Most Expensive Paint Colors Ever

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We look at the most expensive paint colors and options offered by a manufacturer.
Special thanks to Justin Choice for letting us shoot with his Mystichrome Ford GT. Check him out at / jchwa
Big shout out to the Petersen Automotive Museum for letting us shoot with their Porsche 918. See their latest exhibits at www.petersen.org/
Thanks to / laocexotics for the thumbnail photo.
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[@daexion]

I thought I was watching an actual adspot.

[@Krixo56]

Tell Nolan it's Mind Boggling, not Mind Bottling

[@chrislangstaff]

lol this ad was pretty good

[@shivanshvashisht7870]

Is it just me or is that a 458 with verde lucido and not a 488?

[@GETSTICKBUGGEDLOL]

I actually loved the ad

[@enwright97]

The ad spot was genius 😄

[@ahha6304]

it was super smooth, the best I've ever seen. The Donut folks do develop how they do ad, they're like Wieden and Kennedy of KZbinrs

[@andrewa9700]

Dount puts more effort into their ad skits then most channels do for their videos 😂

[@enriquepastor3626]

This is one of the only channels that really makes me stay for watching ads haha they are really creative and charismatic

[@jat1992jat1992]

Right haha

[@donovanrozzell3172]

@@andrewa9700this is facts

[@klokcotizao224433199]

Donut ads are the only ones I feel enticed to watch!

[@echo_soldier]

You can 100% tell when the sponsor told them "do whatever you want", those are the best

[@mccoleman4310]

Factual information 😂😂💯

[@Thumper68]

You never seen ads on pornhub etc? 😂😂🤣🤣

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Ayo (fishing) makes great ads too.

[@Corvious]

That liquid death iced tea commercial was freaking hilarious too. Like dethklok meets jackass.

[@ThatDudeinBlue]

I was lucky enough to film and witness mystichrome get painted on a damaged Terminator Cobra. It was $3,335 for just 16 oz of paint. WILD. Also fun fact it uses the same toners used for the dollar bills so the treasury department had to watch Ford like a Hawk.

[@DaLoveDonkey69420]

I actually watched one of those documenties on one of the best money counterfeiters and that was key, figuring out that paint part. Wild stuff.

[@griffins750]

Just started working for a Porsche dealership in Pa this week and we just so happened to have a 918 in for service… Turns out “exclusivity” extends to more than just the paint… A single OEM wiper blade costs $990! 🫠

[@muscless89]

@@griffins750 Sheesh almost 1k for a wiper blade?? The pair costs as much as my car's whole engine lmao.

[@griffins750]

@@muscless89 Your telling me! 3 would cost 30 bucks shy of how much I paid for my entire car! 😂 (97 Integra GSR ftr, got it from a friend for cheaper than I should have but the point still stands! 😅)

[@muscless89]

@@griffins750 Daaamn! Nice whip, congrats brother

[@francode328]

You can tell justin is way more comfortable on camera now he's really down to Earth

[@chekmonstah]

that shotgun reload on nolan really gets me smiling everytime!

[@___asd159gh43]

At 0:06, can we get an Up To Speed on that dog?

[@xploration1437]

🐈💨

[@firewall2302]

Moon dust is incredibly abrasive, so good luck to the guy wanting to put that in his paint.

[@joshuathomas512]

i mean so are diamonds i assume

[@pattmyn]

I'd be totally down to see a full DIY car paint job from Donut in the future

[@pxsner]

As a painter I’m hyped to watch this

[@sammni]

As a man that identifies as a Spray Booth I'm stoked

[@marcusmaldonado5709]

A painter? Ur not even verified🫨

[@jakeroberts3070]

As a roofer that called in today, me too.

[@FiatUno2003]

As a paint can, I'm hyped to watch this

[@Feku13]

Can you paint my Miata Mystichrome?

[@joealex65]

The reason why exposed carbon fiber on Hyper cars is SO damn expensive is because EVERY SINGLE body panel has to match the carbon fiber wave and pattern, it's a VERY hard thing to do, with paint you don't have to worry about any kind of imperfections, but if there is a little thing wrong with exposed carbon fiber, you have to make the whole panel again.

