looking for a pic...
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Burning Brakes
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looking for a pic...
my '87 is getting painted torch red, and was just curious what its going to look like with the older style front bumper and concave rear bumper...anybody with an early c4 painted torch red?
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by gixxr
anyone know what an 87 red corvette looke like 
I'm sure it will look great, remember all Corvettes are red
I'm sure it will look great, remember all Corvettes are redhahahaha, yeah my car is dark red metallic now but i wanted brighter...i think i made the right decision
car is going to the body shop monday
how may coats of clear should i have them lay down?
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Originally Posted by CRV3TT3
hahahaha, yeah my car is dark red metallic now but i wanted brighter...i think i made the right decision
car is going to the body shop monday how may coats of clear should i have them lay down?
car is going to the body shop monday
how may coats of clear should i have them lay down?I'm no paint expert...but do you have a choice of clear coating amounts??? If you are looking for a nice looking durable paint job discuss that with the shop......different paint qualities and clear coat as well I would say. I dabbled around automotive painting years ago with my buddies Corvairs and 55 Dodge where they had different choices...Lacquer, Enamel,Emeron. I guess it's the difference between a Maaco and a $4,000 paint job.
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Originally Posted by CRV3TT3
the more clear you add the more it will look like a show car...the typical paintjob has 3 coats, i was just thinking about having them make it a bit more glossy
If I remember right, our C4's have two coats of primer, two coats of color and two coats of clear.
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Originally Posted by CRV3TT3
the more clear you add the more it will look like a show car...the typical paintjob has 3 coats, i was just thinking about having them make it a bit more glossy
That's what the body shop put on mine.
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Originally Posted by Mr Mojo
Glossy is nice.
If I remember right, our C4's have two coats of primer, two coats of color and two coats of clear.
If I remember right, our C4's have two coats of primer, two coats of color and two coats of clear.
i may be going with 4-5 coats of clear 