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Neil wrote:

Candy Apple Red is a very nice color and will get lots of attention and it would probally look really nice on a MX-3.

Sorry i couldnt find a better picture, all the ones on google and yahoo are either poor quality or bad photographs

theres an mx in my city with that colour, looks pretty hot

If your stuck on red, I like the candy apple idea. I've seen that teg you posted many times. Looks like ryan's teg. In pictures it looks ok. In person I think the paint looks like s---. You know you can go to crappy tire and get the spray on "flake" look for $10, so having it on your car at all times just makes it look cheap.

MrMX3 wrote:If your stuck on red, I like the candy apple idea. I've seen that teg you posted many times. Looks like ryan's teg. In pictures it looks ok. In person I think the paint looks like shat. You know you can go to crappy tire and get the spray on "flake" look for $10, so having it on your car at all times just makes it look cheap.

it is ryans teg.

Silver flake is GAY

Yeah, those cars look pretty bad. I just had my car re-painted. The paint shop added a VERY small amount of i think sparkle or pearl into the clear coat. The paint looks perfectly normal and you don't notice it AT ALL until the sun hits it directly then you notice a bit of extra sparkle to the paint. I think anything more than that would look really bad. I think he said that they did less than 5% coverage. When the car is done I will take some pictures... but I don't think it will show up in pictures. My car is creek blue mica, it pretty much just makes it look like it has a bit more metallic too it.

I'll try and find out what exactly it is. It's not a flake because you don't see it in the paint. And it's not silver or anything, it goes with the paint, it gives off a bluish sparkle.
I guess it would be considered more of a pearl than flake.

Ok well i'll be honest, but flake just...sucks. It's like, chunky paint. I hate it.

What you SHOULD do, is if your gonna spend the money, do a three stage paint...your choices are:

candy
Pearl

I'd go with pearl, because candy is a dye, so when you add more you change the color. Therefore, if you ever get a scratch or a ding, or some rock chips, it will be very hard to fix.

go with pearl, you get a beautifull effect, and it will be fixable because it's not a dye like the candy.

however if you want all out show the flakes on a sunny day grap lots and lots of attention!!! my bro's fiesta wasn't finished and was offered 3 magazine shoots here's a pic


i know it's over the top but it was built as a show car and nothing else....
when you drive it there are almost accidents every where you go!!!!

oh man, that looks like a bowling ball or like my friend says, a 1970's helmet. My car does NOT look like that... it must of been a pearl he added in.