Here’s a photo
from the Super Celebration East of the Bronco Sport in the shade under a carport.
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Changed my mind from AMB to Rapid Red after I saw the BD four door Squatch elsewhere here on the forumSurprisingly, there is no official thread for this color.
Is anyone else strongly considering this color after seeing the Rapid Red OBX 4 door from the Q&A reveal?
I never thought I would get a red car, but had a hunch that this color would look awesome, and sure enough it does. It is officially in my top three.
Anyone else in a similar spot (never had a red car before, never was planning on it, but now really considering it
Same! Saw this one at the TN event and the color looked sharp and eye catching! With AMB ... I think the purple-ish color is just a trick on eye in what it may perceive from lighting or the monitor. In person, on the cans, not a hint of purple showed up. Granted, that was outdoors in both bright sun & shade.I was on the AMB kick - but the more I see AMB on a Bronco the more I see purple. Digging around on Bronco's of Insta <> BAM!
This has me thinking about Rapid Red now. It's not a match but it gives me hope that this color could look good matched up with the touches of gray.
I can't wait to see what the new body looks like with no fenders and pizza cutters. I'll take off the ends of the modular bumper to make it flush. I'm hoping that makes it look kinda retro.More
Great info. I’ve seen post mentioning that the clear coat is “soft.” My Bronco will live its life parked outside and not in a garage. I plan on keeping it long term. Is there a downside to this color never being garaged?PPG is Ford's paint supplier. It comes in big reusable stainless steel totes. I'm sorry but I don't know how many gallons is in one, Maybe 250. They transfer it into holding tanks with agitators.
When the vehicles go through the paint booth, the paint process is the same no matter what the color is. The robots have multiple paint lines running through them and the computer tells them which color or clear to spray. First is the primer robots. Then they go to the base robots and get two coats. Then the clear robots for two coats. I the case of tinted clear, the first coat is tinted and I believe second is clear.
In some but not all plants, the doors, hood, and liftgate only get opened once in the base and clear operations. Which means those inside areas only get one coat of base and one coat of clear. After that they go through the ovens and bake the finish to get it hard.
Every effort is made to make the color the same in every plant. However, sometimes you can notice a slight difference on painted plastics that bolt to the vehicles. They are painted at the suppliers plant and not at the factory where the vehicle is made.
All bodies are E coated before they reach the paint department.
I work in the paint department at the Ford Escape plant and that's what our process is.
It's just as durable as any other color. The paint is baked on after it leaves the paint booth and they've perfected it over many years of using that process. I'm not sure why people have made that comment.Great info. I’ve seen post mentioning that the clear coat is “soft.” My Bronco will live its life parked outside and not in a garage. I plan on keeping it long term. Is there a downside to this color never being garaged?
Thanks! Always best to hear from the experts.It's just as durable as any other color. The paint is baked on after it leaves the paint booth and they've perfected it over many years of using that process. I'm not sure why people have made that comment.
It more than likely comes from the early to mid-90's into the early 2000's when the paint tech was still evolving for emission reduction and such. The auto manufacturers were still trying to establish the process to avoid this.It's just as durable as any other color. The paint is baked on after it leaves the paint booth and they've perfected it over many years of using that process. I'm not sure why people have made that comment.