just some more pics of the hugger orange Z. The Zaino is on the way as we speak. Im still in debate about what to do about the front GFX. Mine isn't in the best of shape, but i think it might be repairable.







oh yeah, heres a pic of my friends 90 RS. His brother just finished painting it for him:



Eric



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My 1986 Z2814.59@95.6

GM350, T-5, 3.23's, lots of go fast goodies, 4th gen Firebird interior etc...
85 IROC w/ 1364 miles! no times yet, just got it to start.

You'll always find what you've lost in the last place you look

R.I.P Dale Earnhardt

Moderator at: www.generation-3.com

 

I like the looks of yours, but the RS is hideous, the colors clash way too much.

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2 Tickets to game= $250
Gas= $20
Sitting 20ft. from MJ= Priceless
'86 IROC T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK HEADERS Hooker CatBack
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

yeah, that RS is kind of a love it or hate it thing. I haven't decided what to think about it yet.

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My 1986 Z2814.59@95.6

GM350, T-5, 3.23's, lots of go fast goodies, 4th gen Firebird interior etc...
85 IROC w/ 1364 miles! no times yet, just got it to start.

You'll always find what you've lost in the last place you look

R.I.P Dale Earnhardt

Moderator at: www.generation-3.com

 

luv the detail and quality of work. Hate the design it self.

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"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

 

Hey, its getting there! I really like the hugger orange. Do you plan on keeping those rims or getting some other rims? I dont know what to think about your friend's car. I like the creativity and all, but I dont know about those colors.

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"I have the car, now I need a license!"
217 days 'till temps as of Nov. 7th! yeah, I'm only 14.
1982 Firebird S/E
sbc 307 with summit cam and lifters, Performer intake, 305 heads, quadrajet, all smog equipment removed, soon to be silver.

 

I don't mind the RS kinda of a stand out car!!! Only one thing i don't like is it looks like a nike swoosh on the side!!!!

[This message has been edited by Sean (edited December 09, 2001).]

 

double post, my bad


[This message has been edited by 82firebird (edited December 09, 2001).]

 

the IROC rims are staying put. HTe only thing i would ever replace them with is a set of 88-90 IROC rims. anybody wanna trade?

Eric

 

Looks good man, but I wouldn't be caught dead in that nasty looking RS.

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New owner of:

1989 Camaro IROC-Z
5.7L TPI
Ravin' Exhaust
K&N's
My 1989 Camaro IROC-Z

Previous owner of:

1992 Camaro RS
5.0L TBI
K&N Airfilter
My 1992 Camaro RS

 

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Actually, yellow is the opposite of blue. Learned that the other day in Cosmic Concepts. That's when green and red mix, you get yellow.

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2 Tickets to game= $250
Gas= $20
Sitting 20ft. from MJ= Priceless
'86 IROC T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK HEADERS Hooker CatBack
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

nice car man, mikes on the other hand is well...different

 

Ian,
i take it you know Mike?

BTW, i hear your car drive by every morning, and it seems to have gotten louder all of the sudden, what'd you do?

Eric

 

yeah i know mike, he revs his engine at me whenever he sees me outside. I just got my exhaust redone, thats why its a little louder.

 

Not to nit pick or anythign but that car of yours looks real dull. Are there more coats or clear or somethign that has yet to go on it? Or is it just the photos??

Anywayz, I'm sure it will be awesome when completed. You're gonna take me for a ride right??



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un4givin89


Poor Mans White Face Guages
MikeKey.net - Camaro Enthusiast

 

un4givin,
actually its a mix of both. the paint looks much glossier than in the pics, but it does have some dull spots. I haven't gone over the car with the second polishing compound yet so im hoping that takes car of it.

Eric

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My 1986 Z2814.59@95.6

GM350, T-5, 3.23's, lots of go fast goodies, 4th gen Firebird interior etc...
85 IROC w/ 1364 miles! no times yet, just got it to start.

You'll always find what you've lost in the last place you look

R.I.P Dale Earnhardt

Moderator at: www.generation-3.com

 

You're both right.

