View Poll Results: voodoo blue or marathon blue?
Voodoo blue
12
66.67%
Marathon blue
6
33.33%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll
SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Paint choice pole
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Paint choice pole
Getting ready to paint my Misha widebody SL55. I am torn between 2 colors. I have seen both in person and know both would look great.
Car will have black wheels and the interior is the light/dark grey.
Paint will be purchased on Thursday.
Voodoo blue is the first choice from the newer Toyota FJ and has no pearls or metallic. A big plus when it comes to touch ups and ease of painting. Both good things on a car that is now a good portion fiberglass. Solid colors also polish out to look a mile deep.
Marathon blue is the second choice and from the new Hyundai Veloster. A bit darker and loaded with pearl. I love the visual impact, but, lose a little bit of the ability to do seamless touch ups and is trickier to spray as perfect as it needs to be. I have sprayed this color many times though and can make it great though.
lets see where the numbers end up with the pole-
Voodoo blue-
(veryon is french racing blue, but looks exact on paint chips)
Marathon blue-
pics of car to be painted-
Car will have black wheels and the interior is the light/dark grey.
Paint will be purchased on Thursday.
Voodoo blue is the first choice from the newer Toyota FJ and has no pearls or metallic. A big plus when it comes to touch ups and ease of painting. Both good things on a car that is now a good portion fiberglass. Solid colors also polish out to look a mile deep.
Marathon blue is the second choice and from the new Hyundai Veloster. A bit darker and loaded with pearl. I love the visual impact, but, lose a little bit of the ability to do seamless touch ups and is trickier to spray as perfect as it needs to be. I have sprayed this color many times though and can make it great though.
lets see where the numbers end up with the pole-
Voodoo blue-
(veryon is french racing blue, but looks exact on paint chips)
Marathon blue-
pics of car to be painted-
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Interlagos Blue
Hello.
Here is few pictures about my Interlagos Blue M5 E60.
Love it... "of course you can't put this color at your Mercedes"
Juha
Here is few pictures about my Interlagos Blue M5 E60.
Love it... "of course you can't put this color at your Mercedes"
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I vote marathon. It's deeper.
I'd even suggest going with a blue that is even deeper then marathon. Avus blue, Le-mans blue, or as mentioned above - interlagos.
I'd even suggest going with a blue that is even deeper then marathon. Avus blue, Le-mans blue, or as mentioned above - interlagos.
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things just went to hell today and didn't get a chance to buy paint. i will have time tomorrow!
thanks for the votes and ideas everyone. so far it appears voodoo blue by percentage. i agree, both will look great. i just think the marathon or a pearl type blue will be, for lack of a better word, predictable. gorgeous, but it just always seems like something you have seen before.
i did however see the marathon blue go by me today and it is just brilliant!
thanks for the votes and ideas everyone. so far it appears voodoo blue by percentage. i agree, both will look great. i just think the marathon or a pearl type blue will be, for lack of a better word, predictable. gorgeous, but it just always seems like something you have seen before.
i did however see the marathon blue go by me today and it is just brilliant!
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1,3,4,5 are all wraps. the one is a true sl65 bs so i don't blame him for the wrap for resale value and to use it as a rock chip guard. 2 looks like a photoshop. i could be wrong, but it just looks too "alive" to be paint, even pearl, in that light.
i have spent countless hours online looking at every blue you can imagine and i keep coming back to square one. they all would look good! i tried looking up a custom veloster (the marathon blue pics above) to see how black wheels and grey interior would flow. the only custom one i could find was repainted a solid color similar to the voodoo blue, lol.
i remembered a gumpert apollo i saw that was pearl blue. i looked that up and out of all the pics, there was one they did a light solid blue with black accents and it stood out above all the other pics on the page.
i think i should stick very close to my first decision on this one. which is solid tone. i may try to head a little more towards royal blue, but i think it is going to come down to a coin toss at the paint counter! lol
thanks for looking those pics up.
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i have used colors very similar to all of those before though. i just can't seem to get away from blue or copper/orange. haha.
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Can't wait to see what it looks like on the SL. Quick question oZ, how did you manage to take out the low beam projector for that thing we were talking about? Looks like a complicated process.
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i didn't pull it out. rather just set the bulb in there for a pic. lol. i have pulled it before, but don't remember the process.
i am having a crazy idea now of painting the headlights body color. no one has done it before, might look good.
i am having a crazy idea now of painting the headlights body color. no one has done it before, might look good.
