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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 10:51 AM
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I've narrowed it down to three possible colors for my Formula. With 86K miles on it, it has its share of rock chips, door dings, and some jackass keyed my back bumper over Thankgiving holidays. Time for a fresh paintjob. These are the only colors I am considering, so lets get some votes.

Hayabusa Silver-Pearl Blue:
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1996 Corvette Grand Sport "Admiral Blue"
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2002 GMC "Storm Gray" (to match my truck)
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Or, just repaint it the same Navy Blue Metallic.
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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Glad you had the Admiral Blue as a choice. Was gonna suggest it until I saw you had it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> There was a notchback Mustang I saw painted that color and it looked damn good!
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 11:43 AM
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I don't think you can go wrong with either the Hyabusa or Admiral blue. I like both.
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 11:48 AM
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Its a tuff call. which color would you take off of the Hayabusa, the silver or the blue? either one of those looks really good. plus it would be cool to match your truck too. hey are you going to MTI this saterday?

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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 01:17 PM
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I voted for the Busa Blue because I'm painting my car Storm Grey. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 01:32 PM
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Drew, I'm only interested in the blue on the 'busa. I want something similar to my navy blue, but will stand out.

Nate, when are you getting your car painted? I love the color of my truck too.

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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 01:39 PM
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Another vote for the 'busa blue. I don't like having two vehicles of the same color. Just my .02
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 01:40 PM
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Late May to early June most likely... still in the process of working things out.
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:18 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Nine Ball:
<strong> Drew, I'm only interested in the blue on the 'busa. I want something similar to my navy blue, but will stand out. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Good b/c that blue is really sweet! go for it

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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:29 PM
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Both blues look good. Just another option. Have you ever heard of Medium Quaisar Blue Metallic? It was the color on my 92 Camaro and looked real sharp. Not too dark and not too light.
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:40 PM
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i agree with everyone else or most of them....'busa blue is pretty sweet for sure
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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busa blue.

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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 03:02 PM
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A friend of mine has a Viper that is a dark grey color and a new Dodge Ram that is the same color. It is kinda cool that they match. I think that he even put matching stripes on them. They look great for photos.

I forgot one other thing with the grey color. You are going to have to paint all of your hinges, jams and every nook and cranny of your car or it will look like poo-poo.

On the other hand the Gran Sport is my fav. of all corvettes so if you decide on blue I would choose this one.

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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 04:46 PM
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The storm gray is SWEET! The blues are very nice as well, but are too bright for my taste and just wouldnt look too good on a formula IMO. NBM is great color for a stock fbody, but if you are painting it might as well change things up a bit and make it look like a brand new car; plus as we all know your formula isnt a stock fbody!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 04:54 PM
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Ooooooh! Admiral Blue...preedy! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 08:13 PM
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'Busa blue for sure!
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 09:07 PM
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I like the storm grey, it would be pimp to be pulling the formula that was the same color. The admiral blue is a little 'lite' for my taste, almost toyish looking. The busa blue is sweet for sure but I don't think it will be much different from what you have.

If it was my car I would paint it a silver with a mettallic blue, ferrari and lexus both have similar colors. I have been playing around with that color in PS and it looks soooooo sweet. That or the dark green they put on the vettes and truck, it so dark it's almost black.

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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 10:20 PM
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I like the Admiral Blue, I voted for that one, but the Busa one is nice as well.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Old Feb 5, 2003 | 12:21 AM
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The Hayabusa blue looks NICE <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />
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Old Feb 5, 2003 | 06:23 PM
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I would go with the busa blue with 10 coats of highly polished clear <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> and some storm grey accents.

Are you getting the paint done while the motor is out?

Good luck!

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