close in color, slightly different shades of Blue, Yellow and Orange would be difficult to detect unless side by side in the same light. There are going to be 750 or more GT's and at some point I'm sure having duplicate color cars or perceived as the same color from pictures is inevitable. They are all going to be rare .. Get what you like !!
