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Just saw one of these in a convertible this morning sitting at the local Ford dealer *Drool* http://www.fast-autos.net/ford....html That paint is insane

WOW! I want one (even if it's a Ford)

I checked the Ford dealer's website...the sticker price is $43225 for the convertible they have.The mystichrome package alone is $3650.Ouch!

Multi-chromatic paints ain't cheap! And I don't even want to think about what the treatment costs to get LEATHER to do the same thing!Very cool though -- I'd opt for it if I had the cash.....

My Mustang friend said this may be the last S/C Cobra they produced. He says there are rumors that when they produce a Cobra off the new platform, it will have a slightly less powerful N/A motor in it, partially for insurance reasons. Not sure if this is true or just BS, just what he has told me.That color looks good, but you really need to see it in person to really appreciate it!

I'd like that paint on my Vibe!

my gf's dad is a painter and there is a paint that is called chrome illusion it's 350 per quart. He told me that a quart of paint for our vibes is generally 60. He works as a painter for Shelton Pontiac in Rochester.

That sounds awfully cheap for factory quality paint. Maybe its a wholesale price. Generally a factory quality paint such as on the Vibe would cost between $600 and $800 a gallon ($150-$200 a quart). The cheap stuff around $250 a gallon ($60 or so a quart) will look good initially but will fade and be toast after about 2 years. If that is what a dealer is paying, he must be quoting you wholesale prices. Now $350 a quart for the special paint, if that is a wholesale price I'd hate to see the retail on it!

That is really awesome, I'd love to see it in person! I saw one at one of our largest local car shows about 5 years ago that Ford used on the Mustang and the Lightning. They were really cool, but this looks even better.Quote, originally posted by Altus »And I don't even want to think about what the treatment costs to get LEATHER to do the same thing!I really doesn't sound like it takes any more effort to do this to the leather than regular leather coloring. They explain it in the article on that site that was linked to. The paint shouldn't be terribly more expensive either, it's just an additive that they add to factory paint. Just DuPont in charging a lot for it I guess to try and recover R&D money on the project. Plus, Ford will mark it way up because its a novelty thing.

Quote, originally posted by Stang2Vibe »That is really awesome, I'd love to see it in person! I saw one at one of our largest local car shows about 5 years ago that Ford used on the Mustang and the Lightning. They were really cool, but this looks even better.I saw one at a Ford dealer here a few weeks ago. That paint is really beautiful in person!

Quote, originally posted by Fformula88 »That sounds awfully cheap for factory quality paint. Maybe its a wholesale price. Generally a factory quality paint such as on the Vibe would cost between $600 and $800 a gallon ($150-$200 a quart). The cheap stuff around $250 a gallon ($60 or so a quart) will look good initially but will fade and be toast after about 2 years. If that is what a dealer is paying, he must be quoting you wholesale prices. Now $350 a quart for the special paint, if that is a wholesale price I'd hate to see the retail on it! He works for a Pontiac dealership so it probably would be wholesale price. But that is just what he told me the paint for the Vibe costs per quart.

Its all cool, unless the Vibe paint all peels off right after the warrantee expires!

or it all chips off after the warranty expires

I stopped at the dealership on my way home to drool..err..look at it.I looked at the interior, and also sat in it...that leather treatment is very very cool.If I had the money for it....it'd be in my driveway lol.

Not a fan of Mustangs but I must admit, that is a nice car.

I don't know guys, it's all skin deep. It's a 25 year old chassis. So the day you buy it, you're driving an old car. This is one of the reasons I hated my Cavalier. Chassis, suspension, transmissions, engines, all based on engineering almost as old as I am. Cool paint, but I'll take a line from one of my favorite movies here(Christine), "You know Pepper... you can't polish a turd."

Here is a question: Would you really be willing to buy a new Mustang now, Cobra, Mach 1, GT, or whatever model knowing that by this fall, the redesign will hit the streets! I know there are awesome deals on them, and as I said before the Cobra may be the last really fast one seen for a long time, but these cars are old underneath. Not only will the body be antiquated, but the new chasis is bound to be a thousand percent better. Even with the big discount, I think I'd rather wait and spend more to get the updated car.Still, I am not sure I could test drive a Cobra and not walk out of the dealer without buying it!

can qanyone get a picture of the interior i am interested in what that leather lloks like

They are only producing 1000 of this color Cobra, by the way.

ohh thats nice

thats the most trick leather I think I've ever seen!

wow... that's sweet! i need to change out my leather interior to that!!!