I am really looking at getting either an XJ or an XF (leaning more towards the XJ at the moment). But, in my typical fashion, I never leave a vehicle alone. So, I am coming up with my list of stuff I want to do to the car. In my looking, I have been finding a lot of the silver XJ's around and that lead me to a thought, what if I put a dark cherry candy coat over the car (see below, but more like the color on the doors than what is on the tops of the wheel arches, yes I know that is an X-Type).



Then, to finish off the look, doing up the chrome of the car in the black chrome (so I would end up with a dark red with gray accents). If someone could photoshop that, it would be greatly appreciated. I am picturing it in my head and I think that would be a real head turner. The only thing I am not completely sold on is doing some sort of pinstripe in copper under the candy coat so there would be a hint of pin stripe/tribal design coming through since you would have a darker candy coat where the copper paint was.

What you all think?

 

I had to log in just to say you got to be kidding me right?! lol hope you have been doing well!

 

BMW, just curious why you say that? Looking for some feedback. I thought the color would be interesting and also look good on the car. Now, the tribal stripe, that was probably a bit far out there and not something that I am likely to do. But, one of those things that always sticks in my head.

 

OK, I tried to link to an image I found on the net, but it isn't playing nice. I will see if I can get the image from a different computer. Once you see it, I think you will like it.

 

Something along the lines of this, just with the darker chrome on it:

 

That looks like the standard "Caviar" colour. Why not search for one in that colour. You may be able to just add several more layers of lacquer to give it more depth.

 

I think it would look good with black chrome instead of regular, but to get the black chrome look, it would get pretty pricy. There is quite a bit of chrome on this car, you may be better off painting it high gloss charcoal grey with extra metallic flake mixed in the clear coat. TC

 

roviw, I was not aware that they offered the XJ in the "caviar" color. It might be something to look into. I am finding that 90+% of the cars out there are either silver, black or blue. I am wanting something a bit different, yet, not so different that people go "WTF".

TC, I am a believer in doing it right, not the cheapest way. I would rather save up a little bit longer to get it done a way that will last a long, long time. Besides, some of the chrome I see going away like the chrome trim pieces in the lower openings on the bumper. The headlights would probably get a black out treatment just to give it a different look than most. So, that is knocking out some of it right there. The rest, well, got a nice bit of money set aside for when I do pull the trigger.

 

Over here there are so many silver, grey and black as well, I went for the Claret as I have an X350 in a very similar colour Red as well, I have only seen another 4 on the road the same colour since I got it 3 1/2 years ago. I first saw some early internet pictures in 2009 of a Claret one and decided that was the colour to get.
So many people comment that it makes a change from the "norm". Even one of the technicians in the dealers ( that I have known about 25 years ) said " It's makes a change to see that someone has actually looked at the colour chart " haha


The Caviar is a very very deep red/ maroon but you can see it in the sun, although on a very dark day from a distance it could look black

 

roviw, see, you are saying exactly what I like about the British Racing Green I have on my X-Type. In the sun, it turns almost a kelly green, yet, get a shadow on it and it turns nearly black. I was saying the black cherry red as it is a defined red that I thought would be an interesting color. The candy coat may have been a litlte overboard, but I was also thinking that it would give a nice deep color appearance and be something that could be easly placed over the silver that is common to find without killing the bank account.

Guess I am going to need to get my hands on an XJ model and start hitting the body with a few different colors and see what I end up with. Who knows. Maybe a dark blue will look good too.

 

Good luck with the hunting down of a suitable motor. Look forward to hearing any developments

 

The urge to conform is strong in all cultures. For instance, in my community virtually every vehicle is either white, silver, or black.
I fell in love in love with a Caviar Jaguar XJL at the 2010 Auto Show in Charlotte and finally bought a used 2011 model of this color this past November. One of my other cars, a '09 Corvette in Crystal Red Metallic Tintcoat with road effects and many other mods, gets a whole lot of stares and pictures taken of it; but I'm still surprised at the attention the Jag gets, especially regarding it's color, in a community awash in high end cars.
To me buying a car for the sake of conformance is no better than buying a car for the sake of being a bit different. I don't buy cars to get stares or photographed, but it's nice that many others apparently share my tastes. even though they seek conformance, in white, silver, or black vehicles; or in larger rimmed (black or chrome) wheels with rubber band thick sidewall tires, or black chrome.
Consider buying a car that speaks and appeals to you, rather than about what you think it says to others about you.

 

Jaguar in the UK do XJs in a gorgeous red and blue. Both are deep metallic colours. Very rare though.

I would probably only change some of the chrome brightwork. The grille could do with being a little less shouty, and the eyebrows under the headlamps are a little contrived. But I like the window frames as they help to accentuate the organic curves of the glasshouse.

 

Tired of black, white and silver and so we went with Carnelian red.

 

Coincidentally (or ironically as the case may be), I bought a claret XJL in 2012, but just traded it in on a 2014 model in lunar grey.

 

Oh please!

People buy cars in colors they like, period. I drove a claret XJL for 2 1/2 years and just traded it in for one in lunar grey because when I saw it on the showroom floor, I thought it looked incredibly elegant. It had absolutely nothing to do with whether grey is or was a popular color or whether I was trying to conform to your version of society at large. What utter nonsense.

BTW, on a somewhat related matter, I also just bought a shiny red (rosso bologna) Maserati. Sort of blows your "theory" out of the water, doesn't it? Unless I was trying to balance my need to conform to society with a nonconforming act of color rebellion.

 

There are lots of people who select cars based on what other people are selecting. I guess that few (if any) of them frequent these forums.

The relentless monochrome colour charts that manufacturers (mainly Germans) are producing are very depressing. It was borderline impossible to get my wife's Mercedes in any "interesting" colour, and we ended up going for Mountain Grey (a slate-like colour).

Which leads me to my next point, which is... Mountain Grey really suits the A Class AMG Sport. It has lots of visual bling, and the muted paintwork allows that to shine through. Certain colours suit certain cars, and whilst we may think that (generically) that colour is boring, the car looks great in it.

It's all personal preference. And I just hope that someone who is speccing the colour of their car does so because that's the colour that they want, not because of some societal pressure or (worse) because the dealer is suggesting that the colour choice will impact final value at the end of the lease.

 

silver, black, gray and white ...

welcome to the world of leasing.

My theory is that dealers bring in more units with generic colors because they are easy to lease.

These then flood the market. The more unusual colors are hard to find both due to fewer units and the owners having a greater prediliction to keeping a car in a color they actually like.

The Mercedes C class wagon actually came in BRG and looks great in person. Try finding one on the used market. Lots of silver, black, some white and charcoal grey. No green.

 

In my neck of the woods, anything different than black on black makes people say WTF! lol


And I would search for a caviar coloured XJ before painting another colour car. The money you spend on it, plus the hit on resale won't be worth it. Wait till the right one comes along.

 

LuxeDrive, I am not worried about resale. I plan on owning the car for a long, long time. So, by the time that I sell it, the "loss in value" will be very minimal in the big scheme of things and I will suck that one up for having the uniqueness for the many, many years. I am one of those people that goes against the grain and I tend to keep vehicles for a very long time. My X-Type is car that I have kept the shortest and I have owned it for 7 years now and it is an 03 model. So, when I get my XJ, I plan on keeping it for 15+ years and enjoying each and every moment.