Hot Wheels temperature changing paint

mdosu · 10-10-2013, 07:24 PM

I'm sure you guys saw this already, let me know if this is a:

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...202243894.html

The $320 car paint that changes color with the weather

Remember as a kid when you yearned for those crazy Hot Wheels cars that changed color when you dunked them in hot and cold water? It was about as much fun as you could have, short of striking first in a game of roshambo.

It's the kind of fun you just can't have as an adult. Fortunately, a small UK body shop called Auto Kandy claims to have created a solution for those still dreaming of multi-colored Mustangs: Paint your car in thermochromic paint, and have yourself a full-size Hot Wheels color shifter.

As the video below documents, the car used to showcase the wacky paintwork is an orange Nissan Skyline R33. By pouring cold water on the car, the paint transforms from orange to deep purple. While lacking smoke, the heat-sensitive paint adjusts its coloring via pigments, changing color as the temperature swings. The whole process costs just $320, but it will only last four to six months, due to excessive damage from UV light exposure.

It begs the question: What's the point? After all, it looks as if the car's been vandalized by a giant flock of pigeons that feed only on purple Skittles. And how bored must you be to pour cold water on your car, only for it to change back minutes later as the temperature normalizes? Personally, I'd rather the ChromaFlair colorings used on cars like the TVR Tuscan. That way, I wouldn't look as if I'd bumped into Barney after an all-night bender.

e92ben · 10-10-2013, 07:26 PM

Amazing. Fire orange to jerez black

mdosu · 10-10-2013, 07:26 PM

IMO, it's tacky, and I don't have a vid or pic to show that it actually works for a sustained peroid of time in a different temperature...I'm sure some ricer would do it shortly...

mdosu · 10-10-2013, 07:28 PM

also apparently the concept is already out there:

the lady in the video is pretty banging.

Transfer · 10-10-2013, 08:40 PM

bobesser · 10-11-2013, 08:45 AM

How about putting it on the wheels. When it sits it is one color, then when you are hard on the brakes, it would change color.

10-10-2013, 07:24 PM	#1
mdosu Banned 314 Rep 8,496 Posts Drives: Double Vanos'd Civic-M3 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (6)	Hot Wheels temperature changing paint - $320 I'm sure you guys saw this already, let me know if this is a: http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...202243894.html The $320 car paint that changes color with the weather Remember as a kid when you yearned for those crazy Hot Wheels cars that changed color when you dunked them in hot and cold water? It was about as much fun as you could have, short of striking first in a game of roshambo. It's the kind of fun you just can't have as an adult. Fortunately, a small UK body shop called Auto Kandy claims to have created a solution for those still dreaming of multi-colored Mustangs: Paint your car in thermochromic paint, and have yourself a full-size Hot Wheels color shifter. As the video below documents, the car used to showcase the wacky paintwork is an orange Nissan Skyline R33. By pouring cold water on the car, the paint transforms from orange to deep purple. While lacking smoke, the heat-sensitive paint adjusts its coloring via pigments, changing color as the temperature swings. The whole process costs just $320, but it will only last four to six months, due to excessive damage from UV light exposure. It begs the question: What's the point? After all, it looks as if the car's been vandalized by a giant flock of pigeons that feed only on purple Skittles. And how bored must you be to pour cold water on your car, only for it to change back minutes later as the temperature normalizes? Personally, I'd rather the ChromaFlair colorings used on cars like the TVR Tuscan. That way, I wouldn't look as if I'd bumped into Barney after an all-night bender.
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e92ben Brigadier General 1056 Rep 3,217 Posts Drives: BMW M3 BMW 635csi Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Kenosha Wi iTrader: (7)	Amazing. Fire orange to jerez black __________________ e92 ///M3
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mdosu Banned 314 Rep 8,496 Posts Drives: Double Vanos'd Civic-M3 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (6)	IMO, it's tacky, and I don't have a vid or pic to show that it actually works for a sustained peroid of time in a different temperature...I'm sure some ricer would do it shortly...
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mdosu Banned 314 Rep 8,496 Posts Drives: Double Vanos'd Civic-M3 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (6)	also apparently the concept is already out there: the lady in the video is pretty banging.
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bobesser Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: mini Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	How about putting it on the wheels. When it sits it is one color, then when you are hard on the brakes, it would change color.
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