presto_z

iTrader: (12)

well lately ive been not keeping up on my car as much as i use to or would like to, the paint is nearly 8 years old and showing some signs or wear.. i have a few torque dings and a couple of minor scratches and rock chips and ive decided to go a totally diffrent route..

right now my car is bright red and the cops really love me around town

ive already decided im going in a totally different direction.. im going to be removing the ground effects, adding on a ss spoiler and im still debating on whether or not i will be keeping my ultra z hood or if ill make the switch to sunoco (prolly keep the ultra z since they are discontinued) i will be painting the berger panel and rebadging the entire car and i plan on gettin rid of my halos and doing some whistlers with my stockers..


i like the z06 wheels but may do something else instead (i wanna keep my wheels chrome.. im not a big fan of black or painted wheels)


my biggest issue is paint color, i wanna get rid of the red i have, maybe a different red but more likely a different color all together..

feel free to give me some paint ideas.. i wanna do something nice and clean, im not really looking for flash, so im gonna stay away from oranges and yellows, red is really pushing it and if i do keep a red it will be darker then what i currently have..

no white im not a big white car fan and im in florida so black is iffy (hot as fawk)


OHH: and i don't plan on any flames or custom paint but if you want you can still post some pics.. although i might get some sort of stripes but still dunno..

luckily ive been working like crazy and have some doe to get this project started sooner rather then later

tbird31

iTrader: (22)

To be honest I love red f-bodies, BOTH of my roommates have Camaros. One is a 1998 V6 W68 car with ground FX and what not, in bright red. The other is Brian (bmcrary) on here and his car is Maroon, not sure what the technical name is.

Point is I like my roommate's bright red but there's something about the deep metallic flake Maroon that I absolutely love. When it's cleaned up and shinin...it's

BTW his car is a 1994 Z28 with right over 100k on the original paint job. (I taught him everything I know )

Here's a picture: Same color, different sunlight hitting it.

jbuerke142

iTrader: (5)

That color is Patriot Red Metallic. My 94 Z28 was that color too... it's actually a REALLY REALLY nice color when it's clean and the paint is in good condition, as evidenced by those pics.

presto_z

iTrader: (12)

if i go red i might go the red/maroon color of the new vettes.. chrystler has a nice red on some of their 300's

tennz28

What about a really dark red almost black, black cherry or blood red?

98redM6

iTrader: (39)

You already said no on the white, I was thinking white with red stripes.

But consider medium blue metallic.

presto_z

iTrader: (12)

well a few things have came up and it looks like i may be doing a turbo kit instead, so this will have to wait.. but it is worth the sacrifice

Brian2006

iTrader: (42)

Trying to copy me eh?

makWS6

iTrader: (4)

Go to your local paint supply store and start digging through paint samples. Also you might go to a few car dealerships and check out some of the new colors. I was a painter for a awhile and still to this day my favorite reds are: Boyd red, 07 viper red(thinks is called blood red) and 07 VW red all by dupont. Be sure to look at the samples in the sun.

Viperguynick

iTrader: (8)

That new Venom Red Metallic on the '08 Vipers (there is no '07 Viper) is a gorgeous color. They had one at NAIAS this year and it really is a beautiful color with a little bit of metallic flake in it.

Nick

presto_z

iTrader: (12)

well i finally bought it and its sitting in a spare room

https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/746837-project-turbo_z.html

i also changed the name from "operation total recall" to "project turbo_z"

i like making up cool sounding names for projects or mods..

Jakson

iTrader: (50)

What/where are torque dings again? I remember reading about them a few years back, but forgot where to look for them and such.

presto_z

iTrader: (12)

they are on the rear quarter panels and are caused by the body slightly twisting under fast acceleration, being jacked up un evenly, or parking on an uneven surface.. they are often mistaken for door dings..

subframe connectors will help prevent them.. they tie together the front and rear subfames and eliminate nearly all chassis flex/twist