In the last pic above you can see how orange the Solar Red paint color really is compared to a more fire engine red...

My friend Mike ordered 17 different pint cans of reds before finding the one he settled on from the Mazda line. Our painter friend Dave shot 17 test panels so Mike could make up his mind. I've never seen so many shades of red... LOL

The brand he used is a paint system called Matrix. Be prepared, red paint is super expensive right now, the paint alone to do the Tempest was $1100.00 for JUST the paint!!!

But when you spend 20k to restore a basic plain jane Tempest w/rubber floor mats (no carpet) I guess $1100 for paint is no biggie...