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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 09:10 AM
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Need help with appearance ideas

Well, Ive got a 95 Z28 hardtop, artic white with the red interior.

The only things Ive done to it appearance wise are paint the calipers and a red insert in the tail panel. I'm now trying to think of other things I can do to the car to set it apart from all of the other Zs out there.

I was thinking about maybe some red racing stripes, but I'm not sure how theyd look on a LT1 Z with the black roof. Theres also the 35th anniversary stripes...

Which stripes do you think would look better and what color? Red or black? I would change the rear fill in to match whatever color stripes I got.

Anyone have any pictures of white LT1 cars? The wheels will follow suit next year when I get the money saved up.

Any other suggestions. I'm looking for a cheap SS spoiler. Possibly clear corners... I'm just trying to get as many opinions as possible.
Old Aug 10, 2004 | 09:44 AM
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all this time and I never knew your car was a hardtop....save a few bucks and lets put ttops in
Old Aug 10, 2004 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue89Bird
all this time and I never knew your car was a hardtop....save a few bucks and lets put ttops in
Ehhhh...hardtops are for drivers...T-Tops are for lookers. (I like hardtops).

If you are gonna get stripes, at least go with the red - and I vote for the 35th style over regular. Black is just too dull on a white car. White cars need stuff that adds pizzazz. I say even better would be some 35th style stripes in hugger orange, and then follow suit with everything else. Of course - your red interior wouldn't go at all then, so you'd have to change that. I understand that you probably don't want to go that far with it, but I just think hugger 35th stripes on a white car would look great.

Other little things...
Window Tint, Blacked out corners, Reflective Red Front Bowtie Overlay from Brent (I absoultely love mine - it the only red thing on my car aside from my tail lights, and it is a lot nicer color than the old stocker), and perhaps a nose badge decal from Brent (Red over silver or something cool).
The little things add a lot IMO.
Old Aug 10, 2004 | 11:10 AM
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I think red stripes with a black outline around them would look awesome.
Old Aug 10, 2004 | 02:01 PM
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I'm a hardtop also.. hehe

I'm not a big fan of the stripes.. The police seem to have a hard-on for those around here...

I'd say some dark window tints, chrome rims, Some 3d domed decals for the front camaro emblem, door handles, and black sail panel ...

Old Aug 10, 2004 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyperspeed97z28
black sail panel ...
I knew I was forgetting something!!! DEFINITELY!!! It is soooo sexy on white.
See what I mean.
Old Aug 10, 2004 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 94BlackBowtie
I knew I was forgetting something!!! DEFINITELY!!! It is soooo sexy on white.
See what I mean.

No no, thats the tail panel..

The Sail panel is the tri-angle black piece near the door handles ...

That is SEXY though !!!
Old Aug 11, 2004 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 94BlackBowtie
I knew I was forgetting something!!! DEFINITELY!!! It is soooo sexy on white.
See what I mean.



I am definately doing that! That and a SS spoiler! Christ, its so damn hot.

Anyone here have tint on their car? I'm just curious as to what it would look like.

edit - do you think that rear panel is flat or glossy black?

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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Hyperspeed97z28
I'm a hardtop also.. hehe

I'd say some dark window tints, chrome rims, Some 3d domed decals for the front camaro emblem, door handles, and black sail panel ...

What do those 3d domed decals look like?
Old Aug 11, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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I have tint on my car, all around the sides and back with about the top 20% on the front. It looks really good, but it's a little hard to see at night, nothing you can't deal with. It keeps the inside of the car a lot cooler too.
Old Aug 11, 2004 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Hyperspeed97z28
No no, thats the tail panel..

The Sail panel is the tri-angle black piece near the door handles ...

That is SEXY though !!!
Ehhh...sail, tail...when you're reading fast its the same thing.
But I know what you are talking about now - I just read tail the first time 'round.

Steve - my windows are tinted, but its on black, so it would look quite a bit different. Here's some White with tinted windows, and a black panel.
Notice you can see the tinted back window on that white car with the black tail panel I posted before...
Look through Dave's pages - you'll probably get lots of ideas, and see several that have been mentioned.

The black tail panel should be a satin black. Gloss doesn't look good in most cases, flat just looks dull, satin/semi/low gloss black looks best usually.
Although, that one, its hard to tell...it may be gloss???
Old Aug 11, 2004 | 11:40 AM
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Old Aug 11, 2004 | 11:58 AM
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Steve,

go to www.ebay.com and search under the seller "softdecal"

you'll find the camaro decals... MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE 3D DOMED ones !!!
Old Aug 11, 2004 | 06:44 PM
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How about silver stripes? Here are some Stripes:
http://www.3rdgendecals.com/CustomerPages/Bob.htm

Sail panel Decals here:
http://www.autotrimdesign.net/items.jsp?category=8253

Or you can go to Brent, lotsa ideas on this page!! :
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/vinyl/vinyl.htm
Old Aug 11, 2004 | 06:46 PM
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Heres the ones Hyperspeed posted on another thread for the domed sail panel ones:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW



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