Faisal's Liquid Yellow Cupra R - Now Sold!

[Faisal]

Liquid Yellow LCR

well this has mainly been scattered across a thread in the mk1 section but since its pretty much finished i thought i might as well put it up here for the rest of you peeps to see;

Got an onvi LCR and since it was heavily faded,i decided on a respray and thanks to some advice from my man olaf, I went for the Renault Liquid Yellow.

well here it is faded before the respray;

all stripped down and ready for work;

this was taken in the garage under the fluorescent light,dont know what to make of it so far as it doesnt look like i expected;

took these when i first seen it parked outside the garage ready to be picked up,looked a lot better in flesh as i could see it sparkle and the 3 tones (gold,orange and yellow) which is almost impossible to capture in pics.especially with a jittery camera out of excitement ;

 

[Faisal]

The first full (short) day with my baby;

there are a few niggles like the wing mirrors not having the black bits and the badges on the back being wrong,so il get that sorted out soon. probably going to debadge the back apart from the R which il leave on the right side.

il either get the rims machine face polished or get them done in anthracite grey.

 

[DazWood]

Looks class, very different. Looks like ST orange at the bottom of the first shots.

 

[Faisal]

thanks,yeah thats the orange part of the tones,the light wasnt shining on it so it was easier to get that part,on the front it was more yellowy on the bonnet and the gold can be seen sparkling between the two in the rare occasion of it being sunny here in scotland.

if i knew what i was doing with the camera work i might have got better pics but im a novice - point and snap lol

 

[Mr_Dave]

That looks amazing.. Actually really suits the car!

Very nice

 

[hughes86]

looks cool mate, its hard to get the full affect with a camera as it is a sparkly finish like you said looks cool though!

 

[DOLBY]

really really cool, nice one faisal....
what are you doing with the mirrors?...i would do them black, and the wheels...i know that has been done to death...

or

grey mirror caps and anthracite wheels??....

 

[C11PRA DC]

I like it!

I'd prefer it if the mirror bases were not colour coded though! I'am personally not a great fan of dark tints - look a bit erm drive by and an Escalade staple!

I think some satin/matt black rims on that would look mean!

DC

 

[Lodgey180]

wow perfect colour mate i love it.. my old clio was that colour and i adore it ..
looked awsome in the light it looked really glittery.

 

[Faisal]

I like it!
I'am personally not a great fan of dark tints - look a bit erm drive by and an Escalade staple!

the car came with the tints lol,iv just kept them on for the sake of it.

really really cool, nice one faisal....
what are you doing with the mirrors?...i would do them black, and the wheels...i know that has been done to death...

or

grey mirror caps and anthracite wheels??....

il do the holder black,pretty much the same thing as it was when it was onvi.some people suggested chrome or the FR style mirrors but i dont think it would look too good.

i was thinking the black rims but im not sure,darker would be cool.but since its more of a stand out colour i was thinking this one here;
(stolen pic!);

or

 

[Lodgey180]

i like the polished ones they look really sexy

 

[PriceyFR]

Lovely mate, think Il be getting a Cupra R when Im done with the ibiza

 

[Faisal]

Lovely mate, think Il be getting a Cupra R when Im done with the ibiza

youll be loving it!

 

[Faisal]

for the peeps who ask about the 'what you see' paintjob;

insides of the doors,


sides sprayed black,


bonnet sprayed black,

 

[Faisal]

thinking of matt black for my wingmirror holders, what do you guys think?

 

[turbo009]

Very nice mate! Love the colour too!

 

[R69]

Faisal your car looks AMAZING! Am a fan of that colour anyway & it looks sweet on the Leon body, really suits it, good choice & well done!

I think the black would look good for the mirrors, in matt. Not everyone likes black wheels but I love 'em, it's what I want on my Platinum. But on yellow, black wheels look stunning. Get them done in matt though to match the mirrors if you do them, that could start a theme for your motor then - matt black details.

With such a vibrant, stand-out colour, matt black would look amazing without detracting from the Liquid - well that's what I think anyway, but what do I know mine's a boring grey !

Nice car matey!

 

[Faisal]

Very nice mate! Love the colour too!

thanx!

Faisal your car looks AMAZING! Am a fan of that colour anyway & it looks sweet on the Leon body, really suits it, good choice & well done!

I think the black would look good for the mirrors, in matt. Not everyone likes black wheels but I love 'em, it's what I want on my Platinum. But on yellow, black wheels look stunning. Get them done in matt though to match the mirrors if you do them, that could start a theme for your motor then - matt black details.

With such a vibrant, stand-out colour, matt black would look amazing without detracting from the Liquid - well that's what I think anyway, but what do I know mine's a boring grey !

Nice car matey!

thanks for the input mate, i realised that if i go for the matt black,i will have to make everything else matt black too,the grill etc...so that would end up hiking the price higher. at this point il focus on the performance side,then il go for changing the rims and adding some vinyls to the car...

 

[Faisal]

well i finally got it looking like i originally seen it,so heres another excuse to spam some more pics in.

what i was looking at,

what i finally achieved,


the sun actually popped out for a split second so snapped up another pic - but i couldnt catch the sparkle that i keep going on about


and up against an old rival,

got a mate to photoshop a cracker of a pic at a braehead meet in feb,

 

[somie2k]

who took that, its awsome.