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I was looking for a paint scheme for my Lincoln and was in the mood for a classic NASCAR livery from the 1980s. I came across these images of Kyle Petty's 1983 Pontiac Grand Prix in 7-Eleven colors and thought it was perfect. I started loading up all the little decals and then realized it looked better without them. Just a simple T-10 logo in the back quarter to break up the vast expanse of orange and it's done. The wheels are ADV06 Track Spec CS. They move the car from A648 to A650, nicely maximizing the homologation limit. File name is OhThankHeavenFor



I wish NASCAR Still ran vehicles that were what the Manufacturers produced...

Then again, I don't think I want that. It would be full of SUVs and CUVs. Do Not Want! :(
 
I made a livery for the 2015 Mustang GT based on the 1982 Ford Mustang IMSA GT Turbo, but with some slight changes.
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A livery for the Hoonigan RX-7, inspired by the Pikes Peak FC RX-7's livery.
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I've got a shared vinyl group and someone has asked if they can have an unlocked version of it so they can use it on their design. How do I unlock a vinyl?
 
Car: 1978 Porsche #78 MOMO 935/78
Filename: #25 Lobster

A crustacean blast from the past, Red Lobster Racing's very menacing livery, transposed to the fearsome Porsche 935. Delicious with butter!







An "unsanitized" version is also available, filename is #25 Lobster ALT.

 
I've been a little busy lately :P. First up, a livery I made a few months back but never bothered to share for whatever reason.
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#99 Porsche Trust Racing 911 GT1

The inspiration for this one should be obvious, and I think the Trust scheme is criminally underappreciated in comparison to the Gulf and Rothmans Porsches IMO.

Now onto some more fresh works.
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#39 BMW Motorsport M6 GTLM

For this I decided to do my own take of an official BMW livery. I know having the Blancpain sponsors is a little unrealistic on an IMSA car, but I simply couldn't find any other decal that fit the windshield banner as well it does!

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#73 Porsche 911 RSR Team Oreca

No, your eyes don't deceive you, that is chrome. This car marks the first time I've ever used chrome as a base color for a livery, though I was inspired by a combination of the Oreca Peugeot 908 (colors) and a few older 911s Oreca ran a few years back (striping). Although one downside that I've realized is that chrome really needs to be in a decent amount of light, otherwise it just reflects darkness.

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#3 Zakspeed Volvo S60 STCC DTM

While Volvo has never had any real interest in DTM except for that brief stint in the early 1980s, I can still fantasize over what could have been. This livery combines a mishmash of 90s ITC, modern DTM, and tribute to the still-born 2000 Volvo DTM program that Zakspeed wanted oh so badly.

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#30 Steeda Racing Mustang Cobra

Whew, last one :). The 80s and 90s were, IMO, a golden age of showroom stock racing, and this Mustang was one of the contenders fielded by the gurus at Steeda. This very patriotic Cobra was meant as a throwback to those wonderfully close battles between metal that wasn't far off of what you could buy at your local dealer.
 
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Like I did with the Ford Fiesta ST, I made a retro Ford WRC styled livery for the Focus RS RX. I finally got around to replicating more real-life decals, so I had more to work with here. If you want it, just search "retro livery" or something like that. My gamertag is also the same as my GTP username, so you can search that aswell.
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I also of course gave it a green alternate color.
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EDIT: Another livery I made for the Mk.2 Escort. It's also inspired by the Ford liveries from the 80s. I tried using similar decals to what was found on the RS200 WRC. Though, not all of them are of course. If you want it, just search "classic red".
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With great trepidation, I present to you the Rainbooms Tour Bus.

Here is the inspiration: the Rainbooms tour bus from My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, as seen in both the Get the Show on the Road and Road Trippin shorts.


We don't have a school bus in this game, so I used the 1963 VW Type 2.





It's listed as "Rainbooms" in the paint shop.
 
