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usmcbmw · 08-08-2009, 08:56 PM

AMAZING!!!!

Gotthat02fire · 08-08-2009, 10:42 PM

That is very very nice thank your bodyman because he did a great job on a not so easy color to spray!!!!!!

Supermans · 08-08-2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

now That Is the way it SHOULD have been done!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

I think GM could have done this package for about $11,500 and that would be including polished 20 inch rims.. If GM took the base model $22,000 LS and thru on top of that $10,000 worth of this paint job, $1,500 in rims... $33,500 is not so bad a price for an almost exact bumblebee replica with a V6 ofcourse.. However the V6 front bumper does look more like Bumblebee's from the first movie..

drivingincamaro · 08-08-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Supermans

I think GM could have done this package for about $11,500 and that would be including polished 20 inch rims.. If GM took the base model $22,000 LS and thru on top of that $10,000 worth of this paint job, $1,500 in rims... $33,500 is not so bad a price for an almost exact bumblebee replica with a V6 ofcourse.. However the V6 front bumper does look more like Bumblebee's from the first movie..

i think the paint is around 6,000 so

whats the other 5,000 for

head lights,interior?,stripes

ClaymoreZ28 · 08-08-2009, 11:19 PM

Car looks awesome
I prefer the T1 look to T2 - far cleaner

As many have said - that color should have been premium option - car simply looks amazing

Camaro-Teskey · 08-08-2009, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HINEY1

Just got back home....
Thanks everyone for the positive reviews!

I installed the camaro side emblems today. The car is 99% done. We still have to wet sand and polish the SHOW APPEARANCE clear coat.
I think that's what the painter (Gary) called it. I can't imagine it any shinnier but, he said it will help.
The engine cover will be painted HOUSE OF KOLORS Sunrise as well.

I wanted the look of the original Bumblebee but, I had to have the 2SS model.
The headrests, smoked emblems and lights and the exhaust were just extras that I wanted and of course had nothing to do with the movie car.
The tips were bought from a local auto parts dealer and a buddy bent up the pipes.
I just thought it would look cool. "A little bit but not too much"

It depends on which camera and camera setting we use because the paint changes colour
every time the sun or lack of sun hits it.
You can drive by the car and watch it change colours from the reflection of the sun. Pretty cool!

The paint and body shop supplies cost almost $4000. The labour involved would probably cost another $5000 - $10,000 easily.
It was a lot of work to spray gold over every yellow spot on the car. I think we got most of it.

Here's a pic of the car with the Mustang
"I'm going cruisin"

Turn that mustang into the decepticon

joerod97 · 08-08-2009, 11:38 PM

Outstanding!!!!

KJS · 08-08-2009, 11:56 PM

Looks great and what a fantastic color, especially when put side by side with the original yellow.
Good job.

*KILLER74Z28* · 08-09-2009, 02:32 AM

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Wow

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that's amazing.

X2... All I can Say is WOW...

Rikarus · 08-09-2009, 03:10 AM

that is such a beautiful color, nice work!

whitetiger777 · 08-09-2009, 04:03 AM

Can we get a better view of the gills cut out. I'm trying to figure out what exactly you did there. Did you just cut them out, or did you mount some sort of mesh in there?

Supermans · 08-09-2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by drivingincamaro

i think the paint is around 6,000 so

whats the other 5,000 for

head lights,interior?,stripes

Scott, Fbodfather had said the reason it is not a paint used by GM is it would cost about $10,000 for them to do it and slow down the paint lines at the factory. In order to accomplish this, the car would have to be painted white from factory and then separated and painted by hand which could take weeks. The labor would be around $5,000 per vehicle hence the cost I came up with..

If Gm could figure out a way to paint it quickly enough at factory and lower the costs, even better.. However highly unlikely unless its the same process as painting IOM and RJT which we know it is not.

Cdn Camaroman · 08-09-2009, 06:48 AM

The car looks great and seems Hiney car afford it...so do it,and it was done well...i assume he has a 75-77 somewhere being built?

SS 376 · 08-09-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by 3BVert

Freakin' awesome. That color should have been a premium paint option.

The paint shop really nailed the color! Come on GM, do Bumblebee some justice!

08-08-2009, 11:19 PM	#131
ClaymoreZ28 Drives: 2010 2SS/RS IOM Camaro Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cary, North Carolina USA Posts: 480 View My Garage	Car looks awesome I prefer the T1 look to T2 - far cleaner As many have said - that color should have been premium option - car simply looks amazing __________________ SSMAUG - IOM 2SS/RS/6M Breathing Fire since October 8th 2009 !

08-08-2009, 11:56 PM	#134
KJS Drives: '10 RJT,'95&'14 Vette Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cut Throat, NY Posts: 1,722 View My Garage	Very well done! Looks great and what a fantastic color, especially when put side by side with the original yellow. Good job. __________________ *"As ye sow, so shall ye reap" - Me* Mine at sunset

08-09-2009, 06:48 AM	#139
Cdn Camaroman Drives: 4 Camaros Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 79 View My Garage	The car looks great and seems Hiney car afford it...so do it,and it was done well...i assume he has a 75-77 somewhere being built? __________________ 1969 Z/28 clone 1976 Bumblebee 1992 IROC convertible 1996 Z28 SS # 004

08-08-2009, 08:56 PM	#127
usmcbmw Drives: 2LT Camaro RS, Land Rover LR2 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York Posts: 95	AMAZING!!!!

08-08-2009, 10:42 PM	#128
Gotthat02fire Drives: 2010 Camaro 1ss IOM Join Date: May 2009 Location: Williamsport,PA Posts: 2,246 View My Garage	That is very very nice thank your bodyman because he did a great job on a not so easy color to spray!!!!!!

08-08-2009, 11:38 PM	#133
joerod97 Chevy Man Drives: 2010 2ss -black/black Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Folsom,ca Posts: 428 View My Garage	Outstanding!!!!

08-09-2009, 03:10 AM	#136
Rikarus I can't tpye! Drives: 2010 RS/SS Victory Red Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 580 View My Garage	that is such a beautiful color, nice work!

08-09-2009, 04:03 AM	#137
whitetiger777 Drives: 2010 Synergy Green Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northridge, CA Posts: 241	Can we get a better view of the gills cut out. I'm trying to figure out what exactly you did there. Did you just cut them out, or did you mount some sort of mesh in there?