Help choose the next color for my RS7

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

Hey all,

With our new professional coating launching in January, we've been running new colors on most of our shop cars. My RS7 is black from the factory, and is ready for it's first AutoFlex color. This coating is a high gloss, reaching or exceeding OEM gloss units. It's treated just like standard OEM paint - you can sand it, buff it, wax it, wash it like the car was stock.. but of course in true DipYourCar fashion, peel it off when you want to change the color again or go back to stock.

I'm having a tough time choosing a color for this car. Wanted to let the community have a say in it. The car now is lowered on factory air, Milltek Non Res and APR ECU. Needs something aggressive but clean.

Here is the car as it sits (I know, it's nice as is.. but obviously it's going to get several different colors over it's lifetime)



Here are a couple examples of cars sprayed with the new AutoFlex peelable auto paint. Come a long way since our dipping days.

Nogaro Blue OEM Match B5 A4:


Evergreen inspired Z3:


Colorshift Pearl GT-R:


Colorshift Pearl 991 Turbo S:



Open to suggestions, I've been thinking anything from a pearl red, dark metallic grey even to a subtle ColorShift pearl.

Fonz

[sciblades]

FONZ YOU ARE BACK!

you need to bring that car out to pbir, also do the color shift it will look bad ass.

btw we clearly ordered the same car mine is was originally the same color scheme, grill, acc and so on.

[yeuchau]

Nice, will that come in spray can?
How about petal white on rs7

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

FONZ YOU ARE BACK!

you need to bring that car out to pbir, also do the color shift it will look bad ass.

btw we clearly ordered the same car mine is was originally the same color scheme, grill, acc and so on.

I've never left, just been in extreme lurk mode :)

Nice, will that come in spray can?
How about petal white on rs7

No it will be not be in aerosols, at least not in the beginning.

[Brooklyn]

Did you get rid of the S8? That's some stable you're building there. Dark metallic gray gets my vote.

[yas]

Any matte options?

[audispeed]

How hard will this be as a DIY? Can an amateur really get good looking results? What is the cost? Really would like something new on my e93.

[cellphonechris]

Been following your videos and considering a dip. Pro installers in CT are hard to come by, and charge a pretty good premium vs DIY. Staying on topic though, it's hard to recommend a color choice not knowing the range of Autoflex options. Can you pretty much do anything you would do with dip, pearls, and topcoat? I really like the Deep Sea Blue you did on the SQ5, and the Mocha Brown pearl or Swampland Green you did on the S8.

Side note: How does the new product compare or differ with Halo EFX? Is it a competitor or something completely different?

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

Did you get rid of the S8? That's some stable you're building there. Dark metallic gray gets my vote.

No still have the S8.

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

Been following your videos and considering a dip. Pro installers in CT are hard to come by, and charge a pretty good premium vs DIY. Staying on topic though, it's hard to recommend a color choice not knowing the range of Autoflex options. Can you pretty much do anything you would do with dip, pearls, and topcoat? I really like the Deep Sea Blue you did on the SQ5, and the Mocha Brown pearl or Swampland Green you did on the S8.

Side note: How does the new product compare or differ with Halo EFX? Is it a competitor or something completely different?

You can do any color with this - matte, gloss, solid, pearl, candy, etc. This AutoFlex product line is completely different than halo.

How hard will this be as a DIY? Can an amateur really get good looking results? What is the cost? Really would like something new on my e93.

This particular product, AutoFlex, is more of a professional level coating. A pro setup like a compressor and proper HVLP is required. There will be pros all over capable of installing the AutoFlex Coatings in 2016 - paint shops and body shops all over are picking it up.

[HyperM3]

How about like a candy apple red?

[BrentAdams646]

Hey all,

With our new professional coating launching in January, we've been running new colors on most of our shop cars. My RS7 is black from the factory, and is ready for it's first AutoFlex color. This coating is a high gloss, reaching or exceeding OEM gloss units. It's treated just like standard OEM paint - you can sand it, buff it, wax it, wash it like the car was stock.. but of course in true DipYourCar fashion, peel it off when you want to change the color again or go back to stock.

