Ok, here she is as I brough her home about this time last year....

 

Here she is as she sleeps in the garage right now... about a year later.

 

looks real good

All you need to do is get those gfx back on

 

oooo.. looking good man! what all did you do ? total repaint? looks sharp! I like the way you have everything on the wall almost the same, lol. :lala:

 

Bout time we get some pics.


Looks great, those aren't the polished wheels are they?

 

Looking good.

 

Well it got repainted, and pretty much every dent we could find fixed. You can't tell in the first pic, but the drivers fender is f'ked up pretty bad(the guy who had it last, his dad backed into it with a riding lawnmower). Got 2 new front fenders(found that the passenger one was bent pretty bad on the bottom), new front bumper cover, and a used rear one that is pretty good. The door moldings and antenna are shaved, 15% smoke(black) tint, and yes, polished 85-87 style IROC-Z wheels wrapped in 245/50-ZR16 Eagle GSC's. I have tail light blackouts that I haven't put on yet, and I'm hoping to get some clear turn signals. I think they'd look good on her since it's so dark. These pics suck, I hope to get some better ones when I put all the GFX on(just needs the front) which I'll put on after I do my exhaust, which I'm hoping to have welded up monday or tuesday. SLP Ypipe and the 200$ Hooker 3 inch catback. Hrm.... what else... if you wanna count it, I got those sylvania "Cool Blue" headlights. Seem a little whiter and brighter. Lotsa miscellaneous stuff.

It's not a *PERFECT* paintjob, but it's WAY better than before, and GREAT for a daily driver. It's exactly what I wanted, and way better than I expected.

In case you're interested, Specs:

1987 Z28
305(5.0L) Tuned Port Injection
700R4 Transmission
2.73 Posi-Traction
Spohn SFC's
GM Steering Brace("Wonder Bar")
SLP Y-pipe and Hooker catback for full 3inch exhaust

Not bad for a 16 year old high school kid.... think I'll get any chicks? Bahh, it's almost 1AM and I'm bored... I'm going to stop ranting now....

 

looks great man, absolutely great! as for the chick comment, lol, check this thread out, it has a lot to say about a lot of guys opinions about thirdgens and girls
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=134625

 

Wow that looks better, get some 113 & beadX and keep it that way!!!

 

Well I have to wait 60 days before wax. My dad and one of my friends thinks I should wait even longer, like 6 months- 1 year before I wax or polish it.... I'm not sure, I'm still debating.

 

Wait 90 days before waxing. It looks like you have some overspray on the headlights. Nice job on the paint.

 

That's a nice parking job you did there, how exactly do you know when to stop when you are pulling into your garage......

Anyways nice car and good paint job..........

 

geez dood, how do you afford all of that? i want your job!

 

Hg what type of paint did you use 2pak?
coz if you did I'd polish after a week no worries. most other paints just need to breath & shrink for a month, so get her out into some sun that will help, but not too hot.

 

They're on crack, 90days/3 months is plenty of time.

 

Get yor overspray off ya light as soon as you can coz it will be harder to do the longer you wait!
Try soapy water or beadX & a razor blade then some steel wool

 

Why not just put laquer thinner on a rag an wipe them. Just don't get it on the paint, oh and be careful when adding brake fluid- And don't wash your car with dishsoap-not for sure but I heard it harms paint!

Car looks good, I like the same color ground effects and the polished rims!

 

FLYNLOW92rs That's a nice parking job you did there, how exactly do you know when to stop when you are pulling into your garage......

Anyways nice car and good paint job..........


Yeah I noticed that also Good idea though

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by fast83camaro
[B]Why not just put laquer thinner on a rag an wipe them. Just don't get it on the paint, oh and be careful when adding brake fluid- And don't wash your car with dishsoap-not for sure but I heard it harms paint!

Thinners work well but I'd hate to get even a smear on new paint!
dishsoap mainly just removes your wax etc

 

nice. Looks like its coming along.

 

In the after pic there aren't headlights on it, that's overspray in the place where the lights go so it doesn't really matter since the lights will cover it. They used sherwin williams, I can't remember if it was 1 or 2 stage though....

And getting all this stuff, I worked allllll summer.... kinda burnt out now. Shoulda got a new rear bumper while I was at it instead of a new/used bumper.... ahh well, it's still good.

 

Dish soap is perfectly fine, it just strips off wax, which is good if that's what you want to do.

 

The silve ground effects would have look sweet too.

 

Looks nice, I like it better without the two tone paintjob.

 

I don't see too many thirdgens with that shade either.

 

looks good!

 

Hg, what's that other car?

 

Is that a Sunfire?

 

Where do you see a Sunfire?

 

1999 Chrysler Sebring LXi, 2.5L V6 with Advanced Engine Management short ram intake.... it's more rice than anything... chicks dig it though