TKE

What are your guys opinions on an fc painted in an RX8 shinka's black cherry paint?

RexRyder

iTrader: (10)

do you have some kinda picture.

TKE

pics

mwpayne

I think it would be really beautiful, but I bet that stuff is really expensive.

LizardFC

iTrader: (1)

I've been considering this color myself for the TII... I think it would look damn good. The pictures don't do the paint justice though, you really have to see it up close and in person. Yeah, I'd say it isn't cheap either.

Steel

Damn, that is a cool color. And EXACTLY what i saw in my head when he mentioned "black cherry"

Dan H

Someone on the forum has painted their car a similar color. I'll try to look it up.

JerryLH3

iTrader: (11)

You might be thinking of jon88se:



They are similar. I think they all look pretty good.

Dan H

Yup, thats him!

That FC is pretty nice.

RexRyder

iTrader: (10)

Isnt that a stock color? Like purple Mica?

JerryLH3

iTrader: (11)

For the FC in the picture? No, that's not a stock color.

Nick86

iTrader: (1)

Yes it is.

Claret Mica: Code 2H.

JerryLH3

iTrader: (11)

I stand corrected. I thought I had read that he had a different color than stock.

Sure enough 1988 was the only year I saw claret mica listed.

bingoboy

mazda knows how to pick nice blacks. so many other companies don't...

torean

i dunno...that looks purple to me....if i do that..all the kids in school would call me barney..

1RevvinFC3S

Screw all the kids in school! Screw them up their stupid asses, metaphoracally speaking. If you want it, do it. Its your car dammit!

torean

hahaha.....i was just messin......i know better than that.....besides..i like my sunrise red......

TKE

anyone know where i could get the shinka paint from? would a mazda dealer sell it?

introVert

Hmmm- I wonder if my 88 vert would look out of place in claret mica...

Although it is a stock color for that year, I don't know if the verts were offered in that color...

eriksseven

iTrader: (6)

You'd just have to get the paint-code and bring it to your local paint shop. They can have it mixed for you.

Nick86

iTrader: (1)

Ok, just thought I'd post since I JUST saw one of these in our parking lot!

The colour is REALLY neat in person - nothing like the pics!

From far away it looks pretty much like a metallic black. As you get closer, it takes on a sort of "Rootbeer" look. A mix between Brownish-bronze and a hint of purple. Right up close you can see the red. It's a deep - almost purple red. With the metal flake, the overall effect is very subtle but VERY effective. I was worried it would look like a ricer "colour change" paint job, but that is not the case at all. The colour is great, and up close it is really detailed - same sort of effect that CYM has.

I hope that the guy washes his car over the weekend so I can see it shiny in the sunlight! I should snap some pics.....

EDIT:
Here are a couple outdoor pics. I have to say it looked less purple in "real life" but you get the idea: