I know I probably won't find a more critical group when it comes to the TT, but I'm curious as to what you guys think of my paint idea.

The background on why I'm considering this is that the P.O. of my car drove into a parking barrier or something, putting a 3" hold thru the underside of the front bumper, and scratching the face of it pretty good. He apparently took it to a cheap body shop who did a worse job that I could have achieved if I was drunk. The other day at the car wash, I washed their paint job off the front of the car.

Theres no way I can properly paint match the 6 year old paint on the car w/o professional help, but I want to paint the car myself, so I can gain experience enough to someday be able to match the paint with an expert touch. My alternative to shooting 2 different shades of green, is to avoid shooting green altogether. This is what I've come up with.

<img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t190/AchtungTT/DBTT.jpg">
<img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t190/AchtungTT/DBTT-1.jpg">
<img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t190/AchtungTT/DBTT-2.jpg">

I've asked this on Audiforums, and a majority say stick with green, or go with option #3 (painting across the door).

Personally, I think lighter gray, maybe just a little darker than pic #1, and NOT painting across the door, reason being, theres no defined edge to paint to on the door, everywhere else there would be.

Across the rear of the car, I'd paint the exhaust valance, and install/paint the FK diffuser I have sitting in the garage.
(as installed on my old 180)
<img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t190/AchtungTT/DSC00381.jpg">

Thoughts/opinions appreciated.




Matt

 

::blank stare::

 

Kind of makes me think of an Allroad. That's kind of a conflicted association, isn't it?

 

Dark lower colors make the rest of the painted body look much higher, undesirable IMO.

 

The diffuser....if you must...but..it looks like the tack-on that it is, and your paint suggestions make it look like you got a junk part and haven't painted it yet.

I think even a poorly matched green would look better than your proposed two tones, and your grief "learning" how to paint this once isn't going to give you the experience you need to "someday" be an expert paint matcher. Seriously, just get it done right, and practice on something else...like picture frames or something.
Just offering the honest opinion you asked for, but good luck in any case. Is the front maybe damaged in such a way that you can slide a votek chin over it?

 

that would be fine because of the different panels and the location, an imperfect color match will not be that noticeable, if at all.

 

Im aware of the darker lower making the car look higher, which is why I was leaning more toward the not so dark gray of #1, but I guess my artistic eye is off, I didn't think the two tone would look bad.

I still don't think a Desert Green diffuser would look quite right, any color suggestion for that?


Thanks for the input guys.

 

And BTW, I agree... me no likey.

 

unless you are experienced and have the proper equipment and paint...I wouldn't recommend it a DIY on this one.

Paint on a car is everything. Get it done right or you'll look no better than those awful TT's we come across of Ebay.

 

That it is. I made mention in the first post, this is the most critical audience I could poll.