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Unsterblich · 08-26-2017, 12:01 PM

I painted it yesterday. Black Hole Colorshift. It's shifts from black to blue to teal to purple. I love it.

RJT Impala · 08-26-2017, 12:51 PM

That's quite a shift in color! Looks good.

18LTLoveIt · 08-26-2017, 01:09 PM

Interesting choice. Kinda like it, although I'm a stickler for stock.

splashlog48 · 08-26-2017, 01:33 PM

BadAsssss

redcoats1976 · 08-26-2017, 01:45 PM

kind of like a more extreme blue velvet metallic...i like it.

1LEJNG · 08-26-2017, 02:28 PM

Did you paint the door jams, trunk and engine compartment?

chasmanian · 08-26-2017, 03:36 PM

Sweet

Rubbershredder · 08-26-2017, 04:12 PM

That's awesome

Unsterblich · 08-26-2017, 04:51 PM

I purposely did not paint the door jams. Here's why......
I've heard a few people tell stories of them painting their cars and getting pulled over by a cop. (You've got to be a really bored, pathetic cop to pull someone over for this.). They get pulled because the cop ran their plates and the color didn't match their information. So they explained to the cop what they did. And they showed the door jams where you can see the original color. In all cases, the police said ok and left them alone. So,....just to be safe, I left that alone. I did paint the trunk. I didn't paint the engine compartment. I did mask off the engine compartment so that I could leave the hood open so that the sides of the hood are painted.

Unsterblich · 08-26-2017, 04:53 PM

Oh,....and thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Kenny Camaro · 08-26-2017, 04:53 PM

Oh yeah! Saweet!!

kingz · 08-26-2017, 05:16 PM

Nice work!

2010reddevil · 08-26-2017, 05:29 PM

Reminds me of the old Cobra Mystichrome paint scheme. Pretty neat! Is it a house of kolors paint? What did it set you back and how much did you have to use?

Unsterblich · 08-26-2017, 06:23 PM

It's plastidip paint with KP Pigments. Since it's a convertible, I didn't need as much paint as a regular car would need. I used 2.5 gallons of matte black as my base coat. Then I used two gallons of dip pearl with 75 grams of pigment per gallon. All the paint and pigment came to around $425 total. The colorshift pigment is $29 for 25 gram bags. The black paint is $55 a gallon and the dip pearl was $65 a gallon. It's definitely not cheap. But if you have the equipment to do the job (which I had already purchased the DYC sprayer for a previous, smaller job), it's much cheaper than taking it somewhere to be done. Before I decided to do this myself, I called some various body shops to see if they could do it. There were only 2 shops in my area (both were around an hour away from me) that were liscensed "dippers" or "liquid wraps" pros. I found several backyard people on Craigslist claiming to be pros at it,.......but I didn't feel too comfortable with any of them for some obvious reasons. Lol. Out of the two liscensed places, the cheaper one was still going to cost $975!

08-26-2017, 12:01 PM	#1
Unsterblich Drives: 2012 Camaro RS convertible Join Date: May 2017 Location: NC Posts: 63	I just painted it yesterday. Whatcha think? I painted it yesterday. Black Hole Colorshift. It's shifts from black to blue to teal to purple. I love it. Attached Images

08-26-2017, 01:33 PM	#4
splashlog48 Drives: 2011 Green SS M6 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: CleveBurbs Ohio Posts: 669	BadAsssss __________________ Edelbrock EForce Blower, RDP custom grind cam with upgrades,Stainless Power Headers with HighFlow Cats, Stainless Power Retro catback, DSS halfshafts, CAI brand CAI, Tuned ON the Dyno by Steve at RDP. SLP rims,All vinyl stripes removed and painted on, custom hand painted pinstriping, Custom leather seats, Lloyds mats,windows tinted, Sparks emblems, Hurst Billit shifter, and too many small items to list. VDI Scissors doors.

08-26-2017, 02:28 PM	#6
1LEJNG Drives: Red Hot 2014 1LE Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 234 View My Garage	Paint Did you paint the door jams, trunk and engine compartment?

