erika1977

ok--i've decided to paint the car black instead of red--i have red interior, so should look good. so please, if you have them, lets see some pics of black C3's
thanks :seeya

erika1977

oh yeah, i know that black paint is NOT forgiving, so my prep work HAS TO BE PERFECT!! :seeya

Sean Willard

Great choice Erica! You'll love the black when she's nice and clean, now keeping it that way is a another story! I love my black 77' just waxed it today, it's looking good :D I also removed my luggage rack, I like the look much better, I'll miss having a place to put the T-tops though.
Also have you seen the new 77' forum? Moskovita and Ganey have done a great job putting it together. Come and join the party! :cheers: Good luck with your paint job and be sure to let us in on all the details. :seeya

GrandSportC3

Black is a great choice!!!! When I will have my 68' repainted - it will be in black too (with silver stripes)

:cheers:

Olivier

GrandSportC3

This was my 69 Vert (sold)



:cheers:

Olivier

GrandSportC3

Here are some more pics!

ComputerGuy

here's mine

joeveto

Erika, black looks great. But it's very hard to paint. And I mean very very hard. It's the hardest. I'm not saying you can't or shouldn't. But think about it. Black will show every imperfection. Lighter colors hide better.

As info.

blackLS1

That will look awesome.I love black.My Z28 is black I want to paint my truck black and plan on painting my C3 black when I get one.I may just buy stock in car cleaning companies. :D

Astro7

Here's mine. I wouldn't have any other color!

foundvettelifeisgood

GrandSport--Something tells me you miss her. Everytime I see a sweet 69 with chrome gills, I wish I had stuck to my original plan to get one. :cheers:

Erika--It's going to look great. :yesnod:

lbell101

Hey Erica!

Whew!
I feel ALOT better about this now. Spraying REAL candy for a first paint job would have been...well............insane! It takes painters a while before they can shoot those jobs correctly. I shot one years ago and it was pretty challenging to get everything even. I typed out a response a couple times but I didn't want to burst your bubble!

With black paint you can be much much less careful and the panels will match and there will be no zebra stripes or blochies. Just make sure you get good coverage.

The others are correct. You WILL see every wave or mistake in your body work when spraying black. What I usually do with ANY color is block the body until I think it's perfectly straight. This may take a few primer coats. Then I do it 2 more times. Even then sometimes I'll get a wave I missed but they are usually very minor. Because your shooting black, if you end up with a bad panel that you can't live with, at least you would be able to redo it without painting the whole car. You CAN"T do that with candies.

Good luck!!

Jughead

Here's another view of owning a black Vette. It's from the FCR guys, so :rolleyes: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=308311

I had only one black car, a '67 Firebird Formula 400, and won't make that mistake again. It was a royal PIA to keep clean.

GrandSportC3

My 69 was a great car - exept the freakin' TH400 transmission that cost me 33% of my power :mad :mad
The only reason that I sold the 69 was becasue of the automatic. I wished I had a stick shift with overdrive... However - when I had the 69 - I didn't know anybody that could help me on how to convert automatic to stick... I didn't know about this forum... However - I am happy with my 68. The interior with the Phantom gauges and the Pace Car style seats is so much nicer than the stock interior in my 69. However - those chrome vent covers were NICE. I might get some for my 68!!!

:cheers:

Olivier

terryrudy

My black 77 :)
-terry

erika1977

HEY TERRY, your pic of your black 77 is now my screen saver on my computer!! :seeya

Matt M

here's a couple shots of my Vette battling it out with other Chevy's






[Modified by Matt M, 6:18 PM 5/26/2002]

1Bad69

see my web page in my sig....

Scooter70

Mine too.

kgraumann