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View Poll Results: How should i paint the maro
Teal only
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21.21%
Teal with White Stripes
4
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Teal with Ghost Flames
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39.39%
Teal with White Flames
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Teal with Ghost Stripes
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Merry Freaking Xmas Part 2

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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 01:31 AM
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Merry Freaking Xmas Part 2

well since the moderator deicded to lock my theard for no good reason ill just have to start it over. this is the link to the old one so i dont have to repeat everything
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...713post1617713

anyways ill be posting pics of the new door and the process of shaving the handles and everything as i get to it. and since ill be repainting the whole car ill add that as well. in the meantime id like to know of any other bad things that happend to you all on xmas?

what the heck heres a poll as well
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 01:37 AM
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Re: Merry Freaking Xmas Part 2

Originally posted by Pillsbry10
well since the moderator deicded to lock my theard for no good reason ill just have to start it over.
:nono: :nono: :nono:
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 12:14 PM
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totally not trying to start anything, but why did you close that thread? everything in there had to do with body or interior.


pillsbury10. i think you should go with ghost flames...but keep the door handles. they are necessary if you EVER want to race your car.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 12:37 PM
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hmm i dont think ill be doing anything more than street racing with my car, ive only got a 3.1 V6 so ill be shaving them for sure. anyways thanks for the paint opinion. ill probably be starting on that in less than a month. sorry to hear about yours man i got a few parts laying around if ya need anything for it but so this one isnt locked as well pm me if ya want something. since its like 50 degrees here in the winter im gonna start to strip the new door down today i think
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 03:28 PM
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Hey Pilsbry when you're done tell me how long it took and how hard it was.
I've got some bad rust buildup underneath the paint of both my doors, and one even has a really really small dent right in the middle, but I have a parts 84 z28 and it's doors are fine and I'm trying to decide if it's easier to deal with the rust and dent or just switch doors, before I paint. (but I'd have to switch the power windows too... )

but that's way cool you got so much from insurance. I always here stories of people getting screwed, but you got quite a bit
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 03:41 PM
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How that last one was closed I will never know, sounds like some mod may have been having a bad christmas
cough:coal in stocking:cough


Anyways, lose the teal, belive me I have teal on my car and just cant wait to get rid of it. SO FRICKEN UGLY
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:36 PM
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oh beleive me i have been screwed over by insurance companies 3 times now and finally the 4th time i may actually get what i deserve. if you have 2 better doors just switch them its only like 6 bolts...however i have the same problem with switching the power windows over to the new door. ill let ya know how much of a pain that is.

id love to lose the teal but id have to pull the engine and do all the door jams and stuff as well and i dont feel like going through that much trouble so im keeping the teal for now. especially since this is my daily driver.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:41 PM
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Not a big fan of any of the other options. I personally don't think white and teal look that good together.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 04:48 PM
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Not a big fan of any of the other options. I personally don't think white and teal look that good together.
silver would look much better on the teal
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 05:08 PM
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hmm random idea...how about say a flame that Fades from a silver or grey to white?

heres some ideas from deadbirds message board

http://www.deadbird.org/swin/index.php?showtopic=26

Just got off the phone with the insurance, should be cutting me a check this week plus 3 days rental car woohoo

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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 05:42 PM
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Teal only....

No need to complicate things with other random colors....

Teal is a color that doesn't match well with other colors, aka white, silver, black.......
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 09:02 PM
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i dunno, its a hard choice for me cuz i want something diffrent then the 3 teal camaros in my hood. if i keep it teal ill still have the white grill and RS symbols. hmmm.....
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Old Dec 31, 2003 | 09:10 PM
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hmm....how about the teal with some Ghost Racing Stripes?, i think i need to edit the poll, maybe the mod would be willing to do so? add all the options on the page
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 02:23 AM
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well some new options have been added thanks to the good ole mod, everyone please vote as im interested in your opinions....when i begin sanding ill narrow it down to the top two options and the winner will be what i go with. so join in the fun, catch ya all lata and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 05:13 PM
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I still painted my car teal, but it's different then the other teal camaros you see, simply because it's not the stock color, NOR does it look anything close to stock color at night.......

You can see the difference in the below pic......

Although Teal with color changing flames would be pretty badass, expecially if the flames changed from green to blue.....:hail:
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 05:14 PM
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The difference in colors.....forgot the pic....

Although i think the teal color changing flames idea is pretty cool......
Attached Thumbnails Merry Freaking Xmas Part 2-small.jpg  
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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i voted for teal with white stripes...but the stripes gotta be like the heritage ones cause some stripes just look bad
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 05:42 PM
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I voted for teal only because I don't think stripes will look good and I don't like flashy flame jobs on cars that can't back up the look.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 06:36 PM
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yeah yours definitly is a diffrent color, but i dont wanna make it look like yours thats for sure, its bad enough our cars loook pretty close now lol. (dont take that the wrong way i love you car lol)

as far as the changing color flames im not sure how that would look as ive never seen it but not a bad idea thats for sure...do they make paint that changes those colors?

it would be the heritage stripes

and one day my car will be able to back up a flashy flame job i was gonna start on that but the door kinda moved me backwards a little bit.
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Old Jan 1, 2004 | 07:08 PM
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ghost stripes would be the coolest thing ever especially if they were heritage.
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 12:58 AM
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yeah could be a good idea......i wanna know more about the color changin paint, anybody know anything about it
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 10:16 PM
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seen a guy around here with color changing paint, changed form like an orange to dark red, it was on a red maro, looked bad a$$.

He worked at a bump shop, so he only paid wholesale for the paint.
It was only on the flames coming from the wheels(all 4 i belive) told me that those flames with the color changing cost more then most peoples complete paint jobs, and that was wholesale for only the paint.
so if u can afford it GO FOR IT

-Craig
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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 11:55 PM
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still trying to find where i would get some, cuz blue to green would be freakin awesome if thats possible
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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 03:03 AM
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http://www.alsacorp.com/spectrafx_pricing.html

anyone ever heard of or done this....cuz they have a blue to green, check it out
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 02:18 AM
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well step one has begun, im buying a 1991 camaro rs to drive around for awhile while mine is getting re done...its a 3.1 v6 hardtop. nothing special but ill post more info later on. only costing me 700 bux

step two...fixing my door
step three...filling in old spoiler holes
step four....sanding down 92 maro
step five...picking new color and painting(long process)
Step Six...Deadbird muffler
step seven....t-5 manul swap into my automatic 92 maro(once i
find the parts)
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