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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 2 2010, 11:44 AM (1,861 Views) | |
| 1320B4U | Aug 2 2010, 11:44 AM Post #1 |
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"Miley Cyrus Club Pres"
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![]() Sealer, minimum 3 coats of base, then 2-3 coats of clear...ppg recommends their clear coat but any high quality clear can work. I love the '57 at the show this past weekend and everytime i see the paint i just fall in love. Some people say it should only be used as an accent (my friend had it only as an accent on his '88 conquest) but i love the look on the entire car....problem is its like $300 buks a pint and you'll need a minimum of $1000-1500 buks in paint to paint our cars ( i am assuming). I also heard touch ups are pretty much impossible due to the shifting characteristics and shooting it on a car thats not completely perfect is a waste....hence the for body work to get the car ready for the expensive base.Other forums state many body shops stay away from painting this but from what i read, its just like shooting any base/clear metalic job. Would look cool on a black car just for the strips but what you guys think?? Waste of money or just plain cool? sorry for the mustang pic, but the best i could fine...did find a '91 t/a in chroma but the pic was too small. Edited by 1320B4U, Aug 2 2010, 11:46 AM.
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![]() 1991 R/S..1992 L98 Firehawk Tribute (sold)..1999 c5/t56 (sold)..2012 z-71 | |
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| firechicken269 | Aug 2 2010, 11:46 AM Post #2 |
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itd be different, i think itd be cooler for just stripes or something tho. |
![]() 1989 Formula 350, 5.7 TPI, T-5, WS6 suspension, 3:23 posi rear, disc brakes, T-Tops, Holley 52mm TB, Ported Upper Plenum, SLP Siamese Runners, 24# Injectors, G92 Exhaust option, Custom Chip(By gp90gta). car definitely wouldnt be what it is today without alot of help from all my friends here... thanks guys | |
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| gp90gta | Aug 2 2010, 12:03 PM Post #3 |
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The Professor
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Years back my friend painted a car the same color as that 57 on a customer thirdgen camaro, I didn't like it but there are if I remember correctly about five or six diffrenet chrome illusion colors, I'm not saying I don't like chome illusion but that the color the guy picked for his was not my favorite plus they didn't put on the door mouldings and no stripes or decals or anything it was just to plane for me |
![]() 1990 GTA, 350, AFR195's, TPIS Miniram, Dyno Don headers, Custom bumpstick by Bullet cams, 36lbs injectors, Spohn SFC's, Custom tune by me. | |
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| 89BANDIT | Aug 2 2010, 12:04 PM Post #4 |
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Knew a hot blonde woman that had that on her 85-90 T/A. It looked awesome with the black crosslaces. something ive also always wanted to do. Just wasnt in my budget when i painted my car 2yrs ago. So, are u thinking of doing this to the camaro? |
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| 1320B4U | Aug 2 2010, 12:23 PM Post #5 |
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"Miley Cyrus Club Pres"
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Wouldn't do it to the 'maro..don't think it fits w/the car, esp. it being a convertible. I love the color though and would paint my other car w/it. |
![]() 1991 R/S..1992 L98 Firehawk Tribute (sold)..1999 c5/t56 (sold)..2012 z-71 | |
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| black83zee | Aug 2 2010, 12:39 PM Post #6 |
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Do we have a photo of a car with this paint in a black or dark color scheme? All I ever see this is in Pink, purple, blue hues! I wonder how it'd look in a black, dark green, dark blue thing...like a fly's body. |
350, carb, headers, side exhaust, T-5, aluminum ds, Baer discs, Bilsteins, tubular a-arms, tubular torque arm, adjustable track bar and control arms. | |
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| Deleted User | Aug 2 2010, 12:39 PM Post #7 |
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thats a sweet paint job but i'd get a differnt tone like that |
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| charged355 | Aug 2 2010, 01:23 PM Post #8 |
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You need a gallon of base coat and a gallon of clearcoat, body must be pin straight. Car must be complete when painted and it's a little trickier to shoot then regular paint but easier then candy. This, or black, or my blue I came u with were my choices for my car. Black would look good but impossible to clean and illusion I couldn't make up my mind which set of flop collors to use, once I finalized making my color I fell in love with it, hence my car now. This paint I wouldn't use on anything but a trailored show car. |
![]() Custom Forged 355 / Solid roller cam/valvetrain / Victor Jr heads / Hurricane Intake/ Accufab 1250cfm Throttle body / MegaSquirt 3 Engine Managment/ 1000cc SouthBay Injectors/ 7.6:1 CR / 4" Custom Single Exhaust / 4000 Circle D Stall/ CK Performance Billet 4L80 FMVB Trans Brake / 3" Chromoly Driveshaft / Full UMI Tubular Rear Suspension / Moser/Strange 9" / 4:11 gears Detroit Locker / Sumped LS1 gas tank / A1000 Fuel pump / A1000 FPR / Paxton Fuel filter / -10 Fuel line -8 return / Borg Warner S475 Turbo @10psi/ JGS 50mm WG & 56mm BOV / PA Racing Complete Tubular Front End Kit With Coilovers / Full Autometer Dash / Custom Black Suade Guts / Built by yours truly/ Tuned by George the EFI whiz http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxlPhzRElZYM5YE-n2NRUw | |
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| gp90gta | Aug 2 2010, 02:05 PM Post #9 |
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Hey Alex the my friend the same guy that painted the chromeillusion Camaro, had a customer come in with a black Maxima and wanted to to spray the clear with that candy paint, it was a small bottle of metallic blue flakes like dust (have you ever seen that?) you add it to the clear anyways my friend never used it before so he didn't know how much to add so he just added the hole bottle the came out SICK we thought it was going to be black with a touch of blue instead it came out straight matallic blue, the guy with the Maxima wasn't even mad actually he love it and he would alway stop buy the shop and tell us stories of people stopping him and asking what color it was |
![]() 1990 GTA, 350, AFR195's, TPIS Miniram, Dyno Don headers, Custom bumpstick by Bullet cams, 36lbs injectors, Spohn SFC's, Custom tune by me. | |
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| confucius101 | Aug 2 2010, 03:30 PM Post #10 |
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Has anyone tried any of the Alsa paints yet??? http://alsacorp.com/index.htm |
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| 19transam86 | Aug 2 2010, 03:35 PM Post #11 |
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Like a G6
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i love all of the paint colors they have, they are Awesome, but i couldn't do i ton my car cause i liek to drive it, like alex said, only on a trailered show car |
![]() 1986 Pontiac Trans Am, 305, 5-spd, 17" ZO6 Wheels | |
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| charged355 | Aug 2 2010, 04:30 PM Post #12 |
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Yeah I've seen that, there is 200 grams of it in my basecoat, it's just regular dust pearl. Comes in many colors and is meant for pearl 3 stage paintjobs. The reason the car came out blue is because ur not suppose to put it in clear or use the whole bottle, it takes over the paint and the pearl is all you see, because the light hits every particle and makes it shine. Glad it worked out good and the kid liked it. Most cool new paints have some usually very small ammount of pearl in the basecoat. Obv all pearl paint has it but it's sprayed on as a midcoat ontop of a flat basecoat then clearcoat. Never heard of it used in clear, funky idea tho. |
