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Reply to "Update on Joel Roth's Beck Super Coupe"

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, get it down to two or three you like. Then pay a local supplier (or find one online) to make an aerosol can of the three finalists. Spray them on some large speed shapes, or some 4" PVC plumbing pipe caps (something with curves will show how much it changes on the curves of the car). Do a good job, prep well, spray well, and clear coat.

Now you can take them out in the sun, the shade, etc. and see what they'll look like. I don't recommend setting them out right next to each other, and try put them on a neutral background, or at least on asphalt (don't sit them on the green green grass of home). Putting colors next to other colors will change how your eye perceives them.

Now you've made a choice, it's cost you some time and <$150 to do, and you also now have an accurate sample to use when comparing interior fabric and leather samples for trim choices.

A computer and pictures off the internet have so many issues from hardware to software, that the pictures can't possibly represent reality. In this case the blues at the top of the list have subtle differences and on a custom car approaching a hundred grand it makes sense to go the extra mile and spend 0.0015% of that to make sure you get what you're gonna love.

I did this with about 4 different samples, tried them on all different kinds of light, hemmed and hawed and worked my way made a choice I was confident about.  It really helped me steer clear of the waffling that happens while waiting for a three year build process to wind down.

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