Fantasy

[NC 5ltr]

apparently ford are bring ing out a new colour for the mk3 falcon.
i heard it is sort of a camillian paint where its starts as green goes to purple the to black,should be a awesome colour onthe gt's with camillian stripes with correspondng colours :evil3:

[Peuty]

Hell yeah that sounds cool. Who is your source?

[73gscoupe]

i actually used to work for PPG, about a year ago i was talking to one of the R&D guys regarding the harelequin paint (the stuff that changes color) he was telling me how ford were asking PPG for something between harelequin and a normal metalic for their flagship model. Harelequin is about $1K per litre to make (the pigment is the expensive part) and you need about 2 litres to cover a car on a production line. I never bothered to find out what happened, but there was obviously interest from ford in these sort of finishes.

Ohh, and after seeing so much of harelequin during my time there i now hate the stuff. something to do with the novelty factor wearing off i think..

[Dave_au]

And the impossibility to ever match the colour again should you have to replace a panel heaven forbid.

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by Dave_au

And the impossibility to ever match the colour again should you have to replace a panel heaven forbid.

Yep which why you never want have harlequin paint on your car when some uninsure f**k messes up your car. Or better still some smart **** decideds it will be fun to key a panel.

$1k a litre aftermarket would be $1.5-2k from factory i bet. Then again if you can afford a GT you could afford the paint.

[b2tf]

Hmmm, sounds interesting but unlikely. Methinks Ford will stick to the reasonably conservative colours for now at least.

[RegSpec]

$1k a litre aftermarket would be $1.5-2k from factory i bet. Then again if you can afford a GT you could afford the paint.[/QUOTE]

MY GOD!!! A Falcon GT in harlequin :

[MNM96]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Yep which why you never want have harlequin paint on your car when some uninsure f**k messes up your car. Or better still some smart **** decideds it will be fun to key a panel.

$1k a litre aftermarket would be $1.5-2k from factory i bet. Then again if you can afford a GT you could afford the paint.

It is simple as to match colour because, what are you matching. The light reflection decides what colour it is!

[jd dad]

Dont know if it was custom or not but I saw a BA in town today that looked dark blue but as we were going past color changed towards green to purple to blue. Had a custom number plate on it as well but cant remember what it was something like BANO1 I think.

[parawolf]

I can guarrentee that this colour is under consideration and is currently named exactly that. There will be a major cost extra involved for this... about $1000 to $1500 extra on top of metallic paint.

[carty]

Originally Posted by jd dad

Dont know if it was custom or not but I saw a BA in town today that looked dark blue but as we were going past color changed towards green to purple to blue. Had a custom number plate on it as well but cant remember what it was something like BANO1 I think.

there is a BA XR6 in harlequin in wagga, and also an AU falcon as well... buth with chrome rims, but i dont think they look that good really

[parawolf]

Bear in mind this is not harlequin, it is a 3 colour paint, as opposed to regular metallic being a 2 colour paint. So depending on the direction of the light reflection you get a different colour/shade. It is a very difficult paint to get 'right' hence the extra cost.

You will not be seeing new Falcons with Harlequin which goes yellow, orange, green purple, etc....

Something like this....

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by parawolf

Bear in mind this is not harlequin, it is a 3 colour paint, as opposed to regular metallic being a 2 colour paint. So depending on the direction of the light reflection you get a different colour/shade. It is a very difficult paint to get 'right' hence the extra cost.

You will not be seeing new Falcons with Harlequin which goes yellow, orange, green purple, etc....

Something like this....

What's the difference between that job and a pearl finish? They seemed to be very popular a few years back but don't see many pearl jobs anymore.

[parawolf]

Originally Posted by Rodp

What's the difference between that job and a pearl finish? They seemed to be very popular a few years back but don't see many pearl jobs anymore.

I guess it is the multiple colours. Doing these paints in a highly controlled paint shop is easy by comparison to attempting to do this in a massive production line with robotic equipment like Ford Australia is attempting to do.

[Aussie Falcon]

The Ford Mustang came a couple of times in Harlequin colours from the factory:

http://mysticcobra.net/whatisit.shtml