Jester's Mk4 - Ferrari Blue - some details & back storry

[Jester]

For those that are interested, I have had a number of inquires about the color of my Mk4. Thanks for the questions and comments.

I have asked my painter for the code but he has not provided it yet (I need to go to his place to get the codes). I have attached a few pics for reference (for those interested). Paint still needs to be cut & buffed (hopefully this summer). My painter painted a few test panels and he chose the white to best match the blue (it has a slight blue tint).

I think the color works very well with the body contours (there is a little pearl in the color so it changes slightly in direct vs darker lighting conditions).


Back story behind the color: My neighbor had a metallic blue-silver Ferrari but he moved (before I thought of building a FFR) so I did not think to ask for the color code. A number of years later when I went to my painter I had this color in the back of my mind (but no good pic’s to reference) and I spent hours going through the paint color books to get the color I was looking for. I was either going to find the blue-silver color that I was after or I was going to go with a metallic silver color. In the end it narrowed my choice down to 2 metallic blue colors and I made my choice. Believe it or not, I ended up choosing a metallic blue-silver that turned out to be by coincidence a Ferrari color (the other was a BMW blue). I think I nailed it. I had the painter paint both colors on a test panel and I chose the Ferrari blue. The painter did not agree with my color choice at the time but I over-ruled him. In the end my painter admitted that my choice was the better choice and he said the paint job and color was the best he ever painted.

Note: this is not an aggressive color but in my opinion it works very well on a 60’s roadster (a bit of a modern high end twist).
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Color on a roadster is very personal and has a significant impact on all builds. I highly recommend taking the time to carefully select a color that matches the vision in your minds eye that adds to the uniqueness of your roadster.

Thanks for the comments

Matt



Good luck

[first time builder]

I like it alot !!!

Kenny

[3yearplan]

It looks great. You will will get a lot of compliments on the color (colour) and the car itself. I also like the story behind the selection.

Mike

[geebang]

Thanks for posting Jester, its a nice colour. I ended up going with viking blue in the end (or a slight variant of it)