whitestreak3

Hi all,
Ive been working pretty hard on my corvette for the last month or so, stripping it down and prepping it for paint, and am starting to get close to the fun part. It's original color is beige and I am wanting to repaint it a type of red. First of all, I'm not really looking for a super bright red, but not something as dark as maroon, either. The closest I've found to these guidelines is autumn red. Does anybody have some pics of their car? Also, just looking at paint off of newer corvettes, it seems that magnetic red would fit pretty nicely. Does anyone have any pics of this or any other type of newer corvette colors on their c3? I don't know if I really want to go out of stock colors, but if it looks nice enough I'd be willing to. Thanks for the help!

Easy Mike

How about the red in your avatar? http://www.corvettepaintcodes.com/

qwank

I love torch red on a rubber bumper C3

Brack c

Use GM paint code ~ GM341 Autumn Maple Firemist . Great color ..... It's an older color though .

3JsVette

Red is going to be expensive regardless of what shade or variation you go with. My advise look at lots of new cars and find something you like. Stay away from custom mixes and 3 stages in case you ever have to "touch up". The newer Corvettes have some great reds to pick from.

whitestreak3

The color on my avi is still probably too bright for what I'm looking for, easymike. Brack c, thanks for the suggestion! Do you have any pics? What cars did that originally come on? Anybody else? Thanks

whitestreak3

Thanks 3Jsvette, any newer colors that you recommend?

LS4 PILOT

I like the 1980 RED .....that was lacquer paint though.

LannyL81

If you think repainting RED is expensive.....try re-painting to black. EVERYTHING shows-up....every "%#@(^&!!" little thing!

Priya

Paint it House of Colour hot pink pearl:

Brack c

WS ....
Here is the color I used on my Chevelle . It was darker at night & really sharp in the sunlight . Its a metallic paint .....but not metal flake . The sun really made it standout .

whitestreak3

Thanks everybody! That looks pretty nice Brack C...I might consider that. Anybody else have some pics/opinions? Thanks

3JsVette

Check out new car/truck dealers. If you find something you like. The name of the color and the year make model of car/truck is right on the window sticker making it easy to duplicate.

Mod75

I drove through 20 dealers looking at colors of cars, wife said please stop.

I said that its, AB5 Electric Blue PC, Mopar color.

No its not Red, it's Blue, use a paint program and change the color Lots of times to what ever you like, makes life a lot simpler. That's all i got..

kdlp

Sounds like you're looking for a darker red ... this is a Chrysler (Jeep) color that's very close to Chrysler's "Inferno Red." The Chrysler code is: PRJ

Good Luck,

kdlp

Vette Fetish

We received pictures of our 73 L 82 and her repaint. We chose Dark Brown. This 73 has black interior. We will have her back in our possession before Christmas!