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Old 05-16-2004 | 10:02 PM
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Before and After new paint

Hi guys... Here is the before pic......
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Old 05-16-2004 | 10:07 PM
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Here is the after......
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Old 05-16-2004 | 10:11 PM
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Sorry about the low quality of the pics, but I couldn't figure out how to make it any bigger/better with the file size limits.....

Old 05-16-2004 | 10:42 PM
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wow that looks great, wut color did u decide to go with ?
Old 05-17-2004 | 06:17 AM
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either way it looks good, um , why did u paint the car , i cant see in the first pic if their are any paint probs, so your gonna need to tell me.
Old 05-17-2004 | 07:05 AM
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Well guys... I wish the pics were better as the first pic from the doors back is light grey primer and the rest of the car is white and the white is in really bad shape with some of it worn down to the original primer. The color now is a PPG three stage paint that is basically candy apple red, but it doesn't show up that great in that pic since the pic is such low quality and the sun wasn't out when I took it.

Anyone know how to post better pics??
Old 05-19-2004 | 06:53 AM
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When I downsized the pics, they get really fuzzy... anyone know how to downsize them to fit here without getting the distortion? I thought you only got distorted pics when youmade them bigger.....
Old 05-19-2004 | 08:53 AM
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well if ur camera is any less then 3ish megapixel the pix are gonna be sh*t. Id suggest taking a camera pic(=to 5 megapixel) and scan it in.

I actually like the white. Maybe Its the picture quality like you said but I dont like the new paint.

Nate
Old 05-19-2004 | 01:12 PM
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so did it get jammed too?
Old 05-19-2004 | 01:53 PM
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All my pictures are from a 2.1 mp camera and they look fine. What are you using to shrink the pictures? BTW car looks great from the pictures.
Old 05-19-2004 | 09:00 PM
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Well, I am using a 2.0 megapixel camera and the pics look really good when they are full size, but when they shrink, they get bad. I use photomagic which came with my scanner to shrink the pics. Maybe I'll try to scan a pic taken with a regular camera.

Oh, and the paint looks diferent depending on the light as I guess candy paint does, even though in the pics it looks like a burgandy/brownish color.
Old 05-19-2004 | 09:05 PM
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Let's see how this one looks....

BTW... that is the '67 in front of the Iroc.
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Old 05-20-2004 | 04:22 PM
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That is a very clean paint job. Nice
Old 05-20-2004 | 09:05 PM
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I have never liked white to much and I think the paint job livens the car up quite a bit, whoever did it looks to have done a good job.
Old 05-22-2004 | 09:38 PM
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Thanks guys, I just wish I knew how to post a pic that really lets you see how it looks in person.
Old 05-23-2004 | 06:20 PM
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where did you get the stripes and iroc stickers? car looks sweet
Old 05-23-2004 | 07:44 PM
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You can send me the original pics and I'll try to downsize them for you.Try sending them one at a time though.Oh and all of my pics are from a 2.1mega pixel camera.

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Old 05-23-2004 | 07:55 PM
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The IROC-Z decals are GM, but the stripes are phoenix graphics that I bought from someone on the classifieds (also had the phoenix iroc-z decals, but I already had the GM ones and the GM ones are one piece -each letter- and the phoenix ones are thin strips to make the letters). The eblems are all silver from a 91-92 Z-28 not the original three tone ones because I thought the silver would really stand out on the candy apple red. Thanks for the comments!!
Old 05-23-2004 | 09:20 PM
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Old 05-23-2004 | 09:22 PM
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This one needed downsizing the other was ok..have to be 650 x whatever or lower

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Old 05-24-2004 | 08:55 PM
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Thanks for resizing that for me 91Zman! Now maybe people can get a better idea of what my car now looks like!!
Old 05-24-2004 | 09:47 PM
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No problem,glad to have helped.If it wasn't for an itching for a 2ndgen I'd get an IROC-Z...again sweet ride!
Old 05-24-2004 | 09:58 PM
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Looks good Vidman MY 85 z I'm going to do something like that.

91Zman get a 2 nd 3 rd only way to go I just picked up a 79 z28 for 1000 some kid need money for school.
Old 05-24-2004 | 10:11 PM
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excuse the hijack vidman...

jay92,85,79
I'm looking for either a 70-73 Z or maybe a 79-81Z,leaning towards the 70-73. I've been hanging out at NastyZ28.com for a couple years now. Now if I could find a sweet deal as you did!

ok..carry on..as you were..back on topic
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