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hey everyone, I will be repainting my car soon and I'm thinking heavily on blue probably a medium metallic not too dark or too light. please post pics of your blue cars so i can get a good idea of a color and what it would be like. thanks
Not mine but i have several folders with different paint colors saved. Here are a few.
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1979 Z28, Mild built Numbers Matching 350, Built TH350, 3000 stall and shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 40 series exhaust with x pipe. http://www.cardomain.com/id/19CAMARO85
__________________ 2011 chicago world of wheels placed in super street class
Best Engine '11 Thirdgenfest
Best Modified Camaro Thirdgenfest '05, '07, '11 Second place Camaro Modified '06, '08, & '10
MFBA March 2008 Featured Calendar Vehicle
I need an 84' med. drk. royal blue. it was only on some years, my 87' was blue but different. please, i tried google and can't find the color. I want the "stock" look but shiny sparkly.
ehhh macco did mine. and vey subpar at that. i mean most of it looks amazing. they where just rough around the edges. more runs then the boston marathon. some fuz clearcoated over. bad prep work. and i have a tiny spider web starting under my clear coat. it got done in december and sat in the garage till may. i would bring it back but everytime i bring it back they ruin my trim, my emblems, weatherstriping. etc etc i can see i will be getting it painted again rather soon. professionally done this time.
well, they break mine they buy mine. I don't have much on the outside, pretty bare no emblems but I do have the trim on the doors. If they charge over 1k on a premimum job, i'd kill them for messing it up. I was looking for a "shine" job, just to fix up my rust repairs since I used touchup paint. and the hood paint is wearing through.
Anyway, there is a small place in South bound brook in nj usa, so i'll call them. and get a price, maaco offers something around $400 for their cheap stuff, it only needs to last 2years before I get the illegally blinding super shiny start drooling full paint with the bird and custom glowing outlining.
I would think mine is darker than lemans metallic blue. Although it seems on the net if you look at pictures of lemans metallic blue it looks different depending on who's pictures you look at.
I do know that on my monitor the color of blue on my GTA is exactly what it looks like in my garage. Thanks for the compliment!
yea I've seen light and dark ones, and no prob, I've never been too big on GTA's some are nice don't get me wrong but your car is beautiful i love the color and the wheels suit it well, almost jealous lol
My 85 is actually at maaco now getting painted Electron Blue from the 02-03 vette. Ill post up pics w/ the new camera when she gets back, and after I polish the IROC's.
Do you have a front Picture of Your car? I Have the rear spoiler but wonder what it looks like without the z28 hood louvres Car looks awesome too! :-D Also how did you modify the rear hatch to fit the z28 wing.
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Yeah. I got some pics of the front but it was in the rain... And also, I modified the rear hatch the easiest way possible without having to drill more holes. My brother had a 92 z28 with the spoiler in that teal color? So I took the actual bottom piece of the hatch off, the piece that attatches to the window and swapped that over. It is off color but you really cannot tell, heres some pics.
i know this is off topic but is there more info on the bagged iroc with the highrise spoiler and rally stripes?i just think it looks really good im sorry if i was way off topic
Yeah. I got some pics of the front but it was in the rain... And also, I modified the rear hatch the easiest way possible without having to drill more holes. My brother had a 92 z28 with the spoiler in that teal color? So I took the actual bottom piece of the hatch off, the piece that attatches to the window and swapped that over. It is off color but you really cannot tell, heres some pics.
Before the spoiler
After the spoiler
man that thing looks sick.. Wow Looks really good. Now I have a car to look foward to seeing look thats gonna look like mine.
(cept blue)
Well my car's color is probably a bit darker than you're looking for but I figured I'd contribute. I wish I knew the exact paint code and name but as far as I'm concerned, it's "Midnight Blue."
"Due to all the inquiries, the wheels are GM they are from a ZQ8 Optioned Sonoma/S-10
but they belong on the camaros as you can see."
I found that on his home page. If I remember correctly the color is Black Sapphire as well. Anybody know if it's a stock color on any brand?
yes the wheels are zq8 or va4 optioned s10's, xtremes, ect, the color is original color, GM did something with the names, it's original name was dark blue metallic, now black sapphire, they are the same paint codes.
this is the only pic of mine i can find right now ill put up another when i finish rebuilding her it shows the color pretty good im repainting it the same color btw[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Derek/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]
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1985 Blue Camaro 173 a4 T-top 17.2@78.6 (sold)
1985 Brown Firebird 360 m5 hard top (sold)
1987 Black Trans Am LT1 m6 T-top (WS87)
1988 Blue Firebird Formula 305 a4 T-top (sold)
1995 Green Camaro Z28 LT1 m6 T-top (sold)
2002 Black Trans Am WS6 346 a4 T-top ASC# 5986, 12.15@109.28 (Silver Streak)
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"rust rocket" ...someday hope to install FAST EZ EFI... 1999 Chevrolet Camaro Z28-Artic White, Flame Red Cloth Full Bolt-Ons, Tuned by Frost, Hurst Billet, Bilsteins, Zr1s
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1985 Blue Camaro 173 a4 T-top 17.2@78.6 (sold)
1985 Brown Firebird 360 m5 hard top (sold)
1987 Black Trans Am LT1 m6 T-top (WS87)
1988 Blue Firebird Formula 305 a4 T-top (sold)
1995 Green Camaro Z28 LT1 m6 T-top (sold)
2002 Black Trans Am WS6 346 a4 T-top ASC# 5986, 12.15@109.28 (Silver Streak)