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Arctic Silver or Saphire blue metallic?

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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 10:56 PM
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Arctic Silver or Saphire blue metallic?

Cant decide guys, help me out, for a base model 87. Either will be new paint.
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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 10:58 PM
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oh yea, why did you pick whatever color you did?
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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 11:10 PM
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artic silver. its whats on my 87. i like it cos i dont see too many 2nd gens that color
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 12:12 AM
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artic silver, its on my 87 too luv the color
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 12:49 AM
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Blue. there are 2 many silver cars now. Silver is like green was 5 years ago.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 01:07 AM
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I have arctic silver. They made a lot of cars in that color. I think that color makes the car look faster then any blue color would.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 02:57 AM
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Why don't you go with somethin different instead of painting your car the same as a quarter of the people in the forum. Being different is good because it seperates your car from everyone elses. If you happen to like only these colors thats a different story. If you happen to want to keep your car stock then thats okay too. But you should paint it something different so your cars original.

Hence, Baby-blue and white is the choice for mine. Whatever guys wanna call me a ***** for baby blue can eat it cause it looks sic and the ladies love it. 2 cents
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 08:10 AM
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Arctic Silver is the most gorgeous colour i've seen on a car. I've owned an NA in arctic silver, and it looked SO DAMN GOOD...
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 11:22 AM
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Hey hawaii, i think that baby blue FC is cool!
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 11:41 AM
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Oh yea, anyone who got their car painted either of these colors, how much was it?
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 11:56 AM
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hey, hawaiiangoat is right. The baby blue is tight. Crush, you ought to paint your car lime green and yellow and see if sprite will sponsor you.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 12:16 PM
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Anyone have a pic of the saphire blue metallic ?
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 12:32 PM
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Yea, i got a pic, but it says it is too large to post How can I resize it?
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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GO with the Arctic Silver it looks great!
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 02:22 PM
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Royal saphire pearl, go to WOTM.com to see it, it looks better in person, I have it on my supra. Carl
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 06:07 PM
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I love mine, Saphire blue metallic...

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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 09:10 PM
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I just had my 91 Turbo re painted Vette silver... I had it done right and the whole body was taken off the car... It was alot of work but the outcome....mmmmm! Its a great color for an FC...... for photos e-mail:

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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 01:18 AM
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Anyone know about how much a new saphire blue paint job would cost?
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 02:38 PM
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I paid $3000 cdn for everything excluding the engine bay. Thats all the body work, 2 primer coats, 3 paint coats and 3 clear coats. I also got the front grill cut out and fiberglassed the sides to make it look somewhat smooth. The spoiler was also fiberglassed to get rid of the hole for the radio antenna.
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 09:17 PM
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Marcus that looks sweet.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 08:41 PM
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I hate silver. Looks like **** IMO even when its fresh paint.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 09:06 PM
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Damn... that's a tough one, both of those colors look GREAT.

I can't decide.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 09:52 PM
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If you want color, then Sapphire Blue!! It's the only way to go.. wish mine was RED
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 09:55 PM
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Go with the Sapphire Bue
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Old Oct 1, 2003 | 12:25 AM
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My old NA was blue, and my TII is silver. I definitely like silver better. Silver, white, and black are my fav. colors for sure.
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