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Old 11-17-2001, 04:17 PM
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Best colour for an IROC

Ok guys I have an 88 T-top IROC and am gonna get it painted soon. Now I am looking for the opinions of all and possible some pics of peoples IROC's. thanks for the help

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BLACK.... end of discussion... end of topic
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i second that if u can afford to paint it and clean it . i would go with black. mine is red but black irocs kick but.
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I like the color of my IROC, Code 23 "IROC Blue" metallic.



I never liked black on third gen Camaros because it doesn't seem to give to the car any dimension... it just doesn't give its shape justice.

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Black, baby! It's the only way to go. I have never seen ANY car look more bad@ss than a black Camaro. Add dark tint and classy looking 17" rims to the equation and you're looking at one awesome piece of American iron. On the flip side though, black is a bitch to keep clean and scratchless.

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I say black, too. Camaros just look so damn smooth in black.
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black.. the 92 is black, when she's clean, oh it's beautiful, turns heads and all.. Of course it stays clean for about 10 minutes, EVERYTHING and I do mean EVERYTHING shows up.

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Black definatly, or this



I had a black RS but made the decision to get something a "little" faster... well when its running


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cant deny that black is sweet but it shows way to many scratches.....

what about this?


candy apple red is so sweet even when its dry it looks wet.......

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Old 11-17-2001, 11:42 PM
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Yeah thats my general consensus too...scratches too easy, and gets dirt way to fast. any other good colours????
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Black - 'nuff said!
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Why, black of course. I took like 45 pics of the car today, freshly polished, and they'll be up next week. I'll convince you

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Old 11-18-2001, 12:47 AM
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gotta go with the maroon/wine red color....came stock on the irocs....my iroc-z is this color, and im always getting compliments on the paint, plus, chicks love it...
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Yeah, its true black doesn't give its shape justice. The lighter the color the more you can make out the shape and the lines of the car. I personally love red, or maroon, although I do have a black IROC. If I had choice to repaint, it would probably be bright red.
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I like the marroon, or 'Medium Garnet' as GM calls it, on my RS, but black IROCs look bad *** ! I want one!!!

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Old 11-18-2001, 07:50 AM
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Black Cherry. Jet black with a cherry pearl clear coat looks awesome. Thats what mine's going this winter.
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My IROC is silver--I've never personally seen another of that color. Though black's sweet, I wouldn't swap. E-mail me for pics should you be interested. By the way, it's your car, matty350, and you should do what pleases you, but changing colors is very difficult to do if you wish a thorough job.

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I really liked my stock dark metallic red, but i'm definately partial to any color candy. specially the red candy.

black is a sweet color, but i agree when it doesn't show the lines of our cars; where as too light of a color can have a negative effect.

I think you should go with the color you like, that way you'll be happy and that's the most important thing.
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I agree with leirch and Kandied91z
on the metallic red. I drive an 88 IROC-Z that looks almost identically to Leirch's. It looks great. I put some Cragar rims on it and it really turns heads. But also, dont let us talk you into a color, do what you want. Good luck choosing, third gen's look good in just about anything if you ask me.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by blue86iroc:
I like the color of my IROC, Code 23 "IROC Blue" metallic.</font>
That is a killer color man! Im liking it!

I am partial to Maui Blue, but, I dunno what it would look like on an IROC...

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Metallic brown (yeah brown) with gold decals.
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Bright Red. Thats it.

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Hey JONO nice car, you live in toronto? I live just south in Oakville! nice car dude!


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Black is alright for some cars, but I prefer a more unique color. Check out my site:

http://paintman40.homestead.com/camaropics.html

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I know im probably going to get flamed for this, but maybe you could try something original and paint your iroc a color that wasnt available, like maybe yellow, (not the banana yellow) or green, i dunno just a thought, id like to see bright yellow iroc

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I know im probably going to get flamed for this, but maybe you could try something original and paint your iroc a color that wasnt available, like maybe yellow, (not the banana yellow) or green, i dunno just a thought, id like to see bright yellow iroc

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Like i stated before, BLACK, end of discussion, please close this thread now, the answer has been given.

END OF STORY.



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Just a suggestion but i absolutely LOVE the color on 86fyrbrd's 3.5 gen TA. it's absolutely stunning, but i'm not exactly sure how good it would look on a camaro
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YELLOW!!!! Look at my car at www.rearman.com/camarokid.htm
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I'd say white...Just kiddin'. Black is where it's at baby!


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Nothing looks better than a glossy black ride. Not an IROC but you get the point.




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I had a black camaro and it was a PITA to keep clean,it looked great when it was shined,but i would have to keep a California duster in the car to keep it looking good,black is bad,i personally want a blue or silver camaro for my next car,i had red,dont car for it that much,black was cool,yellow was and is my car now and really stands out,chick dig it too,you dont see a yellow roc everyday.

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Although black is cool, there seems to be too many people with them, so I say try something new.
Go down to an auto shop and have a look at some of those paint boards they have at the back.
Some of the other manufacturer's colors can look pretty damn sharp on other cars.
I recommend Mitsubishi's Azure Blue it looks really dark and good, with some tints, beautiful!

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Yeah, black is a pain to keep clean, but its so nice when it's clean. I get my pics Wednesday, hopefully they came out nice.

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Here's a color that I love. When I repaint my car it will be similar to this yellow.




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Car: Red 87 IROC-Z28 T-Top
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Lets see....no!! A Bright Red IROC-Z with the offset headlight pockets, hood louvers, stripes and everyting else with that nice color on 1 of those cars, IMO is the best. Also, the years of the IROC-Z, 85-90, that color was the most produced, probably because of this car. Not my car.




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Black is nice, but not for long unless you really really baby the car. And listen to all of these people saying black, too many people with black cars, I would go for something different like the silver.
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If you want a VERY shinny glossy car, blacks the wayto go.

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black all the way! make sure the body is flawless though, or you will see every imperfection.

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about 7 coats of black laq, hand rubed, till the paint looks so deep you can almost step into it.

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about 7 coats of black laq, hand rubed, till the paint looks so deep you can almost step into it.

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nevermind... laquer is crap.

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Personally I like black. It is a pain to keep clean and keep scratches off, but nothing can out do it once it's polished up and clean. I don't think anything looks better clean than a black car (Nicely painted black, not some faded crap, lol.) And at night, well, it just looks sweet.



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Transmission: 4L60E
Hey, or if you want something different, you could do one of the fade colors from silver to black. Not from top to bottom, but at a ***** . I've seen it on one car, and it looked pretty sweet, with like a blue outlining the gap between black and silver. Or go old style (which I also like) and paint it Hugger Orange

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Old 11-20-2001, 01:47 PM
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blackety black black black



or any cool custom job. there are way too many paint colors out there to chose. go look at PPG, house of kolor, and anywhere else you can find custom paints. Im sure you could come up with some cool looking paint scheme.
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Corvette Sebring Silver Metallic. No lower body strips, just the door decals(black), black leather interior, black headlight bezels, black hood louvers, and paint the non-machined surfaces of the wheels balck. Make sure it is a convertible with a black top. Dont forget the dark windew tint. This will be my next car, and you will like it.

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Hugger Orange

but i may be a bit partial

<----just painted his Z hugger orange

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