MilesFox Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) I am considering painting a gold color as a 2-tone on the bottom half of my 86 3door. The car is root beer brown color, paing code #569, PPG "Crest Brown Metallic" I am looking for picures of your subarus in their factory gold colors, anything like a loyale rx with gold badges and gold 'chrome', and also, any pictures of bbs gold wheels, or anyones gold painted wheels with whatever flavor op paint/duplicolor/rustoleum. I would also like to know what paint codes you have on your gold soobs, or what brand/color of paint that anyone has pinted gold on their cars. I like the idea of gold, i think it would go well with the brown, and update the look of the car like the outbacks have. I am just afraid of what ghetto chrome gold may look like, and i am thinking of a factory paint gold, or something more towards a bronze color. Opinions? Perhaps another color instead? Edited June 6, 2011 by MilesFox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I am wondering what shade of Gold this is: #393 Astral Gold Metallic 1985 I don't think the gold will update the look of the car, as Brown and Gold were basiclly '70s colors. It will still add to the car I think, but not in the updated apperance way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 i meant updated like the outbacks are, with the champagne color on the lower half. I painted a burgundy loyale sedan this way, and it looked less like an older model. i painted the wheel arches too. but tis time, i would like to keep it below the wheel arches. This was a rustoleum gold color if i remomber correctly. It may be duplicolor. This was some 6 years and 20 subarus ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quidam Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Hey Miles, I don't have a Subaru painted like this yet: But I want one. Darker bottom, lighter top. I do have a '82 Chevy Beauville. It has darker brown at the windows. They are all factory tint and darker tint all around. The bottom strip is metallic brown ish. Next, going up is Cream at the hood line. The at the window level, that brown. The top of the van is cream. These are what I like. The van, that paint was optional custom two tone. I drove it off the showroom floor when new. It was sweet:) Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 ^^^ I like this shade of gold. Not too bright or yellow, and not too blingy. The color on the wheels look very close to the factory color of 94 legacy gt wagon snowflake rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Miles - if you can get me a good, clear picture of your 3 door i can photoshop up some mock ups for you to get an idea of what it would look like with different configurations...the larger the file size the better too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Miles - if you can get me a good, clear picture of your 3 door i can photoshop up some mock ups for you to get an idea of what it would look like with different configurations...the larger the file size the better too... Fox, Go deebo Desmonds DSLR as he doesn't need it anymore Question for you, when you do paint the bottom another color, you are gonna clear coat it so its got a showroom shine, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 my plan was to touch up the brown on the wheel arches with what i have left of the brown paint. Then paint gold on the bottom and rx body kit. Then clearcoat the sides, if not the whole car. The roof definitely needs re-clered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quidam Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 (edited) Interesting. But this ain't gold... This car is Mica Ruby originally. I like it. Repaint the top side with that then fade to the lower Black Mica. What I might do with what I've got. Best I can do with the software I have to illistrate. Edited June 7, 2011 by Quidam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbrat Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 http://www.indysworld.com/80s/brats/bratcolors/bratclrs.html '83 Astral Gold '79 Saffron Gold (I think it goes better with that brown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) I like this color gold Can anyone make out the paint code? Edited June 11, 2011 by MilesFox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbrat Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 the only Gen1 Gold paint code was code 58 Saffron Gold Metallic. I've got the paint chips... I think the lighting is playing into the color on your pics, but the actual color is a lot closer to your pic than the gen1 brat I posted... that color really seemed to fade badly.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fignuts Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Here's a pic of my 78 before I painted it - it was severly faded in some areas: I honestly couldn't wait to get rid of that color - it just felt to Joe Dirtish to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idasho Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I like this color goldCan anyone make out the paint code? Thats my GL Astral Beige Metallic is the color name. Some places call it Astral Gold. Color code 393 I really dig the color. Pretty classy for such an silly, ugly, retro ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 I finally set on a color. I found rustoleum metallic 'gold rush'. not too gold, and it matches the already gold pinstripe on the car. It looks good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 this was what i had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooner Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Is that a wyoming cowboys sticker i see on that rear window? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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