Yellow LCR going in for respray

[Faisal]

Well the time has come to fix the infamous faded yellow paint i have on my car.

iv got a really good quote of £600 for a full respray from a friend of a friend, so since im going to get it resprayed again iv been advised i might as well go for a different type of yellow (to be something different i guess).

so i was thinking lambo yellow (colour code 03390 on the yellow charts),
would that be a good idea?

if i AM going for something different,id like to keep it the same colour base i.e yellow. any decent yellows that can be found?something like a deep yellow,or pearl yellow or something..

help apreciated!!!

(pics will be posted once work has been done)

 

[LEE69]

You getting all the door shuts/ boot shuts done too?
Or just "what you can see"?

 

[Havok316]

To be honest you dont need a different type of yellow. The only reason the ovni paint fades is the laquer isnt properly UV treated. A guy at work has had his resprayed with the same colour but now they used a water based paint with UV treatment and gaurenteed no fading for atleast 10 years.

 

[Ibiza Dan]

I guess for that money its a "what u can see" respray?
If so I would go for the standard colour because:

1.It should help come selling time
2.Your under bonnet, door shuts behind carpet etc will be the old yellow
3.You shouldnt have a problem with fading again as your sprayer will hopefuly use good paint and laquer unlike seat!

 

[Swordjo]

Yeah you shouldn't have a an issue getting it down in Ovni, as your mate will get the paint mixed up himself and will use a decent clear coat! Ovni is still one of the best yellows about when it's in good nick.

 

[Faisal]

il find out if it includes everything,but im assuming so as he says its a 'full respray' which should be FULLY done.

yeah i know about that,its just that since its going in for a respray anyway,i might as well try a different type of yellow if you get me.

lets say hypothetically i did go for a different colour,what would be the hypothetical reccomendations?hypothetically speaking of course.

 

[Swordjo]

A different yellow, i'd say the deep Lambo yellow. I'm pretty sure you would need to let the DVLA know and your insurance too as it is an official colour change?

 

[Faisal]

aw sht insurance love to dip their noses into everything dont they....yeah i guess il give them a ring too.i was looking for deep yellows,but most yellows iv seen are flat paints..boring... what would pearl yellow or something look like?or is that OTT

 

[CupraMVR]

GOLD flip thru the yellow would look mint just my idea

 

[olaf]

Renault do a rather nice Liquid Yellow!

Don't imagine it's cheap though!

 

[wisejason]

I wouldn't worry about the DVLA, if you going for a yellow... what are they going to do other that issue you with another V5 with yellow on it. I would of thought the insurance company might want to up your premium a little cause in an accident it would not be a standard respray.

The wife had a new car that was a light gold colour but the V5 had silver on it cause the dealer called the colour 'champagne silver'.

The R25/R26 yellow is very nice - but would it look as good on a leon?

 

[BCM]

I'm getting mine done in Jan mate, keeping it the exact same SEAT Ovni Yellow.
Love the colour and if its perfect painted and never fades I'll love it!

 

[hughes86]

i love the renault liquid gold colour looks fantastic in the light, its got a kind of sparkle to it

 

[LEE69]

Mate had a dimma clio sprayed in that liquid gold yellow, was a seriously nice colour especially in the sunlight.

 

[lanceneoman]

lcr and your 19, bet ur insurance is nice on a group 17

 

[elliott87]

getting mine also done in january. costing a grand and thats taking the car to bits, painting everything. i love that renault liquid gold yellow colour, i think it would look ace on a leon!

 

[Faisal]

I'm getting mine done in Jan mate, keeping it the exact same SEAT Ovni Yellow.
Love the colour and if its perfect painted and never fades I'll love it!

yeah i know,its just that since im going to pay the full whack to respray it,i might as well have a change of colour

GOLD flip thru the yellow would look mint just my idea

not really seen that colour to be honest

lcr and your 19, bet ur insurance is nice on a group 17

you dont wana know

Renault do a rather nice Liquid Yellow!

Don't imagine it's cheap though!

i think we have a winner here!il enquire about this one.any other suggestions keep em comin please!

 

[LEE69]

Bigger pic (of mates old car)

 

[olaf]

There's plenty more pics about! Well worth having a look at.

The one I posted was just one of the first ones I came across on DW.

 

[JamesL]

for £600 I'd be really surprised if he is doing door shuts, under bonnet etc etc as its a full strip down of the car for all that. A LOT of man power needed.

Even though you're getting the whole outside done (at lthe least) I would still go for the same colour personally. Sounds like you're just changing it for changes sake, cos you can and not because you actually want to.

Also if thats £600 for a full (inside and out) job then you should get a cheaper deal if you stuck witht he same colour as there would be less work for the sprayer to do.