I might as well have told maaco to suprise me.
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I might as well have told maaco to suprise me.
So I am building a rally car 1994 impreza WRX. I wanted it to be painted close to the 555 rally blue color which is a flat dark blue like royal blue. This is what I get. They tell me it will look darker outside and not under the ultra violet lights, but I don't think thats gonna help enough. What funny is I actually don't hate the paint job its kinda goofy looking on a impreza but its also kind of a good color for a rally car. Its different thats for sure.
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Might as well like it since you're stuck with it. But it isn't that bad a color. A little baby-blueish, but it'll be seen, that's for sure. Too bad, though, your car would've looked just like the old triple nickel rally car.
And yeah, it'll look darker IN THE SUN!
And yeah, it'll look darker IN THE SUN!
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I like it. It's not a common color, that's for sure! A few black accents would bring the overall lightness down a bit, if you really have a problem with baby blue.
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Ah, well I didn't quite think of a BMW M3 when I saw it, so baby blue seemed to describe it best.
It *is* going to be a rally car, after all. And I'd say it's a good color to get attention with on the trails!
It *is* going to be a rally car, after all. And I'd say it's a good color to get attention with on the trails!
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you will be surprised at what it will look like in the sun.
i have a jacket that looks purple under flourescent light and blue in sunlight.
always pick the colors in sunlight. i am surprised they didnt tell you that.
that being said i think that it lookspretty good and will look great once you get the trim back on, the visual package and some decals.
i have a jacket that looks purple under flourescent light and blue in sunlight.
always pick the colors in sunlight. i am surprised they didnt tell you that.
that being said i think that it lookspretty good and will look great once you get the trim back on, the visual package and some decals.
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Too funny, but there is a quick (For England) Impreza that color - you now have the US version.
You have to have a big bottle of Jack Daniels for it to look like the rally blue inside or outside....
The actual quality of the job does not look bad - excellent for Maaco.
You have to have a big bottle of Jack Daniels for it to look like the rally blue inside or outside....
The actual quality of the job does not look bad - excellent for Maaco.
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That Vanagon in the background's the same color as mine.
Other than the color, how's the quality of the paint job? I've seen wildly varying finishes from different MAACOs, from show quality, down to 80-grit prep, bugs-in-the-paint hack jobs.
Other than the color, how's the quality of the paint job? I've seen wildly varying finishes from different MAACOs, from show quality, down to 80-grit prep, bugs-in-the-paint hack jobs.
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Wow that was a good ass guess... It ended up costing me exactly 900.00 cash out the door lol.
Maaco kinda worked with me on the price because they forgot to paint the inside of the trunk. My experience wasn't so bad... They did try to help me out and I got a pretty decent paint job for what I paid. Can't really complain the car looks pretty damn good.
Maaco kinda worked with me on the price because they forgot to paint the inside of the trunk. My experience wasn't so bad... They did try to help me out and I got a pretty decent paint job for what I paid. Can't really complain the car looks pretty damn good.
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