Gonna paint my S13, but what color?

[dareo]

I'm taking a refinishing class at college, and i'l be painting my 240sx, but i'm not sure what color to go with. I haven't seen a lot of painted S13s. And all the ones i have seen desperatly need to be painted. Reds are ruled out because of the cop attention it gets around here.

The color im thinking about right now is the Daytona Blue 350z color. (code B17) Its a genuine Nissan RWD sports car color, and looks good on the 350z. But, I'm having trouble imagining it on an S13.

Has anybody seen an S13 in a metallic blue like Daytona Blue? I'm also looking for any color suggestions that are backed up by a photo of an S13 in that color.

Post opinions but with photos so we can all see what your talking about colorwise.

And if anybody has the skills, could you photoshop an S13 to Daytona blue? That would be really cool.

[tinted]

dude, no way!

the best Nissan colors are those that come with Infinitis IMO, I'd choose Garnet Fire or Twilight Blue. Do you think that red gets attention too easily? Its not like a Ferrari red at all.



I don't like the Blue and Orange 350z colors that much. I'd get the silver one though.

[dareo]

That red is interesting, im going to look more into that color. I just think it would be cool to someday roll up next to a Daytona Blue 350z in my Daytona Blue 240sx, and proceed to defeat him easily with my CA18DET or RB25DET (haven't decided yet)

[89240sx]

easily?

[tinted]

the red looks unbelievable in person too.

[dareo]

I would hope easily, i'm shooting for 300-400whp. so about 100 more whp and several hundred pounds less weight, i would sure hope i could easily defeat a 350z.

[MasterMan]

send me a pic of your car and ill make it any color u want, im gonna work on turning a pic of my car blue.. be back in 5 mins

[dareo]

I suck, i dont even have a pic of my car. I really need to steal my brothers digital camera and take some shots of my 240s.

[solaris22]

I think blue looks the best, here's my 180 painted mustang blue.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289443451

[dareo]

Oh yeah that blue is very tight. I think I'm gonna go with the Nissan Daytona blue, if i can get the paint.

[JESTER]

dareo, if you are thinking blue, may i make a suggestion. Take a trip to the Mazda dealership and check out the blue on the RX8. It is awesome.

Here is the link to the site where you can adjust the color on the RX8. But take my word for it. It doesn't do it justice. It looks better in the sun light.

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWe...=2004

[solaris22]

true the RX-8 blue does look nice, I've seen it in person. Don't think it'll look quite as good without the 20 layers of clearcoat the factory puts on it though

[krazy skwerel]

Grabber Blue. Think I'm crazy? I just might be. I want to see a 240sx in grabber blue.

[dareo]

I'm painting my car, i could put all the clearcoats on it i want That RX-8 blue is looking really nice too. I would love to see a 350z and RX8 next to each other in their respective blue colors.

[Sleeper s13]

I think blue looks the best, here's my 180 painted mustang blue.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289443451

Nice Paint job! and rims i might add. Where did you get that done? and if its not too personal, how much did it cost?

[deez1001]

i just popped a boner lookin at that car

[jdmfreak]

Great job on the paint solaris.

[lessthanjakejohn]

ooooooooo I love that Garnet Fire

[jdmfreak]

How much do you think it would cost for a garnet fire paint job?

[dareo]

Since im painting it myself, X amount of $$ for the paint itself would be the only change in pricing. I doubt the paint Nissan uses is very expensive at all. Look at the paint problem stories you hear about a lot of their newer models.

But paint is usually around 200 a gallon, so i'd be out maybe 300 bucks to paint my car, at college that is. I guess the class itself cost me a little tuition too, but im learing cool stuff.