P 17eed

I am nearly finished welding my Escort shell so wont be far off before I start painting it.
Thing is do I stick with the original colour (red) or go imperial blue. I do really like imperial blue on the mk4 but Im also aiming for a standard look, spot lights, ambers, original wheels etc.

What is everyones thoughts on this, look wise and for resale value.

Cheers Peter

TOOTALL

Original Red.

P 17eed

I think im with you on that one, just been looking at some pictures, I dont think imperial blue suits the standard look.

Vann1992

Standard red!
I'm going imperial blue on my mk3.

martinmilne

try a darker red magneta think that would look good

CrOwSoN15

Standard. Gone are the days that changing to a non-standard colour looks good. IMO.

TOOTALL

Bang on. Clean, original looking and fast is the way to go.

jonesy1381

keep it red mate,what about rosso red?

mgtkr1

ford got the colours spot on. magenta red could look nice with the right wheels though. esp with s1 bodykit.

7sean7m7

Gun metal grey would look sweet..

P 17eed

I have defiantly decided against imperial blue, it doesn't go with ambers.
I sprayed my supra gun metal grey so don't fancy that again.
Think I will stick with the standard red, suits the .mk4 and standard looks.

That was the earlier red wasn't it?

turbolee

black is best for rs turbo thats just my opinion

pani_k

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To pull off ambers best I reckon it has to be black or white.

makaveli96

As you have the chance to change colour go for imperial blue a stunning colour and will stand out form the rest, you will get bear attention at car shows, be different mate.

P 17eed

Haha, lots of mixed opinions, that doesn't help me decide. I did think about bmw carbon black.
I'm not planning to sell it but I like to keep in mind resale value. What would be worth more, standard colour or different.

E980VTJ

looking at ebay and similar sites,It seems unless its mega spec then standard car's seem to appeal more.

A non original colour rs turbo does not appeal to me either but it's your car.

mine in black with ambers 88 spec

bigkevin

black is the colour for escort mk4's but id never change from an original colour

phil_rs

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D, E, some F reg. = rosso red
Some F, G, H = radiant red

jonny s2

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as much as i like imperial, id leave it red tbh, spesh if its having standard trims etc

Chopshop85

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If it is going to look std anything other than an original colour would just make it look like a ringer.

simonmcf

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Took me a long time to decide a colour for mine, I went with a newer ford grey, moonstone is lovely

jonny s2

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changed mine from white to moonstone, looks awesome, now ive seen a few might change it again now LOL

martinmilne

imperial blue has been done few times now origanal colours are best for original look although i still like the magneta idea but yours is red so keep it red

wedge07

black all day long, had 5 black escorts and prefered all 5 over the rest ive had in imperial blue, red the lighter blue colour, white even the matt black one i had looked pretty cool lol

mentalasanything

Mercury Grey.

Lol, just kidding. Keep it red, my favourite RST colour.

Lee

P 17eed

Think im going to stick with the standard red. Been looking at pictures and think the shape of the mk4 suits a nice clean shiny red.

Jamie_EscortSport

to be honest any colour can always be sprayed again!!" but imo if your going for the standard look then keep it standard colour ....

do what you want, its your car at the end of the day

kidsRS

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radiant red all the way, rosso is a bit dull imo