It depends on what you're mixing. If you're mixing light, yes, you get yellow. If you're mixing paint, you get kindofa turd brownish grey looking stuff.

Since on the cars we're talking about paint, blue is the opposite of orange. Either way, the design on that car looks okay, but the choice of colors was pretty poor IMO.

 

paint/vs. light isn't the real issue, it's color vs. pigment, stupid electromagnetic waves! WHY must EVERYTHING end up so complicated??

 

But isn't it all the same, it's just the color of the light(paint) that reaches our eyes. So the true opposite of yellow is blue.


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2 Tickets to game= $250
Gas= $20
Sitting 20ft. from MJ= Priceless
'86 IROC T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK HEADERS Hooker CatBack
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

Heres another pic that's a bit closer to what it actually looks like. Im still trying to figure out all the setting on my digital camera, but i think i got pretty close on this one.



Eric

 

blue is th opposite of orange on the color wheel, hence the pair are complementary colors, but i dont think that RS looks good at all, but the Hugger orange IROC is sweet

 

Well, I don't think the hugger will ever shine like a light red or a black. But the garage pic I'd say it looks pretty good! The RS... well, different is not always better.

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91 Z28
Best Time Slip:
60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55
Performace Mods: SLP Catback
Appearance Mods: SS wheels, 2.5" Cowl Hood (not on at the moment), Clear Side Marker Lights
ICQ: 1437212
AOL: normalmatt9

More Pictures are Here

 

zupman...Your car looks great. What type of digital camera are you using? I am looking for one so that I can post pics of my car...and yours seems to give a real clear picture. What brand is it? How many megapixels? Thanks. Does anybody else have suggestions?

James

 

Your car looks sweet in the last picture you posted!!!! Way better then the first few!!

 

i agree, in the first pictures, the car looks good, but the finish looks kinda dull. the last picture shows the gloss a lot better. that rs is gross looking.

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87 Camaro LT
bone stock lg4 w/ 700r4
1/4 mile: 35 seconds @ 50mph (or so it feels like it)
mods:
ground effects (in progress)
93 camaro seats (installed)
99 camaro center console (in progress)
85-87 iroc or 91-92 z28 rims (91-92 installed)
white 145mph iroc gauges (in progress)

 

the camera im using is an Olympus C-3000, and it's 3.3 megapixels. That last picture i took with no flash, and i set the f stop higher than the light meter recommended. It seems that whenever i listen to the meter, the pics come out too light, and give that kind of hazing color.

Eric

 

Mine is an Olympus. Anywayz, looks really good in that shot from your garage. Still alittle dull, but not as dull as before. More shine. Look forward to end result. Cuase it looks bad *** in that picture.

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un4givin89


Poor Mans White Face Guages
MikeKey.net - Camaro Enthusiast

 

I emailed you concerning digital cameras. I have HP and am very happy with it.

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2 Tickets to game= $250
Gas= $20
Sitting 20ft. from MJ= Priceless
'86 IROC T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK HEADERS Hooker CatBack
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

I think you shoulda gone Hugger Orange w/ white racing stripes or something to that effect. Too much orange.

The RS would make a good show type car, but I'd never every drive it....

 

I was considering racing stripes but to be honest i love how clean the car looks now. Besides that, i haven't really seen any stripes on a thirdgen that i like enough to consider putting on my car.

Eric

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My 1986 Z2814.59@95.6

GM350, T-5, 3.23's, lots of go fast goodies, 4th gen Firebird interior etc...
85 IROC w/ 1364 miles! no times yet, just got it to start.

You'll always find what you've lost in the last place you look

R.I.P Dale Earnhardt

Moderator at: www.generation-3.com

 

Well. tonight was an interesting night. MY back bumper now has the word "HONDA" impressed on it from my friend rearending me in his Civic. the damage isn't too bad, nothing cracked and nothing dented, but the bumper needs to painted again now. Obviously he's gonna pay for it, but it sucks and im still pised. and my neck hurts...

i'll post a pic tomoroww, im tired right now.

Eric

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My 1986 Z2814.59@95.6

GM350, T-5, 3.23's, lots of go fast goodies, 4th gen Firebird interior etc...
85 IROC w/ 1364 miles! no times yet, just got it to start.