A replica of the one of the #87 Honda NSX LM GT2 from the 1995 24hrs of LeMans. I left a link for referrence, I wish I could've replicated the top, but I'm limited by Turn 10's paint panel issues.
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It's the livery used on the VW New Beetle GT Race Car from Gran Turismo 2.
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A livery based on one of the VW Golf Mk.2 Rally Cars. Not a complete replica though.
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EDIT: I have a couple more custom liveries to share.
A W.I.P. livery based on the Ford Mustang IMSA GTP. I think this paint scheme looks good on the foxbody Mustang. It's not shared yet, I still have decals to add and I might need to make a goodyear decal.
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This livery is based on the R30 Skyline Racing Modification from Gran Turismo 2.
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I replicated 2 of the VW Golf Racing Modifications from Gran Turismo 2. Note: I also have alternate colors for both liveries. Just search "GT2 RM" and "GT2 RM Alt" to get them.
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I am unreasonably proud of this. I wanted to paint my Holden FX Ute as a work truck, so I did a little research into soft drink makers in Australia. I came up with Marchants. In the early part of the 20th century, they were the largest soft drink makers in the country. By 1964 they were sold to Coca-Cola. So I made a Marchants work truck using logos and designs I found online. Although it's mostly just text, I am very happy with how the "Say Marchants Please!" logo came out. You can find it under "Marchants." Oh, I created it in FH3 first and imported it to FM7, since you can't go the other way around.



 
Car: Aston Martin #007 Aston Martin Racing DBR9
Filename: #88 Hankook

I saw a very basic Hankook livery on the DBR9 on a Forza FB group, and I knew I could make the concept work better.









Car: BMW M4 GTS
Filename: Forza Police

Griefers, punters and other crims, beware: the Forza Police is watching you! Inspired by the work of my friend ManInTheBox55, I decided to make my own police livery, styled after those of the Northumbria Police. Available now on Forza 7, and hopefully at launch on Horizon 4.






 
I'v been watching a lot of Optima's Search for the Ultimate Streetcar on MAVTV lately, so after not finding one of high enough quality I made the Optima Search for the Ultimate street car logo myself. The Vinyl group is available for download in FH3 and FM7
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I also made some PI decals for all the classes, will make more for each Homologation Pi rating soon. I also have PI class decals available for FH3 as well.
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A personal livery I made, the Kanna Kamui Focus!
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Also, another livery I made for the Ford GT LM, Vavoline.
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While there's FC Mazda RX-7 RM liveries for the RX-7 IMSA race car, I noticed that there still wasn't for the regular FC RX-7. So, I fixed that! There are 4 colors in all, 2 from the Mazda RX-7 GT-X and 2 from the RX-7 Cabriolet introduced in GT2. I couldn't be officially accurate as it was hard to makeout the decals, but it's a start. They'll be probably revised in the future once I create more decals for myself to use.
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Here's custom liveries for the ND Mazda MX-5 Miata too, inspired by the Mazda 323/Familia GT-R Rally Car.
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Update!

This is based on a livery in Project Cars 2 that the R34 SMS-R Nissan Skyline had. I liked that livery, so I tried replicating it on Forza.
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Probably the most simple livery I made, it's of course just the stealth/black edition Nissan R92CP that you can get in Gran Turismo 4, but now on the R91CP in FM7.
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Lastly, a livery for the 240SX that's really obscure. In the Gran Turismo 1 test drive disc (an early beta version of GT1), there were some hidden and scraped racing modifications. The liveries were quite different from the final product, one example was the ones on the Nissan 180SXs. I replicated those liveries. One had a red/black two tone paint scheme and the other was purple.
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This is my tribute to Welcome to Night Vale, a most extraordinary podcast about a town in the desert. This is the Sheriff's Secret Police van. "If you see something, say nothing, and drink to forget" is the town's motto. The small sticker on the front fenders says "All hail the Glow Cloud." You can find it under Night Vale in the storefront.




 
A blue SRT Viper GTS-R, I have this livery on the 2013 GTS-R Viper from SRT, I may include it on the 2014 Viper GTS-R later on. It harps back to the blue Viper GTS RM used in for the Dodge Viper GTS in Gran Turismo 1 & 2. The only thing missing though is something on the door, I don't know what to put there. Maybe the french flag like on the 2000 Viper GTS-R Team Oreca.
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Okay, I finally figured out how to upload photo's of designs here, (Special Thanks @Populuxe Cowboy !). This I made a while back. I no longer have the Van, I sold it off to make room in my garage. I'm a lousy artist, (I'm much better at appreciating art, than making art). That being said, this is probably my best work. My take on "The A-Team" 1983 GMC Vandura Van:
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