need opinions on hood paint scheme

[ultra-z.com]

i have a 98 z28 camaro, its torch red and i have a SLP Ultra Z hood for it. its not painted and i dont plan on driving it much until its painted. i was just curious as to how i should have it painted..... just pure red? black stripes down the car from the intake back? hockey stripes? lemme know. all opinions welcome!


here are a few pics

[ar0ck]

I've always been a fan of those "black-bird" stripes. they are usually black, and run along the cowl sides of the hood. That would look pretty cool on the sides of a red painted hood!

[transmaro93]

make sure you drive the car for at least 2 weeks with the hood on so that they gel coat can settle in from the engine heat or your asken for trouble if you paint it with out doing that... with that said i just did the blackbird stripes on my ws6 style hood on my lt1 formy... looks good... but im looken at your pics itmight look cool if you paint the whole scoop black like they do with the SS hoods ya know then get some decals for the sides of the scoop to break the stripe up al little bit... thats all i can really come up with for you besides just staight red.... good luck man....

[ultra-z.com]

i kinda like the look of this z. other than my car would look exactly like that.... i dont wanna be a copy cat ya know. other than i did want the look before i ever even saw these pics

[transmaro93]

thats more original than the blackbird stripes tho i like that looks good....

[NJSPEEDER]

jsut a thought, hav eyou ever considered painting the hood red, and filling in the recess down the top, and the sides in black? maybe do a negative cut out of the black of "Z28" or "LS1"
i think it would be a clean, simple, unique look.
i wish i didn't stick at photochop or i woudl try to show you what i mean. anyone can help?

[ultra-z.com]

i think i know what ur talking about. im not sure what im gonna do yet. ive been searching my a$$ off looking for pics getting ideas. i know that i am at least gonna get ULTRA-Z on the side where i believe ur saying the Z28 or LS1. Eventually after i get my supercharger its gonna be Supercharged Z28