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gday
im painting my LH torana hot house green and im looking for a darker green to paint were the black is on SLRs ,bonnet, windows,rear flare and SLR 5000 bottom sills. been thinking about british racing green. any ideas would be greatful
cheers

[Struggler]

SV5000 has a contrasting metallic green.

[TORLX8]

Hothouse green is a metallic. Do you want the darker green to be metallic as well?
How much darker do you want to go? Sticking with Holden colours, you could do Laurel Green Pearl for a middish green (716H/C166) or if you want darker than that, try Capricorn Green Pearl (C137)
The Capricorn would be closest to British racing green.

[red1a]

I came across a G-pak LH torana painted in lime green and the darker colour green metallic is the colour i would like. dont know if this standard for the G-pack,is these colours the same.
cheers

[red1a]

gday TORLX8
theirs a G-PACK on this site under G-PACK colours is this a darker colour green if so is it a colour that you have coded if would you be able to recommend a colour green much the same. any help would be great
cheers

[TerrA LX]

id go the SV green ^^^ or how about your paint shop mix up a sample of 70% black and 30% hot house green. about 500ml shouldnt set you back much.
ask the mixer for his advice on it as i dont know if this be too light or dark for ya. you can always vary the ratio and write it down for future paint matching ease.

[MRLXSS]

you could just go to your paintshop and ask to get Hothouse green in a few shades darker, tell them wat you want to do and they will mix it up for you...

If you are going to try a different colour (like from the ford etc) they may have some colours in it that doesnt work with hothouse... (like a blue tint or something, im not sure but just thinkin out loud)

[red1a]

gday
if thats SV5000 ya talking about from struggler . im not a colour person.slightly colour blind. but his colour sounds great . if posible can i get the numbers for the paint code.
cheers ALX76

[TerrA LX]

^just ask for SV5000 green, they get that all the time. you can get the code with the paint. ^no probs.
just ask to see a shade first, just to be sure BEFORE mixing as ive made the mistake of when being asked and just replying without looking and ended up with the wrong color.

Edited by ALX76, 27 July 2006 - 02:48 AM.

[red1a]

cheers ALX76
thanks for the help. i rekon ill stay with the idea have and see how she hangs. cheers