Everyone with a Ferrari generally does or thinks of red, I think a real high gloss black would look great IMHO. (although I am partial to a bright yellow!!!)
Car looks great by the way!!!
Dan
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jscott1 Member
Posts: 21676 From: Houston, TX , USA Registered: Dec 2001
I don't think Ferraris come in any color other than red...that's why you think of red and Ferrari. Red always has been and always will be the most popular car color. I vote red, (past owner of 6 red cars)
I too would vote for Yellow or even white. Black will stay dirty all the time and red is over done.
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Everyone with a Ferrari generally does or thinks of red, I think a real high gloss black would look great IMHO. (although I am partial to a bright yellow!!!)
Car looks great by the way!!!
Dan
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10:25 AM
RTNmsds Member
Posts: 1104 From: Woodruff, SC Registered: Oct 2003
Here's a pic of my Mera for you to visualize from. I think black-on-black is simply bad-to-the-bone .
Your ride looks absolutely awesome. Appears you did an outstanding job, and you were wise to keep a pictorial diary of the work-up too. That will become quite a nice keepsake.
Let's see - back to colors...
Red = standard Ferrari Yellow = stand-out Ferrari Black = bad a$$ Ferrari Silver = practical Ferrari
Oppinions are like (insert word here), everybody has one. Seriously, paint it the color YOU want. If you want a red Ferraro, then make it red.
Red Ferraris-----Ferrari Red----They go hand and hand. You see them all the time. My 88GT is red. I think red IS sports car, so that is why I would pick a nice DARK BLUE.
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RTNmsds Member
Posts: 1104 From: Woodruff, SC Registered: Oct 2003
I just went through the links again, and looks like maybe you had already decided to go red in the first place. The interior is crying for the body to be red. Stay the course. Paint it red.
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James Bond 007 Member
Posts: 8868 From: California.U.S.A. Registered: Dec 2002
I like the red,but they usually have paint samples on the wall or in a book to look at the paint shop.I hear black cars can get really hot in the summer time unless you happen to live in Canada.Have you considered adding Pearl?Pearl comes in lots of diffrent colors.
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Wholf Member
Posts: 379 From: Cleburne, Texas Registered: Mar 2003
Thanks guys. RTNMsds, your car looks sharp, and you are correct about the original color I had planned. But it is looking at your car and James' car at http://www.tekchip.com/ferrari/fiero_fusion.asp that really makes me think of going black. I think black would go good with the interior also. If I go red it will take a whole lot more money and time, but with the money I have invested in this so far, that doesn't reall come into play. Jake_Dragon, thanks for the preview, it is a shame there is no shine from my primer coat. I do like the red though. But thumbs down on the blue, I spent 14 years in the AirForce, and honestly I grew to dislike blue on any of my vehicles. I have until this spring to make up my mind, and if I do go with red I do not know if it will really be Ferrari red. There is a lot of different reds out there for the pickings, kind of like the red on SkiTimes car. Thanks again
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Wholf Member
Posts: 379 From: Cleburne, Texas Registered: Mar 2003
RTNMsds, sweet ride, what rims are you running on your MERA? I am not keeping the original Chromadora rims I have on it right now. The back tires do not come out far enough and throws the whole look of the car off. I want some "meat" under there, but I do not want to go with spacers, or adapters if possible. Do you have anymore pictures of your car or a link so I could look at them?
If you do go red, I really like the black accent stripe down the side body indent like this ....
Jake & JB7 are correct. Black is a pain in the butt to keep up. Plan on washing the car once a week and after every rain. Yes it is hot in the summer, especially with the sun baking you thru the T-tops - but that's why God made A/C .
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...what rims are you running on your MERA? I am not keeping the original Chromadora rims I have on it right now. The back tires do not come out far enough and throws the whole look of the car off. I want some "meat" under there, but I do not want to go with spacers, or adapters if possible.
You need to get rims with a different offset so you can widen the stance a bit. My rims aren't what you want either. They are 16" Koenig Reigns. I am seriously considering dropping the car an inch or so to help fill up the wheel wells, but that won't do much for the "meat factor". Tires in the picture were 225/50-16 front, 245/50-16 back Kumo Ecsta's. Currently I have 225/50-16 BF Goodrich T/A are the way around (only 245's around here were Michelin but they scrubbed in the back, so went BFG - better tire in my oppinion).
************ Hey... If you sell those Cromadora's, I want a shot at buying them please. ************
Back to topic... the Koenig Reign's don't have the right offset to take on the tire necessary to fill the wheel well. Here's a great site I've found for looking at rims/tire combos. Oh and BTW - THEY HAVE FIERO INTERACTIVE DIAGRAMS FOR VIEWING RIMS / TIRES ON THE CAR. Here's the link...
Well the census seems to be black . I don't mind the washing and polishing of a black paint job, and hopefully I will find the little leak in my A/C, so the heat factor won't be that bad. Sorry about the blue Loyde, but there is no way that interior would go with any color of blue. Could you imagine if the red was replaced with blue though. That would look pretty good, you should keep that in mind for your new project. Maybe someone out here could photoshop one of the interior pictures for you. like this one, and make the red blue. Bob, it looks like your rear rims could come out a little bit also, but what makes mine even worse is the GrandAm brake package on the front, which makes my front stick out more, than the rear. As far as selling the Chromadora's, I have a friend that I promised to give first bite at. If for some reason he backs out, I will be open to offers. It will be tires and rims, and the tires are almost new. I have a quote from a local Tire dealer here in town that I bought rims for on my 86Gt, which I really like. He said the front would set out the same with a little lower tire height running 215/55R16's and he would put 245/50R16's on the rear, which would put them where they need to be. I believe Rodney Dickman is running 245's on the rear of his Mera and they look like they belong there.
