You'll have to harden up a little if you are going to have a car in an unusual colour ( tell me about it.......... ). You'll hear a lot worse than "naff", believe me.
I can cope
Was interested why you chose the word rather than offended by it.
it is a Lamborghini colour........ what you really wanted was a Murcielago........
I love the colour, of course I would like a Murcielago, who wouldn't ?, this however is an S30 and I think this colour suits it very well. How many Zs out there are TVR Chianti Starmist, Candy Apple Red, Vauxhall metallic blue to name just a few I know of ? Has anybody said "oh you really wanted a TVR" ? or "Oh you really wanted a Candy Apple thingummy" ? Has anyone accused Mr F of wanting his 280 to really be a Vauxhall Frontera ? Has anybody pointed a finger at you and said "what you really wanted was a baby sh*t" ?
I don't think so
But then, if you are not worried what people think, why worry about it?
Indeed - I am actually building this car quite selfishly for me at the end of the day
You have mentioned several times before now that you keep going back to Sato san's car, and you see it as something of an inspiration ( correct? ).
Very much so, fridge white, beautifully engineered, clean lines. I think it is a fantastic looking car. Funnily enough I only showed Laurence the pictures today and said that was the look I am after.... but orange. We spoke about carbon fibre overfenders and rear spoiler and discussed the work wheels - Laurence's view is that the offset may be too big on the wheels for what I want and to think carefully as once the rear arches are cut away for the overfenders there is no going back without pain. (I have his sizes and offsets by the way)
I'd want a car that wears its colour, rather than a colour that wears the car. Something that doesn't dominate........
Which do you think will dominate ...... pearlescent orange paintwork or the roar of a 5.7 V8 ? If it is all in keeping then nothing should dominate ideally.
Pot, kettle, black? I'm not very brave I'm afraid. I'm sticking with period Factory colours. The less popular ones.........
Your choice is WAY braver than mine