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Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:29 pm
by grassyknoll
Ok, a very quick vote

Lotus elan +2s 130 1974...

Buying paint tomorrow morning
Definitely white but should I go Cirrus or Monaco ?

Monaco is the 1974 colour....
Not the original colour, but I want a period lotus colour.

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:05 pm
by Grizzly
Monaco http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C622754

or

Cirrius http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C634980

Personally i prefer the Monaco myself looking at the colour chips its a cleaner white, cirrius is a bit more creamy.

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:16 pm
by tonyr27
Mines Cirrus and I do think it suits the Plus 2

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:06 am
by Gray
Monaco White is the nicest in my opinion on a +2 and I'm using on my S4

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:04 pm
by el torro
just had my 73 done in cirius White nice creamy colour,I like it ,got a s2.2 elite in Monaco and it is nice to,the benefit of cirius is they could only get paint in two pack

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:16 am
by SprogBarnes
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This is my new car, not sure of the colour exactly as it arrived two weeks ago (in the morning as I left on a two week holiday) and I bought it blind!

It is a lovely colour, that much I am sure of and from examples seen in this topic it looks like it could be Monacco white.

Hope that helps.

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:18 am
by EPC 394J
I have a Plus 2, in (I believe?) a very tatty, cirrus white. A perfect colour for the car.

But having read one of the earlier contributions here, I think I'd prefer to be able to say, I have a Lotus in Monaco!

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:57 am
by grassyknoll
OK. I went cirrus white. (2k)
All painted now. Tried to upload a pic last night and failed....
Will try again later from a real computer (not a phone)

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But for now a new question:

Rear bumper is original but rusted out. I blasted it and repaired with fibreglass so now it looks good in primer ! While i wait for a new rear bumper that actually fits..Should I go .. gold (sprint) body colour. Black or Silver....

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:22 pm
by KevJ+2
Chrome! :lol:
Look forward to seeing the new paint job.
Kev.

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:20 pm
by Sea Ranch
Yup. Chrome.

And don't bother getting a "new" one, wherever they are. :? :wink:

Just take your repaired bumper and get someone to wrap it in chrome-look 3M wrap or whatever. That will look the part! And a lot cheaper, more worry-free, etc.

And it's a bolt-on part; you can always change it out, renew the wrap, etc. :mrgreen:

http://alsacorp.com/strechchrome/

Randy

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:36 pm
by grassyknoll
Good idea. .

I found someone local to me who offered to do both bumpers for ?400

As I can get my front bumper real chromed for ?200 I was dissapointed with the price...

Although there is an 11 week lead on the chrome and same day for the wrap....

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:24 pm
by KevJ+2
Do they do any prep work for that price or just stretch wrap it? If so it does seem quite expensive (for a same day service :? ) I'd love to see some photos if you decide to wrap it. Very tempting, although I think If I could get a good quality re-chrome for ?200 I'd go for that :D

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:34 pm
by Sea Ranch
Given that stretch chrome film on the ALSA website sells retail for $8US a square foot, and I can't see that any pro film wrap installer could possibly need an hour to wrap a Plus 2 bumper . . . yes, I'd be disappointed in that price, too.

I haven't seen the chrome wrap in person. If I could, and liked it, I would order the product direct from ALSA and wrap it myself. Tons of help online for wrapping.

Just my 2 pence . . . not at that place yet, myself, but plan to wrap at least my original Vitaloni Sebring mirror, as the plastic body is cracked. Already done the fiberglass repairs to it . . . just waiting to see chrome wrap product in person to assess.

Randy

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:13 pm
by grassyknoll
Metalising is the alternative I looked at.
But bumpers are too big !

I am going to have my plus 2 side lights done for ?70 versus new ones for more than double that....each

Basically it is aluminium paint applied in a vacuum to leave a chrome like finish.... it's used extensively on modern Mercedes and other cars to "chrome" plastics

Search the interweb for VMC if you want to checkout a UK company....

Re: Cirrus or Monaco white ?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 2:01 pm
by Sea Ranch
Like that process. But the companies I've checked in the US say their process is not for exterior parts. :cry: