What's the Brightest Red?
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Melting Slicks
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What's the Brightest Red?
My helpers are starting the paint and body on my car today. I am not concerned with "correct" paint colors as the car will have subtle body mods. I just want the brightest, most eye popping red I can get. I had a truck my uncle painted for me about 25-30 years ago. I picked "Torch Red", I believe that was a Corvette color. I really liked it. Is there any color that is brighter?
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From: Feverish All Over
You can't go wrong with Torch Red. It's very bright and the other benefits are that it's a real Corvette color and because it is in wide spread use, easier to reproduce and color match should your car ever need a paint repair. Avoid custom or "one-time" colors if you possibly can.
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Melting Slicks
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From what I remember, the Torch Red was so bright it was almost orange. Are there different numbers for Torch Red? In case I need to do repairs later. I'm doing single stage, over black(which is all coming off). '74 coupe, wonder if a gallon will be enough?
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I had a '70 Nova painted 78 vette red (code 72) and it was very bright, (again pushing towards orange). When I parked at shows near a darker (cherry type) red car theirs would almost look brown in comparison.
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From: Jackson MS
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Here's the brightest red I've seen.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1591237111
A couple of posts down from that, the owner identified it as Race Red, a Ford color.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1591237111
A couple of posts down from that, the owner identified it as Race Red, a Ford color.
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I just passed a 2013 Camaro on a lot in Victory Red. To me it really stood out, not too dark, not too orange just a really RED. I'm thinking of using it on my 78 when I get to that point.
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Like you, I wanted the most attention grabbing, neck breaker shade of red. After considering Torch, Viper, Porsche Guards, Pinup, I decided to go with Flame Red, it looked to be the purest, most vivid bright red, without too much yellow or blue pigment. Now that it's done, I cant recommend it enough, every time it's outside the color stuns me how vivid the red looks in the sun or even the shade. The brand I used was Kirker.
The pictures make it look darker than it is, but they are pretty close.
The pictures make it look darker than it is, but they are pretty close.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
around 1980 I shot a Camaro with a Ferrari red that was down right painful especially under parking lot lights at a cruise,
it was the brightest popping red I ever saw, I am not a huge fan of red and have seen many red cars that were not as bright I actually liked better.
it was the brightest popping red I ever saw, I am not a huge fan of red and have seen many red cars that were not as bright I actually liked better.
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