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Color is going to come down to personal taste. How wild do you want your car to look and how much attention do you want, both negative and positive, while driving?
although is sounds like a cool idea......think it through carefully as custom anything esp paint can make it more of a challenge to sell. Hopefully you will get your money's worth of enjoyment and plan to keep your vette for a long time.
If you want something wild, I always liked color changing paint. Maybe one that flips between red and blue.
For something a little more subtle, Lotus made a neat color called moonstone silver. They only painted a handful of cars that way before it was discontinued. It was a 5k option. I think it would look good on a C5. Only bad thing is touch ups are extremely difficult to match properly.
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Originally Posted by pavell
i do understand the resale value is bad with customs colors.
heres some colors i like:
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I like it.
Balloon white has been posted on a few C6's and it's a great color.
I am a fan of the Spiral Gray colors too, so it doesn't show every little thing.
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IMO, a couple of the better colors on Corvettes in recent years have been the Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic and Lime Rock Green. I know they are factory colors, but were not available on a C5. Either of those would really depend on the color of your car's interior.
Obviously there are many other custom colors that you could choose from.
I remember on an episode of Overhaulin', I saw a color combo that was pretty nice. I was taken with how well it looked. I think it was a Chevelle but I could be mistaken. The car color was champagne (a golden brownish silver) with contrasting dark navy blue top but it had a brown accent stripe between the colors. Went together way better than I would have ever imagined. GL with whatever you choose.
^^^ Yep this would be my vote. Atomic Orange in particular would look fabulous on a C5 FRC. It would not only be a custom color for a C5 but still be a "Corvette" color.
If you want something wild, I always liked color changing paint. Maybe one that flips between red and blue.
For something a little more subtle, Lotus made a neat color called moonstone silver. They only painted a handful of cars that way before it was discontinued. It was a 5k option. I think it would look good on a C5. Only bad thing is touch ups are extremely difficult to match properly.
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Originally Posted by 92polo
Here is mine. Not stock color but love it
Great FLA or hot weather color.
I can't see it up in the north est where I live?
For some reason in my mind it's just a better southern color, especially blacked out.
11-04-2015, 12:08 PM
Color is going to come down to personal taste. How wild do you want your car to look and how much attention do you want, both negative and positive, while driving?
