What color would you paint a miata? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

dabocx · 04-07-2013, 09:22 PM

So me and my friend are thinking of tearing apart a old 1990 miata he has had sitting in his yard for years. He wants to throw a hardtop and fender flares/widebody and repaint along with some deep dish wheels.

What color would you paint such a car? Im voting black so far.

oops86 · 04-07-2013, 09:42 PM

Yellow. First gen Miatas look awesome in yellow.

dem00n · 04-07-2013, 09:52 PM

Light blue.

I find that light colors suit the Miata better since the curves of the car are very soft and mellow.

Dadhawk · 04-07-2013, 10:02 PM

If I owned one, I'd want to disguise it as an MG Midget so I'd go either with British Racing Green

or

MG red

Both would need the offset racing strip like this

TOMIMOTO · 04-07-2013, 10:20 PM

I've always been a fan of this color on miatas.

Chewie4299 · 04-08-2013, 12:28 AM

This color

Starscream15 · 04-08-2013, 12:37 AM

I've owned 5 in the past 20 years with all different colors and my favorite color is still from my 1992 -- Blue.

seven · 04-08-2013, 01:22 AM

Orange.

fatoni · 04-08-2013, 01:29 AM

brg or mariner blue are probably the coolest colors. what was the original color? thats probably what you should paint it since it look best that way. my current miata is red and i hate it.

if you want it orange, it better be fast http://949racing.blogspot.com/

n2oinferno · 04-08-2013, 09:07 AM

I'd go with the original color, unless he's stripping the whole thing down so it doesn't have stray color in the engine bay, door jambs, etc.

MVJ1975 · 04-08-2013, 09:10 AM

BRG. Or maybe Road Cone Orange.

OrbitalEllipses · 04-08-2013, 11:11 AM

Red. So it can look like every other Miata ever!

NorseLegend · 04-08-2013, 11:15 AM

Pink. HOT pink.

chappys4life · 04-08-2013, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TOMIMOTO

I've always been a fan of this color on miatas.

If I was going to rock a miata this is how I would do it.

04-07-2013, 09:22 PM	#1
dabocx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: United States Posts: 1,267 Thanks: 564 Thanked 261 Times in 191 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	What color would you paint a miata? So me and my friend are thinking of tearing apart a old 1990 miata he has had sitting in his yard for years. He wants to throw a hardtop and fender flares/widebody and repaint along with some deep dish wheels. What color would you paint such a car? Im voting black so far.

04-07-2013, 09:42 PM	#2
oops86 Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Ohio Posts: 65 Thanks: 45 Thanked 17 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yellow. First gen Miatas look awesome in yellow. __________________ "If you'd been paying even the slightest bit of attention you'd realize by now that I have no idea what I'm doing."

04-07-2013, 09:52 PM	#3
dem00n Member of the year - 2016 Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: New York Posts: 3,575 Thanks: 788 Thanked 2,427 Times in 1,111 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Light blue. I find that light colors suit the Miata better since the curves of the car are very soft and mellow. __________________ Friends don't let friends Plastidip

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TOMIMOTO Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: MY00 Impreza 2.5RS Location: NH Posts: 258 Thanks: 5 Thanked 115 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I've always been a fan of this color on miatas.

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fatoni Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: miata, mazdaspeed protege, ls430 Location: socal Posts: 4,416 Thanks: 599 Thanked 1,443 Times in 787 Posts Mentioned: 28 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	brg or mariner blue are probably the coolest colors. what was the original color? thats probably what you should paint it since it look best that way. my current miata is red and i hate it. if you want it orange, it better be fast http://949racing.blogspot.com/

04-08-2013, 09:07 AM	#10
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04-08-2013, 11:11 AM	#12
OrbitalEllipses Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Attitude Location: MD Posts: 10,046 Thanks: 884 Thanked 4,890 Times in 2,903 Posts Mentioned: 123 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	Red. So it can look like every other Miata ever!

04-08-2013, 11:15 AM	#13
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