paint my car :D
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paint my car :D hey I want to pain my red 1998 black, but i want it to be perfect, i dont want red to show, not when you pop the hood, not when you open the door, none of that crap. any suggestions?
having done this a few times. first thing you will need to be ready for is completely stripping the car! every panel , even the roof. ,hatch ,hood fenders. complete interior, harness' suspension ,motor, exhaust . it will be a shell when you are finished. 
hey its either do it the right way or the cheap way and regret it later!
hey its either do it the right way or the cheap way and regret it later! ditto, If I had to paint my whole car, it would certainly not be a color it could have come from the factory as.
50th anniversary C5 maroon, or 350Z metallic red, would be my choices.
Ryan
50th anniversary C5 maroon, or 350Z metallic red, would be my choices.
Ryan
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Go a custom color if your going to spend all the time and effort to paint every piece of it. As someone else said try out a metallic color, such as the monteray metallic used on f-bodies, or the 50th annv. red, or even sunset orange metallic.
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there is a slammen mazda red called "velocity red" its a a 3 stage color with the first coat being somewhat of a lipstick red, and then next a nice deep red pearl, and final coat being the clear... i just painted some stripes on my hood with it and i gotta tell you inthe sunlight u just wanna lick it it looks so good... just an idea...
50 anny corvette:
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...l-edition.html
Sunset orange metallic:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...&highlight=som
I have never seent eh metallic red 350z so cant help there
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...l-edition.html
Sunset orange metallic:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...&highlight=som
I have never seent eh metallic red 350z so cant help there
There was a similar color to the dark red metallic on these cars from the factory, not sure what yes. I think they look great! My cars white and I really want a different color, but it aint happening, too much work and not enough time!
Originally Posted by gd1996
There was a similar color to the dark red metallic on these cars from the factory, not sure what yes. I think they look great! My cars white and I really want a different color, but it aint happening, too much work and not enough time!
I believe it was either monterray maroon metallic or maple red metallic that came on f-bodies. Very nice color too.
