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Old Apr 24, 2002 | 10:22 PM
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Car: 1992 Camaro Z28 & 2k3 Cadillac CTS
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What shall I do to my paint?

My paint job is looking rather boring to say the least, and i need something to break up the midnight blue. I thought of a little pin striping across the bottom in maybe platinum or white to break it all up, then going with white z28 decals instead of the baby blue. Im shaving my door handles soon, and the 17" tq2's are on the way. Guys, i need your opinions here-

edit:: crap, i cant get the link to work, down below is a link to my car page with alot of different views
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Old Apr 24, 2002 | 10:48 PM
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Mean Z28

Your car have that coolest MEAN CAR look ...it looks evil
Well please dont ruin it painting some stripes on it
Save some money and add a set of 17s Torqe Thrust II
and it will kick some ***
What u think everyone ???




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Old Apr 24, 2002 | 11:03 PM
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Rims will make a HUGE improvement on that car. I love the hood. Pinstripes will look ok if you're talking about the ones like on my car. I don't like the ones that go along the top of the fender, across the door, and along the top of the rear fender.
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Old Apr 24, 2002 | 11:13 PM
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Yeah but

Yeah pinstripes will look cool but please dont put those Huge
racing stripes that go along all the car
Try to go with Gold striping ...like the 2nd gen T/AS
It would look cool with your almost black ..blue
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Old Apr 25, 2002 | 09:29 AM
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I totally agree...the only thing the car need is a nice set of rims. The hood and the paint job look amazing. I would go for either the Torq Thrust II's or a set of 17" chromed IROC rims....And some new front turn signals. I think stripes might take away from it.
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Old Apr 25, 2002 | 01:38 PM
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Car: 1992 Camaro Z28 & 2k3 Cadillac CTS
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thanks for the replies guys, im no longer looking into stripes, or even pinstriping across the bottom. the torque thrust 2's im getting are 17x8 and my friend has them right now, he just wrapped them in 235-45-17 z rated yokohama's. They are the polished kind and hes selling them to me for 600 bucks. They are in good shape and on his 60's el camino. If i remember correctly, the old el caminos, camaros, trucks so on and so forth will bolt onto the thirdgens no problems. After i get the rims, im going to be getting some 275's to put onto the back rims. They might be a bit of a stretch on an 8 inch rim, but it would look better with the wider tire. Now as far as decals go, i need to ditch the baby blue decals, year one has replacements but they are expensive. I'm looking to get white z28 decals or even get some fourth gen decals and go the custom route.
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Old Apr 25, 2002 | 05:08 PM
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you're asking for trouble with 275s, i wouldnt go any wider than a 255, especially if you corner hard. there's nothing like having your tires pop off the rim. also your you'll probably run into under steer cuz your rear will have so much more grip
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Old Apr 25, 2002 | 06:15 PM
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IROCKER-

Your paint job kicks ***!!!

How much did those ghost flames cost you?

-ONE2
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