best oem colour for mk2 ? opinions

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Rob66
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Re: best oem colour for mk2 ? opinions

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Marf wrote:6M1 FTW


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Hi Marf

Is that the JDM Dark Emerald Pearl? Sure my friends Tubby was that colour, subtly different to Goodwood Green, more of a blue flick to it!

Think my favourite is Zircon Blue or Caribbean Blue.
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6M1 is goodwood green/emerald pearl . They're the same colour
Marf
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^^^ Yup
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Whilst 6M1 looks great in direct sunlight:

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It can look very bland in normal light:

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I've got a super red car at the moment and I think it looks ok but it's a bit boring really. If I could choose any colour it would be caribbean blue (code 8B6).
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Yep, 6M1 definitely comes to life in direct sunlight.
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I think all the colours look good in the flesh if the paintwork is near on mint. Super Red II is a fantastic colour when all bright and polished as is the Green as it has a nice pearlescent shade to it also..

My fav would be Super Red II.

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rev3turbo wrote:6M1 is goodwood green/emerald pearl . They're the same colour


Interesting my friends Tubby was def not Goodwood Green, had more of a shimmer to the paint, i am intrigued now will have to find out what it was, it was a Rev 3 'N' GTS by the way.
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Rob66 wrote:
rev3turbo wrote:6M1 is goodwood green/emerald pearl . They're the same colour


Interesting my friends Tubby was def not Goodwood Green, had more of a shimmer to the paint, i am intrigued now will have to find out what it was, it was a Rev 3 'N' GTS by the way.


Possible it had been repainted. My 6M1 car was not the same after a repaint, I think the OEM lacquer had something to do with making the car appear darker and adding that slilght blue/green/purple flip to the finish
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Rob66 wrote:
rev3turbo wrote:6M1 is goodwood green/emerald pearl . They're the same colour


Interesting my friends Tubby was def not Goodwood Green, had more of a shimmer to the paint, i am intrigued now will have to find out what it was, it was a Rev 3 'N' GTS by the way.


If anyone knows the car the Reg was K7 SSU
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Caribbean Blue 8)
Rob66
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This isn't his but think its the same colour, you can make out front wing the slight difference to Goodwood - or could be the light lol


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would carribean blue go with red and black interior though ?
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Rob66 wrote:
Rob66 wrote:
rev3turbo wrote:6M1 is goodwood green/emerald pearl . They're the same colour


Interesting my friends Tubby was def not Goodwood Green, had more of a shimmer to the paint, i am intrigued now will have to find out what it was, it was a Rev 3 'N' GTS by the way.


If anyone knows the car the Reg was K7 SSU


I own K7 SSU now. It's definitely goodwood green, 6M1 as so bu88er drove into the wing so need a replacemnet sprayed up and 6M1 was a perfect match
Rob66
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Aha.. must have just been the light then..

It used to be my mates who then sold it to another friend, so if you need any info on it let me know, i remember it went like a rocket :D
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It does go quite well, spent a small fortune fixing all the little problems with it though.
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Rob66 wrote:This isn't his but think its the same colour, you can make out front wing the slight difference to Goodwood - or could be the light lol


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Aquamarine Pearl? Though that was a Rev 1/2 colour only afaik. It's the name mistakenly used for Turquoise pearl 2's.

It's code is 742.

My favourite MR2 colours are probably Black and SMG. I'd stick with black. But any colour can look good depending on the 2. :)
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well the car went in this morning and it will be staying black for now but possible looking at the end of summer to have the lower part of the car painted super red and leaving the roof black :)
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:thumleft:

No red though [-X :lol:
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Carribean Blue..

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Post by Nik_L »

Super Red for me.

It gives the MR2 that proper sports car look. Make's them look Ferrari esq.
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