Paintjob That Changes Colour At The Touch Of A Button!

[Tee from China]

Read this the other day on MaxPower On-line .........I know,I know it was a weak moment! :-

" In just three years you could be able to change the colour of your car with the touch of a button.
The technology works by running a current through a special polymer applied to the vehicle before painting. This polymer contains particles of 'paramagnetic' iron oxide.

With the application of an electric current, the spacing of the oxide's crystals is adjusted, affecting their level of light reflection and thus our colour perception. Simple, eh?

It may sound like science fiction, but first commercial applications of the technology are expected on the market as early as 2010, with Nissan having already developed a 'self-healing' paint."

Whilst I think the 'self-healing' paint is a real neat,'supermarket scrape' answer, the idea of changing your car's colour I think will never happen due to the legal implications of vehicle identity. Take for examples a speeder (with speedflip numberplate!)flies through a Gatso and then changes the colour from say red to black or when asking witnesses at the scene of an accident for the colour of the car? Currently the 'camellion' colour changing paints are causing such problems as from certain angles the colour changes so to one person the car was green and to another blue and so on!

So who thinks this a great idea and who thinks it will never be accepted by the 'powers that be'?:rolleyes:

[Bossco]

It will never be accepted. Wern't Nissan told to stop painting the Primeras in that purple/green colour in the late 90's???
I counlt be arsed to write to the DVLA everytime I pushed the button. Still a very clever idea though.

[Muffleman]

Wern't Nissan told to stop painting the Primeras in that purple/green colour in the late 90's???


Yeah but wasn't that the taste police :innocent:

[Gaz Walker]

Nissan say its going to be on there top end cars in 2010.

Also, because of the fact it needs power to run it, the default colour is white when the car isn't running.

[Whitesupraboy2]

Its gonna look great when you get a bad earth on the bodywork....least it will be easy to find I suppose :D

[Matt H]

That would be ace tho, next progression from whats out i suppose

[Daston]

yeah try finding your car in a carpark full of 200+ white cars. Meets will look a bit dull

[RedM]

Maybe they'll achieve a Predator type effect too.

[Rob Dublin]

^^^^

Would caertainly make the motorway interesting!

[WrathChild]

Slightly off topic, but quite relevant. I've always wondered if the same technology as found in auto darkening welding helmets will ever be implimented into car windows. If you've never ever used an auto darkening helmet the glass on the mask is clear untill it senses that you've started welding by use of a light sensor. It would be pretty cool if you could tint and un-tint your windows at the touch of a button.

[Rob Dublin]

Saint-Gobaint already do a glass that goes from opaque to clear depending on if the current is on or off thru the glass. Last year it was €1k a sq metre but as with all these things expect prices to drop eventually.

[WrathChild]

Yeah i see, known as electrochromic glass. Its not yet available comercialy tho looking at it.

[IDO]

"Whilst I think the 'self-healing' paint is a real neat,'supermarket scrape' answer"

The end to stone chips?!?! that would be a bonus!

The colour change would make the "spotted fourm interesting"
Q: "saw a blue supe"
A: "I was there then, but think i was red at the time"..

can't see the later happening, due to the mentioned I.D'ing of a car.

[Rob Dublin]

Yeah i see, known as electrochromic glass. Its not yet available comercialy tho looking at it.

It should be available. It's not the automotive stuff I'm talking about, they showed us examples of it used as a facade on a building in Japan, basicaly turned the whole side of the building into a massive TV screen!

[JamesG]

Saint-Gobaint already do a glass that goes from opaque to clear depending on if the current is on or off thru the glass. Last year it was €1k a sq metre but as with all these things expect prices to drop eventually.

I think the sunroof in the Maybach does something like this.