What color should I go with for my 81 X?
I'm torn between the the darker blue, orange, the yellow on the bottom row, and the darker silver on the bottom row.
I think the darker blue is winning though.
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Nov. 14, 2008 4:44 p.m. m4ff3w Dork
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Nov. 14, 2008 4:49 p.m. Stuc HalfDork
I might have to go yellow with it, unless I went black.
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Nov. 14, 2008 4:55 p.m. Carson Reader
What kind of message do you want it to send? Silver is more sensible, orange is more outrageous, lime green is where it's at. Or a retina-burning white.
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Nov. 14, 2008 6:14 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
81 X? an X-19?
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Nov. 14, 2008 6:21 p.m. Type Q HalfDork
Orange!
(Or something that rhymes with it)
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Nov. 14, 2008 7:48 p.m. ValuePack HalfDork
A pic of your car would help. Current/planned mods? What do you use it for?
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Nov. 14, 2008 8:18 p.m. Woody Dork
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Nov. 14, 2008 8:49 p.m. ArtOfRuin Reader
It's a Fiat X1/9. Click on where m4ff3w's avatar would be and it says it in his profile.
@ m4ff3w: The pic of your X in the Reader's Ride section won't show up on my computer.
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Nov. 14, 2008 9:33 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
no italian car looks right without a shade of red...
do it up Rosso Corsa.
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Nov. 14, 2008 9:40 p.m. Coupefan New Reader
Italian car? Red. You can also do the other red, which is yellow. Either looks great on an X.
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Nov. 14, 2008 9:43 p.m. belteshazzar Dork
white hides body work
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Nov. 14, 2008 10:04 p.m. Datsun1500 HalfDork
Mine was electric blue, so I am kind of partial to that on the X19....
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Nov. 14, 2008 10:09 p.m. Carson Reader
Brown is period correct.
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Nov. 15, 2008 8:51 a.m. kpm New Reader
Rust...
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Nov. 15, 2008 10:12 a.m. Coupefan New Reader
Anything valid to add?
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Nov. 15, 2008 10:22 a.m. 914Driver Dork
Red decks, white in the center, green bottom third. Or do the same Italian tri-color at an angle.
Dan
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Nov. 15, 2008 11:45 a.m. m4ff3w Dork
I'll get some pics up once I get it back on the ground (got new tires today)
Car is my daily driver & autocrosser (or will soon be autoXer).
Current mods are limited to Megasquirt.and rust. Once rust is fixed and paint is applied, she is getting a turbo.
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Nov. 15, 2008 5:58 p.m. Feedyurhed Reader
I gotta go with the orange or yellow.
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Nov. 15, 2008 7:53 p.m. Luke Dork
Lime green
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Nov. 15, 2008 8:36 p.m. bluevr6 New Reader
I have 3 x's right now. all three 85's
1 is Rosso / Graphite 1 is Rosso / Nero 1 is champagne / nero
Do you want to stand out in a crowd? Fly Yello over a black or red interior.
My Uno Turbo project will be repainted solid champagne. My DSP x will be fly over black interior with red seats The rosso / graphite c only has a little over 20k miles on it, so paint will remain factory for a while.
Go with what you like, but if I were going blue, I would go VW Porcelain Blue (1998 color)
best regards, kevin
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Nov. 15, 2008 8:38 p.m. bluevr6 New Reader
Carson wrote:
Brown is period correct.
Dude, a good friend has several x's and all of the runners are fricken brown (2 74's and an 81)
Turd brown doesn't look good on any car.
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Nov. 15, 2008 8:39 p.m. bluevr6 New Reader
Go to www.flu.org
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Nov. 15, 2008 8:50 p.m. Carson Reader
Luke wrote:
Lime green
+1, like I said in my original response. Even more so now that I see that picture.
