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I always thought Royal Sapphire Pearl from the Lexus SC and MKIV Supra were pretty unique for factory paint. Most people think it's an aftermarket paint job and the color was so different than anything else Toyota had back then.
I've seen a few of those pink Cadillacs in my area too.
Good response, GlobeCLK. John De Lorean was insistent that all of his production cars be shod in stainless steel. Interesting, and corrosion-resistant, but a PITA to clean.
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).
lol. When I lived in LA we used to see cars that looked like this in the ghetto but they were that way because the owner had to piece fenders together from different cars. I think that is the lamest thing I have ever seen in the entire automotive arena. Who the hell would buy that ??
lol. When I lived in LA we used to see cars that looked like this in the ghetto but they were that way because the owner had to piece fenders together from different cars. I think that is the lamest thing I have ever seen in the entire automotive arena. Who the hell would buy that ??
Well, your point is at least somewhat well-taken. This paint job was only offered for one year, on one car. It was obviously unsuccessful. I saw only a few of them, even around the huge D.C. area and its millions of cars.
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