Black & Orange

[tiglon]

black and orange might be a bit too serious, and the blue bars might lighten the mood slightly

Will, I think you might get away with the blue along with the VO/Black, possibly painting the callipers blue too. But, introducing another colour could see it all going wrong with different coloured wheels along with all of the above. All IMO

When I saw the topic, I was interested to see how it looked. I also wondered how it would look if all the bits you have, and are looking too, coloured black where anthracite/gunmetal to match your wheels? That may give you the option of adding something like the touches of blue without it getting to busy.

It might well be a case of less is more. I've thought about the callipers but for me if they are blue as well it really will be adding a third colour into the theme rather than just one contrasting detail.

I nearly bought a can of mineral grey paint to try on the original grills to see how they look, with a view to doing orange & grey, but with the window/windscreen surrounds all being black it would end up being a trio of orange, grey & black. The plan with the wheels is to go as dark grey as possible so as to not stand out too much from the orange & black theme, but to retain visual definition on the wheels.

Although I'm going to play with the bars, the likely outcome is everything being either orange or black, apart from leaving the lights as they are and very dark grey wheels. It might even end up with black wheels.

The wing mirror cover colour is mostly dependant on how easy they are to get off

 

[Ole gits rule]

As I said my bars are blue but they are hardly noticable against the black but my car is white, maybe different against a VO.

I would try and see what it looks like but the M Sport blue is very dark

 

[Nanu]

Personally I think black and Orange do look good but either complete the look with a black roof and graphite wheels or leave it in its original. Somewhere in between is not for me.

 

[Busterboo]

Nanu's right, Tiglon. It's all or nothing. Bits and bobs won't do.

 

[Mr Tidy]

I'm not sure a 3rd colour really works with your theme, and it's hard to work out what 25d colour would look good with orange and black.

My car is Silver Grey and came with black kidneys and red brake calipers and front struts, which I think works pretty well - even if that is 3 colours!

 

[tiglon]

Personally I think black and Orange do look good but either complete the look with a black roof and graphite wheels or leave it in its original. Somewhere in between is not for me.

Nanu's right, Tiglon. It's all or nothing. Bits and bobs won't do.

have some patience! I'm doing it one piece at a time, I'm in no rush and I like to have a project. I'm going to be doing a lot of it myself which will take time with my one day off per week (I also have a girlfriend and very needy cat who occasionally need attention).

The black roof is 100% not happening - I don't like how it looks on VO. Thank you for the graphite suggestion, I think that may be more what I need than anthracite.

I'm not sure a 3rd colour really works with your theme, and it's hard to work out what 25d colour would look good with orange and black.

My car is Silver Grey and came with black kidneys and red brake calipers and front struts, which I think works pretty well - even if that is 3 colours!

I think that works because black and grey are almost different shades of one colour, rather than being two distinct or contrasting colours. It's like a black and white image with a splash of colour somewhere.

As I said my bars are blue but they are hardly noticable against the black but my car is white, maybe different against a VO.

I would try and see what it looks like but the M Sport blue is very dark

I suspect that if I go for a dark blue they will be, as you say, barely noticeable and if I go for a bright blue it will stand out too much. It needs to be a subtle detail that you notice after you see everything else, not the main point of focus that your eyes are drawn to straight away.

 

[Nanu]

Needy cat is an accepted excuse for delays

 

[tiglon]

Finally done the seat hoops in black. Took me a few attempts to get it right, doesn't help that I have no garage or shed yet and I've been banned from painting in the house. FYI spray painting in a slight breeze is not efficient.

Wheels next, but I accidentally bought M3 front control arms so it may be a month or two!

 

[Pickster]

Finally done the seat hoops in black. Took me a few attempts to get it right, doesn't help that I have no garage or shed yet and I've been banned from painting in the house. FYI spray painting in a slight breeze is not efficient.

Wheels next, but I accidentally bought M3 front control arms so it may be a month or two!

Hoops look good Are they easy to take off ?

