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Need a clever person to photoshop it for you. I am thinking about the orange on a new Ford Focus XR5 and did a photoshop (basic and not terribly good) of it. Helps to get a feel for it....

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I have done my mk1 Escort in ST225(XR5)Electric Orange 2yrs ago, colour is still bright




Nice Blue too

Marty your the man. Looks good. You happy with the result? Its a metallic isnt it? I will be painting myself and not sure if painting metallics is much harder. If so I may have to go for the same colour but flat.

Thanks Glenn, If you can paint acrylics or 2pk there shouldnt a problem. I used a normal gray primer before spraying on the orange basecoat, next was the Electric Orange colour and finally the clearcoats, all in 2pk and cost was around $700 in paints/reducers.
The colour is a modern pearl type which relies on a basecoat to enhance its colour. Best to use a gravity gun too

Nardo go for the blue, it will look sweet as! My friend has a mk1 that i painted underneath in the same blue while on a rotissery, just waiting till the top side is ready to paint !!

I think Electric Orange would be a fairly difficult colour to apply if doing it yourself... especially if its your first time.

To be done properly it is a 4 stage paint process. It has a white undercoat, then the orange layer, then the "effect" layer, which is a mix of pearl and metallic, then clear coat over. If the "effect" layer is applied on different angles or different thicknesses over the car will look uneven in the light.

It is a great colour though.

yeah speaking with MartyMex I have decided against the colour even though it looks great on his car!

Will aim for a similar orange in a flat colour.

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Originally posted by MK1_Oz

yeah speaking with MartyMex I have decided against the colour even though it looks great on his car!

Will aim for a similar orange in a flat colour.

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Maybe the orange on the newer Falcons? I have not seen it up close, so not sure if it is a metallic or pearl?

looked at teh ford website this morning but they appeared not to list any orange under the falcon. prolly didn't look close enough

In the BA series 1 XR falcons they had blood orange which was a flat colour and looked awesome.

I always found the orange in the new falcons to be a bit too red. My MK2 is going raw orange, XY falcon colour. cost $310 for 4L

Marty that orange in the light is porn. The pic of the bay doesn't do the colour justice.

That blue looks good sunlight or no sunlight. =)