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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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another freaking orange camaro... but A DAMN BITCHING LOOKING ONE!

love it , mine will be painting in a year
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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I like it. Not normally a fan of the ram air hoods on Camaros, but it looks real good with that orange
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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slick looking paint job! still don't know what color i'm gonna go with on mine...

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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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Is that Hugger Orange? Great job, now get it together!
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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72 hugger orange
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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Looks nice!
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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Wow! That looks great! What wheels will you be running?
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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honestly, I needed to get my sun glasses out to look at those pics. Nice job bro
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by camaroguy21
Wow! That looks great! What wheels will you be running?
these in 17x9 hyper black.
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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cant wait to see it put back togeather
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 05:02 PM
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cant wait to see it put back togeather
you and me, my wife,dad,brothers and the rest of my family as well..
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 05:10 PM
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i love the ram air hood. i have one i am waiting on getting it painted
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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Where you getting those rims at?
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:11 AM
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rims

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Where you getting those rims at?
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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Nice jub dude, did ya do it yourself? How much of an investment was it for paint and bodywork?
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Looks good man. U going to use some black accents? ( headlight pockets strips)
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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Love that hood
Love that colour
Love your car.

Wanted to do mine hugger orange, maybe i will next year
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 10:02 PM
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I'm thinking black racing stripes. Don't like the hood on a camaro. I would check out group A wheels website for those Snypers first. Might be cheaper. Oh, Make sure to tint the windows and try to break up the color with something, thats alot of orange there.

Still good though.
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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wheels are bought and paid for, the hood is what sets it apart, and i love orange and am undecided on stripes as of now. GO VOLS & Tony Stewart.
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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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looks like the color I'm going with but with some flat black somewhere to break it up a little...not sure yet though.. Cant wait to see all together good job!
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 12:24 AM
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nice!!
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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Hugger orange is an awesome Camaro color, however Pontiac hoods are a no no for Chevy cars!
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Old Feb 2, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jay92,85,79
Looks good man. U going to use some black accents? ( headlight pockets strips)
needs some black to break up the orange, but it still looks killer
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 08:36 AM
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My likes that truck too.
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Old Feb 10, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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nice paint job!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 06:03 PM
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are there any stripe design sketches posted anywhere on this board?
any custom pics of stripes?

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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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nice looking; cool car
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Old Oct 10, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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Re: New paint

a few updated pics...had shoulder surgery so couldn't do anything for some time..
http://picasaweb.google.com/stephanne.dennis/Camaro/photo#5119154418333165410 http://picasaweb.google.com/stephanne.dennis/Camaro/photo#5119154465577805730
http://picasaweb.google.com/stephann...54405448263506
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Old Oct 10, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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Re: New paint

Good job...
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Old Oct 10, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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Re: New paint

Paint looks great. I would recommend a hockey stripe like this one:

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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 03:54 AM
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Re: New paint

awesome paint job, been debating on hugger orange for my sport coupe, already have the hyperblack zr1's, haha...
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Re: New paint

i like the car. good job. all the work you put in to doing it the right way the first time paid off. my only suggestion would be to add black stripes and paint the head light recesses black.
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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Re: New paint

Gorgeous! Gotta love an orange Thirdgen hehehehe

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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 08:32 AM
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Re: New paint

I like the orange, I agree though needs to have some black accents somewhere. Go TONY STEWART!!!!!
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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Re: New paint

definitely black the headlight wells.. it looks meaner.
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Re: New paint

thanks to all for all you great comments and suggestions, i really do appreciate others who love a clean third gen car.......i will be putting some type of stripes on it bua don't know what as of yet and i still haven't seen any camaro's with the ram air hood and stripes but i'll keep looking.......thanks again
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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Re: New paint

just painted a fourth gen that exact same color, it does look totally bitchin on any camaro.
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 07:17 AM
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Re: New paint

Originally Posted by funkdubie
Link to more pictures
http://picasaweb.google.com/stephanne.dennis/Camaro
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Old Dec 2, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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Re: New paint

wow, car looks awesome, love the color dude.
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