mmarshall

What's the most unusual, unique, or eye-catching production automotive paint job you ever saw?

I think, for me, it has to be the multi-colored option VW offered where every body panel on a Golf Harlequin was painted a different color....it made the car look like a Rubik Cube.

I saw this in an old VW showroom across the street from where I used to work (it later became a Pontiac shop, and then closed for good). When I first saw it, I was incredulous and asked the salespeople of it was factory paint or simply done in the dealer body shop. They got the price sticker and showed me the actual paint-code for it. It was offered on the Golf only in 1996.

Th Harlequin package, BTW, differed from car to car. Not all of them had the same panels painted the same colors.

(BTW, IMO, owning a car painted like this would just be a loud invitation for some low-life to come along and key it. I can just imagine war insurance ran for it. Must have been a body-shop nightmare).

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ISFPOWER

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cobra mystichrome

blacksc400

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Pink Cadillac? I think it's factory

mmarshall

Cadillac had a factory production pink back in the 50s, when it was considered a hot automotive color. Later pink Caddies (which were not really pink per se, but a pinkish-beige) were special-order Mary Kay Cosmetics vehicles for their most successful salespeople. Mary Kay now has a patent on that color, and no one else can order it. Occasionally, the company also ordered pink Buicks and Pontiacs (perhaps to save money?)

blacksc400

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^^^ ohh yes, that's what I saw!

corradoMR2

This paint job for me is most unique from what I've seen on the road.

If wraps count, I've seen a handful of full chrome cars which standout to say the least.

Marklouis

Ah the lifesavers car! I still see this on the road here and there.

PhilipMSPT

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INVISIBLE PAINT!!!

mmarshall

So have I. I don't know how people can drive (or even look at) something like that in a sunny climate. The glare must be unbelievable.....requiring special dark glasses in the daytime.

mmarshall

Just a technicality, I know, but invisible clearcoat paint is now used on virtually all new cars at the factory. One or two coats is applied on top of the base-color to provide additional protection and extend its life.

Aron9000

Cadillac Mandrian Orange, with matching orange plaid seats



Also, you could get a pink Cadillac in the 70's, color was called Cerise Firemist. I know it was an option in 75 and 76, maybe 1974 as well

Hoovey689

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blacksc400

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Is that RX factory color?

Hoovey689

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No sir, pictures don't to it justice. It's 'loud' and 'sparkly'

baddis es

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i'd rate the GFM Lexus introduced in 2006 as one of the more unique factory paint jobs