[@christopherbassit2757]

That’s why forged is nice

[@standopowah]

@@christopherbassit2757 forged is just lazy in comparison

[@qsherman7237]

Still worry about imperfections on paint. Carbon Fibers still need epoxy that attracts debris as well. I do not envy that situation one bit.

[@Asatora]

I believe last time they talked about this they failed to address that detail and someone explained the exact same thing in the comments, and it got a fairly high amount of upvotes. Once again they touch upon this subject and fail to either learn or acknowledge this fact and once again someone points it out in the comments. Maybe next time they'll include it in the video... 3rd time is the charm

[@camdynd.3374]

I was wondering too if it’s difficult to properly preserve the composite pieces because composites degrade in sunlight similar to plastics. If there’s not a strong UV protectant on there, those panels start looking a little rough after a few years… but I suppose most of these cars aren’t outside much lol

[@ryans_myth]

There's no way the diamonds weighed a total of 2.5k. It'd basically be dust already. My guess is they used 1000 diamonds between .2-1k. That would put the paint in the $1-2 million range. Although, saying it takes 1000 diamonds could also mean they purchased the dust like Nolan said, significantly reducing the price. Alternatively, they could be lab-grown diamonds. Which would offer the same quality at a 30-50% discount. My guess is the diamonds alone cost $500,000-$1,000,000

[@Garriffic]

Chat GPT didn't understand what Nolan asked, which was for the price of 1000 * 0.25ct diamonds. So, if they only needed 250ct of diamond dust to paint the car, I found a vendor that sells 5ct of diamond dust for $40 USD. That would be $2000. Even if they needed 1000ct of dust, it would only be $8000. I guess they could have sourced expensive diamonds to crush, but they wouldn't have been diamonds that were already cut, polished, and graded (which is where much of the cost of the diamond comes from). I wouldn't be surprised if they really used $2000-$8000 in diamond dust with an exorbitant markup, which seems par for the course with the auto industry (especially the hyper-luxury segment).

[@megimargareth4015]

​@@Garriffic you forgot about the development cost to make the paint arent abrasive to your hand when touched, remember diamond arent grind-able without another diamond, plusss the hand painted stripe with squirrels hair is cost a lot too, since you basically purchasing an art, lol

[@megimargareth4015]

@garetht677 welp imma say the truth that i dont know what development that they needed or do, but they say its have the manually stripe cost 360k And if you say thats nonsense for a manually painted strip cost 360k, yeah its slightly a bit expensive imo But you just mad you cant freely throw that amount of money lmeo

[@felipeastaburuaga8040]

I know by fact, (because I know the guy) that those diamonds were "free!"..... because the whole idea behind the Paintjob was to use "the owners own materials that made him rich", he owns one of the biggest diamond mines in Africa .

[@strayiggytv]

@@megimargareth4015 the old argument of you're just jealous is so brain dead. I think the paint is stupid and waste of resources. I'm not mad that I can't afford it because even if could I wouldn't want it. If somebody told me they spent that on car paint I'd ask how they managed to afford it when their mentality is that of a childs. People don't have to be impressed by wildly expensive stuff when you reach a point where the expense is giving you nothing tangible of value beyond what normal high end car paint would. It's like flake gold used to decorate a cake. It's all sh1t in the end.

[@nitroexpress3693]

Not sure if it counts as a paintjob, but the CCXR Trevita was also insanely expensive, and only two were ever made. The while carbon fiber was very difficult to make, and were an innovation at the time. One sold for close to 5 million dollars, while a normal CCXR costs about a million US. Great video as always, guys.

[@kylebennett9140]

I would thoroughly love to see you guys paint the civic you're pumping money into. That would be a great episode. Bonus points if you let viewers pick the color!

[@benische]

Zach said it was easy to paint a car. Put him to the test!

[@Ishmael95]

@@benische And give him only spray cans!

[@slartbarg]

Man y'all have the best sponsored segments and it's not even close

[@racecarrik]

Ever heard of internet historian? He's undisputed ad king

[@Micah_clark]

The distractible podcast’s old ads are the best I’ve ever heard.

[@kalabhitimisuki9473]

​@@racecarrikI couldn't agree more. Internet Historian, and it's not even a contest for me honestly.

[@believeinmatter]

I’d love if more companies offered colors like those that were available in the 1950-1970’s, those super bright primary colors

[@MarksterC]

I wish they did, but the general market likes their bland generic colors. Just look at smartphones. iPhone 5c was super popular but nowadays, it probably wouldn’t be if they made that again.

