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[Diamond Black Geezer]

Have to say that anthracite looks great, adds a deeper dimension to the interior. Vauxhall mistral grey (a la Astra GTEs) is perfect for this, smoke grey is too (early Omegas) I did the door trims and heater vent surround, complemented with the fake wood it worked very well on a FL.

The gold's not for me, but absolutely each to their own, and I offer you a wee bravo for trying it, people can get too closed-minded with car mods, well worth a go. 

However.. smash your little chap on the workbench with a hammer for using Frod paint!   

[Doctor Gollum]

Body colour or strong contrast will always work

If it has to be gold, then a satin bronze or copper perhaps 

[baggedestate]

not a colour i would have picked but stands out well ive done mind in diamond stitch leatherette

[tigers_gonads]

Body colour or strong contrast will always work

If it has to be gold, then a satin bronze or copper perhaps 

The silver trim as has the rest on mine has seen much better days and was thinking about this myself.

Problem is, my cars prestige blue so can't decide if it will be too much 

When I rebuilt all the brakes / suspension a couple of years ago now, I did paint the brake callipers in the same colour which worked out very well imho

[McBandy]

Sorry but that's chav, too much of a contrast for my liking

[VXL V6]

OK, next option, very rare trim, never seen the ashtray, door trims or transmission tunnel trim anywhere before (it is a genuine GM trim and is a sheet of aluminium, not vinyl, wrapped around)

[Diamond Black Geezer]

That's lovely, puts the 'b' in subtle  .

There are some astonishing and beautiful (if used well) vinyl wraps around these days.

Agreed on the above, copper, or a duller flatter bronze would work best if you want something in the 'yellow' spectrum.

I flirted with the idea of a 'smoked wood' as used on Jag XJR/XKRs etc but me and missus discussed it at length and both decided to buy new scatter cushions instead. 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Body colour or strong contrast will always work

If it has to be gold, then a satin bronze or copper perhaps 

The silver trim as has the rest on mine has seen much better days and was thinking about this myself.

Problem is, my cars prestige blue so can't decide if it will be too much 

When I rebuilt all the brakes / suspension a couple of years ago now, I did paint the brake callipers in the same colour which worked out very well imho

The Turbo Weasel also had 'OPC' calipers, and worked fine, becaise, after all, a layer of brake dust will obscure them if they do appear to garish. In my humble, Steve, for yours you could/should try the smoke grey like I did, or maybe some of the vinyl wraps as above. Blue in a blue car tends to, for me, move into 'chavtastic'. On smaller stuff, eg a Focus RS or soemthing it seems to fit fine, but for larger more 'luxury' barges like Omegas, it just looks wrong. Try googling images of interior of Mercedes, Audis, Jag even Bentley etc for inspiration for how they treat wood/leather/silver/chrome/graphite etc trim and its relationship with the 'base' interior colour. 

In the Turbo Weasel cream interior, with wood, and graphite grey with 'piano black' accents worked rather well, I always thought.

[frostbite]

I would have gone with fords mercury grey, the one the sierra sapphire was

[VXL V6]

That'd work. Much like MV6 (facelift) trim, its the dark shade that seems to make it work.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I would have gone with fords mercury grey, the one the sierra sapphire was

Yes, but Frod paint in a Vauxhall was actually disallowed by the Magna Carta in 1215. That's why it's call the Magna CARta. 

[Nick W]

I would have gone with fords mercury grey, the one the sierra sapphire was

Yes, but Frod paint in a Vauxhall was actually disallowed by the Magna Carta in 1215. That's why it's call the Magna CARta. 

Next you'll be telling us it was written by Nostradamus

[Diamond Black Geezer]

That would be silly. 



Though he did predict correctly he wouldn't write it     

[Sir Tigger KC]

Chavvy chavtastic!! 

Nice job though, but needs a different colour.  How about purple?