I'm having a tough time choosing a color for this car. Wanted to let the community have a say in it. The car now is lowered on factory air, Milltek Non Res and APR ECU. Needs something aggressive but clean.

Here is the car as it sits (I know, it's nice as is.. but obviously it's going to get several different colors over it's lifetime)



Here are a couple examples of cars sprayed with the new AutoFlex peelable auto paint. Come a long way since our dipping days.

Nogaro Blue OEM Match B5 A4:


Evergreen inspired Z3:


Colorshift Pearl GT-R:


Colorshift Pearl 991 Turbo S:



Open to suggestions, I've been thinking anything from a pearl red, dark metallic grey even to a subtle ColorShift pearl.

Fonz

What I've been waiting for is to see a new autoflex color which very closely replicates Merlin Purple. When that is released, I'm headed right over to Jeremy @ Pearls & Pigments!

[nynoah]

I personally LOVE the metalic copper like the Mustang had a while back. I really want to see that dynamic color in Autoflex.

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[734jeant]

British racing green

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[Xtek]

I'm partial to Noggy...

[AnTarbh]

British racing green

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I'll second this - or some quality variant of this green (non color-shift).

[bucknutt76]

I'm partial to Noggy...

Nice! Middle one for the win.

[Kevin1]

I think your OEM color looks best

[Brooklyn]

British Racing Green would be pretty dope. If you wanted to get outrageous, figure out a way to do the Multicam pattern.

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

I'll second this - or some quality variant of this green (non color-shift).

When you google British Racing Green, a ton of variants pop up. Hoping you guys will post up a pic of a good example

[leethalink]

Nice! Middle one for the win.

+1

[q5 dave]

Sorry off topic- what colors have you painted the SQ? i may consider plasti dip

[Brooklyn]

I'd go with one of the more vibrant variants. Unique color but backed by history/tradition.

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

Sorry off topic- what colors have you painted the SQ? i may consider plasti dip

The SQ5 has been:

Metallic Silver


Deep Sea Blue


Abyss

[justcured]

Were I to do British Racing Green, it would be the one of the classic hues. No metallic, pearl, etc. I used to own this car's twin:

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

Right now it's looking like it's between a dark green and bright solid red.

[q5 dave]

thank you fonz, all the pics look great! Looking forward to see the updated rs7 look.

can you PM me more info on plastidipping the sq?

[LINDW4LL]

A nice green can definitely be pulled off. Here are a few

[Brooklyn]

Nail the color on that RS6 and you've won the game of life brother. Wow.

[AnTarbh]

Nail the color on that RS6 and you've won the game of life brother. Wow.

Here is Goodwood Green from Audi. Not the best picture, can't see the pearl, but I believe the RS6 pictured above is also goodwood.

[AudiA6A5]

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[audispeed]

This particular product, AutoFlex, is more of a professional level coating. A pro setup like a compressor and proper HVLP is required. There will be pros all over capable of installing the AutoFlex Coatings in 2016 - paint shops and body shops all over are picking it up.

Thanks for the info. I'm know you cant give an exact price as you can't speak for other shops, but are we talking a price similar to a wrap, a respray, or substantially less. Any ballpark information? If this is the same price as a wrap, what is the advantage here?

[Blackstallion]

Wow you've come a long way Fonzie--well fucking done man!

Link below is my vote for shade of green. Post #1885. Color code is apparently LZ6E but not much shows up on google...

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...-Thread/page48

[AnTarbh]

Wow you've come a long way Fonzie--well fucking done man!

Link below is my vote for shade of green. Post #1885. Color code is apparently LZ6E but not much shows up on google...

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...-Thread/page48

I think this is an older version of "Tiefgrun" (Z6E according to Audi) or "Cambridge Green".

[Xtek]

If you could get an Estoril Blue ... but Green? That would be epic. Estoril Green!

[Fonzie@DipYourCar]

Beautiful options, those greens are no joke.

[AnTarbh]

Beautiful options, those greens are no joke.

Now that we have some better quality pictures of Goodwood green on a C7... and @brooklyn reminded me about this thread.

[AudiA6A5]

Damn that's sexy! Congrats on the new ride!!

[AnTarbh]

Damn that's sexy! Congrats on the new ride!!

Thanks!

[734jeant]

Love that color!