You'll always find what you've lost in the last place you look

R.I.P Dale Earnhardt

Moderator at: www.generation-3.com

 

Worse always seems to happen when you just get finished. Sorry to hear that man.

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91 Z28
Best Time Slip:
60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55
Performace Mods: SLP Catback
Appearance Mods: SS wheels, 2.5" Cowl Hood (not on at the moment), Clear Side Marker Lights
ICQ: 1437212
AOL: normalmatt9

More Pictures are Here

 

Stupid ricers don't know how to drive

 

maybe he can get a sponsorship from NIKE for advertising for them.. that way he can get some money to repaint it and make it hella fast.... hahahah nike swoosh!!!

 

The Hugger looks great! That RS, well...

(I can't say something nice, so I'm choosing to say nothing at all.)

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'91 Camaro RS


Bin Laden can have my Camaro when he prys it from my cold, lifeless hands!

 

You guys dont know what you are talking about. His car is not that crappy teal color in the pictures it is blue all around like in the rear part of the car. You guys should take a look at the interior, and the rest of the car, it in almost perfect shape except for some mileage and some mud on the car from the wet band field in the school. You guys can come up with some lame a$$ cracks when half of you bit*hes dont even have a decent car.

 

Originally posted by CRACKIE69
You guys dont know what you are talking about. Yea we do His car is not that crappy teal color in the pictures it is blue all around like in the rear part of the car. Now that makes since! We're not looking at the car in person now are we? You guys should take a look at the interior, and the rest of the car, it in almost perfect shape except for some mileage and some mud on the car from the wet band field in the school. After looking at the outside I don't think I wanna see the inside! You guys can come up with some lame a$$ cracks when half of you bit*hes dont even have a decent car.
CRACKIE69 it's your first post and you call people bitches? Shut the **** up! Moron!

 

CRACKIE69, Wow, so we've discovered it's blue all around. That would be good except the ugly *** orange part. Pick a color and stick with it, racing/heritage stripes if you'd like.

Your welcomed to have your opinions as we did. You think it looks good... good for you. The majority thinks it looks like ****.
Maybe he's a friend of yours and you feel the need to stick up for him, instead maybe you should help him realize what everyone else in this post has. There are plenty of cars that are in good shape on here, except they have good paint jobs as well. That may be a flawless paint job, but he picked the wrong colors. Bad judgement, so now we know not how to paint our cars.

ZupmanZ28 knew it would be a like or dislike comment on that car. Don't get pissed when people disagree, it's going to happen.

 

someone is jealous!

 

as for the color mixing comments above, i figured i would just add another note. colored paint and colored light do mix differently. its actually called additive and subtractive color mixing. when you add paints together, the pigments mix with each other and result in another color (ie. blue + yellow = green) so its called additive color mixing. however, when colored light mixes together, the hues in the light subtract from each other, so now blue and yellow will give some other color....like purple or something....so its called subtractive color mixing (easiest example is combining colored gels over a single light). sooo, as you all know in additive mixing when the colors in the color wheel are added together you get black....in subtractive color mixing you get white.

blue and orange are complementry colors. just think syracuse or florida state. its a great combination (NOT TEEL)....when done right. that RS was done completely wrong!! it looks GAY! even if the color was looks wrong int he pic and i saw it in person, i would still think it is GAY! and if it drove by me i would laugh my a$$ off!! hope your friend doens't plan on selling it. its gonna be a TOUGH sell.

reminds me of that new kids on the block car that floats around this board......HAHAH.....

thats my oppinion.....SO LIKE IT! and respect it.....lata

 

Hey my bad, didnt mean to sound like i was going off, its actually red on top not orange, bad lighting. We are taking more pics

 

no offense but for your sake don't post them

 

No problem man! Just as one member to another a good thing to remember is we all view things differently and what I like you may not like. You're always more than welcome to voice your opinions but never burn bridges by name calling and etc. because there may be a time when you need some help and then you'll be on your own. Welcome to the board! John

 

Please don't.