The Avant goes in for bodywork and paint nxt week - Color recommendations???

[Mk2Reverie]

I've sorted through countless internet pages trying to decide and I think i have a good idea of what I want but, lets hear/see some of your favs - pics please if ya have em' Thanks

The color has since been chosen... Burple!

Here's the color on a car - sometimes it looks kinda purple, sometimes it looks blue or dark blue.


Feel free to check it out anyhow as its now turned into more of a build thread.

Here's the car the day we started the project:

Modifications:
-Shaved roof mount antenna
-Shaved washer nozzles
-Deleted upper and lower door moldings
-Converted rear license plate to U.S. width
-Molded front and rear two piece bumpers into one piece
-Widened front and rear fenders
-Insulated with sound deadener
-Custom rockers
-Custom fender vents
-15mm H&R spacers
-H&R Coil overs

[Jason4]

Rootbeer

[MikkiJayne]

That gorgeous dark grey metallic that someone else did recently

[br0keit]

santorin and get rear ended and sell me your hood and bumper....



..srsly tho I saw a like burnt orange that looked sweet. When I say sweet I mean the color not the two tone that he did. get it all 1 color:

pic I found on another thread (from 2006 not linking thread so some tard can resurrect it)

[SomeDayS4]

ibis white

[Twilliams83]

World Rally blue.

[jmullen324]

Anything pearl.

[fcpgroton]

Sable Mica Brown, one of the best OEM Audi colors ever in my opinion.



What color is the interior?

[1.8Tquattro]

Aviator Grey

[fcpgroton]

Aviator Grey

That is another one of my favorite Audi colors.

[bryangb]

My only recommendation would be to get all the body work you might want done while it's there. You don't want to have it painted and then get to thinking 3 months later, "damn, wish I would have done that..."

[timor.d.]

daytona grey lz7s if i remember right
painted my sedan, for me it was daytona grey/santorin blue, i also had the full vw/audi color catalouge check out my first few posts (loads of photos)
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...aytona-grey-b5

here is a good photo

and another compared to black in sunlight and shade


please update

[Jason4]

Sable Mica Brown, one of the best OEM Audi colors ever in my opinion.

[Picture]

What color is the interior?

That's the color of my Avant but I wasn't going to recommend that exact same color since I like not seeing it around hence my suggestion of Rootbeer. Porsche Macadamia brown is pretty close to what I would want.

[Mk2Reverie]

Thanks for all the feedback - Love the colors! Too many to choose from!! DECISIONS, DECISIONS...

[fcpgroton]

That's the color of my Avant but I wasn't going to recommend that exact same color since I like not seeing it around hence my suggestion of Rootbeer. Porsche Macadamia brown is pretty close to what I would want.

Love that OEM color too!!! VW & Porsche seem to bringing back the brown. That was the #1 reason why I bought my A4, just b/c it was that color and how rare it is.

Thanks for all the feedback - Love the colors! Too many to choose from!! DECISIONS, DECISIONS...

I think before you decide a color, just reemember not to go too crazy or outrageous. If you ever plan to sell the car down the road, you'd probably have a hard time selling it if it was a neon green!

[Mk2Reverie]

NEON GREEN - *Removed from list

[Mk2Reverie]

Well, body work began today and twelve hours later my B5 is wider than an RS4 With my fenders flared now it looks like she can come down at least another inch in front and 1.5 or more in the rear. I'm very happy with the way its all looking at this point (my body body man is a magician). Eggshell white seems to be the color of choice at this point but..... we will see Kinda diggin hot rod flats blue too -

[fcpgroton]

Sounds like your making some progress! Any pictures yet????

[bryangb]

Let's see some pics of the progress

[Mk2Reverie]

Hehe - IDK how to post them... School me

[bryangb]

Photobucket.com. Make an account and upload your photos. Copy and paste the BB code into your post

[Mk2Reverie]

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjw7Ujvm

Here are some pics of the progress -

[Mk2Reverie]

Posted!

[NickBroderick]

europa

[James Himself]

daytona grey or sable mica brown

[Mk2Reverie]

If you guys haven't already seen this its quite inspiring -
http://www.thesteppedout.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5

[Mihai_A4-B5_]

daytona grey ofcourse and btw can you pm me with the exact process of moulding the front and rear bumpers with the valence? I really want to do that and have never done bodywork before ...thx man!

[Mk2Reverie]

Well, I was only following his instruction but he had me rough up the face of each piece (upper and lower) approx. 2 inches from the seam with a angled grinder (36 grit disc) - then i roughed up the mating seam of each piece to give the glue something to adhere to - next we snapped the two pieces together and filled the seam with evercoat maximum two part bumper repair and 3M 5601 adhesion promoter - after that dries you can blend the seam with bondo to merge the two pieces smooth. After a few coats and lots of sanding they are nearly ready to be primed - cant wait! Hope this helps-

*Correction: Evercoat metal glaze - NOT Bondo

[Mihai_A4-B5_]

thanks man!

[Mk2Reverie]

Got the bumpers and right rear fender shot with the first coat of primer! Also found out we are hosting a vw/audi club car show on October 15th so the pressure is on

[NeedingAnAudi]

Looking good so far

But defintiely not wider than an RS4

[SaiB]

battleship grey, dolphin grey

[fcpgroton]

[Mk2Reverie]

We worked a 14 hour Saturday knocking stuff out - check out the progress here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatpla...7627600875246/

More to be completed tonight - Glass was pulled this afternoon -

Maybe we will start on the custom skirts?

[Mk2Reverie]

Considering Galactic Grey with a gloss black roof