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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 09:13 PM
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Car: 1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Got my car back from being painted, let me know what you think

As some of you know, I got my car painted, here is the finished product. The car is painted Bright Metallic Blue basecoat, with PPG Harlequin color changing flames on the front, then clear. The car has been color sanded and buffed.

Well I worked all day on my car, I added 4th gen seats, a billet specialties steering wheel, I did not get my white face gauges in, but I did get my hotchkis springs installed (the car needs to settle), and I did alot of cleaning. Check out my webpage for more photos of before and after (www.cardomain.com/id/sbrice18fan). I am still not finished, I have many more mods and detailing to add to the interior and under the hood:




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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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That looks nice. Love the paint scheme.
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 09:35 PM
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I am speechless!
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 09:56 PM
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wow looks like that thing just rolled off the assembly line. awesome work, of course with some non factory stuff in it
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 10:08 PM
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Awesome!!! Love the blue, and the flames look great too, not over done. Is that a goodmark steel hood?
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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Originally posted by MikeH
Awesome!!! Love the blue, and the flames look great too, not over done. Is that a goodmark steel hood?
Thanks, yes that is a Goodmark steel hood.
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 10:27 PM
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I'm liking that
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 10:43 PM
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Love the flames....

Now gotta get an interior to match....
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 11:19 PM
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nice man.....really love the way u did the flames......looks so damn clean!! good work
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 11:28 PM
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love it, except the steering wheel has got to go.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 12:28 AM
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Looks great man, only thing I would change if I had it would be the pedal covers (many of us understand why I say this)....

BTW, who's '61 chevy is that behind ur car?
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 12:44 AM
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very nice look . . . .

i like the exterior . ..

i find the steering wheel a bit much, but hey - its not my car . . .

you should be very pleased
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 01:24 AM
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very nice!

i'd be proud to park next to you.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 01:45 AM
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The interior looks excellent! It's like a new car.. I like the flames beacuse they don't stick out alot.. nice!
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 07:53 AM
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Car: 1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Thanks everyone, it has been a long process to get the car to this point
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 08:31 AM
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Car: 1991 Camaro Z28
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Car looks excellent. Very nice choice in color.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 08:34 AM
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Awesome job man!

I Love that color blue, and the flames are very tastefully done!



Ken
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 09:38 AM
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Originally posted by Kandied91z
very nice!

i'd be proud to park next to you.
id be scared and nervous as hell
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 09:40 AM
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Wow man it turned out super nice I like every last bit of it. You have very good taste
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 09:53 AM
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i love everything but the steering wheel
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 10:04 AM
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Freakin awesome man :hail: :hail:
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 10:57 AM
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Very nice color. Ive gotta ask this though, how much? Its really nice! Im thinking about going with that same color, then buying a rolling checkered flag stripe kit for my car in silver from 3rdgendecals.com This is a picture of the stripe kit, but this was done on my dads car. The website has alot more pics of my dads car too. Oh yea, and it will be for my camaro, so there wont be the bird on the front, just the stripes. What ya think?
Attached Thumbnails Got my car back from being painted, let me know what you think-daveb1.jpg  
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 11:03 AM
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Car: 1985 Camaro Z28/1989 Pontiac Trans Am GTA
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Beautiful car:hail: I like the whole thing. Like others have said the steering wheel is a bit much for me but if you like it keep it. Nice work looks great and keep up the good work!
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 11:23 AM
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Clean!

Looks great man.

-Schultzy
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 11:25 AM
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Those stick on graphics are not very appealing to me. I think that stick-ons ruin an otherwise perfect paintjob. Kind of too much like a Pep-boys novelty item.
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 11:31 AM
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sbrice,gotta agree with everyone else,paint job is awesome!


camar92,i agree with iroc57tpi,not very appealing,but its your car do what you want with it.~cristy
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 01:36 PM
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Fantasitic paint job!:hail:
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 01:48 PM
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nice. i like the paint sceme that you picked out. looks realy nice
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 02:38 PM
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Lookin good
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 02:47 PM
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Looks awesome. I just have one question, in the pics it looks like the hood doesn't line up very well at the very front, at the very front and sides by the nose is what I'm talking about. I was thinking about getting one of those. Once again, very nice!
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Old Mar 9, 2003 | 03:05 PM
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awesome, excellent, outstanding!!
the car is beautiful!
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