Since you mentioned 'Burple", that is a current House of Kolor paint. It is actually a candy paint that has to be sprayed on a silver or gold basecoat so in essence, the painter will be doing 2 paint jobs. The issue with any candy color is touchup. Since candies go on very light and darken with the amount of coats applied, touch up is impossible. A complete respray of the panel is necessary. I don't know if your term "Wild cherry" is an actual color or a description of the color you want but if it is a single color paint, I'd go that route. If the car was your own, I'd go the candy route. The last thing you want to do is to have dad need a touchup and he gets a quote for $1,000
The Wild Cherry is also a Kolor paint. I did not know that was a light color sprayed to be darker.... that does sound like a touch up nightmare and I live out in the country with a gravel driveway. But I really like the look of the candie colors.... I plan on only driving the car in the summer months so it will be stored all winter and spring.
As for my Dad, he passed last October and left his favorite Fiero to me. He had been sick for a while so it was not driven for the last 1 1/2 years. I have been slowly getting her back on the road in his honor. It is a labor of love.
SamanthaM
SEP 13, 04:41 PM
I talked with the guy who will be painting my car..... I think I found my color! It's called Purple Rain, it's a pearl color. Very deep dark purple.....should look pretty cool with the dark gray interior! I saw the color on an old Chevelle and it is AMAZING!
Well after a discussion with my paint guy, he ran some test strips on a scrap piece of metal and we darkened up the color I like by adding some midnight black pearl to the purple rain color I like. I am so glad I posted here or I wouldn't have known until it was too late how that color would go on.
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