I might as well have told maaco to suprise me.

SuperRallyRoo · Post by **SuperRallyRoo** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:47 am

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.

Fkyx · Post by **Fkyx** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:49 am

Yeah.... not even close. Flourescent lights wouldn't have that big of an impact on the color.

SuperRallyRoo · Post by **SuperRallyRoo** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:52 am

Ya I know and they were like well thats the color u chose out of the book. And i'm like ya well you were right there helping me decide on a what looked like a good match. They coulda gave me a tip that any given color in the booklet looks alot lighter when its on the car.

SuperRallyRoo · Post by **SuperRallyRoo** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:53 am

I'm just gonna get a decal made thats says what happens when you go to maaco and ask for dark blue.

theflystyle · Post by **theflystyle** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:00 pm

you tow it there or remove in the lot? how long for completetion and type of package you got?

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:32 pm

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!

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Sat May 24, 2008 5:03 pm

I like it...but definitely not the old WRB

SuperRallyRoo · Post by **SuperRallyRoo** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:09 pm

No its not the 555 blue thats what I was going for oh well.

I'm glad people don't think its too bad unless yer just sparing my feelings lol.

Fkyx · Post by **Fkyx** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:34 pm

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.

SuperRallyRoo · Post by **SuperRallyRoo** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:35 pm

Its not baby blue lol. Its a couple shades darker. Its almost like that BMW M3 blue.

Fkyx · Post by **Fkyx** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:43 pm

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!

greg donovan · Post by **greg donovan** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:12 am

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.

Deride · Post by **Deride** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:26 pm

It's a rally car. Go get it dirty, It will change colors in the mud.

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:32 am

just tell people it's 22b electric blue

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:05 am

How the hell did they manage to fuck that up?!

Fkyx · Post by **Fkyx** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:06 am

Color blind? Well, more like shade blind. -_-

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:58 am

1. dont pay them since you are not satisfied w/th their service(s)

you don't have to if you seriously think that they did that shitty of a job

New92 · Post by **New92** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:50 pm

SuperRallyRoo wrote:Its not baby blue lol. Its a couple shades darker. Its almost like that BMW M3 blue.

Exactly what I was thinking. Not at all a bad color for a race car. I would still raise hell though and try for a discount?

BXSS · Post by **BXSS** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:21 am

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.

pw422 · Post by **pw422** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:11 am

how much did it cost...thinking about painting my car black. They can't possibly screw up black...can they?

pw422 · Post by **pw422** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:13 am

how much did it cost...thinking about painting my car black. They can't possibly screw up black...can they?

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:35 am

I'd guess around $900.

Aerotech · Post by **Aerotech** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:50 am

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.

SuperRallyRoo · Post by **SuperRallyRoo** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:36 am

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.

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:39 pm

Haha I'm good at guessing numbers I guess.

But yeah, I think that looks awesome man. The color will grow on you for sure.

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I might as well have told maaco to suprise me.

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