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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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From: fayetteville, nc
Car: 83 firebird under construction
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paint & body questions

ok so i need some help here!!

anyone have original GM paint chips for 83 firebirds, i want to repaint (color change) my bird but i want to use a factory paint color. it's **** i know, but i want it to look right ya know.

also, what do you guys think about taking the pwr doors off an 85 and putting 'em on the 83. i would like to have the pwr windows & mirrors in the 83 but i don't know if this was an option for my model firebird, again it comes back to originallity vs original.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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Car: 88 Trans Am
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Transmission: 5 spd.
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Re: paint & body questions

Go to your local auto paint store, a good paint store should have paint chips back that far.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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Car: 1987 Z28 Camaro
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Transmission: 4 speed automatic - 700r4
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Re: paint & body questions

You can just inquire at say a Maaco paint shop about a color change for your car and they will pull out their paint books for your year. You can then look at all the colors available for that year and get the paint number you want to the colors you want!

Last edited by Owl_; Apr 2, 2008 at 11:11 PM. Reason: color
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 12:25 AM
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Car: 84 z28
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Re: paint & body questions

they should have paint codes at your paint store with the vehicle manufacters name and what car it goes on
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