[@zewalon]

Saw Nolan on Vinwiki the other day and i have to say was cool learning about the history of him and how i got into Donut. You have come a long way there my dude !

[@ivanbuckingham2302]

That Manscape ad was genius 😂 You should release it on its own so that it can go viral

[@00Accord4cyl]

Can we all just take a minute to appreciate their ad spots. I skip ads everywhere except here

[@user-sx1fg7lc3c]

I want a Supercut of all Donut Ads

[@kalabhitimisuki9473]

I'm bias, but Internet Historian's ads are probably the best I've ever seen.

[@tannerpeterson3710]

the fact that they still do the reload sound on nolan’s glasses for this long is amazing

[@deepmcs2669]

@Donut continues to raise the bar. It's crazy that they keep bringing me content I didn't know I needed.

[@techn1kal1ty]

My brother painted the cars in the Autopia Disneyland ride years ago, and saved enough of the custom green-base ChromaLusion paint to paint his Jeep Cherokee. It was $4000/gallon at the time, and I believe he had separate insurance coverage on the paint.

[@darthvaydor6716]

4K a gallon?!

[@kevincarnahan4976]

Legit, you guys have the best add segments on KZbin. I may hate all adds but you make them funny lol. Love any content you guys put out.

[@user-bn2mt6cl9e]

Donut ads are the only ones I feel enticed to watch!. As a painter I’m hyped to watch this.

[@DamagedF0X]

The manscaped ad had me cracking up big. 11/10 Justin.

[@shannacollins4741]

Yeah that naked carbon is hard to get right cause they have to sand it down the exact same over the whole car and if they mess up in one little spot the whole panel is ruined so its a HELL OF A JOB TO HAVE !

[@joealex65]

Not only that, every body panel has to match the carbon fiber wave and pattern, it has to be 100% perfect and it's a very hard job.

[@zesidil]

@@joealex65 Yeah they need to get the perfect weave patterns, and the "Defects" go to the painted carbon parts, and also often need to change the weave density to match making the parts even more time consuming with larger margins of error.

[@thebubbclub]

still waiting for the world to recreate the most perfect paint in any media: the GTA5 Wine Red metallic

[@SilencedTides]

YOURE SO RIGHTTT that was always my go-to

[@flyingtentacle7631]

bro stop taking your car to maaco's orange peel factory and literally any competent painter can paint your car that color, that's a basic af color.

[@thebubbclub]

@@flyingtentacle7631 I don’t got a car boss I drive an electric bicycle

[@Blackwing2345635]

@@thebubbclub you still can paint it, bruh

[@epicmomentsphotography6181]

That blue and black mcclaren is the stuff dreams are made up. Absolutely beautiful.

[@TheBaconKing32]

My dad used to paint custom vans for a living. They would get all kinds of different flakes and glitters to put in the paint to make them reflect and shine. When they got done with the job, they would throw what was left into a gallon paint can. A while back, we found the can and opened it up. It was a ranbow of liquid glitter! Delute it down, spray it on a car, and that thing would out shine a diamond.

[@DatDudePlays]

When you realize that the AMG GT black series costs 2.8 million dollars to paint because you had to buy the Mercedes AMG One first to paint the other car:

[@NotAcvp3lla]

I swear this is the only channel on KZbin where I don't skip the ads. You guys are hilariously creative 🤣😅

[@pjsmith6954]

y’all’s chemistry is perfect! loved the video

[@KingTortoise]

right when I saw that paint color on the Ford GT, I immediately opened Forza and recreated it. That is how good it looks.

[@tallguygreg]

Apparently my great uncle's Porsche has a $350,000 paint job. It's a multi-color purple-ish. Apparently there were only like 5 made or something. Seems weird. His car paint is more than I've ever made in my life...

[@Tombichrist110]

From what I understand with the exposed carbon on the Jesko, part of the added cost is that they have to spend extra time making sure all the lines of carbon flow correctly and don't have any flaws to the pattern

[@ericanderson4997]

I love the way donut handles ads. It’s nice they display a timer so you can just skip through it… but they make them funny enough I usually watch the whole thing

[@thehomelessproject3784]

The manscape add was awesome 👌

[@chipfixx]

Mystichrome keeps our paint techs up at night 👀

[@opague5738]

You guys are geniuses with your ads, I don’t ever care what you promote I never skipped them from how entertaining you make them!

