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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 02:49 PM
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Hi guys,

My originally black C7 went for a complet color change last year, was fully painted in OEM Arctic white.
But after less than one year, i have started to miss it in black so much, so i've decided to paint it in black again, not in the OEM black, but in Ferrari Daytona Metallic Nero ( basically a black with alot of gold and red metallic)
here some pics, hope you enjoy.



















Finally the Sun showed up, some pictures with visible flakes:






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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 03:06 PM
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Looks good man, why not just do a wrap on her. per say at 2500.00 for a wrap come out a lot cheaper. I had my 6 seriers BMW wrapped, and love it for now but can just pull it off when ever I want. But to each his on here car does look good man, but I do hate seeing the white on the BMW under the hood. Robert
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 03:36 PM
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I'm truly envious of your ability to do so, nice......
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 04:24 PM
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Looks good man, why not just do a wrap on her. per say at 2500.00 for a wrap come out a lot cheaper. I had my 6 seriers BMW wrapped, and love it for now but can just pull it off when ever I want. But to each his on here car does look good man, but I do hate seeing the white on the BMW under the hood. Robert
Wrapping (imo) gets decent results only if you use matte or satin vinyls, the gloss wraps are terrible in my opinion, not slightly close to the effect of a good polished paint job.
said so, my corvette has been wrapped 3 times (always in satin colors) but when it comes to gloss, paint all day ; )
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by s n v f f
Wrapping (imo) gets decent results only if you use matte or satin vinyls, the gloss wraps are terrible in my opinion, not slightly close to the effect of a good polished paint job.
said so, my corvette has been wrapped 3 times (always in satin colors) but when it comes to gloss, paint all day ; )

I will agree with that for sure. Man car looks good from the pic's
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 04:34 PM
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The C7 looks awesome even with parts missing. Nice pics/well done.
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 04:55 PM
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I always enjoy following your mods.
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 04:55 PM
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It looks awesome, mean and nasty.
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Nicely done!

And a tremendous improvement over white.
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 05:43 PM
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Looks good, you have an interesting hobby and an expensive one changing colors yearly. I love seeing folks enjoying their $$, more power to you.
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Looks great. Hoping for some additional pics out in the sun where the red and gold metallic flakes can pop out a little more.
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Always interesting reading about the unusual things folks do to their vettes.

Kudos for taking the road less traveled.
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Old Nov 16, 2021 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by MSG C5
Looks great. Hoping for some additional pics out in the sun where the red and gold metallic flakes can pop out a little more.
Would like to see outdoor pics too. But, from the pics, paint looks great!
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+++You're brave dude, to paint it not once but twice.+++

That's clean!

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Great job with the color change. Car looks awesome.
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Old Nov 17, 2021 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Clifftrail
The C7 looks awesome even with parts missing. Nice pics/well done.
I said the same thing to my wife I was like "check out my car with no fenders hood or rear it still looks awesome.
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Old Nov 17, 2021 | 02:42 PM
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Such a beauty man i admire your talent. c7 is such an outstanding vehicle it does look good no matter how you look at it
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Awesome. I liked your car when you changed it to AW. But this, this is pretty spectacular.
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