Best colour to paint an EP3 CTR? Opinions please!

[Krys_23]

Right, here's the story..

my cousins offering me his ep3 type r in milano red, 67k on the clock, seen it in the dry today and the paintwork is s**t to be honest, wheels are tatty, panels are faded and have been touched up, dent in boot and rear passenger wing, price is £2,700 , the question i ask is if i buy it which colour should it go, it currently looks like this :

Not the exact car but very similar, im thinking of putting it either laguna seca blue or phoenix yellow! Thoughts and preferences or avoid car options available
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[Knuckles]

i was gonna say yellow but you beat me to it!

respray in yellow and refurb the wheels in white

 

[Stefan.]

so you are going all out with the respray i.e engine out, glass out etc etc?

id go with the blue if so

 

[Joe#]

Phoenix Yellow, looks awesome. But Championship White with white wheels..

 

[Krys_23]

Doesnt have to be a honda colour either btw, a sprayer local will do a brilliant job for £1200ish

 

[LiamR172]

That yellow

Go LY to replace the clio? Haha

 

[Krys_23]

Would probably look the business painted ly.. Decisions decisions.

 

[LiamR172]

Go for it

 

[Krys_23]

Im swindling wether to buy it yet, four tyres are shite and wheels need painted too, big £££ to make it lovely! Was also thinking a 172 cup alien green

 

[adamlstr]

Spoon blue ftw.

 

[Reko]

Yellow for me!

Yellow pic above looks bloody good.

 

[LiamR172]

Ill sell you my 172 if

 

[Chris205]

Straight lellow. Wouldnt do it LY though, done to death on other cars and only renaults suit it IMO.

 

[Krys_23]

Appreciated.

 

[Tomas]

I'd go with Yellow, anymore pics of the blue?

 

[kpowell911]

Dont go liquid yellow if youre a male.

Id personally respray it the stock Milano colour, or wrap it in a matt/satin blue (google frozen blue BMW M3)

And thats not really cheap if its as bad as described?

 

[olihodgson]

Nissan blue, is it bayside? The skyline blue, lush! Was thinking about this on ours the other day...
But red to blue will look messy if not done properly!

 

[Keith185]

Id stick to previous Type R colours of the EK9 civics, NSX and Integras personally so it looks OEM. Yellow being one

 

[alexr19]

I used to love them in red till I saw those 2.
Personally that blue. It's my fave colour

 

[Krys_23]

Agreed about the price, only thing that attracts me to it is the fact its on 67k, the drivers door touch up is really bad, worst ive seen infact, but yeah £2700 is still decent, 12 month mot brand new eibach springs, but ideally four new tyres, paint, so not cheap! Hmm..

 

[kpowell911]

well the Respray is what £1200, 4x Tyres is £300 so theres £4200....

Around a year ago, I only paid £5,600 for a 55 Plate Cosmic Premier (Arguably the best Colour/Spec combo, with the Recaro seats etc) with 52k miles. It had 6 Months MOT and Tax, Decent tyres (P Zeros with 5mm tread), and the thing was MINT, with the exception of a stone chip on the bonnet and a cracked Honda badge:

After a quick clean:

Personally, for a car needing that amount of work, ID be looking for closer to the £2k mark than the £3k mark. It does have some positives, low miles/04 plate, but Id want it cheaper if I was having to put that much work in! Id have thought prices would have dropped to what I paid (unless I got a very good deal?)

 

[imprezaworks]

Let it fade, done

 

[Keyser Soze]

Just buy a decent one to start with.

 

[Krys_23]

Yeah its a tricky one, dont want to be spend a fortune at this time of year!

 

[Gaz.]

I'd leave that tbh. Having bought cars like that before, it's usually a money pit until the day you get fed up and sell it.

 

[olihodgson]

Personally, for a car needing that amount of work, ID be looking for closer to the £2k mark than the £3k mark. It does have some positives, low miles/04 plate, but Id want it cheaper if I was having to put that much work in! Id have thought prices would have dropped to what I paid (unless I got a very good deal?)

Trouble is its worth more than 2k to a large number of people who aren't wanting to spray it...
Engine, seats and gearbox are probably worth 2k.
There's a point where the seller simply won't drop any further which is fair enough, they are low miles

 

[Dave Hester]

Hmmmmm

 

[clarkey23]

Yellow all day long

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

yellow, OR TVR purple ( well its a funny shade of imperial blue ) with black gloss rims

 

[alexr19]

Hmmmmm

Please more of this :O

 

[Bluebeard]

I really don't see the point in buying it.

It will cost you a lot more in the long run than if you just bought a nice one to begin with.

 

[LiamR172]

I really don't see the point in buying it.

It will cost you a lot more in the long run than if you just bought a nice one to begin with.

Seeing as this is his second thread about buying this car then i'd guess hes already pretty set on it

Yellow would be my choice if it was me.

 

[Jonnio]

Out of those two colours the blue! Sounds like hassle though.

Straight lellow. Wouldnt do it LY though, done to death on other cars and only renaults suit it IMO.

Not even this?

 

[Ash']

Daytona grey

 

[Tomas]

Anyone know what wheels are on each?

 

[Bluebeard]

Enkei Mitsubishi Evo wheels on the blue one, Rota's (I expect ) on the yellow one.

 

[syko6288]

Civic jordan yellow

 

[coleman]

I think the wheels on the Blue civic are Mitsi evo's and Rota's on the Yellow one.

 

[Tomas]

Aye, 17" Rota Grids

Just some more pics of the yellow: http://rotablog.co.uk/blog/?p=4314

 

[olihodgson]

Grids look nice dark with polished rim I think