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Old 06-04-2012, 07:59 PM   #1
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Default What's your favorite AU XR colour?

Hi guys,

I am looking for an au xr8 in blueprint ( detail in cars wanted).
I have all way liked that Colour.

It's got me thinking what's people's favorite au XR colour?
What suits the shape the best?

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Old 06-04-2012, 08:02 PM   #2
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I simply must denote by series:

AU1: Galaxy Blue

AU2: Silhouette

AU3: Narooma Blue
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Old 06-04-2012, 08:04 PM   #3
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strangly enough i think white suits the best, but mine are red and galaxy blue.imo blueprint is the coolest\flashest
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Old 06-04-2012, 08:07 PM   #4
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Hi all,

As follows;

AU1 - Oxford Green or Winter White

AU2 - Venom Red or Winter White

AU3 - Blueprint or Winter White

As you can see i love AU XR8's in Winter White, sad that as alot were police vehicles.

Just my 2c.

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Old 06-04-2012, 08:13 PM   #5
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Good idea about listing them in series

Series 1: galaxy blue

Series 2: meteorite

Series 3: blueprint

And I think ute's look best in silhouette.
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Old 06-04-2012, 08:17 PM   #6
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Good idea about listing them in series

Series 1: galaxy blue

Series 2: meteorite

Series 3: blueprint

And I think ute's look best in silhouette.
Forgot about meteorite, a simply awesome colour. *high fives*
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Old 06-04-2012, 08:20 PM   #7
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Good idea about listing them in series

Series 1: galaxy blue

Series 2: meteorite

Series 3: blueprint

And I think ute's look best in silhouette.
Hi again,

Ah I forgot about Meteorite Grey, mmm. Yes another of my AU2 favorites.

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Old 06-04-2012, 08:51 PM   #8
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I love the white ones because they look beautifully understated, like a sleeper with a beautiful bodykit.

For me its White first in any of the series', then Blueprint and then Narooma Blue. Congo Green's not too bad either.

What I like the least is the Liquid Silver. The most impractical colour must go to Silouette if were talkin dailies.
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:01 PM   #9
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Meteorite all the way
Then blueprint
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:01 PM   #10
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well id have to say meteorite first but white looks so clean and classy
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:02 PM   #11
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well id have to say meteorite first but white looks so clean and classy
Agreed, i like Blueprint too but the BA's having it on every 2nd XR6 sort of ruined it for me.
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:11 PM   #12
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so true its very easy to destroy a colour by overproducing it like the tiger mica on the vt ss looked great then every pov pack ended up with it and lost its appeal
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:27 PM   #13
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blueprint for sure! i heaps wanted one but it was pretty much impossible to find. so i ended up getting a narooma blue one :\
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blueprint for sure! i heaps wanted one but it was pretty much impossible to find. so i ended up getting a narooma blue one :\
Geez mate, you made it sound like Narooma sucks...
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:45 PM   #15
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Another thing I like about blueprint is it was only available on XR's and T's
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:10 PM   #16
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I have a soft spot for white, never owned one in an AU but have had black & red in S2 & S3 xr8's but very happy with my current Blueprint xr. I rarely see an xr8 ute in Blueprint that's not a pursuit.
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:21 PM   #17
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I have a soft spot for white, never owned one in an AU but have had black & red in S2 & S3 xr8's but very happy with my current Blueprint xr. I rarely see an xr8 ute in Blueprint that's not a pursuit.
There's been a blueprint ute in bendigo for years ,XR6 I think.
It's always looked good. I think seeing that ute overs the year is why
I want that colour.
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:28 PM   #18
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Venom red , Blue print , white , ftw.
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There's been a blueprint ute in bendigo for years ,XR6 I think.
It's always looked good. I think seeing that ute overs the year is why
I want that colour.
I actually wanted a white ute and nearly had one but when i saw the blueprint one i just had to have it, was just something about it.
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Agreed, i like Blueprint too but the BA's having it on every 2nd XR6 sort of ruined it for me.
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Old 07-04-2012, 09:58 AM   #21
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There's been a blueprint ute in bendigo for years ,XR6 I think.
It's always looked good. I think seeing that ute overs the year is why
I want that colour.
He lives just up the road from me, it is a XR6 and a smoker's car aswell,
I knew of another in Bendigo that was imaculate, AUIII XR8 ute in Blueprint that had a nice twin exhaust setup out the back, sounded real tough and looked nice but havn't seen him for a while.
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Old 07-04-2012, 10:08 AM   #22
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1) Congo Green
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3) Liquid Silver (biased as I have one, even though it's not an XR)
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+1 Liquid Silver
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Old 07-04-2012, 04:22 PM   #24
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He lives just up the road from me, it is a XR6 and a smoker's car aswell,
I knew of another in Bendigo that was imaculate, AUIII XR8 ute in Blueprint that had a nice twin exhaust setup out the back, sounded real tough and looked nice but havn't seen him for a while.
I remember when the 2 blueprint ute's were getting around bendigo,
There was always one parked near Target.

I have be in Geelong today and I have to say when Au's are clean
All the colours look good, but I saw a meteorite XR and it looked
Fantastic.
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Narooma Blue for me.

Anything else a distant second.

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I agree with Peuty there.....love the colour
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Does anyone like Monsoon?
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Does anyone like Monsoon?
Another great colour IMO.

I find it interesting how i like all AU blues except Blueprint.
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Geez mate, you made it sound like Narooma sucks...
to a degree it does. but oh well. its just a color.
i really liked the charcol as wel. pretty rare in an XR. and the silver looked rad to.
well to be honest all colors looked good. but red always faded. and black is impossible to keep clean. i didn't like the midnight blue.

but i really wanted blueprint.
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1 = Congo Green
2 = Blueprint
3 = Monsoon/Meteorite
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