06-15-2006, 12:52 AM
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ok so i was driving around town today and i saw an aurora with this Chameleon(sp) paintjob...and i loved it...so im just wondering what you guys think about an alero with that paint style????
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06-15-2006, 10:01 AM
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as long as you get colors that actually look good together, like:
blue/green
blue/purple
red/purple
red/orange
orange/yellow
yellow/green
it should look fine....SOLID. Don't try to bunny with multiple tones.
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06-15-2006, 10:12 AM
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chamelon paint is MEGA expensive
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06-15-2006, 10:55 AM
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i was at a show two months ago with a sunfire that had a blue/purple chameleon paint job and it looked amazing, but like brent said, its expensive, I don't think you know how much money your actually looking at here.
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06-15-2006, 11:13 AM
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for a typical one-normal color paintjob, for the entire car done properly (doorjams, under the hood, etc) you'd look at about $3000 (depending on the paint and who does it). I've heard chameleon paint will easily double that price.
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06-15-2006, 11:18 AM
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Actual chamelion paint from house of kolor is $120 for a 7 or 8 ounce container i belive not sure ill have to check. PPG harlequin is a little cheaper but does't look quite as good, its more of a pearl look instead of a solid color, you can also get a prizmatic paint from SEM and i belive theres one other company that makes it as well but can't remember of the top of my head.
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06-15-2006, 12:43 PM
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DuPont ChromaLusion. That's the most popular one they use around here, and it looks like garbage on a Viper.
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06-15-2006, 12:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by AlbinoMonkeyRat@Jun 15 2006, 09:01 AM
as long as you get colors that actually look good together, like:
blue/green
blue/purple
red/purple
red/orange
orange/yellow
yellow/green
it should look fine....SOLID. Don't try to bunny with multiple tones.
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Yeah I'm sick of seeing the cars that are like pink/sea green
Also as stated above, better be ready to spend a pretty penny
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06-15-2006, 01:05 PM
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yeah..i was expecting to hear that...yeah this one was a Blue-purple one and it looked sweet..never seen it on an aurora before..if i were to do this it would be in like 20 years when i get a job that pays better than 6.50/hr !
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06-15-2006, 09:33 PM
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Originally posted by Cliff8928@Jun 15 2006, 11:43 AM
DuPont ChromaLusion. That's the most popular one they use around here, and it looks like garbage on a Viper.
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Yea thats the other one I was thinking of.
I checked it out and what i was told by one of my instructors for PPG's harlequin it is $32 an ounce, which you mix 13 to1 with DBC 500 (intercoat clear) then reduce 1 to 1 so with one ounce of paint you end up with 28 sprayable ounces.
I'm sure that the other brands are similur.
I know at least one of them, SEM i think, you buy ready to spray and House Of Kolor you only reduce but its more expensive. personaly I only like the HOK chamileion because it is such a solid color not so much of a pearl effect like PPG's. HOK and PPG are the only two I have experiance with though.
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06-15-2006, 10:30 PM
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i hate that base coat , it`s ugly no matter what color is turns too
the ppg dbc version i simple to use it has to be activated with dx 57 1:1 to 5% dx 57
iam not goin to get into it but it`s very very expensive and not worth it
ppg has allot of great colors out there beside that crap
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06-19-2006, 01:37 PM
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I saw a paint sample slide at a car show in Birmingham, Al that looked like that green to purple chameleon, but it actually changes color with heat. It kinda reminded me of a mood ring. It was pretty cool.
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06-19-2006, 06:48 PM
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Yeah I hear $300 a pint for that paint, but that was a few years ago
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06-20-2006, 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by Redog@Jun 19 2006, 05:48 PM
Yeah I hear $300 a pint for that paint, but that was a few years ago
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Ouch, it can't have come down too much
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06-21-2006, 12:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Thrawn+Jun 20 2006, 12:06 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thrawn @ Jun 20 2006, 12:06 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Redog@Jun 19 2006, 05:48 PM
Yeah I hear $300 a pint for that paint, but that was a few years ago
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Ouch, it can't have come down too much
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actually it's went up im sure. my red color used to cost like 400 a gallon, now it's 550.
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