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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 12:46 PM
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what color paint??

My camaro already is not the same stock color it had a crappy silver coat of paint over black and it really looks like crap. Im for sure getting a new paint job i just dont know what color to paint it. Im thinking i will just paint it silver again since few 3rd gen camaros have silver paint , but what do u guys recomend on the paint??
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 01:30 PM
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i would agree with the silver. i have only seen 2 camaros that were silver, and they looked nice. one of them had a coat of pearl on top, it gave it a very different look when the right light hit it.

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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 05:48 PM
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...im not too sure how deep your pockets are, or how much this paint would cost (if you can even get it)... but i'd love to see a camaro w/ it... Prowler Inca Gold

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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 08:05 PM
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Silver! I absolutly love silver 3rd gens. Go for silver.

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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 09:21 PM
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My vote goes for black. I think Camaros look really good in black.
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 10:00 PM
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Black. Nothin compares to a clean, black thirdgen.

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Old Nov 7, 2001 | 12:31 AM
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I say ...

What ever color the door jams and the under hood compartment are, that you go with that color. Nothing's worse then them not matching up.

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Old Nov 7, 2001 | 08:09 AM
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I agree with KZad. The shop usually charges more for color change, door jambs and under hood spraying.
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Old Nov 7, 2001 | 08:35 AM
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I say a nice dark metallic blue
or black..those are my two favorite colors on a thirdgen. But silver will look nice too if it's a good paintjob. Get the same color silver that they use on the newer camaro SS' sebring silver metallic..That's a nice color.


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Old Nov 7, 2001 | 08:47 AM
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My kid has a silver 1981 Z that I absolutely love. However, I'm partial to blue myself. My car went from white to blue back in 91 and I wouldn't have it any other way. I have plenty of pics of f bodies on my web page if you want to get some ideas.

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Old Nov 8, 2001 | 12:45 PM
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my door jams are silver so that would match. I dont like black cars because they are harder to keep clean. I am going to put a cowl induction hood on my car before i get it painted and my idea was to paint it a semi-dark metallic blue with silver racing stripes going through the cowl hood!! How about that??
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Old Nov 9, 2001 | 07:01 AM
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yea go for it!!!! thats a sweet idea!! actually i was gonna recommend that idea to you cuz i had thought of doin the same thing to my Z...im either goin silver, viper blue or black... dont kno which tho??
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Old Nov 9, 2001 | 08:38 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BAK12484:
...im not too sure how deep your pockets are, or how much this paint would cost (if you can even get it)... but i'd love to see a camaro w/ it... Prowler Inca Gold
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A friend of mine has a 99' Camaro with that exact color paint and it is not that flattering at all!
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Old Nov 9, 2001 | 11:31 AM
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Silver!!!!!

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