I got myself a rather lovely mg midget last year in a very non MG blue.
I was just going to touch up the areas that needed doing where there was stone chips and gravel rash but now after getting it up on the ramp and going round with a light, there are more areas than i thought with an odd bump and cracked paint and stuff and the only panel which wouldn't get resprayed now is the boot lid! It was a brand new heritage shell a few years ago so worth giving it the top treatment!
Which is maybe a good job as my painter is really struggling to colour match the original colour. The previous owner doesn't know what colour it has been painted and the garage he bought it from doesn't know either. My painter has tried to colour match it and the sample sheet he has done on the bonnet looks perfect but if you hold it to the rear quarter panel it looks a mile off.
So, I have decided that for the little extra it is going to cost, to respray the whole car in a new colour - but sticking to the dark blue theme. Then there is no issues in matching.
I have always loved the BMW San Marino blue but my painter hates it and said he would never pick that blue by choice as there are lots of better dark blues out there (in his opinion).
He has suggested the Maserati Blu Emozione Metallic but every picture I have seen online doesnt look good and definitely doesnt blow me away but the sample sheet does look amazing.
He has also suggested a few Alfa Romeo ones inc Blu Tornado and Blu Misano
Blu Tornado:
Blu Misano
And then there are the two classic AUdi colours
Sepang
And my second choice after the BMW San Marino, the Audi Estoril
He has also lobbed in Lamborghini Murcielago MONTEREY BLUE (which does look stunning but not sure it would suit the car)
What dark blue metallic would you suggest please? I need to decide by next week
I was just going to touch up the areas that needed doing where there was stone chips and gravel rash but now after getting it up on the ramp and going round with a light, there are more areas than i thought with an odd bump and cracked paint and stuff and the only panel which wouldn't get resprayed now is the boot lid! It was a brand new heritage shell a few years ago so worth giving it the top treatment!
Which is maybe a good job as my painter is really struggling to colour match the original colour. The previous owner doesn't know what colour it has been painted and the garage he bought it from doesn't know either. My painter has tried to colour match it and the sample sheet he has done on the bonnet looks perfect but if you hold it to the rear quarter panel it looks a mile off.
So, I have decided that for the little extra it is going to cost, to respray the whole car in a new colour - but sticking to the dark blue theme. Then there is no issues in matching.
I have always loved the BMW San Marino blue but my painter hates it and said he would never pick that blue by choice as there are lots of better dark blues out there (in his opinion).
He has suggested the Maserati Blu Emozione Metallic but every picture I have seen online doesnt look good and definitely doesnt blow me away but the sample sheet does look amazing.
He has also suggested a few Alfa Romeo ones inc Blu Tornado and Blu Misano
Blu Tornado:
Blu Misano
And then there are the two classic AUdi colours
Sepang
And my second choice after the BMW San Marino, the Audi Estoril
He has also lobbed in Lamborghini Murcielago MONTEREY BLUE (which does look stunning but not sure it would suit the car)
What dark blue metallic would you suggest please? I need to decide by next week
I have updated quite a bit on it since then on the mechanical side. That advert and video was from 2 years ago. It had picked up a lot of paint damage since then., I am on the final stretch at sorting the paintwork out.