TransAm

So here's the deal...

Bought my '85 T/A early January-- Drove 2 hrs up, looked at it, gave the guy a handshake-- Flew to Florida (from Boston) to go back to school, my buddy picked it up and it's been in my garage ever since--- This week I finally came back up North and got to drive her

Aside from being incredibly SICK and realllly fun to drive (This is my first T/A) it's extremely mechanically sound-- The only issue with the whole deal is the colour...

Originally, it was "Dark Auburn" .. I'm pretty sure that's the colour it still is-- But over the years it has faded to the point that right now it is a nice paint job that is precisely the colour of rust. Not exactly attractive.

SO i'm thinking paint job, obviously. (Question A-- What's eveyone's feelings on Makko? I heard they don't do a great job taping the car up.. any truth to that?)

The more difficult part is that the interior (with the exception of the seats, dash, and center console) is the same colour as the exterior. The carpet is nearly orange at this point, the plastic pannels are a darker redish / brown. I would be up for changing the carpet, but all the plastic in the car too? It seems like the changes i would have to make to the interior to make the paint match would outweigh the need for a paint job. Then i look at the car from the outside again... I realllllly need to get this colour changed. (Hopefully i'll have the ugly pictures tomorrow)
So question B is what the hell colour is going to look relativley good with a Redish Brown interior???


Don't get me wrong, i love the car, it's sooo much fun to drive. It's got a 305 / 5 speed in it... never would have bought the car if it was auto


Thanks guys, tell me your thoughts...

Black85TransAm

Well I can tell you the maaco in my town dos a great job. I don't know what color you would want, but Viper Blue is the best blue there is or a really sweet Silver color.....as for the interior,,,,black maybe? (4th gen seats and console of course)

Steve89GTA

Do 4th generation center consoles fit on thirdgens?? I know the seats are a direct bolt in but what about the console???

No4NJunk

Well first off try searching the site for this. It has been posted a million times. Second is it just depends on the area and who works at the Maaco. I have had awesome work come out of the local one around here. Third is maybe a silver, black, or if you want something rare go with Pepper Grey Metallic. Check out my sig.

83T/A_Dave

hehe, I see you changed your sig :lala:

menace88SC

No4NJunk......

that pepper gray metallic isn't going to be a rare color for very long if you keep hyping it up everytime someones asks about a paint job!!! :lala: :lala: :lala:

peace,
menace

1991tealRSt-topGuy

my local maaco did a great job on my camaro

that was with no prep work by me

the project car i am buying is going to go to maaco also

BUT this time i am going to do all the prepwork myself.........and mite even get the color changed.............................i want a corvette yellow camaro soooooooo bad...................

Mark A Shields

Just remember you get what you pay for. From what I've heard you better do good prep work. My grandfather took his S10 in to get painted. What ever wasn't taped it got painted. Ended up screwing him over.

No4NJunk

I know!! sometimes I try to hard. I just love the color and wanted to get it out in the open. He asked for my opinion so I gave it. Of course I'm naturally going to be baised. Oh well. I guess I'll end the escapade.

Not sure what your refering to. Is it that gay "Mean Mcclean" thing I had?? If so then yeah..I finally realized how dumb it was.

83T/A_Dave

How about "color of shelby GT500"

yeah, stop hyping the color so it will be more original when i paint mine!

No4NJunk

OOOhhh. Were you the one who corrected me on that?? If so thanks.