What happened to all the colour?

[BFYOOT]

Originally Posted by Streets

Bring back Yellow Blaze.

Im with ya there mate. Praying that the FG2 has a good yellow in it, I want a yellow FG GS to partner my yellow XB GS. C'mon FPV/Ford be bold!!

[SEZ213]

Originally Posted by flappist

Not a problem, they will just buy the paint somewhere else.......

I wonder how much responsibility the union will take if their strike causes ordinary people inconvenience or expense?

Or do they not care.........

They've got 110 contract workers in to fill the gap, and apparently are doing a better job than the staff who are striking. PPG are cranky because they are apparently paying 43% more than the industry benchmark, and want to revert to a 2 tier system.

[2011G6E]

Ah you young guys never had it so good...

I remember the days when you couldn't buy a black car unless you were able to find at least ten other people who also wanted a black car, because of the difficulty in getting the color out of the lines.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe now they start the day on light colours and work thier way down the colour spectrum to black to minimise cleaning.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Yes the current colour range is a joke...

Glad i got my Dash GT when I did.

If i went again tomorrow it would have to be Nitro or Vixen, both with black stripes.

Hopefully they will bring some bright colours back soon for XR / FPV, it feels like a role reversal with Holden back in the VX Days.

White, Silver, Red, Black or Tiger Mica in the early VX SS's.

[OzJavelin]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

I'm a visual person and bright colours stimulate the brain. it was a tough choice between orange and green. Mine is octane btw

Yep, when we went looking for an FG I wanted either dash or nitro .. Wife came home with octane. Love it .. Funny that it's a love or hate colour .. Most people hate it.

[Charliewool]

I agree, pretty boring range atm.
Last 3 I've had are: Blood Orange (1st BA Pursuit built in it, and awesome colour)
Then Mercury Silver (XR6T) Looked great in the sunlight.
Then Bionic (Typhoon) and still my pick of all Ford colours.
Now boring black XR50T(looks classy when clean though)

[Adamz Ghia]

Worst thing they did was ditching black in EF and EL's. There's an XH XR8 ute in Melbourne CBD in black (owner says it's factory?) and it looks sweet as. But I love Breeze (yes I own one), Toxic and Phantom...

[Super Snake]

Originally Posted by Sezzy

They've got 110 contract workers in to fill the gap, and apparently are doing a better job than the staff who are striking. PPG are cranky because they are apparently paying 43% more than the industry benchmark, and want to revert to a 2 tier system.

Not true. They only have 40 at the most, untrained, and leaving because they are getting paid less than $20 an hour.

Anyway, would love to see a Candy Apple colour made. Always loved that colour.

[SEZ213]

Originally Posted by Super Snake

Not true. They only have 40 at the most, untrained, and leaving because they are getting paid less than $20 an hour.

Anyway, would love to see a Candy Apple colour made. Always loved that colour.

Are you telling me the paper AND PPG lied? They wouldn't do that, surely.

It did surprise me how they would get trained up with no staff to teach them...

[Super Snake]

Originally Posted by Sezzy

Are you telling me the paper AND PPG lied? They wouldn't do that, surely.

It did surprise me how they would get trained up with no staff to teach them...

Yes they have lied. I'm on strike from there and I know.
You need people to train 100 casuals, otherwise they will be walking around doing nothing. And no way can they perform better than us, it would take them at least 12 months to teach them what to do.

[XWGT]

Car colours follow interior design colours by 5 years........or lead......cant remeber which way they are related.

So the colours your seeing on cars today will either be the house colours you see in 5 years......or what you saw 5 years ago

The only constants are black and white...........

[SEZ213]

Originally Posted by XWGT

Car colours follow interior design colours by 5 years........or lead......cant remeber which way they are related.

So the colours your seeing on cars today will either be the house colours you see in 5 years......or what you saw 5 years ago

The only constants are black and white...........

Awesome, now I've gotta figure out how to ensure octane can cover in 2 coats on a painted wall...

[flappist]

Originally Posted by Super Snake

Yes they have lied. I'm on strike from there and I know.
You need people to train 100 casuals, otherwise they will be walking around doing nothing. And no way can they perform better than us, it would take them at least 12 months to teach them what to do.

It would be a bit of a problem if they DID perform as well as you wouldn't it.......

If the paint is delivered and it still does the job then I suspect you are not going to have one.

