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Old 05-17-2009, 11:16 AM
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My car is black with gray accents. It has gray z06 rims, a gray rear panel, and a gray outline on the hoodscoop. I would do red but I feel like that would look whack with gray. Yellow crossed my mind but everyone made fun of me. I think it comes down to silver, black, and maybe still red. Let me know what you all think would look sexxiest

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i went with silver on my black car with charcoil stripes and i think it came out good
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I was going to say the same thing. Silver and black
Old 05-17-2009, 11:28 AM
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that sounds interesting i wish i could see it better on your trans am. Did you paint the strips horizontally or vertically? Idk how I would pull off two colors it seems like ill need a lot of patience
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Originally Posted by ssman00
i went with silver on my black car with charcoil stripes and i think it came out good
do you have some close up shots? my car is black, and silver calipers never crossed my mind. car looks sweet! OP: silver like this guy or black!
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Definately red and then do the stripes in grey or silver. That would look sharp
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do you have shots of the rear? i was considering doing a silver berger panel on my black camaro at one point
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Yea heres a pic. Some people love it, others don't care for it. I personally like it because it goes well with my hood scoop and rims, and brings out the camaro.

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Here is the powder coated brake caliper gallery on my site, might give you some ideas on color combos
http://thepowderpro.com/gallery/?level=album&id=11
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I'd love to paint mine black and then paint the word "camaro" over it in silver. I wonder if i can do this with stencils?
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Not sure. The ones like that you see in my gallery are black powder coat, then reflective chrome vinyl decals, then clear powder coat over it all. I assume you'd have to make your own stencils, I've never seen them that small at any of the hobby and crafts stores around here anyway.
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sweet Mcdonald's bag! lol
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Polish the main caliper and do the brackets in a color to contrast the rest of the car. I'd vote red to go with the black.

Like this:
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