Help Me Choose A Red!! Please!!! - Lateral-g Forums

hhijleh · #1 09-18-2009, 11:53 PM

Alright after months of indecision and jumping back and forth about a color...I have finally chosen RED to paint my 68 camaro...

My buddy saw Brandywine by HOk but I think it's too marronish for this project, I would like a red that pops...I saw a HOK Blue Blood, which is a Bluish Red rather than a Redish yellow mix, that was supposed to be good..anyone have any pictures of this...or a red that you have on your car?

thanks in advance guys

**scherp69** · #2 09-19-2009, 09:54 AM

Look at my thread about red...there are quite a few different reds. https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=22501

Here's another one from pro-touring.com http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59771 Part way down Fesler posted a bunch of cars that were all HOK blue blood.

The color I'm going with is HOK apple red...basically candy apple red. Here's a pic:

**waynieZ** · #3 09-19-2009, 02:55 PM

Thats a sweet color. It will look great.

mdprovee · #4 09-20-2009, 07:44 AM

I have liked a viper red.

nvr2fst · #5 09-20-2009, 06:35 PM

Maybe Scott or Kurt will chime in. Check out the Scotts Camaro.
Autokraft painted it. Ive seen it person and that red is stunning.

ItDoRun · #6 09-20-2009, 08:20 PM

One of my favorite red's was Curtis' (Spiffav8) '67 Camaro. I can't remember the code, but out of all the red's out there, that one was my favorite.

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=19063

Red is a hard color to choose. Good luck and let us know what you decide on.

Van B · #7 09-20-2009, 08:45 PM

It always seemed to me that people chose Viper red or Porsche Guards Red partially because it sounds cool.

A few years ago we were trying to pick out a red color for my dad's Pro Street Corvette. I had a shop spray out a few different reds, one of them Viper red and another was plain old GM code 74. A couple of years later I saw a 59 Cadillac at a show and asked the owner what red color it was. GM 74! I kept getting drawn to that particular red so I knew what mine should be when I painted it.

It is a nice rich shade of red that does not wash out and look orange in bright sunlight.

Travis77 · #8 09-25-2009, 12:46 PM

May want to check out several paint colors from Sherwain Williams Rod and Custom color booklet. They go by numbers not names(which I do not have). It looks like Boyd Red or the the red that is one the Ferrambo wagon. They have one that is a candy and also one that could be sprayed in 2 stage.

boynton6spd · #9 10-12-2009, 05:09 AM

I'm doing my 67 Impala in Mini-Cooper Red(Non-Metallic).

I love metallic paint, but touch ups scare me...

**XcYZ** · #10 10-12-2009, 06:00 AM

Thanks Dave.

One of the reds that I like is Salsa Red that's on the new VW's. I also really like Boyd's red.

I'm with Jeff, I wanted a red that still looked red in bright sunshine against white stripes.