However Caterham refused to paint it this colour due to the fact that it was a day-glo scheme and they had several problems of bad fading. At first I was a bit pissed of at this, the customer being correct etc. But Caterham where adamant that they would not do it.  They even gave me a contact at the sprayers for me to talk to, and they confirmed that it did indeed fade. So I was left with a choice I hadn't planned on and to be honest I wasn't sure what colour to go for.

Eventually I got my choice down to a few all of  which can be described as being a little on the load side.  The reason for a bright paint scheme was mainly from a make sure other road users can see me from a long way off as well a wanting something a bit different.  My choices came down to:

Caterham Yellow, which is a great colour that I like a lot, however this is a very common colour so that ruled that out. (Picture: Roy Booths Caterham in Caterham Yellow on track in Finland)

McLaren Orange, again very popular and I almost went for this colour. (Picture: Daren Balls Caterham in McLaren Orange in the Pyrennes)

Kawasaki green was another fantastic colour which I strongly considered. (Picture: Simon Parkers Kawaski Green DVA Superlight at the pits at Brands Hatch)

In the end I discounted these colour schemes as various local friends had already got cars in those colours and I didn't want to copy. So when it came down to the decision of colour I was left with 2 choices, both of them lotus colours, both of them pearlescent Orange Chrome and Manic Green (I think that was the name).  the final choice was the Orange Chrome, I saw an Exige at last years motor show and remembered it as a top colour