WhiteLightning1

Hi everyone!

This is my first time posting on these boards. I just bought my 2000 v6 camaro with t-tops last week. It only has 50,000 mi and is in fantastic shape. I do have to replace the hood though because of a minor dent. I am considering changing the entire color of the car from white to black when I have the hood replaced. Anyone have any opinions? I can't seem to find any sites that have a white and a black camaro next to each other for comparison. Also, anyone know of the most cost effective place to order an ss hood from?

Thanks!!

Tiffany

fitz796

Its gonna very costly for paint the entire car but if you have the money then by all means go for it and let me see the outcome. I'd recommend some sort of black racing stripes

Evolution223

I wouldn't paint it black, white is a good color, infact I sort of regret painting my car after 2 years, 1. because of the money and 2. because Factory paint jobs hold up really well.

You can get a decent paint job with clear coat at a Macco for $1000 and it will even come with a 5 year warrenty garunteed not to peel, a good independent body shop will charge much much more than that. Infact money wise you would be better off selling your car and buing another that is already Black.

Infact Macco will only charge like $50 to paint a hood for you and probably only a few bucks to install it.

and just do your research before buying a hood and try to find out which ones fit good, if you buy the cheapest thing you can find it will most likely fit poorly and will not look good with gaps, it would be worth the couple of hundrred more to get a good quality hood, although a dark paint job like black would hide the hood gaps better than white.

96 Z 28

Yeah after having both light (White & Silver) and dark (Dark Blue/Dark Maroon/Black) cars you DON'T want Black.... Dark colors always seem to look dirty unless they are freshly washed, and 10 minutes later they look dirty. White/light colors typically look clean until they are so dirty that the dirt is falling off...

So unless you wash your car once a day keep, the white. It will also be cheaper to install the hood or even paint it in general vs. changing the color.

WhiteLightning1

Thank you for the advice everyone! I actually ran across a black camaro on the road yesterday and decided i like the white better now just have to find my ss scoop hood!

fitz796

Off topic....where are these "Macco" (sp?) paint shops you speak of. I live in upstate NY.

Brangeta

I agree.

If you want the car to look more aggressive, paint the roof, mirrors, and door handles black like Z28s were required to have from '93-'94. (I don't want to into a big paragraph, but Z28s didn't always have black door handles for some years and etc. which is why I'm specifically mentioning '93-'94.) It's a very good look.

Consider getting the SLP bowtie grill. It looks very, very good on the white '98-'02 Camaros.


If you don't already have dual exhaust, you might check craigslist and see if you can find factory Z28 exhaust for sale. With some work, an exhaust shop could get it to fit on your car.

bds001

its Maaco

Brangeta

Maacos are everywhere. Just like cockroaches. Check their website if you really want one haha.