Thinking about buying this 86 IROC-Z Convertible, 5sp - Page 2 - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

aciddrop2804 · 08-31-2009, 03:00 AM

May I ask how you like the indy 500 tires? I was thinking of getting some of those. they look nice.

Good work on the car! your progressing very quickly! makes me want to hurry and start getting my car done.

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bradley23150 · 08-31-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mnorton

You have to go to an automotive paint store to get rattle cans filled. Call around. You could brush it on too... probably not quite as good though. You'll sand it flat before painting a top coat anyway. Get a "Primer Filler" for this, "Primer Sealers" are not meant to be sanded very much, if at all, but do seal better because they are not as porous. Primer Fillers are meant to be "Guide Coated", sanded and then be sealed with Primer Sealer or Paint.

Cool, norton, thanks for the tip. Ill see what I can do.

musclecar, im not sure what I'de take a vid of? Just the car sitting there? lol. I think photos are good enough, but, who knows?

About the tires-
I Love these tires, they perform as great as they look. Before I bought these tires on my old trans am, the ride was pretty rough, and the car pulled a little. I got these tires, and the ride was TOTALLY different, like a new car. They stick to the road, and the ride isnt too bad either. Good warranty, and priced well, also.

aciddrop2804 · 08-31-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bradley23150

About the tires-
I Love these tires, they perform as great as they look. Before I bought these tires on my old trans am, the ride was pretty rough, and the car pulled a little. I got these tires, and the ride was TOTALLY different, like a new car. They stick to the road, and the ride isnt too bad either. Good warranty, and priced well, also.

Thats what i was hoping to hear.

musclecar70sfan · 09-09-2009, 07:58 PM

We haven't heard from you in a while! How's the car?

bradley23150 · 09-10-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by musclecar70sfan

We haven't heard from you in a while! How's the car?

The past week or so, it has been frustrating me to no end, even thought about selling it, on more than one occaison. One day when I went to start her up, it started making a weird noise when it cranked over, and was reeeaaalll hard to start, but it started, and ran fine. Progressively from that day forward, it would get harder, and harder to start, and than it developed a valve tick. Upon inspection I found that there was a loose rocker arm, so I snugged it, and put everything back together, and went to crank it, and it didnt fire at all. Tried to diagnose the problem and replaced the fuel filter (which was wayyyy clogged up), the coil, and coil wire, tried to fire it, nothing. I ended up paying some guy 50 bucks to tell me what the problem was, and he said that the timing jumped, and that timing chain was no good. So, tore the engine apart again, pulled the timing cover off, and the chain was way off timing, replaced that, and the gears, put it all back together, still no fire. Pull the car pff, and its all corroded up, pretty bad, so than I buy yet again more new parts, a new cap, and a new rotor. After fiddling with the timing, and the way the plug pires went, finally she fired up. Now, after removing the rest of the smog equipment, and replacing the breather filter, it seems to run much better now, its not so hard to start anymore. So, now I got some fenders from the U-Pull yard, and have been woking on those, to get them to fit right, as the old fenders seemed to be installed by a monkey, or something, they were 1/2 bolted on, and rattled, and looked like crap.

So, thats about it, since my last posting, lol. I'll keep ya updated.

Intrepid781 · 09-10-2009, 02:11 PM

Man it sounds like you had a helluva time but hey! at least you figured it out right? It looks like this car is gonna be pretty sharp by the time you're finished with it!

tomclayborn · 09-10-2009, 09:11 PM

let us know about the modifications needed to the stock fenders havn't seen a post on that yet nice fix on the floorboard i made a patch my self out of an old gas tank just needed a small flat sextion and i couldn't justify buying the whole side and paying to have it shipped it even has the ribs in it for strength keep us posted looks like a world of difference so far

musclecar70sfan · 09-22-2009, 07:43 PM

We haven't been hearing about your project in a while! Any updates?

bradley23150 · 09-22-2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tomclayborn

let us know about the modifications needed to the stock fenders havn't seen a post on that yet nice fix on the floorboard i made a patch my self out of an old gas tank just needed a small flat sextion and i couldn't justify buying the whole side and paying to have it shipped it even has the ribs in it for strength keep us posted looks like a world of difference so far

What do you mean 'modify the stock fenders'? I pulled the fenders from a convertible, so all that is needed is a little tweaking.

Funny that you should ask for an update today, I was just about to...

Well, replaced the fenders, nose cone, chin spoiler, and filled some dents on the hood, and primed the hood, and front bumper. The old pieces were cheap reproduction 'Made in Taiwan' Garbage, and didnt fit right at all.

Picked up some decent 4th gen seats yesterday for $40 for the whole set, they dont look too bad in the vert.

Also cleaned the dash a little bit, used some of the "new" armor all, thats supposed to prevent cracking and fading, we'll see I guess, also replaced the old rusty firebird steering wheel with an 87 LT wheel, it looks soooo much better now.

Thanks for the interest!

musclecar70sfan · 09-22-2009, 09:57 PM

Looks GREAT! I love the interior, the 4th gen seats fit along with it perfectly. And was it hard getting your hands on that LT steering wheel?

bradley23150 · 09-22-2009, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by musclecar70sfan

Looks GREAT! I love the interior, the 4th gen seats fit along with it perfectly. And was it hard getting your hands on that LT steering wheel?

I had the steering wheel laying around, I didn't sell it because I liked it too much. I parted out an 87 lt and kept it. Thanks!

tomclayborn · 09-24-2009, 03:28 AM

good that u found a vert fender aparantly there is some kind of bracket on the bottom of the vert fender that is not on hard tops or t tops behind the iroc emblem on the rocker gfx

Dale · 09-24-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by tomclayborn

good that u found a vert fender aparantly there is some kind of bracket on the bottom of the vert fender that is not on hard tops or t tops behind the iroc emblem on the rocker gfx

Correct. The bottom.. 4"?? Is cut off. Since you cut off the lower mount bolt hole, they rivited a bracket to the back of the fender. It bolts to a bracket welded to the subframes they put on. You can see all this thru the door jamb.

musclecar70sfan · 10-27-2009, 09:10 PM

So is the car done? sorry if i seem naggy.

bradley23150 · 10-28-2009, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by musclecar70sfan

So is the car done? sorry if i seem naggy.

The car sure isnt "done", but it drives. Its tagged and insured now, and my only means of transportation, considering I don't have a job at the moment, and am out of school, its fine. It gives me crap sometimes, real jumpy, and sometimes hard to start, I need to see why it has its "moments".

Davemutt · 10-30-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bradley23150

The car sure isnt "done", but it drives. Its tagged and insured now, and my only means of transportation, considering I don't have a job at the moment, and am out of school, its fine. It gives me crap sometimes, real jumpy, and sometimes hard to start, I need to see why it has its "moments".

Did you ever address the fuel injectors? Rebuilt ones aren't too expensive.

Nice job on the car. You've made alot of progress!