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Originally Posted by spadix Ace boy, here's my take on things -
1. I think your car's already lost one professional touch and gained another. It's lost the "working professional" touch and is on the verge of gaining the "professional racer" touch. |
Thanks spadix for making me realize this. However, you have to see the car in person to believe that my car looks equally docile as any other Civic on road. It doesn't look any different until I step on the gas and K&N Typhoon makes people turn their attention to my car!
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Originally Posted by spadix 2. Given the above, go the whole hog and paint the car in Milano Red. It will not make your car look any more/less professional than it already is. Be advised however, that it's very, very, very easy to mess this colour up (and even more difficult to match shades should something happen, God forbid). And ensure that it's not a shade of red that fades when exposed to the sun.
3. The only reason I would go with Aqua Blue is if I'm not confident of getting the right shade of red at the right quality. If you do go for blue, however, make sure you get a Pearl finish/effect blue.
So my vote is for Milano Red if you really want to change things.
Else, just stick with CBP and detail the heck out of the finish. IMHO, a fully detailed and polished-to-a-mirror-shine car doesn't really shout "professional" unless the colour's black.
Regards,
spadix |
You do make a vaild point. As m4ugr8 puts it, finding the matching Milano Red is very hard. Sad but true. I have decided, in case I am going to change the color, I will keep a big brick on my heart and will go with Blue instead of Red. And thoughts of going for Blue keep me confined to CBP all together if I am honest.
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Originally Posted by arvi86 You hit the nail with this point spadix. I was thinking the same thing. With such a stunning, sexy and racy looking Civic, Ace F355 wants the car to look every bit a perfect professional's. It already looks like a boy racer's car buddy. So, if you decide to repaint, go the full distance and go for Milano Red. |
Paint perfection is the key, my friend. I certainly do not want to ruin my otherwise good looking car. I am ready to shell out extra money but a regular paintjob is costing anywhere around 55K, forget about the perfect paint job that I am looking for. And I am not going to hand over my car to any roadside joe who claims to bring out the best paint job possible!
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Originally Posted by cityvic Ace get the car resprayed to Carbon Bronze Pearl.The car currently looks Hot in that colour.Our City ZX is of the same colour too.
1st Choice is always Red,but due to your job it wont go well as you need to meet clients and all.Also if you paint the car red you will have to do something to the alloys then. |
I agree CBP makes the car look handsome. About changing the alloys after paintjob, not really, I asked a friend of mine to do a photoshop rendering of my car with both proposed colors and the alloys go well with both of these colors. As I have said this before, the only problem with red IMO is, everything becomes too much of red. The angel eyes, the brake calipers, the alloy lip and not to mention the shining blood red paint I am thinking to get on my car! everything Red will look tacky if you ask me ojectively.
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Originally Posted by jatinpatel Hey ace
My advice would be to change the color to Aqua Blue Only and only IF you have a covered and secure parking cause its gonna be a pain to maintain it.Same applies for Red.
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CBP is very common these days specially on civic although ur shark is very unique with the touches you have given it to her, still basic CBP color is common so to be sober as well as unique get the aqua Blue or interlagos blue but make sure of paint finish and quality of work. If you dont find any good painter dont repaint Shark it might ruin her and your pocket too.
Planning any performance upgrades?? |
Hahaha. Jatin, you look as confused as I am, really. You very well know I am in Delhi and covered parking is not possible here at all. Come to the block I live in and I will show you S Classes, 7ers and A8s parked along roadside!
I understand CBP is very common but have to say it is the best color for Civic IMO, next only to Black. I am in search for a good painter who can deliver the quality I am looking for, in the paint job and I have inclining towards Blue for now, if I plan to get my car repainted at all. Else, CBP it is. The all rounder.
Performance mods, sure! I do have plans for them but need to make budget. Tein or Koni will be the next mod. Need to collect funds for the same. Turbocharging her will be after that, may be couple of years down the lane.
Talking about performance and efficiency of my car. Yesterday, I drove down to my home in Haryana and I decided to calculate the fuel efficiency. Here is how I did it.
- Got the tank full upto the brim with automatic cut-off level.
- Drove to home and reached a fuel station the is like 100 meters from my place.
- Got the tank filled to Auto cut-off levels again!
The car took in 10.23 litres of fuel. You know what that mean? Hold on your breath!!!
It means a FE of 16.9 kmpl!
My home from my Delhi apartment is exactly 173 kms. And around 50 kms of this includes typical Delhi Traffic from Saket to Bahadurgadh. The ACC was on all the time, set at 24 degrees.
Reasons for such good FE:
- I left around 9PM, cool weather after a rainy day with not too much of traffic!
- I didn't take the car beyond 90kmph fearing hitting a pothole and damaging the beautiful alloys on my car.
Have to say the alloys have made me a cautious driver! lol.