the paint job i had done last fall was purposed to get my car all one color for cheap. the guy that did it was given an unrealisitic deadline, but he got it done, and it shows. he's so dissapointed with the way the paint job turned out, that he's going to work with me on doing it again. i was originally going to keep it white, but i slapped my Weld Rodlites on my buddies dark blue car to move it around, and they looked so much better on his car than mine, so i've decided to go from white, to a darker color. i'm thinking either Dark Gunmetal Grey Metallic, or Black, or maybe Black with some pearl ss stripes (up the hood, down the decklid, only way to do REAL ss stripes)

here is a picture of the car:


and one of the new wheels:


edit: and i don't want red or anything else that stands out really loudly.

 

id say silver but its your car man!

 

Since it's an SC, I would go with something lighter, like silver or a pearl silver metallic to get a good color plus still see the black. If you look at the first picture, what makes the car look so good is that you can see the denfinition in it with the white.

Most dark single colored camaros need to have GFX just too look right.

 

I've always liked the way your car looks white. I would paint it a pearl white with the early bumble-bee style stripe around the front end. If not that, silver. If you are feeling daring, hugger orange.

 

here is jbenge's car, it's a dark sportcoupe, and is where i'm getting most of my influence.

 

i thikn some maroon paint would set that thing off pretty nicely that dark gray above this looks pretty sweet too though

 

Hawaiian Orchid

 

I'm thinking blue green crystal from the 2006 GMC Trucks.... or the Navy Blue Mettallic of a 2005 GTO... pic

 

ever think of the Pewter color that came on the 4th gen camaro's?

maybe make it a shade darker then the actual color. this way its not too bright and doesnt look too goldish

 

id say gunmetal, but im a little biased...check out the color of this bird i found, and see if you like it.

and heres my car(maybe the color of my gfx):

 

I'm a little partial to grey . I agree that chrome rims looks better with a dark car. I think you car would look great either a dark grey metallic like mine or a dark metallic blue. Only downside to dark colors is it makes any flaws or dings stand out as compared to white..make sure your body is nice and straight.

 

I like the look of a dark car thats super straight down the side with chrome rims.

 

I've also like this kind of color...sorry not a thirdgen pic but I like the color..Lemans Blue

 

you guys got me thinking of a REALLY dark blue metallic. something that would look black at night, then just absolutely POP in the sunlight...

 

The next time I paint my car I will either stick with the same color or go with a dark blue metallic....you can't go wrong with either one...either would look great.

 

Dark Grey. The color from late model Tahoes/Burbs looks awesome, has some hints of blue and green in it. I looked around but I couldn't find a paint code.

 

hey guys, i'm jeremy. i'm the guy who did matts car last summer. I was never happy with the way it came out and after talking with matt, we're redoing it. my fault for forgetting soem things while spraying but, i cant apologize. i'm redoing it and i will do it right for him. he's a good friend and im gonna let him see what an actual good paint job can look like.

i painted the white car in about 2 hours once i masked it. thats sealer, color and clear. pulled it out about an hour later. no baking booth, just a fast clear. now you guys might realize what kind of a deadline i was under

i vote for black. and matt, i'll have those test panels for you friday. i'm staying late after work tomorrow and will spray the gunmetal i told you about along with the black with white pearl. also, tell your buddy with the blue car that i matched the yellow he wants on his for when i paint it and have everything written down

 

hugger orange is where its at.

 

if its the same color i'm thinking of, it also comes on the new equinox's as well. color code is 323M i believe. when reading paint coades the BC/CC doesnt matter for the code nor does a WA-U. these are jsut call signs for the painter. only time the L or the U will come into play is for the two tone colors if you are looking.

just throwing some info out for everyone.
you mean hugger orange as this one i laid stripes on a few months ago?

 

Do It, Do It

Go with blue with white stripes.

 

That's a beautiful color and car on that first gen. I like the corvette color too. Maybe a black car with the Le Mans Blue stripes would look awsome.

 

GUNMETAL GREY!!!

 

I have a black and a gun metal grey. Bunch of pics.

I like black best

Black and GunMetal Maros

 

Indigo Blue Metallic. I have it on my s-10 and its a nice color. I also like to look of Navy blue metallic found on the late 4th gens. I say a dark blue is where its at.

 

a very dark metallic navy blue of some sort


or gunmetal

or chrysler sebring silver or something similar

 

I don't think that kind of blue would look good on a Camaro w/o any GFX.

 

don't worry, it's not going to be blue.

 

Your car looks pretty mean. I would go with black.

 

jeremy is painiting some test panels for me at work this week and i will decide when i see them....this won't be till early summer, but i want to know what i'm going to do.

 

I say leave it white. Your car looks so clean and....i don't know....it just looks right! You could do TRUE SS stipes in black. Would look nice to me

-Derth

 

I vote for black. What car dosent look good black. Ony downfall is it is hard to keep clean.

 

Like the spray bombed brake drums?

 

yeah, they are black now.

 

black and gunmetal grey are my fav colors for GTAs, they look great on Camaro's too!

 

i think marrooon would look good with those wheels and the hood. i thikn it would really look clean

 

Honestly, for the look your going for I don't think you can get any better than the white. My opinion is that color will cheapen the look. I also like the iroc wheels.

 

So have you narrowed it down at all?

"nextfoose" haha

 

i want money.

 

can you expound on the "cheaper" look?

and the irocs are sold and went to a guy in NY last decemember.

i think i may do a combination of the two. i really want an "updated" look or a "modern" look, but with muscle car overtones, hence the fatties and skinnies. i think i'll be going with gunmetal grey metallic, with flat black on the side of the cowl.

 

My old 84 beater... (granted it's a spraybomb paintjob after getting nailed in the rear ¼)...

 

I say go..... this color w/ out the ground effects of course!

 

My personal preference is typically ground effect cars. That said...on your car the white still gives people plenty to look at, regardless of the lack of ground effects or spoiler. Plus you can still make out the part of the body where the ground effects would be, so its almost like they are there to some extent. I think a darker color will hide all of this and make your car look higher off the ground.

 

ya go ahead and paint it maroon so we can have a gazillion in warner robins. lol i see maroon camaros like everyday around here. like i told you b4 if i was to change the color of my car it would be that sunburst orange like on the c6 corvettes but i dont think that color would look right w/ o ground effects. and your buddy is painting his car black so you need to do something other than that. i would go with a dark blue or a darker shade of silver. you could just paint it pink that would look sweet with those wheels. lol

 

For whatever reason I just read this. Anyways, we obviously think alike. You just made my cool list

 

You could alywayse go with powder grey and black SS stripes. That would look sweet.

 

IMHO, don't get white, cuz the car looks like it's dirty much faster than with other colors. Unfortunately, black is bad too. But I love black!

 

I say go gunmetal!

 

 

I dont know what you are talking about. To me white is one of the easiest to keep clean. My friends truck is white and it hasent been washed in months. Unless you get within inches of the truck you cant tell it is dirty.

 

white gets dirty SO easily. I had a white car, with white rims and white leather interior. You have no idea how much time I had in washing/waxing/detailing that damn thing.

I have a dark green metallic one now