Fox T-Bird/Cougar Forums

I suppose this could just as easily go into Body/Appearance, but I don't see it as a help topic that anyone can get any real use out of, except maybe me in my own screwed up borderline-insane way.. :wtf: :hick: just an opinion poll.

Since I started thinking about making a project car out of this '88 'Bird, I've been thinking about getting it repainted in something other than twilight blue. I already have one 'Bird I'm keeping in stock color(s), so this time my mind wandered a bit. I'd really like to have a dark green car.. but it isn't a stock '88 color from what I've seen so far.

I happen to have a couple cans of metallic spray paint around for another non-car-related project, but it's car paint. (that DupliColor truck and SUV paint, anyway) That got me thinking.. one is deep jewel green, and the other is pewter. I even did a test-spray on a plastic lid just to see what they'd look like together. I like it. I think I'd even go so far as to do it, once I could afford it.

That got me curious to know how you guys react when you see cars you like with paint they didn't originally come with.

My car is Honda Asturias Gray (bet you didn't see that coming...)

I am torn between repainting mine stock and doing something different.  Right now I'm leaning towards stock bacause I haven't seen anything that I would like to do so far.

That's why I'm casually looking for a 20th.

I'm all for it. :) Though my colour had the name Ford on it, I've seen some very nice colours on Fox birds and cougars. Didn't someone have one with Viper GTS blue and silver?

I'm a radar blue fan myself.. lol

Here's one I bet nobody has.....

(http://members.pen 15s.net/mr428/flamedbird.jpg)

Yep, you're right..

Although, I did consider color-change green/purple paint instead of the deep jewel green metallic I'm thinking of, for this other Bird..  :wtf:

I hope you're keeping that pretty blue bird in the stock color.  Be glad you're not cursed with pooop-red like me.

Not repainting my Regatta Blue 'Bird.. the one I've had since summer. Aside from scratches all over the hood and the damage below the bumper strip, the rest of the paint is in good condition. I MIGHT do the underside (below the strip) in dark charcoal, once the doors are repaired and the rest of that area is cleaned up.. but most of the car will remain Regatta Blue.

The car I want to repaint is the one that I'm bringing here from Fort Lauderdale. It is Twilight (dark) Blue, and the clearcoat is shot all over the top of the car. (which is something I see on a lot of dark blue Fords) That one is the one I'm considering painting Deep Jewel Green (a mid-90s Ranger color) along with a Pewter-type color. (mostly gray, with a little bit of gold to it) The Pewter spray paint I have now is a decent match for the color of that car's interior. (it's medium gray on the leather) The interior needs to be redone, but I don't want a different color for it.

If I can get a pic of an '88 T-bird LX and a pic of the two colors I have in mind, maybe I'll ask one of the Photoshop gurus here if they'd combine the two for me.

ill tell you what, if i was going to all the trouble to change the color on my car there is no way id use a color that the car actually came in factory. there are plenty of nice factory colors but for the effort, id do something the car couldnt be bought in.

So tempted to say I was a ricer in a former life! :rice:  :rollin:

My car is dark blue with a little flip of purple. Mostly cuz the paint was free but I like it. :p

Obviously I'm for it since I did it. My car was originally Black and I struggled for a bit about repainting it that color way back when I did it. Basically came down to the upkeep of Black paint that turned me off....I love the way it looks, just hate the upkeep so I went with the blue. It was funny though when I was showing people my spray test panel of the color I was going to do.....about 90% thought it would look terrible on the Bird. Too bright a color was the consensus. Told them to have faith...it will look great I said. After it was done however all the naysayers loved it and to this day it's usually the first thing people compliment about the car when I go to cruise nights and such.

And i'm sure mine's original also :

(http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9&stc=1)

STOCK COLORS  We need to keep them stock to show what was available in the day :giggle:

I might agree when it comes to special models, like the Anniversary editions.. but for "average" T-birds and Cougars, I default to the "tastefully done" answer.

Now the question remains what each person considers "tastefully done".. heh.

I could go for the hugger orange as long as you left out the sunrise re and neon yellow stripes

I always wanted to see my '88 LX done in flourescent green, with hyper yella stripes right down the middle!  :dunno:  :barf:

I think this looks really sharp!

(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/6/web/474000-474999/474550_1.jpg)

Wow, that is nice. Used to be an orange '86 running around my area a few years ago...I really liked the color on our body style.

I think colors for cars are subjective. You ask people here, you're going to get a thousand different opinions on what's "right" or "wrong" for your car. My suggestion: use your balls and do what you feel is best. Stick your neck out a little. There is no right or wrong unless it's what you think.

I took my car--extremely rare, virtually irreplaceable, and what many people consider the "Holy Grail" of Cougars--and changed or painted every single ed part on the entire thing. Color-wise, I was tired of the ass burgandy interior and decided a nice off-white would be about right. On the outside, I liked the white...it's the original Oxford color. The silver was going to be newer Chrysler silver flip-flop but I was unsure about its lack of blue tinting, so I stuck with Opal Frost from the mid-1990's Mustang/Cougar/Thunderbird. They were the only silvers that stuck out to me; in the end the Ford color won. I also have a light blue metallic stripe that sometimes blends into the silver. That color is '84 Medium Cadet Blue metallic, left over from a touch-up job on my first car, an '84 V6 GS. I had sentimental reasons for using it (read: a tie to my past). Special reasons, special paint, a striking overall combination. Do I regret any of that? Hell no.

Unless you have a very original or rarely-optioned car, or are just trying to preserve the original appearance, go with custom. You will never regret it. Just choose your color wisely. I think a dark green will look very nice...seen it done a few times with great results.

awsome, that was the color i was trying to get photoshoped over at the old site.....it realy does look sweet. i love that "burnt candy orange"

Mmmm, that orange. If I had the motivation to re-do my whole interior I'd be pricing that orange paint right now.

Oh, the interior's not bad to do, I've only pulled mine out and put it back like 5 times, Even better, basically my whole interior was painted the day before I left for CJ (NOT RECOMMENDED)

way back when i was doing the paint scheme on my car i considered doing that same orange (that's why i like that cougar so much), but my idea was to camelion to a more yelloer colour as the light hits it.