soareyes Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 OK, one last one, Sun Fusion on the FJ Cruiser: http://www.toyota.com/img/vehicles/2009/fjcruiser/gallery/full/2008_fj_cruiser_2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Jeep Wrangler yellow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soareyes Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Jeep Wrangler yellow? Could be! http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d72/Atjoer/JoyI.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Penske yellow? Koni Yellow old yeller http://blog.al.com/scene/2007/11/large_Old%20Yeller.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzempel Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Looks like road stripe yellow to me. That might just be this cheap monitor, though. Otherwise, it reminds me of the old Santa Fe railroad yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soareyes Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Old Yeller! That's a great idea. I think I'll take my cat in to be computer color coded, then have my Smart painted. Hopefully it will turn out like this: http://www.smartcar-skins.com/assets/images/SkinzTigerBlg.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 stylin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Stan, Bingo!!!! It is indeed Sun Fusion Yellow (Code 5A3) of the Toyota FJ Cruiser. I am not exactly a fan of this car, especially the wart-like rear lights. But a while ago one was driving by and the color just hit my nerve. I think you now richly deserve your 8-hour ride with me but thinking about it, I believe we have already planned one for next weekend It is just that you may want to drive yourself anyway. Thanks to all the feedback, praise and opinions on the looks of the car. I hope it was a bit of fun. Gert P.S.: Since many of the color proposals are almost identical to the Toyota color, everybody who participated is invited to ride in my car ;-) Edited August 6, 2009 by slomove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soareyes Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Yeah! Now I can quit chasing yellow trucks to take their pictures Yes, I'll drive myself next weekend. I'm looking forward to 800 miles in the toasty California sun, should be fun! I'll definitely have the Cool Shirt on. To those who didn't know, we are headed up to Laguna Seca in our Sevens for the Monterey Historics: http://www.montereyhistoric.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiBirkin Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I just want to say Slomove your car looks great in its new colours I bet your really pleased also you aluminum looks fantastic can you let on how you managed to get it so good. Cheers Kiwibirkin PS : If ever I come state side I would like to hold you to a trip in your car even though I didn't offer up a colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaNostra Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) You want lemon or orange? Edited August 8, 2009 by BusaNostra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pksurveyor Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 wow, you have one of those rare chrome orange Esprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusaNostra Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) Lemon & Orange like a citrus candies. Edited August 8, 2009 by BusaNostra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 PS : If ever I come state side I would like to hold you to a trip in your car even though I didn't offer up a colour Thanks Kiwi, just let me know when you are in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 I just want to say Slomove your car looks great in its new colours I bet your really pleased also you aluminum looks fantastic can you let on how you managed to get it so good. It is rather simple: clean the aluminum and if you have those tiny rock impact craters (unavoidable in some areas) wet sand protruding metal smooth with 1000 grit paper. Then you get going with polish compound (I use Mothers) and a buffing wheel on a hand drill. Brush a thin film of compound on for a square foot at a time and polish that out. You will get the hang of the polishing pattern so that the wheel will remove its own black residue and leave a mostly clean metal surface. If the buffing wheel gets too clogged up take a new one or refresh it by rubbing against a sharp tip (e.g. large nail) Then clean the metal with mild soap solution and rinse. Wear a dust mask and gloves. You will still look like a pig at the end from all the flying black residue. If you need showroom quality you can remove the swirl marks of the buffing wheel with more compound on a soft bonnet of a disk polisher or just by rubbing out with a terry cloth. Polishing the seriously dull surface of my car took me a full day. But I do that only every other year or so. Gert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Looks beautiful Gert. I really like the new color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDingo8MyBaby Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 You want lemon or orange? My 2 V8's. Metallic Loti yellow mellow. http://www.mjmturbos.com/images/LotusV810.jpg Beautiful! If you ever want to switch things up a bit, you could go with these tail lights... http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/10/Sprinter_Emblem.jpg If you could change "sprinter" to "esprit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slomove Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 My wife returned from a 4-week trip to the Old Country today (had not seen the new paint job yet). Looked at the Birkin, mumbled something about "nice color", "beautiful paint job", "better than new" and "looks great" and then...."but it does not look like our little car". Oh well, I think she needs to get used to it now. And honestly that was my own feeling after I put it all back together. Amazing how one can get attached to a certain appearance of a thing that you really like, even if you don't like the appearance itself. I guess another trip or two and we will be over it :driving: Gert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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