I agree with you... Yellow looks real sweet, especially on the 308. However with all the work I did on the interior(and still more to go), yellow would not be my first choice to go with my color scheme. Red, silver, white, or black would be the only way to go. But I am very partial to red and black especially for a sports car. I like the way black looks on any car especially if it is a good paint job. I still haven't decided if I am going to shoot it with Base Coat/ Clear Coat, or Acrylic Enamel. I like the flexability in acrylic enamel, but it has been a while since I shot a car using it. You pretty much shoot the shine, and I used to be good at it. I have a few other people wanting me to paint there cars for them(black), so I guess I could use them as practice before I shoot mine.
Damn you guys are good with that software, thanks,,, Do you see this Loyde, maybe a little lighter, but it puts the idea across . That would of looked sweet in that blue GT you sold.
Where did you get the lights inthe back for reverse lights?
Junk Yard! If I remember correctly they came off the older model Eclipse. I just went and walked around the salvage yards until I found something that I thought would look good back there. My friend at http://www.tekchip.com/ferrari/fiero_fusion.asp put his in the rear bumper. I looked and looked but could not find anything close enough to fit in the rear bumper. Are you still in the building stage of your kit? I replied to your other post https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/036571.html
If I remember correctly they came off the older model Eclipse.
Yup! Those are 90-94 Eclipse/Laser/Talon reversed lights. She be pretty easy to find. BTW, you car is looking GREAT! How much time have you put into it? When it's painted, OH boy, it's gonna be PIMP.
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03:24 PM
Rare87GT Member
Posts: 5046 From: Wichita, KS USA Registered: Oct 2001
Here is a picture of my Formula. It is painted Ferrari Red, I dont think there is any other color of Red that is as vibrant and bright as this one.
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Maroon 1987 GT 5 spd: 2.8L Ferrari Red 1988 Formula 5 spd: 3800 Series II Supercharged In & Running..... Need any parts? Got 2 parts cars: 86GT 4spd 87 Coupe 4cyl
Damn you guys are good with that software, thanks,,, Do you see this Loyde, maybe a little lighter, but it puts the idea across . That would of looked sweet in that blue GT you sold.
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Wholf Member
Posts: 379 From: Cleburne, Texas Registered: Mar 2003
BTW, you car is looking GREAT! How much time have you put into it? When it's painted, OH boy, it's gonna be PIMP.
Thank you. I started working out the details of the project last Sept or October with Loyde of FastFieros in Dallas. I received the chassis and 3800SC engine from FastFieros in late January this year. I have been working on everything else since then. I figure I am a little over half way done with it. Rare87GT, that red is gorgeous. The reds I have seen on the actual 308's don't look that vibrant... Nice car!
Well yes and no my car is the yellow one posted earlyer. when I got it I noticed I needed to do some fiberglass repares so I pulled the front clip to do the repares correctly from the back side and noticed that it aperently had deen wrecked ion the left front so that lead to further repares. now I have the fiberglass boby completely taken off of the car and am currently basicly starting over from the begining again. the car was put together poorly from the begining. What I will probly do is pt the body on my 88gt that has practicly nothing wrong with it compared to the origimal doner a 87 w/130,000 miles.
I love it in black. However, I wouldn't do another car of mine in black. The upkeep is too much! Something else to consider with balck it its nasty habit of showing any flaw. Your work will have to be exceptional. Bright colors like red and yellow can actually hide flaws in the bright sunlight. I speak from experience!
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Dec 21st, 2003
Will-Martin Member
Posts: 1164 From: DFW, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2002
Sorry Revin no Barbi Ferrari for me, (LOL) now if I was giving it to my daughter, I might actually consider it . By the way Revin you are running the same rims I am looking at putting on this one, except no rivets(that is if those are rivets, can't really tell in the picture). Thanks for the compliments Will, hopefully I will see you this afternoon. As far as the body work goes, I am not worried about any flaws. I have been doing paint and body work off and on for over 20 years, and I am pretty anal when it comes to my cars. I appreciate everyones thoughts on their choice of colors, but after seeing even more black 308's, I believe I am going to go the black on black. Now I only have to decide what type of paint to do it in. I intend to put plenty of miles on it by this spring to ensure I do not get any stress cracks in the panels, which I really don't think I will. 88FieroGt123, I feel your pain, and the only thing I can say, is once you get those panels in place, lock them down nice and firm, and try to support the heck out of them. You can get aluminum tubing and make real stout supports. I did it this way instead of using the flimsy flat pieces of aluminum mine came with. Test fit, bond them to the panel and then rivet them to the chasis(our use self tapping bolts/screws). Thanks again everyone....
In my opinion you cannot go wrong with red or yellow for ferrari. Black is nice for you to look at, but if you want attention I don't think it will do the job. Just my thoughts, good luck with your decision and great work on the car.
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Wholf Member
Posts: 379 From: Cleburne, Texas Registered: Mar 2003
Got it! I replied back - twice. The better half didn't hesitate on me on this one at all. Got to get her something else nice for Xmas .
BTW, your wheel choice is going to show off those rotors VERY nicely. As well, if those Cromadora's do come home to rest on this Mera, then I don't think I'll do the drilled & slotted routine on my car. It would only have been for looks anyway, and it'll be hidden behind those rims.
P.S. What's the clearance on your car to the top of the frount and rear fender wells (figure this may be the best spot to do a comparison). Your car seems to be a tiny bit lower that my Mera.
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