My car was a dark , drab greyish hint of blue colour , it looked naf when it left the production line and now the sun has destroyed the laquer too it looked a real dump . The registration document shows colour as blue
, so i bought 2 tins of vitrex royal blue enamel paint , thinner and a paint brush ! I hand painted it , not hand painted a car before, bet not many here have ! Far from perfect finish but in the sun its a nice royal blue , not loud though, a nice rich colour . Bought new no. Plates at a cost of €30 from Similidies. Need to paint lower part of sills black as it is practical . Will spray wheels i think silver , oem wheels are cream or silver .
I have had some sucess in sand casting brass , so was going to try sand casting a brass " Toyota " , " corolla " and " XL" boot lid badges, hmm dont hold your breath .
Hear endeth the car maintenance lesson , squeak!