TRIPLE YELLOW S550 MUSTANG Thread

MELLOWYELLOW06 said:

Try that in SOCAL!

CHP will cuff you, take you in, and waterboard you to find out what you are hiding

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This +1000...... He speaks the truth. No way in hell we can get away with that dark in Cali.....

JoeDogInKC said:

Tint be done. 5% rear, 5% front eyebrow, 20% sides.

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Looks great! How accurate would you say your camera is at capturing Triple Yellow? It seems like an impossible color to pick up. On my calibrated monitor, the pics around here range from "yellow-green neon" to "pale and creamy" to "intense with a hint of orange."

Also, how would you rate the color's depth? I'm hoping it's not too flat and that I'll melt where I stand after applying a good layer of carnauba.

Alloye said:

Looks great! How accurate would you say your camera is at capturing Triple Yellow? It seems like an impossible color to pick up. On my calibrated monitor, the pics around here range from "yellow-green neon" to "pale and creamy" to "intense with a hint of orange."

Also, how would you rate the color's depth? I'm hoping it's not too flat and that I'll melt where I stand after applying a good layer of carnauba.

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I've seen a couple TY's in person and got to drive one yesterday and all I can say is they are just YELLOW, Not orange/green (insert any other color or hue). They are NOT pale. Even using my Nikon D4, shooting raw and processing through Adobe LR, the color was still not perfect. All I can recommend is for you to close your eyes and imagine pure YELLOW, that will be the closest you get until you see it in person. There are a few pics that are close, but none have nailed it 100%*

*in my opinion

5.0-PoPo said:

All I can recommend is for you to close your eyes and imagine pure YELLOW, that will be the closest you get until you see it in person.

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Thanks! That's very helpful.

5.0-PoPo said:

I've seen a couple TY's in person and got to drive one yesterday and all I can say is they are just YELLOW, Not orange/green (insert any other color or hue). They are NOT pale. Even using my Nikon D4, shooting raw and processing through Adobe LR, the color was still not perfect. All I can recommend is for you to close your eyes and imagine pure YELLOW, that will be the closest you get until you see it in person. There are a few pics that are close, but none have nailed it 100%*

*in my opinion

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^ THIS! I wouldn't be surprised if it was exactly or very close to the RGB or CMYK code(s) for pure yellow.

5.0-PoPo said:

I've seen a couple TY's in person and got to drive one yesterday and all I can say is they are just YELLOW, Not orange/green (insert any other color or hue). They are NOT pale. Even using my Nikon D4, shooting raw and processing through Adobe LR, the color was still not perfect. All I can recommend is for you to close your eyes and imagine pure YELLOW, that will be the closest you get until you see it in person. There are a few pics that are close, but none have nailed it 100%*

*in my opinion

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Alloye said:

Looks great! How accurate would you say your camera is at capturing Triple Yellow? It seems like an impossible color to pick up. On my calibrated monitor, the pics around here range from "yellow-green neon" to "pale and creamy" to "intense with a hint of orange."

Also, how would you rate the color's depth? I'm hoping it's not too flat and that I'll melt where I stand after applying a good layer of carnauba.

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JoeDogInKC said:

^ THIS! I wouldn't be surprised if it was exactly or very close to the RGB or CMYK code(s) for pure yellow.

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Thanks! I have a color calibrated monitor as well and have had the devils time figuring out this color. All the folks saying this is neither pale nor reddish/orangeish have made me very exited. I've really wanted a PURE TRUE (but RICH and DEEP) yellow, and this seems to be it. It's the holy grail of paints really - Its extremely difficult to do true yellow - I've hardly seen it. The Camaro yellow is too pale (velocity yellow), past Mustang yellows were orangeish, goldish or too pale (zinc yellow) and I feel Prosche's yellow is a tad on the pale side as well.

This was at my local dealer today:

Ugh, what horrible stripes!

JoeDogInKC said:

Ugh, what horrible stripes!

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Agreed, and I told the installer this. He has stripped several of my cars I bought from them. I told him to stop using the same old stripe packages on the new car and come up with an original design. I think I aggravated him. My salesman told me the guy has free rein to be original. He failed.

On the positive side... TY is GORGEOUS in person

valentinoamoro said:

I've really wanted a PURE TRUE (but RICH and DEEP) yellow, and this seems to be it.

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That's my hope. It's been difficult to keep the faith due to the variegated pics, but I'm really trying to hang in there.

wilkinda65 said:

He failed.

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You can say that again

Ericc B said:

You can say that again

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He was starting to stripe a Race Red V6 while I was there so I went to watch. After I annoyed him with my comment he stopped until I walked away.

wilkinda65 said:

Agreed, and I told the installer this. He has stripped several of my cars I bought from them. I told him to stop using the same old stripe packages on the new car and come up with an original design. I think I aggravated him. My salesman told me the guy has free rein to be original. He failed.

On the positive side... TY is GORGEOUS in person

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I'm curious - who's the dealer doing the striping? All I can see is the street number 9090D on the door.

Looks like a sizable "dealer added features" (ADM) list tacked on too

wilkinda65 said:

Agreed, and I told the installer this. He has stripped several of my cars I bought from them. I told him to stop using the same old stripe packages on the new car and come up with an original design. I think I aggravated him. My salesman told me the guy has free rein to be original. He failed.

On the positive side... TY is GORGEOUS in person

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any way to find out the wheel and tire size and brand of wheel?