maroman88

A 1988 Maui Blue Metallic Camaro Sports Coupe. I bought it from the original owner, a female in her 80's, with 95k miles on it, ZERO rust, all the original weather stripping is perfect, i doubt the T-tops have ever been off the car. It needs some paint and interior work and a good detailing in and out. its already been washed in the pics and i was shocked the wheels came perfectly clean.

CruzinQueen

Nice find! Looks clean! Gotta love the unmolested cars! Enjoy.

puma1552

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Looks great, you'll love the Maui and how much it "pops".

jeff_blake

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nice!! gotta love old ladies and there cars. they ususally maintain them very well. best of luck with your goals with it!

-Jeff

chazman

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These are great cars to get. Solid, unmolested and rust free.

maroman88

some of my problem areas

lovely armrests


torn up seat


ttop trim faded


mirror damage


some tard tried spray painting this corner


small crack in the front gfx


and the tops of the car is faded

maroman88

and work has begun!

removing the factory stripes




side moldings removed... can finally see the cars true color!


repaired armrest

chazman

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Which adhesive did you use to repair that armrest?

maroman88

copious amounts of gorilla glue and some wood and clamps over night

puma1552

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What are your plans for this one?

maroman88

this ones staying stock

maroman88

no turning back now!

chazman

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Keep the pics coming, I love threads like this!

mymonkey562

X2!!

maroman88

85_ZED28

Nice project!

maroman88

it needs to stop raining!

91camarolover

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reminds me of what my car looked like when I got it

maroman88

anyone know what the paint code for the silver gfx is? i went thru my rpo's and it doesnt say, and all i have for the colors on the tag is 9184 maui blue

chazman

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Do you have a gun or in a rattlecan?

Here's the code: WA8358 or Dupont 7448.

I bought a quart and had it put into spray cans in order to touch up my ground effects on my '83. That paint was really designed to be sprayed with a gun though, and came out a different shade out of the spray can.

But after many calls and much research, I discovered that Duplicolor 301 silver mist DSGM503 is an EXACT match for our silver ground effects.

TheMuskr

looks like a good start to a great project,

maroman88

PERFECT! thanks lol

maroman88

shes pretty much ready for paint

redroc88

looks like a great find. awesome thread. keep this thing going.

itsMikey

nice! love the maui blue..the silver really compliments it..

SpeedDemon91

Can't wait to see more!!

maroman88

cleaned up the stock sport coupe taillights

one cleaned, one not




also repainted the headlight rings

evilemokid94

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suscribed

maroman88

got it back from paint, came out pretty decent, just a few cell phone pics for now

NxtLevl

Looks beautiful...

puma1552

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Looks good, more/bigger pics!

mrrman

wow..what a change

evilemokid94

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looks good but the spoilers gotta go IMO, those spoilers are way to short for these cars. the base firebird spoiler looks amazing on these cars and is that right size.

maroman88

i painted the ttop trim today, and did the water pump the other day, just some small stuff left to do, get an allignment tomorrow, and im waiting for new seats to come













new grille and parking lights


looks realllly nice in the sun

puma1552

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Lookin' great, how do you like the Maui Blue?

maroman88

i like it... really pops in the sun!

IROCU2

Where did you take it to get painted? Looks good.

odecca

That is a beautiful car. What are the plans for engine bay? Just gonna make it pretty or mean?

maks10

Suscribed as well.....keep up the work reviving the maro!!!

maroman88

well it was coming along nicely. got an allignment and it ended up needing front bearings on the passenger side so i did that... then the fuel pump tooka dump, so ill be dropping the tank today if it stops raining. waiting for my new seats to come and exhaust. under hood has been powerwashed and looks pretty dam good, its staying stock

puma1552

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Yeah, the fuel pump isn't any fun, but thanks for not cutting an access door in it, since a fuel pump is only like a 1 in 5+ year job.

maroman88

i considered it... but i didnt like the idea of cutting the metal fuel lines to remove the pump, plus the exhaust was coming out anyway

maroman88

finally stopped raining! finished puttin the car back together from the fuel pump replacment, and installed a new muffler and tail pipes.

out with the old


in with the new... flowmaster 80 series

pvr007

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very nice, i wish i could have your car so that i could figure out all the wiering that i have to put into my 88 RS

maroman88

ive rewired my other 88 about 4 times under the hood lol

pvr007

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first time doing it and im 16 ;_;