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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 10:54 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

It looks great so far.
Keep the chrome rims chrome, im my opinion.
Once you black out the headlight buckets, have the orange turn signals and install the grill - then take another look at it.

I agree with the hood stripes, but not too bright of red.
A bright red is too loud against an already loud bright white paint.

An SS hood in the future?
You already wasted time and paint on the original hood.
You will ahve to paint the SS hood as well.
The stripes on the hood you have is not much more of a waste.

Are you going to tint the windows ?
If so keep the rims chrome.
Rims black and windows dark are too much for a white car.
The chrome helps break it up.

It does look good, keep up the good work!
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 10:57 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

2 I think.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 11:41 PM
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 11:46 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

I know on my car I want it white with black hood. Black 5 inch hawks spoiler. black rims. black tinted windows. it will have white headlight buckets. black grille. It's going to be awesome and I wont care if anyone else likes it!
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 01:03 AM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

Options welcomed, I was gonna do some red heritage stripes but Im gonna try and get an SS hood sometime this year so I don't wanna waste the money on those when the hood will be gone soon.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 02:28 AM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

I'll be painting the buckets black on my next day off. Then im gonna try and order some heritage stripes in either the black or red.

As for the windows they'll get tinted soon or later but they not at the top of the list, and the ss hood too is at the bottom. I'll get one if I happen to come across one cheap local. if not im stickin with the stock hood.

Some more pictures:
Picture #1: I really gotta paint those buckets and headlight frames,

Picture #2: You can kinda see in this one that I cut out the opening on my hood scoops, ive got some mesh screen im gonna put in there on my next day off.
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

aaaa, i would have loved to see that #2.
that's what i am doing, just dont know if i should stick with the z06 wheels i have or go a different direction.

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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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looks good cramo! keep it that way
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

Black heritage stripes, black wheels with polished lip FTW. Oh, don't paint the headlight pockets. My 2 cents.
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 08:30 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

Have you considered a metallic orange stripe without the wheels black? I like the wheels the way they are =)
Car looks great now!
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

that looks good man. I like that treatment. Hockey stripes don't work well on these cars IMO...
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 04:19 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

It looks great so far.
You answered it yourself, Look's great, not too loud, but it stands out in a crowd, I love white Thirdgens.
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 05:15 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

please tell me you left your wheels polished!!!!
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 06:24 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

Originally Posted by LB9Iroc87
please tell me you left your wheels polished!!!!

Yes Yes, lol

I just painted the inserts(windows) black. Im gonna get pictures but too busy driving it. Feels good to be getting compliments every time I stop for something.

I'll get some pictures of the car tomorrow.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

i like 2 or 1. the zo6's arent my favorite but its not my car. and the stripes never follow the lines of the car, now if you pulled that off then id be all for it
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:54 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

number 2.dont like the stripe at all.nice car
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

I prefer the current wheels to the black ones. I would like to see the chrome wheels w/the hockey stripe if you can make one of those photos.
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 04:17 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

guna look like mine with the hockey stripes
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 04:24 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

#1 all the way! Clean and rims look great!
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 01:58 AM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

man that paint looks good!!!!!
Is that Valspar??? think I read that somewhere.... I have a gallon and I am anxious to paint my 89 vert. Good to see another car painted in the gloss white!!! Gives me an idea of how mine might look!
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

Always like the white on polished look. i say picture number 1
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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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Re: Just Painted My Car White, Now Need Your Opinions

holy crap, i think thats one of the brightest white iv ever seen lol. very nice. and i would go with picture #1. chrome compliments white very well. and hockey stripes are tacky, and take away from an already beautifuly designed body!! your car looks realy realy realy sqeaky clean white lol, but i would deffinatly paint the headlight buckets and grille black.
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