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Old May 19, 2023 | 09:38 AM
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I agree with Xlr8n1980, "Man, your car looks absolutely fantastic! I honestly wouldn't change a thing. I LOVE the tobacco interior color and the paint looks perfect with it."

Really a beautiful color combination. Have you considered leaving this one alone (Bronze/Tobacco) and buying another Vette that is bright red or something in orange? Maybe not much help but it's a great excuse to have more than one color (or generation) Corvette.
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Old May 19, 2023 | 03:12 PM
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ALL Corvettes are RED!
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Old May 19, 2023 | 05:56 PM
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I wanted red too just like a week and a half ago.m and made the color change from a white with oyster interior to a summit racing brand color. It’s called red wine metallic and it’s a dark red metallic with a hint of purple in a really white lED light. I really like dark red pearls or pearls in general and you can do a lot with a dark brown interior. My 2018 is a walnut brown metallic which is smidge lighter than the Caffine above but also has a light brown and dark brown interior and I love how it’s all in the same color family.

anyways, here’s a pic of the vette I just painted in my garage. Could look good with a brown interior. Also the summit brand paints are very nice high quality stuff at amazing prices. 1 gal of the red metallic 2k urethane low VOC single stage was $120 and I did 3 coats of high solids clear for $150 which is really a $270 paint job and has enough clear for a wet sand cut and polish. Pretty crazy what paint will cost you these days. It’s going to look similar to the below with the white but will be less purple. My car is below that.




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