Danbury Colour Selection

Hi all, whats the process with Danbury to select a body colour - do they have colour charts to pick from or can you turn up a with a dulux colour reference :-)


wife wants a really pale blue...


thks
Steve

Yes when we bought from Danbury we chose from a colourchart with several HUNDRED variations. Very likely includes a suitable blue.
But don't forget to have a look and consider 'old school green'
osg

I think what they do is have a look at what current colours other manufacturers are offering and then incorporate that into their catalogue. Generally motor manufacturers offer similar colours around the same time.

At the moment white is the new black. Silver is pretty unpopular because of the explosion of silver cars around the Millennium. I'm thinking green is due a big return soon. Also at the moment shades of brown are very in. The beauty of choosing a BraziBay though is that it suits so many colours, as is evident in our gallery. There are some cracking silvery-blue shades at the moment - the new Passat looks great in it.

Black is the new black ...................... and old black. You can't beat it !!

They've got pretty much any colour you want, If you've goit a specific colour you want, they will be able to match it.

Bear in mind if you get a custom colour that isn't on an existing car, it's a pig to get touch up paint and coloured spray cans for.
It's super nice having a custom colour but that's the one thing I wish I did. Gotta love hindsight.

Out of interest are there any silver BraziBays on here? I don't think I've ever seen one

pastymaster wrote:

Out of interest are there any silver BraziBays on here? I don't think I've ever seen one

Here's one. Not on here though. Sure I saw one at Danbury a couple of years back. Could be mistaken as usual.



Pic source: http://www.carroecia.com.br/reportagens/kombi.asp (believe it's an official VW Brazil promo shot)

saw the above at brighton breeze last year :-)

Cool, thanks for the photos. I wasn't sure how they would look in silver but I actually quite like them

VW produced a special edition of the Kombi in silver to commemorate the end of the aircooled engine. A few made it over here via Danbury. They are distinguished by their silver paintwork, clear lenses and black bumpers.

Ahhh, so they are like the ones posted by Bloke_Off_The_Internet and the last one by Baydreamer?

Indeed.

Danbury had a white one with vertical multicoloured stripes on site when we last passed by. Looked like it had been in collision with a barcode.

The down side of the range of colours is that it took them three months to work out what colour ours was when we needed a touch up stick.

CHRIS

Blue Seagull wrote:

Danbury had a white one with vertical multicoloured stripes on site when we last passed by. Looked like it had been in collision with a barcode.

The down side of the range of colours is that it took them three months to work out what colour ours was when we needed a touch up stick.

CHRIS

Lol - I think you'll find that the 'barcode' BraziBay belongs to JamieS here now.

I'd strongly recommend that you choose a colour from a major motor manufacturer and then ask for your Kombi to be painted in that. Then you shouldn't have any issues getting a touch-in stick.

TimV wrote:

Lol - I think you'll find that the 'barcode' BraziBay belongs to JamieS here now.

Just in case JamieS is reading this, I just checked his avatar, and no, it's not that one!

CHRIS

Blimey - you mean there's another StripeyKombi out there? Yikes!

Go with a cool light blue colour - you cant beat it
But if you want to stand out from the crowd go for a Yellow
Very few Yellow Brazibays around

light blue defo the way to go lol

Just a suggestion...
if danbury kept a spread sheet of colours against cars sold then this would be helpful for customers in the future. I appreciate a back catologue would be time consuming but for any new owners that would be great for reference. Not for show on here maybe for security reasons against registrations but for customer care it might help and save them time in the long run.

Baydreamer wrote:

light blue defo the way to go lol

Just a suggestion...
if danbury kept a spread sheet of colours against cars sold then this would be helpful for customers in the future. I appreciate a back catologue would be time consuming but for any new owners that would be great for reference. Not for show on here maybe for security reasons against registrations but for customer care it might help and save them time in the long run.

I understand they are now doing this Bd.

Yep....New computer system nearly installed so should be able to look it up but we always write it on the customers order form aswell....

This was the hardest decision for us! We went with an idea then they brought the box of colours over to us. Talk about overwhelmed. So many choices means you can be individual. At the time ours was the only one in the colour we choose.

Have fun doing it.

Dilly