 

[tiglon]

Finally done the seat hoops in black. Took me a few attempts to get it right, doesn't help that I have no garage or shed yet and I've been banned from painting in the house. FYI spray painting in a slight breeze is not efficient.

Wheels next, but I accidentally bought M3 front control arms so it may be a month or two!

Hoops look good Are they easy to take off ?

Pretty easy, just need to unscrew the wind deflector brackets then I used a plastic trim remover to pry the hoops off. They're held on with ball press clip things, not sure what they're actually called, but gentle, gradual prying all round and no breakages.

 

[The.Analyst]

That's a nice touch ..the silver doesn't suit the 35 in my view..

 

[Phoenixboy]

get the roof wrapped black and that will finish it off.....

 

[Zed Baron]

Looking good, I was sitting behind a white Boxster last night and that had the hoops body colour coded, I thought it looked good and might be something I'd be tempted to do with a couple of other little things on my list.

 

[Pickster]

Finally done the seat hoops in black. Took me a few attempts to get it right, doesn't help that I have no garage or shed yet and I've been banned from painting in the house. FYI spray painting in a slight breeze is not efficient.

Wheels next, but I accidentally bought M3 front control arms so it may be a month or two!

Hoops look good Are they easy to take off ?

Pretty easy, just need to unscrew the wind deflector brackets then I used a plastic trim remover to pry the hoops off. They're held on with ball press clip things, not sure what they're actually called, but gentle, gradual prying all round and no breakages.

Cool Thanks I'll deffo give that a try they look miles better than the silver std.

 

[Argyll Andy]

Hoops look good Are they easy to take off ?

Pretty easy, just need to unscrew the wind deflector brackets then I used a plastic trim remover to pry the hoops off. They're held on with ball press clip things, not sure what they're actually called, but gentle, gradual prying all round and no breakages.

Cool Thanks I'll deffo give that a try they look miles better than the silver std.

Pickster, here’s where the ball/sockets are placed. I found it easiest to start inside the hoops and start at the bottom and work up on ball at a time on alternating sides until it only leaves the one at the top

Oh and a trim tool if you have it rather than a screwdriver

 

[Pickster]

Pretty easy, just need to unscrew the wind deflector brackets then I used a plastic trim remover to pry the hoops off. They're held on with ball press clip things, not sure what they're actually called, but gentle, gradual prying all round and no breakages.

Cool Thanks I'll deffo give that a try they look miles better than the silver std.

Pickster, here’s where the ball/sockets are placed. I found it easiest to start inside the hoops and start at the bottom and work up on ball at a time on alternating sides until it only leaves the one at the top

Oh and a trim tool if you have it rather than a screwdriver

Ah right Yes I see, thanks for the pic Andy

 

[Silverstar]

Finally done the seat hoops in black. Took me a few attempts to get it right, doesn't help that I have no garage or shed yet and I've been banned from painting in the house. FYI spray painting in a slight breeze is not efficient.

Wheels next, but I accidentally bought M3 front control arms so it may be a month or two!

The hoops look good and looks like a fine job. One tip about painting in a shed, garage or garden, get a large box and put the piece in the box and spray and then cover with a lid of some sort. That way the piece won't be affected by wind or by insects / dust / dirt whilst it's drying.

 

[Pondy]

One tip about painting in a shed, garage or garden, get a large box and put the piece in the box and spray and then cover with a lid of some sort. That way the piece won't be affected by wind or by insects / dust / dirt whilst it's drying.

Just don't open the box with a lit fag in yer gob.

 

[tiglon]

Finally done the seat hoops in black. Took me a few attempts to get it right, doesn't help that I have no garage or shed yet and I've been banned from painting in the house. FYI spray painting in a slight breeze is not efficient.

Wheels next, but I accidentally bought M3 front control arms so it may be a month or two!

The hoops look good and looks like a fine job. One tip about painting in a shed, garage or garden, get a large box and put the piece in the box and spray and then cover with a lid of some sort. That way the piece won't be affected by wind or by insects / dust / dirt whilst it's drying.

Good tip, thank you!

 

[Nanu]

What paint did you use?

Might try VO on mine if it's easy