Poll: Which colour? - Poll please!

What colour?

  • Blue

    Votes: 70 57.9%

  • Grey

    Votes: 36 29.8%

  • Other (please state in post)

    Votes: 15 12.4%
  • Total voters
    121

Phate

Phate

Phate

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Right,

I don't want to know about if you hate my car, if you think it looks like a tonka toy, if you think it's crap, or dislike it in anyway shape or form.

But the car is going to be resprayed at some point in the next 6 months because it needs it.

Currently it's Trophy Blue and I love it - when clean in the sun it just glows. It turns lots of heads, and is a very rewarding colour to clean. Plus the half leather seats match and look smart :)

These are the best pictures I have, I haven't taken any other decent ones since it's been jigged and straightened
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But occasionally I see an Xpower Grey one, and think it looks subtle and gorgous. Specially with tinted windows, green calipers and blackmagic rear lights :p

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So people what do we think? If I went XPG I'd swap the seats for some black leather ones or grey alacantara ones, the cost would be very little as I'd get a fair whack for my seats due to their condition.

Also don't worry about costs, the resprays going to cost me the paint cost, that's it. No labour!

Thoughts please :)
 
Zip said:
Black :cool:

Also get rid of the orange indicator lenses, they look crap :p
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The mk1 has to be the only car which looks rubbish in black! :p

But the mk2 however...:cool:

I don't mind the orange lenses, it helps seperate it from its dirty Rover cousin :p
 
Phate said:
The mk1 has to be the only car which looks rubbish in black! :p

But the mk2 however...:cool:

I don't mind the orange lenses, it helps seperate it from its dirty Rover cousin :p
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Picture of a black on please, It will help the grill blend in a bit more and not be so bulgy.:)

Also the orange indicators make it look extremely dated
 
The problem with changing colour is it's likely to cost a lot more to do properly. What about under the bonnet etc?

Why does a car that old need a respray? :confused:
 
To be honest, always had a soft spot for the Mk1 MG ZS/ZR/ZT in dark green. Not sure what the actual colour is called - Don't think it's British Racing Green anyway.

Dooo iiittt :p
 
iaind said:
The problem with changing colour is it's likely to cost a lot more to do properly. What about under the bonnet etc?
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Not when a family member is a sprayer and you've fixed his computers for free for years and is offering to do it any colour you like for free providing I pay for the paint :p

Why does a car that old need a respray? :confused:
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The front end is covered in stone chips and a very big scratch on the front bumper, and overall its covered in swirl marks where previous owners have not washed it or looked after it properly.
 
Phate said:
Not when a family member is a sprayer and you've fixed his computers for free for years and is offering to do it any colour you like for free providing I pay for the paint :p



The front end is covered in stone chips and a very big scratch on the front bumper, and overall its covered in swirl marks where previous owners have not washed it or looked after it properly.
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I'd still be wary of respraying a different colour. Stone chips and scratches are relatively easy to sort out and the swirl marks might be able to be polished out?
 
iaind said:
I'd still be wary of respraying a different colour. Stone chips and scratches are relatively easy to sort out and the swirl marks might be able to be polished out?
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If I was doing it myself I would be wary. But someone whos been in the business a good few years, it'll be fine :)

The stone chips and scratch are too deep and need paint work, plus the bonnet and bumpers are from a different zed, so in certain lights the car looks like bloody patch work :p
 
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