scored a free paint job! suggestions???
 

some lady hit me while backing up out of a spot and put a huge dent in my fender. lucky for me i had a new fender already and know the right people because i scored a free paint job. can i get suggestions on what colour to paint her (dont want the same colour>to many people have red thirdgens) what colour u think would look best on mine???

check out link below to see a good side pic of my Z.

http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic.php?u=2891Bn1lB&i=31433

i'd say a dark mettalic blue

Did my firebird dark met blue,but i ad some pearl it lighten it up a little bit. Its a cool color but show dirt real fast. Last sat i spend 2 hours cleaning it and glazeing it. went out by the time i got home did not look like i washed in a few days.I'm going to do my camaro some shade of silver. don't see to many of them.

nice jet black

NICE JET BLACK? U talking about the color on my car?

Black is always a nice color for a sports car.

i'd also suggest gunmetal grey, i've never seen it on a camaro

I'm assuming u meant gunmetal gray...but another color u dont see much is yellow. i've seen a couple yellow thirdgens and they look good.

sorry yeah gunmetal grey

Emerald looks pretty cool
in fact theres a camaro in town with that color and its for sale

yellows cool but man little to bright for me. But it does look good with black. I did a chevelle in gunmetal did not really car for it.Butit was single stage paint and i tried to wet sand it. So i think I might have messed it up.Its hard picking colors i hate doing it. If u start looking at paint books it gets even harder.

black is my favorite!!! but, there are just as many black thirdgen's as there is red. If you want to stand out your gonna have to go with an extreme color like burnt orange or chameleon. but, I don't see why you don't like the red. red screams "im gonna beat you"! why don't you just throw some pearl or metal flake in the red and call it a day :)

-Steve

I know you said you do not want red, but there is a 04 mazda color called velocity red mica...it is a really awesome color, and then you would not have to paint your jams.

Dude, that blue you always told me about, do it that color. OR, you could paint it a gun metal/silver mix sorta deal. But whatever, your car will still be nice :D

PS. Email me bud

Plum Crazy would be cool... and very unique ;)

...maybe Go Mango, or Hemi Orange....

(If you can't tell, I like Mopar colors :D )

Check the colors on the latemodel chevy trucks, Saw one of the new chevys(avalanche?) about a week ago that was the most bitchin dark blue I have ever seen.

How about a combo in between black and gunmetal like charcoal. I wish I still had a pic of it, but I rarely see that color on any car. Thats color I want.

how bout viper steel grey pearl.
http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread...per+steel+grey

sunset orange also be a good color to choose

British Racing Green? I dunno...dont see many third gen camaros that color, might look nice.....
Metalic blue would be cool.....yellow maybe.....

i say paint it the same color...its looks good like that...maybe some flames to accent? i dunno how much detail you'll get for free though

You're getting the ENTIRE car painted for free cause your fender got dented?

lol ya..they did not want to go through insurance so i took her to my friends body shop and got a quote lol;)

thanks for all the ideas but i think i might be going with my orignal choice (blue) pic below of the blue i would get(almost the same as my firebird).

these are my choices in order, what do u guys think is the best colour of the 3??
1. blue>same as in pic
2. black
3.metalic red

Id have to go with your mother...........................nah im just screwing with ya

Black if its done right (one guy on here painted his black and it was friggen awesome I mean you could see his entire yards reflection in detail on his fender)
or blue dont care much for red

BROWN!, thats unique :D , im kidding

That got me to thinking. How about like the stock paint on my old '80 firebird? Two tone, top half of the car brown, bottom gold, eh? EH? :D

are you isane? that would look like a turd dipped in gold J/k well I wouldnt like it

that blue does look good!

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Good job, you just nailed it on the head and with the eloquence of a poet I might add :lol:

You must be really good friends with the shop guys. Changing color on a third gen is a chore, especially looking at the under hood deal. Me, I'd leave it red, your car looks great especially with the wheels.

i say the blue cuz it has been one of my favorite colors ever since i saw that car on cardomain last december. But remember the thing that makes that car though is the white stripes, but the Metalic Saphire Blue is still sweet.

our racecar is "redbull blue" and yes its the same color as the can, i love it, and if i wasnt in love with black cars thats the color i would go.

http://roclife.perception.cc/albums/...ite1.sized.jpg
it looks *real* good shined up!
-Adam

my motto is if you want a blue car then buy a blue car. changing colors is not my thing, i would change colors if i was going to go with something real unique. but to change it from racing red to blue, i'd just go get a blue maro.

British Racing Green sounds like an interesting idea. But aside from that, I say keep it red.

Just be aware that changing colors is a pain in the butt. You must remove everything including the engine to get it really right. Areas like inside the mirror, water wells, hatch recessed areas, running boards, firewall, etc. will always tell that you did a color change unless you remove everything and go to the frame before painting. Plus as the car gets older and you get more paint chips it starts to be a pain to cover them up. Red is such a hot color I say just add pearl or stripes or flames.

blue! but with silver stripes like mine

what color?
 

my vote is for 69 hugger orange with the blacked out headlight pocket liek the car in chp the "my generation camaro" loved that color HEHE:lala:

thanks for the suggestions. i know whats involved with painting a car, i painted my firebird the same blue. u guys remeber my firebird colour lol

Metallic green top with sahara tan lower. Divide it up with some silver airbrushed stripes down the sides.Add some Boze Stingers and you got a show stopper!