I have a Red 88 IROC, I was planning to sell it when I got my Black 2001 WS6, but I've decided to keep it anyway and maybe do an LS2 swap next year. Anyway, I'm sick of Red, I constantly got pulled over in that dang car for the dumbest crap, yet in my late model black car I've only been pulled over once and it was because I forgot to turn my headlights on - so I am convinced that the color is bad luck for me.

I need some suggestions on a color that is somewhat unique, but doesn't stand out. No orange metallic, definately no yellow, no red's, and I hate maroon type colors. I was considering a shade of blue, possibly the navy metallic blue from the 98-02 F-Bodies, but I'd like to go with a non-F-Body color. My drag car is a 98 Ferrari Metallic Black, its a beautiful black, but I have 2 black cars I don't need a 3rd.

Some people have suggested silver to me - on later model cars I love silver, but I have yet to see a 3rd gen that I like in silver - all the ones that I see have the different color ground effects, or are the 82-83 body style with no ground effects and the odd looking front bumper cover (no offense, I just don't like that body style). I have yet to see a nice looking IROC in a silver.

Also with any color suggestions (or even better, photos), I'd like to hear some interior color suggestions. My interior is currently tan, I kinda like tan but I would prefer something lighter than the shade of tan the car came with, perhaps a "sandstone" kinda color, but I'd have to match the interior to the exterior too.

I was also considering a dark green metallic, or a dark purple metallic -- but there's just something about a guy driving a purple 3rd gen that doesn't sit right with me as far as it being my own car, but I do love purple third gen's. But again, these are common f-body colors, perhaps a special shade of blue/green/purple that is from a less common vehicle, like a ferrari, maserati etc would work well and be different enough to be somewhat unique without screaming "hey pull me over".

 

i've always liked dark but deep colors. i would love to paint my car like a dark cherry metallic. i think deep dark blue's are cool too, and like a dark emerald green. lemme see if i can find examples of these colors.

EDIT: heres some examples

^dark cherry^


^le mans blue metallic^


^emerald green^

 

I know a guy with a dark chery type coloured GTA. Looks great.

 

I'd like to see a maro done in maui blue. Although it may be too light of a color....

 

Maui Blue- I think its one of the best for Third-gens. It also hides dirt like no other color I've ever owned.

 

Funny, a search on Google for Maui Blue turned up a 3rd gen in that color:

http://www.fbody.com/timeslips/photos/3rdgenstm1000.jpg

 

I was considering this shade of Green, perhaps a little lighter since it looks almost mistakable for black with bad lighting...

 

That is an absolutely hideous example of Maui Blue.

I didn't look long (or much beyond my C: drive)

 

I've known people with that color car. Not bad, but not me, I think I'd be happier with a dark color. I'd go for a rich dark metallic red, but red is what I'm trying to avoid. A year and a half ago when i got my WS6 I was getting so frustrated because all the ones I was finding were red lol.

 

Yeah, I hate red as well. Even though every single thirdgen I've had has been red.

There's a camaro floating around here with a dark charcoal/gunmetal color that looks real nice.

 

gunmetal would be an interesting color, hmm. It'd have to be a real nice gunmetal, it can be either really good or really really bad, or just end up looking like grey lol.

 

I'm sure no one will like this but I saw one a few years ago that was neon green with black headlight buckets and black iroc louvers. I thought it looked cool and I guess it would be unique.

 

I was thinking of a unique color for my car, sublte but stunning.

I thought of a crappy color that would look a m a z i n g on my car.

Its AVOCADO GREEN

Go ahead Photoshop it!

With a RamAir that im going to get too.

 

Mine's Pepper-Gray Metallic (a cross between gray and silver), and have had nothing but compliments on it. If you do a search for my name, I'm sure it will pop up. I can't upload a jpeg because I'm on a government computer right now.

Maybe someone else can? I posted a thread with nite-time, daylight and dusk pictures to help show the difference that light makes on it.

 

Here's a link to the thread. . . the pics are in the first few replies. It looks TONS better since I did the 3 step Mcquieres Cleaner System, but you'll get the idea.

It's also lowered now.

 

hmm no link?

well i like a drak green metalic or a nice gunmetal but it tough to get a nice shade as posted before..

mine is cobalt candy blue which is very nice in the sun... and the more candy you go the more purple it gets so you can tune it to your likes.

jeff

 

Another vote for gunmetal gray.

 

Just found photos of your car - holy crap, thats a nice color, I may reconsider silver now that I've seen it on a car with a body style I like. As soon as I get some quirks worked out that'll make my IROC drivable again (it hasn't moved in 8 or 9 months and I haven't driven it daily in 18 months) I want to drive by a body shop and get an estimate on a paint job, new front bumper cover and passenger side fender. Also have a few rust bubbles on the side of the roof, need those taken care of too.

 

Here is a nice looking silver Iroc:

 

my vote would either be cobalt candy blue, or the electron blue the c5's had

 

why dont you have a radiator cap in that pic?

 

daytona blue

 

go to a dealer and look att eh new buick lacrosse or however you spell it...find the blue one...its got a ton of pearl in it...it nice...or you can spend a month behind a dupont mixing machine and make your own like i did for my iroc...couldnt handle white

 

Geh!... You've got to quit with the pictures... it's driving me nuts!
I found my similar color though finally

 

 

Yours was the camaro I was thinking of. I just didn't know the name of the shade. Beautiful car.

 

this is the color i picked for my camaro because i have not really seen many thirdgens with this orange. It is a 2002 camaro orange metallic with an orange pearl over the white racing stripes....its hard to see in the pic but under good lighting its a really sharp color.

 

Sorry and good

 

Damn gov't computers have a lot of quirks about them, but I'll try it again.

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ighlight=Gunny

Maybe now?

Sorry guys.

 

How about Dark green metallic from the 1992 firebird, or Dark Teal metallic from the 1992 Camaro RS? Love them both. By the way, when I was looking for my Firebird when new, I happened to see the RS with the Teal color, and all I saw at first was the color on the roof. It looked so good that I went to see what kind of car it was. It is awesome.

 

Medium green metallic gets my vote. Its on my '91 GTA and I love it. There are a lot of GM dark green colors out there but this one is the best IMHO!

 

Who owns the early 90's GTA that is like a dark red with black rims that have a polished lip?? I love that color and the rims set it off nicley

 

Well i dont know if mines a unique color but i think it looks good.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...272_1_full.jpg