Colour Coding The Cti's Arches And Bumpers?

[CTI STU 0]

My Cti is going in to my mates bodyshop next week for 2 weeks while Im on holiday

 

Im only having a few bits done but am thinking of having the arches and bumpers painted and replacing the red trim

for chrome?

 

Anyone got any pics?? (Its cherry red)

What do you think, should I have it done or not??

[Jrod 7]

No.

 

Replace the trims with chrome ones sure but don't paint the trims.

[GTI6BOY 29]

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

It does look nice when all sprayed up. Be careful as CTI cherry red seems to be different than non CTI cherry as they were painted in Italy, not France / Spain like the GTI's.

 

The core to painting the arches is to get the prep work right otherwise it will just flake off and look really naff. The chrome strips will cost about £40 from Peugeot, excluding the front and back ones. You could get some chrome tape on your red ones if you want to save cash. Black ones would look nice too.

 

Here are a few attachments to help

[Jrod 7]

I much prefer black.

The one that blends the valance with the arch pulls it off but other than that.

 

Just nick some chrome strips from base models and cut them to length.

[steve@cornwall 100]

I much prefer black.

The one that blends the valance with the arch pulls it off but other than that.

 

Just nick some chrome strips from base models and cut them to length.

 

I was going to say that I used chrome bumper strips from the scrappy and cut them to length- 3 bumper strips to make all side trims IIRC - and charged at 50p per strip Look just like the real thing, too, if you cut about 2mm over length and bend the ends to match original.

 

Strangely enough the only colour car that i prefer with red inserts is red, because it matches body colour

 

I think on the cti, the black kit balances out the colour of the roof and looks more balanced.

Edited August 8, 2007 by steve@cornwall

[Paintguy 0]

It does look nice when all sprayed up. Be careful as CTI cherry red seems to be different than non CTI cherry ....

They're actually a totally different colour.

 

If you've seen the mad two-tone wing that I loaned Daz, that was half CTI red, half GTI red. (done as a test piece

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As the big H says, preparation is the key, so make sure your bodyshop have experience of painting plastic parts

[CTI STU 0]

I quite like the look of red arches and black stripes but also like std look

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

As the big H says, preparation is the key, so make sure your bodyshop have experience of painting plastic parts

Just don't call me "Preparation H"

 

Here is a standard skip with chrome inserts

It has the advantage that the trims are phase 2 black. Earlier grey ones can just look washed out on red.

 

Red and green didn't look quite right to me

 

Red and Graphite looks good

 

When painting the car from top to bottom, I took a conscious decision to keep them as plastic, which involved texturing the front arches to match the rest of the trim as they were smooth resin.