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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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I am thinking of getting a little bit of paint on my silver vert. I have been looking at ghost flames and true flames but I haven't found many good pictures of c5's with custom paint. Any sugestions/pics? I already have the shop picked out and I am rearing to go.

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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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Check out JimZ06 and Iceburgh's old vette
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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i pm'd you ,, later rj
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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i posted this sunday when i got my car out of the shop , having done 3D flames,, later rj
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by redjetty
i posted this sunday when i got my car out of the shop , having done 3D flames,, later rj
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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Stick to one color, no flames no stripes no murals no two tones just a high gloss clean finish! my 2 cents....
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by zipduda
Stick to one color, no flames no stripes no murals no two tones just a high gloss clean finish! my 2 cents....
I agree clean is best
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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by redjetty
i posted this sunday when i got my car out of the shop , having done 3D flames,, later rj
That is awsome. Nice looking ride. I would like to see it from multiple angles to see how the effet sits
Awsome ride
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I agree clean is best
what am I an idiot. I like clean but I started this post. There needs to be that happy medium. But a clean clean look
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Check out screen #8 of this thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1619791

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Originally Posted by stormrider
Check out screen #8 of this thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1619791

I had seen that car but couldn't find the picture when I actually looked for it. I really like that thanks for the post
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