White Focus RS

Dogbreath · 11 Jun 2006 at 23:42

I wouldn't. How do you know how good the preparation and paint job was for starters? Might look nice now, could be peeling or crazing in a years time.

When you pay this kind of money for a car then originality counts for a lot. Ever noticed how modified cars are worth barely more than stock ones, even if the mods cost a stupid amount?

Simon · 11 Jun 2006 at 23:48

Gilly said:
Why wouldn't you want a resprayed car though?

Because it will be no where near as good as the factory paint job.

Nexus · 11 Jun 2006 at 23:56

Do we even know that this is a resprayed RS though?

Ford had some white and black ones which were testing mules before the RS was released, it could well be one of those, I've seen pictures of them before.

Dup · 11 Jun 2006 at 23:58

Simon said:
Because it will be no where near as good as the factory paint job.

That and becasue people are tight and will use any excuse to rip the price down on anything.

Personally I like it, needs black trim to break it up a bit possibly, or even just the roof/pillars painting black just to make it a little more interesting. A white/titanium carbon bonnet would look ace on that too.

Simon · 12 Jun 2006 at 00:02

It has been resprayed, Ford wouldn't sell prototypes, the press cars got crushed.

I don't get how it is being tight ? :confused:

Painting a 3yr old car at great expense would certainly drop its value no matter how good the job, it's a proven fact, if you were to do it properly the entire car would need stripping and I wouldn't like to guess how that much that would cost

But yes it does look nice. How about Asbo orange on an RS

[SKR]Phoenix · 12 Jun 2006 at 00:09

Simon said:
Because it will be no where near as good as the factory paint job.

Do you know this car? Have you seen it?

Jesus!

Someone that can afford a RS more than likely won't have a crap paint job on it. I mean yeah, if it's a 10 year old Rover, why not, but a rare car, I doubt it.

Still, you will probably ague but I got my point across.

The_Dark_Side · 12 Jun 2006 at 00:26

Simon said:
Ford should have made some

are you certain this isn't a genuine Ford car?
i know what Ford are like when it comes to vehicles like this that's all.
look at the original "white heat" RS Turbo for example.

personally i think it looks better than the blue version.

Simon said:
No doubt that car is blue in the engine bay.....

you can't be sure of that and to be honest based on the rarity and value of the RS Focus i'd say the chances are it's had a proper respray.

Simon said:
Because it will be no where near as good as the factory paint job.

again, depending on how much has been spent it could be better, worse or as good as the factory job.
without a photographic record of the prep you couldn't be sure.

kippermitten · 12 Jun 2006 at 00:27

Oooh that quite nice for a focus! Theres one v similar to that a 1/2 mile from me, ill get pics as and when oh and its not a RS but looks v similar to that.

JRS · 12 Jun 2006 at 00:30

Simon said:
No doubt that car is blue in the engine bay.....

Simon said:
Because it will be no where near as good as the factory paint job.

Know that for sure do you?

What is it with the generalisation on this forum tonight? It's usually pretty bad but it seems much worse recently. Correlation with the warmer weather perhaps?

Never mind. My last words on this subject are these - that car looks orders of magnitude better in white IMO than it could ever hope to in the factory blue colour.

Morba · 12 Jun 2006 at 01:03

Simon said:
It has been resprayed, Ford wouldn't sell prototypes, the press cars got crushed.

I don't get how it is being tight ? Painting a 3yr old car at great expense would certainly drop its value no matter how good the job, it's a proven fact, if you were to do it properly the entire car would need stripping and I wouldn't like to guess how that much that would cost

But yes it does look nice. How about Asbo orange on an RS

that was done a long time ago, but not quite as bright :]

Stellios · 12 Jun 2006 at 01:04

The white wheels look nice, but im not too keen on the car itself.

Smokes · 12 Jun 2006 at 01:19

Well I think it looks the dogs :cool:

Matt82 · 12 Jun 2006 at 01:56

how do we know its not a 1.4 dressed up as an RS?

Hilly · 12 Jun 2006 at 02:37

the ST's come in white too

benneh · 12 Jun 2006 at 05:54

Personally i think it looks sexy. Possibly the only Focus i've seen that i'd like to own (barring those mental yank V8 turbo jobbies).
Sleek and scary looking

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eidolon · 12 Jun 2006 at 09:00

Matt82 said:
how do we know its not a 1.4 dressed up as an RS?

Personally I think that's what it looks like. Not to my taste at all

Ish · 12 Jun 2006 at 10:25

looks good in white but not sure on the wheels

Simon · 12 Jun 2006 at 11:07

Its a european member on the Focus forums, its a genuine Rs that he got painted white.

There are no assumptions made

Simon · 12 Jun 2006 at 11:10

[SKR]Phoenix said:
Do you know this car? Have you seen it?

Jesus!

Someone that can afford a RS more than likely won't have a crap paint job on it. I mean yeah, if it's a 10 year old Rover, why not, but a rare car, I doubt it.

Still, you will probably ague but I got my point across.

Calm down dear. I don't care what anyone says but until backstreet garages have full phosphur dips and electrostatic paint applied by robots I stand by the fact that no paint job will ever match the factory one.

Don't really see how a 10yr rover comes into this. On a car like that when the paint will be tatty, rusty and dented then yes a full respray will increase it's value no doubt.

Good old OCuk going off on tangents again

Simon · 12 Jun 2006 at 11:14