Hey everyone,

I took my car down to Mexico to get painted. It is finally back after 4 weeks!

The pulled my frame (Wrecked in front by previous owner), Aligned my hatch, painted the door jambs and around the engine bay, and painted the door handles, locks, and all the black trim!!!

Before...





And After!

 

NICE !!!!!!!REALLY NICE
congratulations
but why you painted the bottom black ?
u wanted to be as close as the original ?

 

Phoenix! Nice.

 

Nice restoration!

 

Very nice!!

 

Wow man, That car is gorgeous. I love it. :hail: :hail: :hail:

 

that is awesome, how much did u pay? ..took it down to mexico, thats crazy but smart

 

i started lookin at pics and im thinking wtf is this a joke then i see the after pics lol

looks great nice and shiney and perfect looking shape you got some extra weight on the drivers side its got a lean to it it looks

 

what a gorgous paint job, how much did it run you. if you don't mind me asking

 

looks real nice, look slike teh same color as my old 85 kinda creepy when i saw teh pics, i like the black on th ebottom, now i'd say get some big wheels black with a little polished edge to give it a real nice look. like some gta's

 

i'm not a fan of early 3rd gen..but yours is just beautiful :hail:

 

the difference is more amazing in person... can't wait for the sportlines/gta wheels to go on!

 

very nice!:hail: I love the hood as well

 

Awesome!

I meant to reply to your post in the 3rd gen LJ community when you posted your pics but I got distracted looking at this board, and there she was again.

 

Simply fantastic....great choice of color as well. The before and after shots look like completely different cars.

 

NICE!!! Are you going to put back on the original pinstripes as well?

 

i think it looks real good, now get it lowered and get the venetian blind decal for the hood. O btw why did u take it to mexico .

 

I was wondering when you were going to get that car painted... looks very nice... not sure I like the black on the bottom and the spoiler but, man, what an improvement!

 

very nice. i love the color

 

Thanks for your comments everyone!!!

I took it down to Mexico because the paint quality is much much better and the cost was alot cheaper!

I painted the bottom black because it just looks awesome.

I do have all of the original decals for it. I'm going to hold off on putting them on for awhile because the paint shop to me to do so.

The car will get lowered and I have a set of GTA wheels for it.

I just love how it looks now. It is a night and day differance. It feels great driving down the road now knowing the car looks awesome.

 

The car looks great Alex They did a nice job. I like the color selection too. Can't wait to see it droped with the new rims

 

A think a few have asked and i didnt see any response i dont know i might have missed it but how much did it cost again? Ive heard you can get your seats reappulstered in mexico in genuine leather for low 100's

 

I'm glad they said that, because they are right. The paint has to be able to 'breathe' for a few weeks to finally cure properly.

I hope they also told you to keep from waxing it, for the same reason

 

Thats better

Congratulations on the new car It looks like they did an awsome job. I cant wait to see it finished. It is going to look bada$$ lowered w/ black crosslace wheels.

Ill be talking to ya!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 82FirebirdTA
[B]Hey everyone,

I took my car down to Mexico to get painted. It is finally back after 4 weeks!

The pulled my frame (Wrecked in front by previous owner), Aligned my hatch, painted the door jambs and around the engine bay, and painted the door handles, locks, and all the black trim!!!

I may need to do some body work on my 82 T/A to take care of a few bubbles forming near the rear driver's side. Any words of wisdom?

 

that color looks awesome and actually i was considering doing the silver and black paint scheme when i had mine painted but ended up just doing the same color again......congrats man!...definately wanna see some pics when the decals and new rims are on!!!

 

If only my car could get painted in Mexico... Darn EPA ruined everything... took all of the good paint supplies, took all of the good cleaning agents from the machine shops... Who'd have thought that we'd have to go to Mexico to clean up and paint our cars.


Nice job man. It should look killer with the GTA's pulling together the look with the black along the bottom.

 

Thanks again everyone!

I'll post some more pictures up after the new wheels.

 

where are your side marker lights? and WHY must you put GTA wheels on there? nice shiney chrome or polished rims will just make that beautiful paint job look even BETTER!

 

82- Your 83 looks ABSOLUTELY,POSITIVELY Gorgous!!! It will look awesome with the crosslaced. When are you putting those on? The decals will look sweet. Are they the venitian blind and black accent decals? Any other plans for the drivetrain/powertrain? I love the silver.Not that it was ever a frog, but your frog is now a prince. Kudos. Looking great.

 

Daytona T/A: Those were the only good wheels I could afford, and plus I had to piece them together from a junkyard.

BTW I love your car. I have a soft spot for those '83 Daytona's! I wouldn't mind adding one to the collection one day.

Thanks! Hopefully the wheels are going on soon.

The decals are the standard black ones just like the car came with originally.

The drivetrain will be getting an upgrade in some form soon hopefully. The originals will be set aside. Whats bad about the engine now is that it leaks so much oil that I have to wipe off the whole back of my car after driving on the freeway. It leaves puddles of oil a day. The transmission grinds into 3rd and 4th so that means the synchros are probably dead. It performs surprisingly great for an LG4 though.

 

I bought a complete set of rims for an 85-90 firebird over the summer for only $40. Three of them came with caps. Would anyone have one that they would be willing to sell me?

 

This is the style of rims.

 

wow, i like that a lot, stock apperance rules!