08-26-2017, 05:29 PM	#13
2010reddevil Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Victory Red 6M Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Gulf Coast, TX Posts: 1,424	Reminds me of the old Cobra Mystichrome paint scheme. Pretty neat! Is it a house of kolors paint? What did it set you back and how much did you have to use? __________________ 2011 2SS 6A Red Jewel Metallic, Vararam Tune CAI, Magnaflow 3" Competition c/b, Speed Engineering 1-7/8 LT's, Circle D 5C, M/T 275/40R20 S/S, HPTuners tune by Ryan@GPI 12.3 @ 112 ACM as of 12/22/19 Gone on 12/28/19 R I P 2010 2SS 6M Victory Red/Black (old ride) CAI intake, Speed Engineering 1 7/8" LT's, X4 base tune, Flowmaster Outlaw axle-back. 12.6 @ 115 SAR as of 9/19/15 Gone but never forgotten.

08-26-2017, 12:51 PM	#2
RJT Impala Stovebolt BluFlame 6 Drives: '12 2LT/RS, IBM; '20 Traverse Prem Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wherever! Posts: 893 View My Garage	That's quite a shift in color! Looks good.

08-26-2017, 01:09 PM	#3
18LTLoveIt Drives: 2018 Hyper Blue LT RS Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 1,474 View My Garage	Interesting choice. Kinda like it, although I'm a stickler for stock.

08-26-2017, 01:45 PM	#5
redcoats1976 Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: central florida Posts: 4,915	kind of like a more extreme blue velvet metallic...i like it.

08-26-2017, 03:36 PM	#7
chasmanian Drives: 2015 Camaro SS Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Easton, PA Posts: 290 View My Garage	Sweet

08-26-2017, 04:12 PM	#8
Rubbershredder Drives: 13 2ss Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ct Posts: 25 View My Garage	That's awesome

08-26-2017, 04:51 PM	#9
Unsterblich Drives: 2012 Camaro RS convertible Join Date: May 2017 Location: NC Posts: 63	I purposely did not paint the door jams. Here's why...... I've heard a few people tell stories of them painting their cars and getting pulled over by a cop. (You've got to be a really bored, pathetic cop to pull someone over for this.). They get pulled because the cop ran their plates and the color didn't match their information. So they explained to the cop what they did. And they showed the door jams where you can see the original color. In all cases, the police said ok and left them alone. So,....just to be safe, I left that alone. I did paint the trunk. I didn't paint the engine compartment. I did mask off the engine compartment so that I could leave the hood open so that the sides of the hood are painted.

08-26-2017, 04:53 PM	#10
Unsterblich Drives: 2012 Camaro RS convertible Join Date: May 2017 Location: NC Posts: 63	Oh,....and thanks everyone for the nice comments.

08-26-2017, 04:53 PM	#11
Kenny Camaro Account Suspended Drives: 2013 1LT RS Camaro Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 3,494	Oh yeah! Saweet!!

08-26-2017, 05:16 PM	#12
kingz Banned Drives: The best!!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Riverside , CA Posts: 265	Nice work!

08-26-2017, 06:23 PM	#14
Unsterblich Drives: 2012 Camaro RS convertible Join Date: May 2017 Location: NC Posts: 63	It's plastidip paint with KP Pigments. Since it's a convertible, I didn't need as much paint as a regular car would need. I used 2.5 gallons of matte black as my base coat. Then I used two gallons of dip pearl with 75 grams of pigment per gallon. All the paint and pigment came to around $425 total. The colorshift pigment is $29 for 25 gram bags. The black paint is $55 a gallon and the dip pearl was $65 a gallon. It's definitely not cheap. But if you have the equipment to do the job (which I had already purchased the DYC sprayer for a previous, smaller job), it's much cheaper than taking it somewhere to be done. Before I decided to do this myself, I called some various body shops to see if they could do it. There were only 2 shops in my area (both were around an hour away from me) that were liscensed "dippers" or "liquid wraps" pros. I found several backyard people on Craigslist claiming to be pros at it,.......but I didn't feel too comfortable with any of them for some obvious reasons. Lol. Out of the two liscensed places, the cheaper one was still going to cost $975!