FAQ: Riviera Paint Colors/Codes

im really having trouble picking out a color, i want a color that is dark and classy, but more classy and high end luxury. i realize there isnt very many rivs on the rode thats y i want a classy look. i want people to stop me and and ask what kind of car is that? any suggestions the darker the better.. i really want to turn heads. i want it to be with out the gay looking pimp right look.im open to suggestions. and if you have pictures that would be great.

There was a deep cherry color used on the late '90s Impalas and Rivieras. Very rare, but I've seen Rivs in this color. Looks like black, but with a red tint in the right light... one of my favorite colors!

And you can never go wrong with black.

can you find a picture of it

Pontiacs are getting it too:

ooo man if that was a little bit darker i would consider it, but being the amazing painter that i am i can make it darker. im thinking also a black base with a pearl red over it, as much as i hate the color re. i think it would decent.but what i need is a color that just screams out look at that luxury car, or damn now thats classy. my mom has a black infiniti M45x now thats classy, i want mine to look more classy then that/ is it possible i dont know i hope that it is

i see that Cadillac has the color aswell



this isnt the black cherry peral but look at this amazing looking car

im lovin that green what is your input

for a dark cherry I like the Black Lava Red Pearl Clearcoat code:MQ/ZMQ on the first year Chrysler 300's. What's cool about this color is the illusion of the red flair in the black/red and the fact that it has become a discontinued color. It's nice to grab a rare color. Mine is from a Ram that only was availible on 1996 models.

Just tried to get a good pic of one but there is non for same on eBay and the Google images don't do it justice and their not much to choose from.

Back in high school my sister's boyfriend's dad had an Eldorado just around the same time I was obsessed with them. I always wanted a black on and when I saw the kid's dad driving from the opposite direction I thought it was black, then the light hit it and BOOM, money green.



now the Eldorado was a boxy car so you could imagine how impressive it would look cascading over the lines of the Riv.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my god thats the color i want in the second pic

http://www.rogerscorvette.com/spots/aug99/spot.htm

THANK YOU ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDY

the color is Dark Bowling Green Metallic. now how can we make this color stick out from the car, should we peral it or flake it

i've always been partial to dark blues myself



this may be a little too much red for your taste, but this color looks good too IMO. maybe its just the way it reflects IDK.

my goodness i like that red as well and i normally HATE red with passion . as for blue im not really a fan

I still like the Deep Cherry on the Pontiac. I think the Cadi is the same color. but the Pontiac is just reflecting more red.

ok so far for colors i have found a coupe greens that i like, i think that im going with a green or black

Y2K C5 corvette Dark Bowling Green Metallic

2007 jaguar X type emerald fire

im still looking for more colors



hear the emerald fire

welll after some hard ass thinking, and about a can of skoal. i think that im just going to keep it the stock burgundy, but just spike it up with like flakes or something, i dont really have the time or money to pull the engine. and strip down the full car, i just dont have the money,, but i think that the fact of having to pull the engine and wiring, i had to money to do the V8 and all they working then i might considered it. i just need to think more things thru first. so im just going to paint it the same color as stock just spice it up with some flakes perals or maybe even kandys something

sounds like a good plan to me. save the $$ for go fast mods instead

good idea but there isnt much "go FAST" mods for the series 1

palermocorey90 wrote:

welll after some hard ass thinking, and about a can of skoal. i think that im just going to keep it the stock burgundy, but just spike it up with like flakes or something, i dont really have the time or money to pull the engine. and strip down the full car, i just dont have the money,, but i think that the fact of having to pull the engine and wiring, i had to money to do the V8 and all they working then i might considered it. i just need to think more things thru first. so im just going to paint it the same color as stock just spice it up with some flakes perals or maybe even kandys something

In a lot of ways I think that's a better plan, but the minute you do anything special with the paint you'll have to do rim$ too.

If I had your car I think I would either go two-tone with black, either down the center or on the sides like the car in the left of my .sig. If you're going for a hot rod look, a matte black might be hot. It'll mean an extra tricky time finding rims that match the theme. Hard enough to find rims that fit this car to begin with.

A two-tone interior would also help. If you've got the beige pieces, that'll work, but the burgundy could also work with black accents.

There is a darker dark cherry than the gm one on some audi a8 and
a6 early 2000' definitly classic but no picture search audi colors you'll find it i'm shure.

thanks man, and welcome to the board

ok i need everyones help. for my birthday this year i was gunna get my 96 pearl white riv painted. i wanted to get it painted black, and my latest thought was to paint it a flat black and buy black rims with a chrome lip. its a long way from being done. i guess i just want to no what everyone thinks of my idea, and maybe what to do to get started, any help would be greatly appreciated.

ok first off a flat black riv would be a no go IMO. i would keep it peral white, then just get a nice set of rims, and paint the side of the spokes peral white to match the car

BTW im an auto body guy . let me tell you if ur panels arent perfect square, and with no dents it will turn out good, if you like washing it once a week. but if lets jsut say a gap was off or you had some small dents, very small.like you cant feel them with ur hand. you will see it in the paint. no 2ways around it. so if you are going to paint it black make sure you have them do all grade A++ body work or else you will hate your self for it

thats just my opinion on it, you could car less about a small dent

Having a black Riv I'll warn you that it's a bitch to keep clean, at least up north it is. Also it gets real hot in the summer.

Black, sure. Flat black.... I vote no. Keeping it bright white diamond would be much more expensive than a typical paint job. Don't know what I'll do when/if I decide to repaint.

A black car ALL NICE and waxed and clean and sexy will look better than ANYOTHER COLOR........................... but it will get dirtier faster............

i always get into arguments with people about white and black....... some people think that white gets DIRTY fast..... but in reality if you throw a bucket of water on a black car and a white car......... the white car is gonna show LITTLE to NOOO signs of waterspots...... on the other hand the black car is TOOOOOOOOO the wash again