New 8C Competizione Paint Code

DMAC · #1 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007, 01:08 PM

Does anyone have any idea what the new Alfa 8C red paint manufacturer and code is? I'll be repainting my Duetto and am considering various darker reds than the original AR 514, so if you have suggestions, please let me know and post a picture of your car if you can.

Since I'm from the U.S. and we have no new Alfas here, I'd be curious to know the same for the other new-production Rosso paint codes and manufacturers, in particular.

The 8C: http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/29/p...-competizione/

Thanks!

Barryh · #2 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007, 09:22 PM

Im in the same boat at the moment-painting a Giulietta.
I saw the most awsome Audi TT in what can be described as an Oxblood Red.Almost has tinges of black in the red paint.Thats my choice.

DMAC · #3 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007, 10:17 PM

Thanks Barryh! Oxblood red paint sounds very cool. If we were to do the car in dark blue, we'd do the interior in oxblood red. I'll try to go see an Audi TT in this color, but for the purposes of keeping it "Alfa" I think I'm leaning towards an Alfa Red of sorts. Granted, I know they're photoshopped, but the 8C Rosso photos are stunning. Kind of has a ruby hue to it, with out looking "rubino."

I welcome any further suggestions or insight as to the new 8C Rosso paint code.

Thanks!

Barryh · #4 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007, 10:31 PM

Ah,You want a metallic paint finish?Sorry,The Audi colour is a base colour,not a metallic..It is rather nice though.

TorW · #5 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 05:11 AM

Can't help you with the 8C colour code, sorry. All I have is this picture taken at the Paris Salon in 2006. It shows the four official colours of the 8C:

8C Rosso
Alfa Rosso
Nero
Giallo

As you can see, there's not much difference between Alfa Rosso and 8C Rosso in a picture of this dubious quality.

DMAC · #6 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 10:42 AM

That's a cool shot! Any other insight from our fellow European BBers?

Vsix · #7 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 11:53 AM

the 8C red color was also used in 159 TI models showed in Geneva 2007, dont know the code and if it is available to customers. I think it looks really good color.

http://www.italiaspeed.com/2007/moto...a/gallery.html

"Both cars have three-layer 8C Red paintwork"

DMAC · #8 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 12:55 PM

Thanks Vsix. Can you direct me to where I can read the article that quotes "Both cars have three-layer 8C Red paintwork"?

If it's the same color as the 2007 159 show cars, then that's very helpful. I can probably find that out.

Does anyone have a new 159 or any 1 year old Alfa possibly in the 8C Rosso? If so, please share the paint code (located in the trunk/boot?). Thanks!

Vsix · #9 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 01:30 PM

The text is from Fiat press release http://tinyurl.com/yw5k4s, if that color is for sale with new 159 TIs then its maybe easier to find the code, I dont know that

tiger0529 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-12-2007, 05:31 PM

Well, I know your heart is pretty much set on the 8C Red and it's not as new (been around for more than a decade) but how about the Rosso Proteo Metallizzato (Proteo Red Metallic, AR195)? Look at Vsix's avatar (156 sedan), that's the Proteo Red. My mother had a '96 Spider V6 and a '02 Sportwagon V6 w/ that color and it's my favorite contemporary Alfa color. It changes from a very dark red (darker than Oxblood) all the way to a sparkly bright red depending on amount of light present. Simply beautiful.

Just my $0.02.

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Originally Posted by DMAC

Since I'm from the U.S. and we have no new Alfas here, I'd be curious to know the same for the other new-production Rosso paint codes and manufacturers, in particular.

TorW · #11 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 07:07 AM

The Proteo Red is a beautiful colour, but it would look strange on a Duetto in my humble opinion (or rather "in my taste"). The tender lines of a Duetto would drown in that dark red, but on a more muscular-looking car it would be fantastic. Again, to my taste.

How about the flat AR521 Rosso (dubbed "lipstick red" by a fellow Alfista) you find on Montreals? It's darker than the usual Alfa Rosso, but still very red.

Most of the new Alfas I've seen the paint sticker of bears the DuPont logo, but I've been told any car painter can mix any colour as long as he knows the original colour code.

Anyway, the Alfa Romeo 159 has a colour called "AR583 Rubino Red":

adelspyder · #12 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 07:45 AM

Try the following glasurit site:

http://www.glasurit.com/COLOR/new-co...php?language=1

Then search on Alfa, and using some of the hints from previous posts, try a search on model "159", and Start Search.

There are indeed 2 reds shown - Rosso Alfa and a Rosso Rubino Pearl (now, who said that the 8C colour looked ruby-like)?

Hope this helps.

tiger0529 · #13 (**permalink**) 07-13-2007, 10:37 AM

Well I agree with you 100%, but I thought it is a good option since DMAC seems to be in fond of dark red metallic...

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Originally Posted by TorW

The Proteo Red is a beautiful colour, but it would look strange on a Duetto in my humble opinion (or rather "in my taste"). The tender lines of a Duetto would drown in that dark red, but on a more muscular-looking car it would be fantastic. Again, to my taste.

TorW · #14 (**permalink**) 07-14-2007, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by tiger0529

Well I agree with you 100%, but I thought it is a good option since DMAC seems to be in fond of dark red metallic...

Oelholm · #15 (**permalink**) 07-17-2007, 03:21 AM

Proteo Red is a bit less metallic than Rubino (which happens to be a rubbish colour for the 159 - good thing that the press cars were that colour..!), both are much darker than the 8C colour. I read in the Danish Alfa Romeo Club magazine that the 8C Rosso were used on a batch of show cars on a recent exhibition and that it was -very- expensive... I'll try to dig the magazine up later today.

Proteo 155:

Rubino 159:

8C Rosso: