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Old 09-22-2007, 07:14 PM
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A while ago somebody was putting way cool paint schemes for WC race cars up on this forum.
Can anybody remember when that was....or how to find that thread???
Thanks!!
Old 09-22-2007, 09:12 PM
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Time for a new paint job huh Bob?

Sorry, I missed that thread so hopefully someone chimes in.

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HMMM is there a yellow car you are looking to repaint?
Old 09-22-2007, 10:17 PM
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Here are a few pictures I took from the SPGT race at Lowes













Oh wait I think I know what your looking for
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he needs a new paint job so he'll have an excuse to stop hitting things.........and maybe the new ride to boot.
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LG has lots of pics on his web site

Here is one of his drawings. I think he said there were ideas for wraps, not painting

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Originally Posted by TAF Motorsports
HMMM is there a yellow car you are looking to repaint?
now what makes you think that
man is it a small world~


Yeah.......those are the drawings. There was a thread that had lots of different designs...but I can't find it. Got any ideas.

BTW>>>>that is a goodlooking design
Old 09-22-2007, 11:27 PM
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It was in one of short throws threads, Adam Boca took that Foametix wrap scheme we had and made some based off of it. I dont recall where it was located though...
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The wraps are the way to go. NASCAR and even F1 are using it.
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http://www.phoenixperformanceinc.com/cars_for_sale.htm

car #35 at the bottom is pretty cool
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
LG has lots of pics on his web site

Here is one of his drawings. I think he said there were ideas for wraps, not painting

That is a bad looking ride right there
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The thread you are looking for is the one where the guy took the C6 and converted it to a race car, it is located in the C6 Z06 section. Do a search for Short-Throw or even better do a search for Adam Boca in that section and you will find the pics that you are looking for, they were of possible skins for the guys car that had a Katech engine in it.
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Originally Posted by Brett Richmond
The thread you are looking for is the one where the guy took the C6 and converted it to a race car, it is located in the C6 Z06 section. Do a search for Short-Throw or even better do a search for Adam Boca in that section and you will find the pics that you are looking for, they were of possible skins for the guys car that had a Katech engine in it.
I tried that and still could not find squat
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what's a wrap installed and all cost for a c5/c6?
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Originally Posted by Louis @ LG Motorsports
It was in one of short throws threads, Adam Boca took that Foametix wrap scheme we had and made some based off of it. I dont recall where it was located though...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...3&postcount=20
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Originally Posted by jtkeller
what's a wrap installed and all cost for a c5/c6?

3-5k, depending on how elaborate it is and how much design time you have in it.

The Foametix wrap took about a day and a half to lay on the car, and about an hour at the end of the season to take it off.

Pretty neat stuff. If we had a crash, or scrape, I had precut pieces we just layed on the new bodywork, no matter what color or how ugly it was underneath.
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Originally Posted by Louis @ LG Motorsports
3-5k, depending on how elaborate it is and how much design time you have in it.

The Foametix wrap took about a day and a half to lay on the car, and about an hour at the end of the season to take it off.

Pretty neat stuff. If we had a crash, or scrape, I had precut pieces we just layed on the new bodywork, no matter what color or how ugly it was underneath.
That's the way to go.
Most proteams are doing it now day.

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Old 09-24-2007, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Louis @ LG Motorsports
3-5k, depending on how elaborate it is and how much design time you have in it.

The Foametix wrap took about a day and a half to lay on the car, and about an hour at the end of the season to take it off.

Pretty neat stuff. If we had a crash, or scrape, I had precut pieces we just layed on the new bodywork, no matter what color or how ugly it was underneath.
It looks like a sweet setup. I wanted to talk to somebody about a partial wrap. I liked the idea of hiding an unpainted portion of the car that had some contact with a wall. For a race car this sounds like the way to go. I'd hate to waste alot of time and effort putting a nice paint job on a car that wil bel beat up and abused on a track.

I had no luck trying to find somebody in Michigan that could do something like this.
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Originally Posted by Racer-38
now what makes you think that
man is it a small world~


Yeah.......those are the drawings. There was a thread that had lots of different designs...but I can't find it. Got any ideas.

BTW>>>>that is a goodlooking design
Did you end up with that pretty yellow car on Ebay??? I know a couple things about that car.

Randy
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Hi Randy.........
yeah...I got it.

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