Ok my camaro was dropped off for paint today...its going 2002 camaro orange and I need some opinions on what kind of stripes would look best. to begin with it was going to have ghost stripes done, but that is not going to happen now so the next idea was a set of white stripes...what i need opinions on is what kind of white to go with.. i think we are leaning towards a white pearl..what do you guys think??? Just to give an idea the camaro doesnt have door locks or handles, a 4 in cowl hood and the hi-rise spoiler so i would like to tie all of these things together and keep a smooth look...any opinions would be great



Thanks

Nikki

P.S. this is what the color is going to look like

I think white would look good with that color. btw I like the quote in your sig.

nikki,

i think it would look totally badass with some ghosted heritage stripes oh yea....black woud look good to

I like black on orange and be sure to paint the headlight buckets black too.

have a pic of your camaro?

i'd say white or black or none might be best

Thanks JDubya18 for both comments

Andrew, the painter said that the cost would be way more then i could afford right now to go with the candy colors that would be required to reach the look that i was going for... so unforuntely I won't be able to do that but i did like that idea very much.

Oh and thanks for suggesting Black but I do think that it would contrast to much with the color of the car and the interior, but it was a good suggestion.

Mark...I will post pix of the car when I get home tonight

so your doing som , what about hugger orange with cortez silver stripes . I thikn you should do the headlight buckets semi gloss or flat black and do the paint in the grill area like on the japanese camaro .

you have to use candy colors to do ghost stripes???

Nikki, Hi Andre' here. So the engine work is finally done. What color is the enterior? That has al ot to do with the color stripes. Will your car be ready for thirdgenfest?

My personal favorite color combination with ANY camaro is white with hugger orange stripes (1969 Camaro Pace Car)



Im a little bias tho, since my father owns one.

I just noticed R.I.P. next to your 1992 trans am. did somthing happen to that car I am not aware of? that was truely a sweet car.

Andre'...the motor is getting built this month, but we are doing our best to get it done for Denny's!!



1992rs/ss...yeah the trans am is gone.....but thanks for the nice comment about it i really enjoyed the car while I had it.

Oh i forgot to post pix of the camaro up here last night BUT I will make sure I do it today

Dam
taht coluor looks great--just my 2 cents but goasting in some strips i think would really set that car off

later

gb

rk

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the pix wont load right ...sorry ... i will try again later

if that is sunset orange metallic you'll need a "dirty" white to make it look right otherwise it might overpower the paint job and look cheap. for simple uses cadillac pearl white comes to mind which you can get from any factory suv and it's not only easy to paint but cheap as well.

honestly ghost would look really good, not sure why you need to do candy in order to achieve it though? is there something your not describing as ghost is just another layer of color or clear outlined?

if you aren't going to do a pearl then i'd go with a black stripe as that way it won't overpower the orange paint. again it's all opinions, it's usually best to figure this sort of thing out before the car goes in.

well that is what the painter said..i dont know but that is what i wanted to do...but thanks for the info

ghost is a simple process but takes a lifetime to master as blending edges and the rest is difficult. sounds like he just doesn't want to do it. that's too bad.

Yeah if thats the case then that really does suck because i think it would look beautiful, but i am going to school right now for painting and i asked my teacher today, he said that was correct. i am new to the painting thing so i dont really know yet what is correct...lol all i know is that ghost stripes on my car would have looked really really good in my opinon and i am slightly sad that it wont happen. however, the more i think about it.. the more i think i will really like the pearl white stripes also.

your instructor told you that in order to do a ghost effect you have to use candy paint or that it's could be considered a "candy" process?

in effect it could be considered a candy process because of the amount of work but you most certainly do not have to use candy paints.. it's time consuming which is why it could be expensive but nothing nearly as expensive as candy paint. reguardless you should get what you want and not let your painter talk you into things. if you want pearl white stripes then by all means do it..

Kandy beat me to it but I agree. Regular white will not look right. Black would be your best bet or a ghost of a similar color. My bud has this color on his 02 and white would just look terrible. This is a unique color and often pics don't show the real hue of it. You may just like the car one solid color.

Thank you everyone for the opinions and the advise...






Nikki

i think it should be 2 tone sunset orange and pearl white!!!!!!

Craig do you think if you tell me this every day that I am going to change my mind or something...lol

ill just have to paint my truck orange and white 2 tone!

LOL good then you get what you want and I still get what I want

I like the black contrast, but silver would look good,
mines the 2005 gm color

anxious to see pic's when you get it back

your car is beautiful...

I will be posting pix of the car up within the next week or two

thanks Nikki.......I'm sure yours will turn out just as good....

let me see

ok here is a pic of how it looked the day it left for the paint shop

and the other....hopefully pix of the car painted will be coming soon

how long did it take to sand the body down to that level? Looks like you painted ALL of it lol.

there has been a lot of hours put into that car to get it looking the way it is...many ppl helped me and my boyfriend (SOLOMOTORSPORTS~ thanks babe )did most of the work..i am supposed to have the car back from paint by the 1st of the month so pix will be coming soon

Hey nice car go blue tho . Thats cool that your going to school for painting i always like to see more girls in the feild i love to paint .

Hey thanks thats very nice of you...its hard sometimes...i am like the only chick in my class

are you gonna get that hood to nose gap better, because its awful big in that pic.

someone needs to trim the front of that hood too when they get rid of that awful looking hood to bumper gap

yes the painter is taking care of it

sounds good.....mine will be sporting new paint by denny's as well.