This Week on Trading Paints: December 5, 2025

Welcome to This Week on Trading Paints, the pulse on what’s happening in the Trading Paints world while your Safety Rating is holding on for dear life at the end of the season.

🧑‍🎨 Shawn Magee in the Spotlight

This week featured our latest Artist Spotlight drop — this time, we heard from Shawn Magee from SMD Racing. In addition to a wide range of paint scheme art in the NASCAR world, Shawn’s also done work designing race-win trophies, a unique feather in his cap.

🗳️ Paint of the Year voting starts Monday

Paint of the Year — our annual December-long tradition where our weekly Paint of the Week picks face off in head-to-head member voting matchups — begins Monday, December 8. The 48 paints will be seeded by number of total favorites with the top 16 paints receiving a first-round bye. Follow along on Instagram to find out how to vote starting next week.

🏎️ Staff Picks

Here are some paints that Team Trading Paints is digging currently.

Signalorange 992 Cup by Enrique V. - Trading Paints

Classic retro vibes out of this metallic Signalorange Cup livery. The dark cherry red is metallic and the carbon fiber is dynamic like all the liveries I create. Sure to be a head turner as you pass your opponents by.

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Mobil 1 SRP by Bruce Funderburg - Trading Paints

Inspired by the 1998 Le Mans winning Porsche 911 GT1

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Suzuka 1000 km Pitting 4 Cake Ford Mustang GT3 by Mike Lofquist2 - Trading Paints

Chrome, aqua, pink, and black Pitting 4 Cake, Cornda Racing, and Lofquist Construction Ford Mustang GT3 with Suzuka 1000 km numberplates!

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Pantone 1600 by Francisco Aparisi Pla - Trading Paints

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Bauhaus by Francisco Aparisi Pla - Trading Paints

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ARCA Ford 2025 Kaboom by Clyde Coman - Trading Paints

Kaboom ARCA Ford Mustang

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Michael Caffery Mercedes-AMG GT3 2020 by Jacob Freeman - Trading Paints

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#00 David Reutimann 2007 Dominos Toyota Camry by Christian Budd - Trading Paints

Credits: *Toyota Template: Bigevilracing.com* - *Numbers - Bigevilracing.com* - * Some Contingencies: SNG* - David Reutimann’s 2007 Domino’s Toyota Camry.

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CAT DESIGN WITH EXTRA POWER by Lando Norris - Trading Paints

HALF CAT HALF TRADING PAINTS, OFFICIAL DESIGN! MUST DOWNLOAD, EXTRA POWER INCLUDED

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🔢 From the Number Showroom

We’re really enjoying what you’ve been sharing in the new Number Showroom, part of the new Number Builder update. Here are a few recent numbers that caught our eye.

D3 by Julian M. | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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32 by Miles W. | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Red, white, black 12 by Dylan Delaney | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Glorious Spiffy Number by Kellen Keller | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Gorgeous Magnificent Number by Tylajae Charvat | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Double Deuce by Mark Billen | Number Builder

Create and share your own stylized car number graphics from your web browser with Number Builder by Trading Paints.

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Keep posting your numbers to the Number Showroom, and we’ll continue to share what we like!

🏆 Paint of the Week

This week’s Paint of the Week, lovingly picked by our fine Community Manager, Patrick, is this Santa Sleigh Christmas Suit from Michael C. This is the final Paint of the Week for 2025. Stay tuned for Paint of the Year voting beginning next week!

What did you think of This Week on Trading Paints? Let us know on Instagram and Bluesky — and don’t forget to tag us when you share your paints! 🏁