houston_boss

The IROC finally got painted today. The color is new GM cyber gray metallic. When I got it in April, it was white and lacking clear coat. So I spent the better part of my summer sanding down the 7 layers of paint and doing some minor body work. I decided painting it myself was something Im definitely not ready for. So I tore it apart and drove it there with just the hood, wheels, and driver seat to cut down on the price.

Some pictures during the body work:





Painted:













now I know some of y'all are gonna hate me for it, but I had the headlight buckets AND the door handles painted body color. It really is a subtle change that gives it a smoother look.

shadowknight

love it! lookin good

sailtexas186548

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Im actually a fan, i only did the head light buckets though

Sinister Z

Lookk awesome...I like the headlight buckets painted the same as the body...great job bro!

DeathStarr89

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Nice!

Good choice on the color

J91

Nice job, looks great...

ZONES89RS

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Think my wife has me talked into using this color for the two tone on my hard top.

Love it though!

Jim85IROC

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Love it! but paint your headlight buckets black.

I just stopped at the chevy dealer last night because they got a Cyber Gray camaro in, and I wanted to see what mine would look like someday. Awesome color.

Bullydawg

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Looks good. How is the flake in the paint? Is it a pretty fine flake?

houston_boss

It's a pretty fine flake. I'm almost done putting it back together so I'll try to take some better pics tomorrow.

DBLTKE

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Cyber Gray looks better on a Third Gen than on the Corvette IMO.

TPI TERR

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i fell in love with that color when my brother painted his 83z a while back

houston_boss

Sorry it took so long, but here's a few pics of it all put together and cleaned up. Its actually missing the emblems right now, but thats it.











And i tried to get a close-up pic to show the flake, so that's what this is:

blznz28

That color looks awesome, great choice!! I did my headlight buckets in gloss black but color matched might be the way to go next itme. In fact, everthing on mine that was flat black from the factory was changed to gloss black. The hood louvers are so much easier to maintain and look nice in gloss black.

87_Injected

Nice color.

pyrocuervo

very nice color i love mine and i also went with the body matching headlamp/handle area.[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

Vulgar

After seeing your pictures, i am seriously thinking of sporting a color similar, if not the same, to one of my cars, the next time i decide to repaint one.

PowerHour84

I like it!

houston_boss

Got the windows tinted today. 30% up front and 20% on the hatch. At the request of pyrocuervo, ill attach these pics.

BlueZee28

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I love the color. It would really pop with black headlight buckets though. And another nice touch would be adding the IROC door decals in a lighter silver, with the same color silver and a black double IROC pinstripe along the ground effects like stock. It's begging for some chrome wheels!

houston_boss

Thanks! The black buckets are just something I'm personally not very fond of. The decals will be coming eventually but aren't a top priority right now. I'd also really like a set of 18" torque thrust IIs to go with it.

BlueZee28

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I guess I'm just one of those guys that when they see body color headlight buckets, it screams "RallySport"

compuwiz1937

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Looks very nice! CGM is such an awesome color, definately one of my favorites.

ROCFATHER

Love that color bro!!! I cant understand why chevy didn't come out with more grays or silvers. i just think those are the best colors for our rides period!!!

Copchaser

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Awesome job.. Can I ask how much for all the paint and labor. I need a rough estimate for my paint job next winter.

CRAMOS78

i saw this color on the new corvette grand sport and it looked absolutely gorgeous!!! did you do a base coat/ clear coat or is it a polyurethane?
and how much was the paint, if its not too much to ask.

thanks and great job!!

micktroup2

Looks like the door gaps need adjusting, but I like the color!!

houston_boss

Well it came out to roughly $2000. Although, my family's known him for about 15 years when he did my dads 70 chevelle. The price was for him doing basically all the body work, masking, shooting bc/cc, and sanding/buffing. I'm not sure on the price for the color itslef because he got it.

I don't know if were looking at the same picture, but I think the door was ajar when the pics were taken.

Got a box made in the hatch well for the two pioneer 6x9's that got replaced with new kenwoods. They hit pretty hard for what they are...kinda like a poor man's sub enclosure. I'll try to get some pics up this weekend. Doesn't look too bad for our first go at it.

bluegrass

Well Cyber Grey metallic really impressed me so I went with that color. In 2 weeks I will have a Cyber Grey Metallic 1989 Iroc. Base cloat/ Clear Coat at Maaco. 1900$ total for all material and labor.

Brisk

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great looking color!

bluegrass

she is finished. Maaco did a good job. Gotta love this color. It has blue flake in it when the sun hits it. Beautiful! I'm truly pleased.

Goosehead

looking clean.

nice descent color.

J91

It looks good, I like it...

Stonehenge

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Bluegrass, I saw your car and I think i wet myself.. it's beautiful ~ Are your buckets black or did you go with body color..? Nice job Stone

bluegrass

I went body color.

justcallmeclassy

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Ill agree with everybody and say that looks amazing, but could use some black headlight pockets

bluegrass

ty for the compliment but no way on black pockets.
It woudnt look right imo. I'm not a black headlight pocket kinda guy.

BADNBLK

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Window motor out on the passenger side? lol! The paint looks nice Bluegrass! I would totally rock it!

bluegrass

window motor out? hell no! I'd fix that in a heartbeat

85Irocbuild

That looks really nice. I am going to get a paint job for my 85 Iroc, I am going to do that color.

bluegrass

figured I'd bump this so maybe somebody else will go with this color!