![]() Custom Forged 355 / Solid roller cam/valvetrain / Victor Jr heads / Hurricane Intake/ Accufab 1250cfm Throttle body / MegaSquirt 3 Engine Managment/ 1000cc SouthBay Injectors/ 7.6:1 CR / 4" Custom Single Exhaust / 4000 Circle D Stall/ CK Performance Billet 4L80 FMVB Trans Brake / 3" Chromoly Driveshaft / Full UMI Tubular Rear Suspension / Moser/Strange 9" / 4:11 gears Detroit Locker / Sumped LS1 gas tank / A1000 Fuel pump / A1000 FPR / Paxton Fuel filter / -10 Fuel line -8 return / Borg Warner S475 Turbo @10psi/ JGS 50mm WG & 56mm BOV / PA Racing Complete Tubular Front End Kit With Coilovers / Full Autometer Dash / Custom Black Suade Guts / Built by yours truly/ Tuned by George the EFI whiz http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxlPhzRElZYM5YE-n2NRUw | |
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| fcukit33 | Aug 2 2010, 05:04 PM Post #13 |
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i saw an early 4thgen on 109 out side a boddy shop with a crazy pealesent paint job..iv always liked them since you could do it in need for need and juiced back in the day |
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| charged355 | Aug 2 2010, 05:12 PM Post #14 |
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Have u stopped goin to your spelling classes again crj?? |
![]() Custom Forged 355 / Solid roller cam/valvetrain / Victor Jr heads / Hurricane Intake/ Accufab 1250cfm Throttle body / MegaSquirt 3 Engine Managment/ 1000cc SouthBay Injectors/ 7.6:1 CR / 4" Custom Single Exhaust / 4000 Circle D Stall/ CK Performance Billet 4L80 FMVB Trans Brake / 3" Chromoly Driveshaft / Full UMI Tubular Rear Suspension / Moser/Strange 9" / 4:11 gears Detroit Locker / Sumped LS1 gas tank / A1000 Fuel pump / A1000 FPR / Paxton Fuel filter / -10 Fuel line -8 return / Borg Warner S475 Turbo @10psi/ JGS 50mm WG & 56mm BOV / PA Racing Complete Tubular Front End Kit With Coilovers / Full Autometer Dash / Custom Black Suade Guts / Built by yours truly/ Tuned by George the EFI whiz http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxlPhzRElZYM5YE-n2NRUw | |
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| Spade | Aug 2 2010, 07:11 PM Post #15 |
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Undercover
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hahhhhahahah |
Keeping it REAL since 1984
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| Deleted User | Aug 2 2010, 09:03 PM Post #16 |
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Alex what's the color name of your paint?? i might get my car redone your color. |
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| charged355 | Aug 2 2010, 09:41 PM Post #17 |
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No your not, cuz it don't exist anywhere in the world but on my car. |
![]() Custom Forged 355 / Solid roller cam/valvetrain / Victor Jr heads / Hurricane Intake/ Accufab 1250cfm Throttle body / MegaSquirt 3 Engine Managment/ 1000cc SouthBay Injectors/ 7.6:1 CR / 4" Custom Single Exhaust / 4000 Circle D Stall/ CK Performance Billet 4L80 FMVB Trans Brake / 3" Chromoly Driveshaft / Full UMI Tubular Rear Suspension / Moser/Strange 9" / 4:11 gears Detroit Locker / Sumped LS1 gas tank / A1000 Fuel pump / A1000 FPR / Paxton Fuel filter / -10 Fuel line -8 return / Borg Warner S475 Turbo @10psi/ JGS 50mm WG & 56mm BOV / PA Racing Complete Tubular Front End Kit With Coilovers / Full Autometer Dash / Custom Black Suade Guts / Built by yours truly/ Tuned by George the EFI whiz http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxlPhzRElZYM5YE-n2NRUw | |
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| ReDemption | Aug 2 2010, 09:45 PM Post #18 |
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Got Ls1?
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yea...not a fan... heres my car before i got working on it..... |
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| Spade | Aug 2 2010, 09:50 PM Post #19 |
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91camaro Alex manages a paint shop and he custom created his color.... So when he says its only on his car he's being serious...... |
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| gp90gta | Aug 2 2010, 10:12 PM Post #20 |
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Hey what did you do with those GTO light covers? |
![]() 1990 GTA, 350, AFR195's, TPIS Miniram, Dyno Don headers, Custom bumpstick by Bullet cams, 36lbs injectors, Spohn SFC's, Custom tune by me. | |
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| ReDemption | Aug 2 2010, 11:43 PM Post #21 |
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Got Ls1?
