Arrrggghh Somebody help me choose a paint colour!!

[mike4444244]

Hi Guys

I have a 110 HT 3 dr, following an extensive rebuild every panel is a different shade of white or primer, I have been trying to decide what colour to spray it for about 6 months now ... I have a 2 week window to get it done and plenty of dry (ish) workshop to paint it in so its needs doing! Problem is I dont want to make it look too nice or 'stand outy' as it will get nicked , i dont want to redo the original white because people kept shouting at me when i was waiting at roadworks , and i dont want to go down the NATO route because i want to go travelling in it and i heard it was a good idea to make it look non-military? Help!

Mike

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

Repainting it in anything but white means when you open the doors / bonnet / rear door / lift mats etc etc it will be white, ....

.....and if the "Outside" colour is different it just looks a mess IMHO

Nige

[q-rover]

White is the new -----*

*insert colour here.

[mike4444244]

Hi Nige,

Not a problem, everything inside is covered by my super bling custom interior, or is relatively easy to get at with a spray gun...

mike

[OilIT]

Hi Nige,

Not a problem, everything inside is covered by my super bling custom interior, or is relatively easy to get at with a spray gun...

mike

if you really cant make up your mind - you could do a groovy austin powers red white and blue job - thus elimating the need to worry about white door jams

like the 'shaguar' below: (maybe you could call it the shagover)

or i too would stick with white - its all the underbonet areas that show youve changed the colour unless your going to take all the panels off

[mike4444244]

lol well no one would nick it i suppose! the bulkheads already a different colour, i suppose white plus stickers to carefully 'repair' the dents would stop it looking too buildery... I actually think they look good in white as long as its not buildery looking.... hmm... its cheap too cos i can use truck paint....

[Mark]

I would go with something in keeping with the truck... Bronze green is always a classic, or my personal favorite is the original Land Rover Light Green. A Satin finish would be sufficiently anit-bling, but gloss is so much easier to clean.

Here's my IIa in LR Light Green (on the right... ):

[mike4444244]

hmm I like the light green, and the other classic colours like limestone (this is what my sisters 109 is) but they make a classic car like a series look classic, I dont think a defender would pull it off...

[gruntus]

Oslo Metallic Blue, nice colour not too sparkly and looks nice with the sun on it (not that we get much up here)

My series 3 was gold (real bling B) ) before I repainted it, wipped the roof off and hauled the seats out and managed to cover pretty much eveything in blue. Done the whole thing in less than a week (some of it outside)

I have some photos somewhere of before and after if you want to see it.

Cheers

G

[Mark]

hmm I like the light green, and the other classic colours like limestone (this is what my sisters 109 is) but they make a classic car like a series look classic, I dont think a defender would pull it off...

On the contrary, I think the Heritage LR's look superb:

[Exmoor Beast]

Limestone?

I agree about the heritage green as well.

I like Marine blue as well on Defenders

I like Red best though

Will

[michael calvert]

zambesi silver

java black

both are timeless

[Exmoor Beast]

Black on a dented Defender are you barmy?

Will

[mike4444244]

not too keen on the heritage defenders, never really liked them cant have red, cat doesnt like it , silver and black are really nic but both too nickable,

i really like the oslo blue , i might get that made in none metallic...

[OilIT]

On the contrary, I think the Heritage LR's look superb:

now that does look nice

[T1G UP]

Dyna a rod orange!

Keep it white but go for a ford shade,our the new audi shade very bright! Could spice it up abit with a coloured roof bonnet etc.

[pux]

Pink

cheers WALFY

[mike4444244]

Pink

Dont start! I've already had to put my foot down, SWMBO is already painting her mini dark pink metallic!!! she wanted pink with flowers

[Les Henson]

I would say that the more loud the paint job - the less likely it is to get nicked. The panels would be worthless unless they were re-sprayed, and the vehicle is easily identifiable.

Les.

[Top90]

I'd agree with Les.

My offroader is bright orange. Very easy to describe if it went missing.

[Mo Murphy]

Mike,

May I recommend Coniston Green, a classic "modern land rover" colour.

Mo

[FridgeFreezer]

Noooooooo anything but f***ing bronze/dark/coniston/whatever it's called this week green!

Metallic sounds nice until you need to touch it up later or spray a new panel to match, then it's a nightmare.

[mike4444244]

Thanks for all the replies chaps, This will be my first attempt at spraying with a compressor so I think metallic is beyond me, I do like the look of the bright colours orange etc but whilst these colours may make it comercially less desirable, they do draw attention to the car, round where I live a bright colour would probably be a magnet to all the local pond life kids to come and vandalise it

looks like the choice is down to white, whether thats arctic white, mint white, white white, snowdrop white, cliffs of dover white, blizzard white or mighty white or oslo blue or something bright (thought maybe JCB yellow.... then it could get nicked AND used to pull out an ATM )

Mike

[Corrode Finger]

Go distinctive....... people have an opinion then no matter which way that is.

But do it subtle, like mine!

[Pete Attryde]

I reckon Austin rovers Vermillion would be a nice subtle choice.

Pete.