[@Alistila]

I hope Donut charges a premium price for their ad spots. They deserve it with how creative they are. If an advertiser wants to make sure their ad is seen, have Donut do an ad for you.

[@michael2636]

Diamonds have a very high hardness which makes them difficult to cut. However, diamonds are also very brittle which means you can easily crush them into dust with just a basic steel hammer.

[@bwofficial1776]

@officalDonut No one believes you're actually Donut. Get a job, scammer.

[@barkingbellow708]

Pay the person who's in charge of the ads well and never let them go if they try to leave. Offer them a huge retainment bonus. They are seriously amazing at their job.

[@Spinattitude]

I'll watch almost nobody's ads, but these guys put effort in to keep me watching. It works.

[@Duvstep910]

cute doggo Edit: i hope that whenever nolan puts his glasses up irl you hear a reloading sound

[@garishanth]

Bruh, I was not expecting that segue to the ad! 🤣

[@garishanth]

It'd be cool if @donut have a seperate channel or a unlisted playlist on this channel to every ads ever featured on Donut.

[@someperson7]

😂 I was pondering Nolan's intro sounding like Doug Demuro's when Zach pops on waving his hands around like Scotty Kilmer🤣

[@WubbaDubba5361]

This is the only channel where ads dont feel like ads, they feel like skits. They way theyre implemented and executed are top tier, and theyre genuinely entertaining

[@Skorpse]

So proud of Justin, you can tell he's really comfortable now! Seems like a really chill dude to hang out with.

[@rahulsudhir666]

The exposed carbon option costs so much primarily because they have to make sure that the panels have to absolutely perfect since it cant be hidden with paint. The other main factor is that the stripe patterns meet right at the centre to form a "V" pattern right along the centre of the whole car n the stripes technically continue in the exact same direction through the different panels. So they have to spend alot of time aligning n calculating the expansion before the raw product is put in the autoclave. Add the cost of ensuring the tint remains uniform throughout the length n width of the car n that equals to hundreds of man hours just on the exterior. Most of the cars tend to have the effects carried through to the interior as well n in cars like the Koenigsegg n Pagani these patterns match on minute things like strut braces, engine braces, engine cover, the spoilers, mirrors, n even on elements that will be visible only if you really were to take panels off the car. On the McLaren P1, the exposed carbon option was worth it because the cars with that spec usually command at least 5-600k USD over the "normal" painted cars.

[@MeesDeppe_Official]

Was looking for this comment 😂

[@aaronx83]

Loved this video! Highly informative and full of Nolan, reminded me a ton of Wheelhouse, please bring it back

[@thedarthsidious66]

Thanks for visiting Stagecoach Liquor, Nolan! I really enjoyed meeting you! I was not expecting that and it made my whole day awesome!

[@aye3678]

You guys should get paid a bonus payment for making the best ads on KZbin. You guys make me want to watch the ad, which is a rarity, lol.

[@domhanson9167]

These ads are on point. Donut has the only ads I dont want to just skip past!

[@thedub007]

Best ad I've ever seen, I even rewatched it. Bravo!

[@richardgeoghegan3240]

When people are talking about the ad section, you know you did a great job. Donut are the best at this.

[@pew_wav2398]

as an automotive painter i wouldnt even try to do the bugati diamond effect that would be insanely hard to try to tape off and get the shapes just right

[@TheTyisawesome]

Exactly a hand laid design, I felt they really undersold the difficulty of the task

[@booth403]

what a great ad 😅

[@INCREDIBULHULK]

i loved then seminar / presentation type ad you did it was hillarious

[@mvttyice]

Wow. Truly a phenomenal ad. Video was great too, but that Manscaped Advertisement was immaculate. Great work Donut Media!

[@MrTruehoustonian]

Justin Jobs is something I never knew I needed great addition to the team, and kool around the camera not a hypeman at all like one other not saying any names

[@Kiverakormany]

Love the SKX on Jobe's hand❤

[@benmoore6915]

Justin's Steve Jobs is absolutely spot on.

