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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Default Electron Blue or SOM?

My wife's WS6 has a few parking lot dings and scratches. Instead of a black repaint, I'm thinking about a new color. The options are a black repaint, 02-04 Z06 Electron Blue, or Sunset Orange Metallic. The car has 18 and 19 inch CCW SP16a's and our "racemesh" stainless side and hood grilles.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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SOM! Sunset Orange Metallic is def one of the best looking colors ever!
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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som would be the color i would go with.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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dude i think electron blue would be badass, would also bring out the ccw's!!
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:40 PM
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Definately electron blue. That color is badass and would make the car stick out from everyone elses.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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As much as I hate blue cars, I have to admit that hue would look good. I see a lot of people doing SOM when they repaint.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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You know which one I voted for. Plus, EB looked amazing on that Berger SS.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 02:58 PM
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i say electron blue, though it is hard to beat a clean black ws6
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I say go with Electron Blue. You don't see very many Camaros or Trans Ams that are EB. Plus SOM although it is an awsome color, it's also a factory color for our cars.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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EB just to be different
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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SOM is bad ******* ***. But e-blue on an fbody would be too sick.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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som is okay, and maybe it's just me, but som is losing it's appeal as time goes on. electron blue would look too cool! i think that is the way to go. besides, how many black and som ws6's are there? how many electron blue ws6'? have you seen? imo, you would have one of the coolest birds ever.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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get it repainted black, but a true black with no brown or some other color added. That my friend, would be the cats ***
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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be different and go with EB. SOM is nice but they never made the TA with EB as a paint option.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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how about the new blue on the new ZR1
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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Every car that I paint black I do that with. Just straight mixing black right off the PPG shelf. I hate it when the factory tints the black colors.
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get it repainted black, but a true black with no brown or some other color added. That my friend, would be the cats ***
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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LeMans blue is cool too. EB is a little brighter and I like it better on an F body.
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how about the new blue on the new ZR1
Edit- I thought you said new Z06. The ZR1 blue is sweet too, although it looks a lot like Medium Blue from the 99s, and Nassau Blue from the C5s.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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Another vote for electron blue!
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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BLUE or Same color...I don't know why everyone likes SOM so much...It is for your wife though, and I believe SOM is a Female Color.......
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