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still got em somewheres, never installed them, i had just placed them on there to take the picture. |
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| 1320B4U | Aug 3 2010, 09:05 AM Post #22 |
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"Miley Cyrus Club Pres"
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Redemption was your car for sale on craigslist a long time ago..i couldn've sworn i saw that car before. And '91 camaro, your better off finding a color closest to alex's thats on a factory car, it would be easier to touch up and cheaper. If you like his blue, find something as close as you can. |
![]() 1991 R/S..1992 L98 Firehawk Tribute (sold)..1999 c5/t56 (sold)..2012 z-71 | |
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| Deleted User | Aug 3 2010, 09:41 AM Post #23 |
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Ok well can you give me a color blue thats almost like it but not officialy like your blue dont give me a gay blue like give me a darker blue?? Redempition I like that color how much did it set you back to get that done or when u did it? |
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| charged355 | Aug 3 2010, 10:04 AM Post #24 |
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No, don't be a copy cat be original, and not tryin to be a dick I tell that to everyone who asks to get a color simmilar to mine . |
![]() Custom Forged 355 / Solid roller cam/valvetrain / Victor Jr heads / Hurricane Intake/ Accufab 1250cfm Throttle body / MegaSquirt 3 Engine Managment/ 1000cc SouthBay Injectors/ 7.6:1 CR / 4" Custom Single Exhaust / 4000 Circle D Stall/ CK Performance Billet 4L80 FMVB Trans Brake / 3" Chromoly Driveshaft / Full UMI Tubular Rear Suspension / Moser/Strange 9" / 4:11 gears Detroit Locker / Sumped LS1 gas tank / A1000 Fuel pump / A1000 FPR / Paxton Fuel filter / -10 Fuel line -8 return / Borg Warner S475 Turbo @10psi/ JGS 50mm WG & 56mm BOV / PA Racing Complete Tubular Front End Kit With Coilovers / Full Autometer Dash / Custom Black Suade Guts / Built by yours truly/ Tuned by George the EFI whiz http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxlPhzRElZYM5YE-n2NRUw | |
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| 89BANDIT | Aug 3 2010, 10:24 AM Post #25 |
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I like that new color blue found on those shitty little mazda 3's. Its the lighter one. Similar to the limited edition aqua color on the LT1 C4's. |
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| 1320B4U | Aug 3 2010, 10:31 AM Post #26 |
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"Miley Cyrus Club Pres"
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That gm aqua color is dated though..every gm car manufactured in the early 90's had that color and it went out real fast. |
![]() 1991 R/S..1992 L98 Firehawk Tribute (sold)..1999 c5/t56 (sold)..2012 z-71 | |
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| 89BANDIT | Aug 3 2010, 10:36 AM Post #27 |
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I dont believe in "dated" lol. Still luve that color. And you rarely see it anymore. Looks great with some black Zr1's. |
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| ReDemption | Aug 3 2010, 11:41 AM Post #28 |
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Got Ls1?
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Yea it was, I was looking for a clean body at the time and that was the only thing I was able to find around here for the price. So I grabbed it gutted it and now it looks nothing like what it was
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| gp90gta | Aug 3 2010, 11:54 AM Post #29 |
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Well if you find them and you want to sell them shoot me a PM |
![]() 1990 GTA, 350, AFR195's, TPIS Miniram, Dyno Don headers, Custom bumpstick by Bullet cams, 36lbs injectors, Spohn SFC's, Custom tune by me. | |
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| Deleted User | Aug 3 2010, 08:28 PM Post #30 |
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That blue is nice i wouldnt think dated maybe if i get a free paint job lol or see what it looks like on a different car ill probably get it |
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