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I dont want to let out to much before its done. I have one little thing that I have not seen on ANYONES thirdgen yet. I'll show ya's thursday what that is. But here is what my car is looking like so far. Its been sprayed, its being wet sanded and buffed tomarrow and it all ready looks sweet as hell.
Its 2001 Prowler Orange, has 2 coats of a Pearl and also a metalic in it.
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'86 TPi T/A L98
Mods:
Borla 3" Adjustable Cat Back
Edelbrock Headers
Catco High flow Cat
GT Auto Ram Air Hood
4th Gen. Spoiler
4th Gen Seats and center console
I guess its hard to see....under the pics it says the color its on the 2001 prowlers
its called Prowler Orange, My body guy told me its got two Pearls in it (I dunno what colors) and one metalic. I needed two fenders fixed, but all together Im rite between 4 and 5 grand for the bill.
------------------ Third Gen Project
1989 305 tbi Camaro RS Red/Red
Ram Air II Hood
Centerline Champ 500 Rims
Edelbrock Open Element
MacEwen White Faced Guages
Amazing. I thought that was Sunset Orange Metallic (2001-02 F Body color) at first. Excellent choice, get some sweet wheels on it and drop it 1.5-2 inches now
Oh, and I've Zainoed a Prowler that color and a Viper that had a color change to that. They turned out really well, the polish really brings out the metallic. Try it, 7 days after new paint.
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92 Formula L98- SOLD
96 Formula-FOR SALE
99 Trans Am
Very nice color, looks great on a thirdgen. I don't mean this as a flame but, I'd question a $5,000 paint job that was done with the bumper covers in place. Don't you still need flex agent in the paint for the soft plastic body parts? Not to mention the different expansion rates of steel and plastic. I've seen many paint jobs crack in the seams where the two different materials meet because they weren't painted separately. I haven't been in the body/paint scene since the late eighties so maybe things are different now, new materials etc. Again, I didn't mean this as a flame. Your car looks great.
Very nice. I like that color alot. I want to paint my camaro Cinnamon Pearl, which looks similar to your paint. I'd like to see some pictures out in the daylight when its done. Great looking car.
im thinkin bout puttin that hood on my car....if you could take pics of your car from different angles when it is all done and post them...i would like to see that
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84TA T-tops L-69 305HO TH-700R4 stock 190hp and 240 ft-lbs.
new best E.T. (dont laugh) 15.986 @84.93mph
old best E.T 15.997@86.04
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Ok so I dont have the final pics like promised today, I wont have them untill possibly tomarrow or else monday, Im taking it to have fun with at Wildwood, NJ this weekend. Picking it up in the morning, it wasnt done tonight like planned. But here is another picture,
This one is w/ out the flash, compare this one to the ones before and you can see how much it changes under diff. lighting.
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'86 TPi T/A L98
Mods:
Borla 3" Adjustable Cat Back
Edelbrock Headers
Catco High flow Cat
GT Auto Ram Air Hood
4th Gen. Spoiler
4th Gen Seats and center console
AOL Screen Name, Madbiker1
[This message has been edited by 86FyrBrd (edited September 20, 2001).]
And I see that its in the same shop as a Porsche, that can mean very good things .. also, I believe I see a C4 or a C5 Corvette in the background. Very nice Indeed
------------------ Third Gen Project
1989 305 tbi Camaro RS Red/Red
Ram Air II Hood
Centerline Champ 500 Rims
Edelbrock Open Element
MacEwen White Faced Guages
[This message has been edited by Sonar_un (edited September 20, 2001).]
I cant wait to see the pictures either...REALLY nice color choice
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1986 WS6-Equipped 5.0 TPI Trans Am
160 Degree Thermo
Manual Fan Switch
Random Tech High-Flow Cat
Two Chamber Flowmaster Muffler
Megs Custom 4.5" Stainless Steel Rolled Tips
1999 Grand Am GT In-Dash CD Player w/Equalizer(fits like '86 original)
5% Tint On Rear, 35% On Sides
OTHER RIDE:
1998 C5 6Spd. Corvette Coupe
Silver w/Gray Leather Int.
12/14 Options
Stock(for now)
Best 1/4th: 13.5 @ 104.4MPH
wow man. i wetsand and buff cars all day everyday. and all i can say is WOW.
and i do agree with one of the other guys. they are charging you $5000 for the paintjob and body work and they didnt dissamble it. i had everything dissambled and stripped then painted DUPONT FLAME RED 8774GM# and it was only $3600. nice color though. i wish i would have gotten a custom job. but that is why you live and learn. i will next time.
and are you planning on painting your engine bay? just curious, not flaming you.
its pretty high 'cause I needed two fenders fixed/replaced, had some rust and the dreaded chipping so the whole car was taken down to bare metal. Im not sure about new paint systems and flex agents and all that but I trust this guy he is really freakin awesome, he's had people ship cars cross country to do them, he mostly only does hot rods its called top Notch Body Works in Quakertown, PA
I might do the bay eventually, but I'v been w/ out my car almost all summer between putting in the 350 and exhaust and all, 3 weeks for the body work, and I didnt want to spend to much more then he had all ready quoted me on.
Oh yeah. Most of the car was dis-assembled I think about the only thing left on was the bumper covers. obviously the mirrors and door handles, hood, hatch, spoiler, and all that was removed
[This message has been edited by 86FyrBrd (edited September 21, 2001).]
its on the 2001 prowlers
