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Old May 20, 2002 | 09:31 AM
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New Paint for My RS!

Here is the shot of my RS before it was
painted. Body work and primer gotta love it!
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Old May 20, 2002 | 09:34 AM
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Here is a shot from this weekend.
After it's been painted. Put all the ground effects back on it and emblems too (haven't put the nose emblem on yet).
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Old May 20, 2002 | 09:36 AM
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Nice looking. Where'd you get it done at? Any plan on changing the wheels?
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Old May 20, 2002 | 09:47 AM
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Here's another shot. The front is sitting low
because it still has the V6 springs in the front.
This camaro had a blown V6 in it
when I bought it.
So I converted it to a V8 (small block 350).
When my bank account recovers from the converison (V6 to V8). I'll get some new wheels (16X8 at least).
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Old May 20, 2002 | 10:02 AM
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no one ever shares where they got it done and how much it cost....
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Old May 20, 2002 | 10:15 AM
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Thanks, Mark!
My Brother works for a bodyshop in town.
So I told him, I'd put popknots on the top of his head if he didn't paint it. I guess that's the advantage's of being an older brother. Actually he painted it for me for $1800 (that's including paint and material).Plus his boss let us use the shops paint booth to spray the RS
in. I'm very pleased with the results.
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Old May 20, 2002 | 10:27 AM
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They did a good job!! Sweet.
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Old May 20, 2002 | 10:44 AM
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Nice!!

If all goes to plan than i get a new paint job this summer :lala:
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Old May 20, 2002 | 09:25 PM
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Looks really nice. What kinda rims are you gonna get when you have the money? Any ideas yet?
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Old May 20, 2002 | 09:39 PM
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Very nice. My buddy Mike just got a paint job like that on his IROC-Z.
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Old May 20, 2002 | 10:12 PM
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:hail: Damn nice! BTW, is that Maui Blue? :hail:
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Old May 21, 2002 | 12:50 AM
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Originally posted by RSFreak
:hail: Damn nice! BTW, is that Maui Blue? :hail:
I think it is......Mine is Maui Blue and it looks just like that one. Except his has a little more of a lavender look....
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Old May 21, 2002 | 02:09 AM
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Nice lookin paint job.

Mines going to get painted some time next week. I cant wait. But I'm going with black so... Doing this myself, so I'm taking tons of pics. and going to write an article on it also. Wish me luck.
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Old May 21, 2002 | 09:09 PM
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Yes you are correct it is Maui blue!
At first I wasn't sure about the color, but the more
I look at it the more I like it. Also it does seem a little darker
than the orginal paint (but that doesn't bother me).
On the wheels I'll probably go with a set of the 16X8 aluminum wheels
off a Z28 or RS (I don't want to stray to far from stock on the exterior).
Engine and chasis is a different story (mod baby mod)!
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Old May 22, 2002 | 09:23 PM
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Looks nice.
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Old May 22, 2002 | 09:35 PM
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Boy, that color looks familar.

Let's see


Nice car......
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Old May 22, 2002 | 09:36 PM
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here we go
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Old May 22, 2002 | 09:36 PM
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Damn I need a z28 grille.
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Old May 22, 2002 | 09:49 PM
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I got mine at a GM dealership for $48.00 bucks (Z28 Grille).
Kinda high priced, but I had to have one.

Love the color of your car Kj Rockz .
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Old May 22, 2002 | 09:57 PM
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$48, that will be cheap if I can get on for $48 here.

Cause Shipping to Hawaii is outragous.
It would end up costing me sumtin like $70 to order it online.

I will have to check with the dealer...

Thanks for the info / compliment.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 04:17 PM
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Class job CORNFLAKEKID.I,m doing my own car in Dodge viper blue this year.Hope it turns out as good.One question though,seeing as the paint is metallic is better to hang all the parts on the car and spray in one go or spray all the parts seperately.(I've been told by doing this the paint may not match).I've already sprayed the engine bay and I,m very happy with it.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 06:12 PM
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Make me wanna...

When I sell my 140,000Mile V6, and buy another 3rd gen f-body with a v8, TTop, 5speed.... You car makes me want to paint it blue! Nice man!
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