well, i am going to look at a 12 second 85 Z28 tommorow

i talked to the owner and he said that the car could use a paint job

now the car is currently black, so in my mind i could get it painted a diferent color and not worry about underhood, etc.... cuz it wont look weird cuz underhood it will be black..........

now here are the 3 colors are i am thinking about: candy orange, yellow, or silver

now here is where most of you will wanna hang me: i am prolly gonna get the job done at Maaco............RELAX.......i had my 1991 done there over a year ago and it still gets compliments.....no fading, chipping, etc.
i didnt get the cheap $189 either though..........

how hard is it to do my own prep work?
if i was to get the paint off, would Maaco put a primer on it for me B4 they paint?

cuz i have no way of putting a primer on myself............i can prolly only even barely get away doing the paint removal in my driveway becuz of my parents

does Maaco offer a paint job where they will do the prep work? if so, how much?


what color do you think would be coolest?

 

Hey. I used to work at Maaco and they had the best painter I've seen short of custom painters. We did a 74 Vette with a big block in one of the Dupont Mystique colours (which most paint shops wont even try) and it came out Flawless. This guy is way better than the guy who painted my car and my car came out awesome and I was the detailer so I got to drive it afterwards!. It all depends on the people at that particular shop.
As far as colour goes, get silver. The orange and Yellow, may look cool at first, but if you gotta look at it everyday you'll get sick of it, and they are fad colours, so eventually it will just be tacky. And match the colour of your interior. If interior is red or tan, yellow and orange will be digusting

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Orange and yellow fad colors?? Heh.....yeah ok. But yeah...I think you should go with silver...cool color...not many thirdgens have it...and flyin is right about the interior looking disgusting unless you match it with the exterior.

 

www.crushed.org <~~~Silver baby.

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Silver yeah like metal yeah like good Rock music yeah metal rocks, Rock on!!!


>Red is not bad, its common because people like it.

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Soon to be a 400sb.

 

haha silver would be cool cuz i am a metalhead haha

maybe silver with orange heritage stripes

i saw a silver vette once with orange stripes and it owned!!!!!!

ok, so its a matter of what color stripes on silver now


also what kinda paint should i try to get them to use?

 

Metallic Silver Rocks, and SO DOES METAL!! ROCK ON!

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No offence but whats the fun in buying a 12 second car. I my self would much rather build it myself. Just dont take the credit for the car. Cause you had nothing to do with it. To make it worse your parents are probally paying for half or more of the car. But its you money, so what ever floats your boat. Bobby.

 

Silver looks good, but so does black. I love black thirdgens.

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I think silver and orange look the best. Silver with orange stripes can look pretty sweet when done right.

 

*in a quiet voice in the corner of the room* personally I like yellow....

[This message has been edited by Z28Chick (edited October 28, 2001).]

 

REPAINT IT BLACK!!!! if you dont beleve me look at IonsZ28 car!!!

 

LOOK J E R K-O F F!!!!!!!

I PAY FOR 100% OF MY OWN CARS


THAT MEANS REPAIRS, INSURANCE, GAS


EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!

I TOTALLY RESENT THAT COMMENT


MAY YOU ROAST IN H E L L !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

thanx bro

 

to let this LITTLE, IDIOTIC, MORONIC, NEGATIVE A$$HOLE, BASTARD know:

i was looking at a 1991 CORVETTE!!!!!!!!!!
i was going to finance it 100% myself
BUT DECIDED NOT TO BECUZ THE INSURANCE WAS GOING TO BE $7000 A YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

THAT COMMENT REALLY PISSED ME OFF BECAUSE I AM NOT THAT KINDA PERSON AT ALL


ugghhhhhhhhhh

 

Don't pay any attention to that morons comments.Sounds like he is out to **** people off.

I was thinking that Candy apple red or Candy orange would look good,black cherry looks good too.

 

1991tealRSt-topGuy,
first off I would like to say that the car sounds bad ***! Second is that paint sticks better to paint. I have many friends who do custom jobs and have told me this a countless number of times. Only primer places on the car that you have worked on. Third- Go with either silver or Pepper grey metallic. might look nice-just a suggestion...check my sig. The color has a metallic flake and looks almost goldish silver in the sun!!!

 

AZ88Maro, no one likes flamers so please keep the comments to yourself. This is a civilized thread!!

 

I'd have to say silver as well. I like FlyinLow89's car alot so I'm going with silver. Not to mention I am not a fan of Orange and only yellow car I've seen look good to date is MeanYellowZ's, well that and the new C5s.

 

thanx guys

but that 12 second 85 is a thing of the past

atleast i have stopped calling stuff rice


oh well

i think i am gonna be content with my camaro for now until i can afford a brand new vette in a year and a 1/2 when i get my full time job

only thing my dad was gonna do for me for that 1991 Corvette was co-sign for me..............he wasnt gonna give me any money at all.......just to clarify

 

b

 

Well my parents got me my car wwwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwww whats the big deal with that.
Hell if my parent want to help me out with somthing what the hell that means i have more money to do mods.

PS Power to the parents lol i am tired :lala: :lala:

Silver

 

While the topic is around, i was thinking of painting my 82 (gone 85-90 gfx) trans am a metallic silver base with a shot of white mica over it, then a few coats of clear. I was hoping for a shiny silver finish, and then the mica giving it a brilliant white shine in the right light. What do you guys think it would look like, and would it look good?

 

Here's my silver car watch out for the sparkle when ya wash it!!

 

What have you done to have insurance rates that high

 

silver or black