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Old 04-01-2012, 08:51 PM   #31
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Salamanca Red.. serious...
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Old 04-01-2012, 08:52 PM   #32
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One of these colours

Vermillion Fire


Brambles Red


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Old 04-01-2012, 08:58 PM   #33
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Salamanca Red....
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Old 04-01-2012, 09:28 PM   #34
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I fell in love with Salamanca Red when my mate had his HQ painted that colour. Damn Nice shade of red.
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Old 04-01-2012, 09:31 PM   #35
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One colour that has caught my eye is the metalic red on the latest release of the focus - don't know what it's called but looks great when the sun hits it.
I'm quoting myself - what's next

It's actually called Candy Red
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Old 04-01-2012, 09:42 PM   #36
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Nothing wrong with Monza red.
Another shade that I thought was nice is Porsche Guards Red.
Candy apple is Sensational but depends if it suits the car I reckon.
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Old 04-01-2012, 11:35 PM   #37
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What about light red >




(seduce FTW)
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Old 05-01-2012, 10:59 AM   #38
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Monza, as well a being pretty cool, is original colour and this will pay dividends in the long term.
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I prefer the solid colours on EB-ED cars...you can still have great depth and it will look absolutely fantastic when done properly.

Otherwise, my vote would be for Vixen as on the FG GT earlier in the thread, looks delicious

Seduce doesn't get me the same way...
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Old 05-01-2012, 11:08 AM   #39
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Vixen. The only reason I own my current F6.
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Old 05-01-2012, 11:25 AM   #40
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this is my old eb. not sure what the factory colour is called, but it is a metallic although nowhere near the fleck that modern cars have. slightly darker than seduce. don't think its sparkling burgundy as i thought that came later. it still looked good though and is a factory eb colour.
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Old 05-01-2012, 01:13 PM   #41
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hey everybody

i have a monza red 91 series-1 EB XR8,the paint is currently peeling on it and i was thinking about giving it a respray.After racking my brain for a couple of hours and talking with my dad,i thought i would come here for some help.Basically i can paint it any shade of red,but i would prefer to paint it in a 'ford' red.I have seen 'regency red' and i'm not really a fan,but i was also thinking maybe the 'track red' that came out on the xy gt.

if you have any suggestions on what type of red i should get,please post the name of the red and the model it came out on.

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Mazda H3568 red pearl is very nice other than that what about ford deep cherry , difficult to apply in new hands but both produce a deep luster and shine in the paint of your choice
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Old 05-01-2012, 04:14 PM   #42
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Disregard all of the above...

Regency Red FTW!!!

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Old 05-01-2012, 05:50 PM   #43
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Regency is pretty nice ... Glenn in QLD had a decent AUII in Regency
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Old 05-01-2012, 06:02 PM   #44
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this is my old eb. not sure what the factory colour is called, but it is a metallic although nowhere near the fleck that modern cars have. slightly darker than seduce. don't think its sparkling burgundy as i thought that came later. it still looked good though and is a factory eb colour.

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Is it Rosewood?

My EB Fairmont 5.0 was that colour.
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Old 05-01-2012, 07:01 PM   #45
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Monza Red. Keep it factory just make it a really good "factory" paint finish.
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Candy Apple Red

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Old 05-01-2012, 08:08 PM   #47
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Old 05-01-2012, 10:22 PM   #48
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Is it Rosewood?

My EB Fairmont 5.0 was that colour.
i didn't think rosewood was metallic. i've sold it now so can't check code on build plate. i did look it up out of curiosity at one stage but can't remember what it was.
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Monza Red. Keep it factory just make it a really good "factory" paint finish.
This! I would personally stick with the factory red.
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vermillion fire for me always wanted to paint my eb xr8 that colour when i had it a shaker would look good too
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this is my old eb. not sure what the factory colour is called, but it is a metallic although nowhere near the fleck that modern cars have. slightly darker than seduce. don't think its sparkling burgundy as i thought that came later. it still looked good though and is a factory eb colour.

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Looks much like cardinal red eb gt colour. one of the reasons i bought my latest eb looked very close in photos to eb gt colour. couldn't belive it got it 2200km home and its eb gt paint code cardinal red lol couldn't belive my luck as i'm building a gt mock.
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