[@HoneyMike]

9:32 the moon is very shiny. One of the reasons why it’s so bright is because moon dust has a lot of glass in it which makes it more reflective

[@scootermann83]

Loving your Seiko 5 Sports GMT, Jobe!

[@kurtnixon8405]

Sick brother so excited to see the build on this channel

[@Heisenberg_747]

That Jesko Red paint job is just amazing, hope I had that same colour option in GTA to customize my car.

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Is it me or does the audio sound really deep and vocal? Like listening to a radio broadcast. It's so...soothing. I never knew Nolan and Zack had such lovely voices.

[@Matys1975]

This is the only channel where I actually like the commercials. You Donut guys are geniuses 😂

[@SandNiggable]

Zach showing off his proper watch! Heck yeah, always carry this channel man!

[@user-sx1fg7lc3c]

Another amazing ad segment. I could watch a supercut of all donuts sponsored segments.

[@sensualchocolate4928]

Amazing CGI on the ad Donut, I legit thought Justin had another gig and yall were showing a clip from it, then the ad starts and its like "oh wait, this is an ad. 😂😂 For real though I thought back in the day Justin did some presentation or something about automotive paints or something lol. Excellent job Donut. I became a fan a few years ago and havent looked back. All of you are amazing and may you all have much success and joy.

[@dindjarin6860]

That’s got to be the most creative way of showcasing the advertisement

[@kertpirn8301]

It was the first ad i watched and not skipped, props 😄!

[@jacoblay1935]

Nolan where have you been man? I love all the content though guys you absolutely put car group content out thank you so much

[@josephwilliams7995]

So happy to see this video makes me excited to bring my spray A game

[@martonnagy5613]

The FIRST sponsor spot what I actually watch and enjoy!

[@manuelito1233]

The sbotgun lock and load whenever the glasses are pushed are always great

[@SpeedFreak0122]

I love how perfectly Jobe carried the Pom in the beginning

[@RGV2300]

I was about to fast forward the ad, but i couldn't, it was just brilliant.

[@gekoguy10]

if jobe has experience painting, i need a money pit episode paining the miata NOW!

[@GiovanniiRosa]

I watched the whole ad. Great job 🍩 ❤

[@livingstonbijabi8396]

Damn... donut are like one of the few channels that thoughtfully advertise sponsorships

[@dwimarpinnock9799]

This is the only KZbin channel I enjoy watching their ads😂

[@prongATO]

Whomever comes up with your AD ideas deserves a raise.. I watch all of them even though I have never needed any of them. You should also charge money for other channels to give them ideas.

[@arminwegs9047]

4:00 the millions of times I’ve seen a manscaped ad in my life I’ve never once thought of buying anything, until now.

[@green4304]

Donut media's ads are like key and peel episodes, you will never get tired of watching them 🤣

[@LEGOCAMARO]

As a automotive painter I love to see these kinda videos. Have a sublime challenger, top banana charger and a rare Aztec gold corvette c5.

[@MarcRediker]

Would love to see y’all work on a scion tc

[@mentecreadorabeats7126]

The donut ads are definitely something else dude 😂💯💯

[@usmcplu]

Aight, you got me to watch that whole ad. That was great.

[@ali_2643]

Could not stop looking at that cute bundle of joy of a dog there.. I want one.

[@Playername_Blue]

I got to see the Ford GT about half a year before it was officially released. I saw it at Oshkosh AirVenture in the summer of 2015. Kinda blew my mind. Chip Foose had a booth there too. Good stuff.

[@barryvercueil2346]

Awesome video. Love the SSK on your wrist 😊

[@laerketis]

B. A. Baracus in a Manscaped commercial is one of the reasons I watch Donut.

[@j.d.saccociates3313]

that embroidered headliner on the rolls is badass

[@secretagent_jp]

I think Donut is the only channel where the ads aren't an inconvenience 😂

[@eduardohidalgo573]

Best Manscaped add EVER!

[@phil955]

The fact that I just painted a scale model Saleen S7 with an airbrush (or started to paint it, at least) makes the timing of the video just so perfect! XD

[@AEON.]

Exposed carbon fiber costs so much because each layer placed down has to be PERFECTLY LAYED and the PATTERN has to be perfectly matching

[@zukoHD]

love the steve jobs reference in the ad for manscaped. reminded me of a much better time in life.