[Super Snake]

Originally Posted by flappist

It would be a bit of a problem if they DID perform as well as you wouldn't it.......

If the paint is delivered and it still does the job then I suspect you are not going to have one.

Will still have a job. And no, it's not a problem, we know that they are making stuff all, or, it's not right.

[Bobman]

Loved the BA days with Blood Orange, Blueprint, Citric Acid, Mercury Silver, Phantom etc.

[Road Games]

Hey Sezzy ya mean like this ?

[SEZ213]

Originally Posted by PRODIGAL SON

Hey Sezzy ya mean like this ?

yeah, but in a LITTLE CAR!!! Fiesta is the ideal size...but no luck with bright colours! :(

[Robotic]

It seems if you want any colour you need to go and grab a Holden. The only colours I keep seeing of the Falcons and smaller Fiesta's etc is White, Bright Green, Blue, Grey and black. I haven't seen a Yellow, Orange, Purple etc for a long time (Im on the Central Coast). I would like to see something a bit more different and out there, I don't mind silver, brown, dark green...I haven't even seen a new Ford in red yet! :(

[Dave3911]

Originally Posted by flappist

I wonder how much responsibility the union will take if their strike causes ordinary people inconvenience or expense?

Or do they not care.........

Why should they care? Union's exist to get the best for their members. The reason for strike action is to cause inconvenience and/or expense......

[Road Games]

Originally Posted by Dave3911

Union's exist to get the best for their members.

Hahahahahahaahahahahaahaha WRONG !!

Unions exist to fill their own pockets and exploit companies from future development while delivering financial hardship to the rank and file who listen like lost sheep!

[Dave3911]

Originally Posted by PRODIGAL SON

Hahahahahahaahahahahaahaha WRONG !!

Unions exist to fill their own pockets and exploit companies from future development while delivering financial hardship to the rank and file who listen like lost sheep!

Without turning this into a debate about union's filling their own pockets and the pro's and cons of membership. My initial point still stands - regardless of it's intentions - the point of strike action is to cause inconvience or expense.

[Road Games]

Originally Posted by Dave3911

Without turning this into a debate about union's filling their own pockets and the pro's and cons of membership. My initial point still stands - regardless of it's intentions - the point of strike action is to cause inconvience or expense.

Agreed !!

Daz ... ex coal miner from central qld coal fields 95'...

[Elks]

Originally Posted by gt-0194

i thought shockwave was pretty sweet.

100% agree, would look hot on an FG GT with white stripes and white wheels.

Funny thing is it would cost no more to paint a nice colour as a bad one.

I'm not a fan of bright colours but there is not much in the current range for me other than , silhouette, Seduce an Nitro...

[spvd02]

Originally Posted by onfire

I may be a little bias, but I love Acid Rush. Many don't. But it stands out like all hell in a sea of silver and white. It's an impact colour, you pull into a car park.. people notice it.

They should have called it 'Mustard', as it is almost the same colour as that Mild American stuff.

[Scudn64]

the colour range is disappointing.
all i wanted was an F6 in Dash or Octane. They but they don't make them.
So i went second hand, still couldn't find any with the colour and options that i wanted.

They need to bring back Dash!! and the silver from the late AU's
Toxic was the best but wouldn't look good on an FG.

having said that i purchased an F6 in "steel" and im very happy.
It almost looks purple sometimes, haven't seen any F6's with the same colour
just F6E's.

[Selwonk]

MYSTIC is the best colour ford has for the fg,it changes depending on which light it is in,a bit like a poor mans harlequin or chameleon paint

[donna351]

Ive got an FG in the NITRO Blue colour, still amazes me how bright it is in the sun.
Planning on painting my Esky Van in the Focus XR5 Orange, Electric Orange Pearl, even on the most miserable day the Orange stands out.
An FG in the Focus Orange... mmmmm

[El Caballo]

You can have any colour you want as long as it is some shade of grey.

[gumbi_18]

Originally Posted by Fev

Why not go with a Dash coloured F6, or Nitro. They're bright as the sun

I really like Nitro on my ute - it looks really good after a wash and wax! It stands out from the rest of the current colours. I wish I could have gotten Bionic though...

[R1XSTA]

Holden have got that over ford. its a down right shame also.

i own Blood Orange, love how you stand out, and it catches your eye.

My favourite color is from the VE range called, Kapow. A Blue & Purple Metallic.