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I have been following this thread for a few months reading here and there and it is great. I don't have a car in need of paint bad enough to take the time to do this but i plan to start working on my sidecar this weekend as the paint on it is 20 years old and seen it's better days. still undecided on color as of now. here is pics of it if anyone has color ideas!! it is currently black and the bike is marron and silver(but fading). I don't want a bright color like yellow or orange cuz it atracts bees....already had some episodes with bees in the sidecar cuz the kids had bright pillows in there....and dark colors might make it hot in there. so was thinking white, but now i'm thinking maybe a dark color would still be best, like a maroon/burgundy type color. ideas?





Now that is a different roller project...

Here is my first thought on the sidecar... go and visit the web sites of the companies that make those personal water sports vehicles...

Those things are somewhat similar in size to a sidecar ( ie a small scale paint job ) and so you can check out how they have used paint and colors to make these small scale units look their sexiest...

For example, check out the Sea-doo color combinations on the 2008 Sea-Doo's... ( blues, yellows, reds, blacks, white ) But pay attention to how they apply them on a small surface to be the most flattering...

http://www.sea-doo.com/en-US/Products/Showroom.htm

or maybe you might like the Yamaha Waverunner's for color inspiration...

http://www.yamaha-motor.com.au/waverunner/waverunner.asp

There are other manufacturers, like Polaris, Honda, etc.

Hopefully some of those paint jobs can give you inspiration... Sometimes it pays to think outside the box.. while at the same time benefiting from all the paint and color design work done by those companies...

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Last edited by Marq; 06/02/07 08:40 AM.