my dad hit my RA while it was sitting in the driveway. (i dont see how)
luckily it will be covered by insurance, and i was wondering if you guys think i should keep the Thunder Gray or get a nice colorful color if its not too expensive and wont look too awfully custom.

im going to get an estimate tuesday, so the idea of a new paintjob is just a speculation.

black, white, and BBY are a no-go. and most reds too, unless you can find a good one that wont draw cops like flies.

purple? yellow?

 

purple?? i dont think so, if you want a chick color it has to be hot pink!

 

sorry, i dont think so. i'm not the pink car kinda guy.
and i guess a lancer wouldnt look very good in purple anyway.

what about some type of yellow or phoenix red?

 

or blue like sti blue? maybe red is nice to tho dont see alot of them but then again i never seen a blue ralliart

 

yeah, the octane blue on the new lancers would be nice.

 

id stick with thunder gray

 

You kidding me purple? LOL! Haha....
Yellow!?!?
Ahhh.....nooo!

I go with something less attention, let along a girly color. \:

Maybe something Grey, white, or something with a nice pearl color.

 

I've always liked the thunder gray, if they'd had one in that color I would have had to flip a coin to decide between that and labrador black pearl.

Of course, if they'd had one in BBY (not available on the RA, I know), it'd have to be several coin tosses to decide a winner.

As it was, it was either black or yellow. No contest there.

 

Eh, BBY wasn't a very nice color, IMO. If you're going to go with a blue, go with Electric Blue. It's a bit deeper than BBY and looks a LOT better. Look in the Evo S&S area and compare the pictures of BBY Evos to EB Evos.

I would LOVE to have an EB RA.

 

yeah, i know. i do like the color but it just wont stay clean.

yeah, i shouldve thought before i said purple. and white and black are out, gf says they are too plain.

i guess its Thunder Gray then.

 

otter, i wish i thought like you. that is an amazingly beautiful color for any car.

now i just need to see if the auto body place can get it for cheap enough.
a new color isnt a priority right now, but if it isnt too expensive, i think i can make an exception

 

my car is black but when looked at, at a certain angle it has a really dark blue pearl shade to it. it looks really good in person. maybe you could do something like that but with a red shade?

 

^ i agree, i'd like to see an old gen lancer painted in that blue

 

It would prob be pricey to do a new color. Thats a lot of sanding..

 

that would be awesome dude, but i dont think i have the funds to get a pearl paint job.
i will definitely keep it in mind for the future though.

great minds think alike, rrd.

it needs sanding anyway, new color or not. it has lots of little chips and bad spots in the paint currently, previous owner drove it for 164k mi and i guess there were lots of little pebbles and stuff, and voila, you have my car's paint. and its rusting in some spots. (tiny spots, but they need sanding to put my mind at ease)