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Offline DMZ73

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What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« on: June 04, 2009 - 11:59:56 PM »
Here are some QUICk photoshop images of some of the colors I am interested in.

My top contenders:
Rosso Barchetta/Rosso Rubino (Ferrari colors)
Butterscotch

OrangeUCrazy - My concoction. Kinda like the original orange, more like sherbert.

Thanks for the input!

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Offline EDGEFIND

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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2009 - 12:12:28 AM »
I'm a fan of the first/top yellow color.
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2009 - 12:23:34 AM »
Burnt orange is always a good color
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2009 - 01:19:55 AM »
way too many orange challengers out there:swear:
but i may be biased :bigsmile:

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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2009 - 01:27:17 AM »
Uhhh what color do you like ??

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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2009 - 01:42:55 AM »
If I ever paint my Plum Crazy Challenger another color, it would be Crimson---- so that's what I would recommend.

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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2009 - 02:10:49 AM »
I gotta go with the white, but mainly because of the white gut and those giant wheels.  Is that how your car will look?  If you force me to choose a second color, I'd go with the orange - but I might be biased too.   :ylsuper:
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2009 - 04:54:52 AM »
egg shell or butterscotch  :cooldancing:    since ew1 was the original color  I`d go for that...  :2cents:
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2009 - 07:46:17 AM »
My   :2cents: is that if you go with aftermarket wheels, you want a color that stands out, a little more "brilliant" with some pizazz, so I think that white, beige, butterscotch while being great colors on a Challenger, would be more suited for something more stock.

So.....I think the Ferrari colors, or blue, or orange.  Of those colors, blue is a little more inconspicuous, red/yellow/orange being right in your face colors.

I think you would need some sort of stripe...but that's a poll for another day.  :D
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2009 - 10:40:58 AM »
black :popcorn:

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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2009 - 08:00:28 PM »
paint it white but loss that vinyl top!!  :eek4:
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2009 - 04:36:40 AM »
I vote for the yellow :2thumbs:
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2009 - 05:31:37 PM »
Thanks guys! I trust and value your opinions as a whole. I actually would prefer to paint it the original color-EW1, but the wife and some of my friends say I shouldn't be a slave to the original color because the car is not stock anyway.
Everyone wants me to ditch the vinyl roof, no matter what.
Others think I should just do what I want.
Therefore, my second choice would be rosso barchetta/ rosso rubino. You just can't lose with a killer red.
Actual paint samples come next.
On another note, I just painted pretty much every part that needs to go back on the front end. The front end looks KILLER!!!
The 3 stage Eastwood cadmium zinc chromate kit works like a charm.
I'll post pics later.
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2009 - 07:11:09 PM »
I'd say go red.  That's good to hear you like how the Eastwood cadmium zinc chromate kit works...I plan on using it on some of my parts. :2thumbs:
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Re: What color should I paint my Challenger Poll w/PICS!!!!?
« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2009 - 12:01:13 PM »
Orange
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