Kat

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90 RS 305 TBI A4
Dumb ***/**** poor/orginating memeber of the infamous NE Crew
Time to see, believe this in me,This pain that i feel deep inside

 

Nice how did you get them like that

 

Damn I wished mine looked like that Did you just follow the tech artical?

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-='89 Iroc-Z - 350 TPI =-

 

Please go out with me!

 

You know he's a guy right?

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Very nice, I'm gonna do mine in the spring hopefully.

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New owner of:
1989 IROC-Z
5.7L TPI
Raven Exhaust
K&N's
Pics to come soon!

Previous owner of:
1992 Camaro RS
5.0L TBI
K&N Airfilter
My 1992 RS

Rate my car!
Love the country or leave the country.

 

Wheel Weights! AHH! BLASPHEMY!

 

I'm going to polish a 87 IROC rim next week,I'm going to do mine different from the technical articles way.I'm going to use special polishing wheels from work.I'll post when I'm done.

 

Hey Kat, now show everyone the rest of your car

And un4givin89 I can see how Kat can be confused for a girl, anorexically thin, and the ponytail...

 

the wheels look good, who ever put the weights on needs an examination.

 

hehe Phil bite me

As for the weights I am chasing down a vibration problem in my car. Putting the weights on the outside and inside the rim give it a better ballance That rim in the pic is the bent one Hence where all the vibrations that I have in my car are coming from. So Stu DRIVE YOUR CAR and actually get some dirt on it

As for the polsihing the rims Tech artcile whats that?! I did it all with a palm sander using various grits of wet sand paper and a wool buffing wheel on a drill woth some mothers. BTW I did them over a year ago

Kat

 

I am the polishing master

 

18's Polished and Painted


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Mr. IROC-Z
WWW.IROCZDESIGNS.COM Because looks are everything.

 

18's Polished and Painted


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Mr. IROC-Z
WWW.IROCZDESIGNS.COM Because looks are everything.

 

Mr. IrocZ, I love your car. Just wanted to let you know. I am green with envy, literally. My car is green.

 

hehe Know what is funny. I cant stand the way the wheel well is below the tire on your car. IMHO that looks as much like as<x>s as my car does in all its multi color glory



Kat

[This message has been edited by Kat (edited November 12, 2001).]

 

-=tech=-

How I did was I stripped them with some air craft paint remover. Not the spray on kind but the brushed on gel stuff.

Let the stripper sit on there for about 15 - 20 min. Once the clear coat starts lifting I scrapped most of it off with a plastic scraper. If some spots are stubborn apply some more stripper to that aera and let sit for a few more min.

Wash the rim off with high pressure hose.

Did that to all 4 rims with the tires still on them.

Once I was all done that I went out and got 2 assortred wet/dry sand paper packets

I cut the 240 grit to fit my palm sander and attached it to the the sander.

Then wet the wheel down with the hose and started sanding the rim with a light mist of water spraying on the rim to keep it lubiricated. Make sure ya dont fry yerslef.

After I got done with the 240 grirt,(you'll be using that grit for a long time. Thats how I got rid of most of the ridges on the rim.) Then I switched to 400 then to 600 then to 800 then to a 1000 then to 1500.

Wash the rim really good and break out the drill with a wool buffing wheel(you can get it at pep boys for a few bucks) and some mothers aluminum and mag wheel polish and smeared it onto the buffing wheel.

Take your time buffing.. It also helps if ya have a spray bottle with water in it to spray the rim when the mothers dries up.

Do the buffing thing a few times

Then wash the rim with some dawn or other grease cutting agent. Make sure whatever ya use is safe for aluminum. I used Castrol super clean on them a few months later and I was buffning them back out again.

As for painting I just taped off what I buffed out and srayed the color I wanted on there and then sprayed a liberal amount of clear coat onto the paint

Any quesstions?

Kat

[This message has been edited by Kat (edited November 12, 2001).]

 

Polishing? Here you go.



These are 98TA wheels, they are NOT chrome.. they came with the bland silver flake powdercoat(which as you can see was completely removed)..

I did ALOT of work with some aircraft remover and A LOT of wetsanding by hand.. Only power tool was a drill to do the polishing.

Brendan


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1987 IROC-Z L98,SR,EB 6085's,LPE 219/219 Cam, Crane 1.6RR, EB TPI Base, 58mm TB, Stock T5, 30lb SVO, AFPR, K&N, EB TES, Catco Cat, 3" Borla Cat-Back, Accel cap,rotor,distro/other crap, Aluminum DS, 94 Disk Rear, Adjustable Prop Valve, Precision 3.73 Gears, Weld in Sub-Frame Connectors, Hotchkis LCA's, KYB Shocks/Struts, Poly Bushings all over the place, Moog Upper/Lower Ball joints and Tie Rods ends/Idler Arm, Big stereo, 730SD Conversion.

To see the ROC, Check out the webpage Here

 

Kat, is this better? 16" IROC rim, polished, with a 255/50/16 Comp TA. Baer 12" Sport system with cross drilled/zinc/slotted rotors. Bell Tech 2" drop spindle.

The minute someone makes a 88-90 IROC rim in 17x9, it is mine!

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1989 IROC-Z 5.7L
NOS 5151 150HP kit
ProBuilt 700R4, PI Vigilante 2800 stall lockup
Baer Brakes 12" Sport System

 

Omar: How much those brakes run, and are they a direct bolt in? I mean, do they not require any mods, and are they for front only or front and back? How many pistons are those calipers?

 

Kat,

Is that Upland delco, im lookin for a good mech in that area

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1986 TPI 305 TRANS AM

 

Yeah it is man I litterally live 2 blocks down the street where they suposively found anthrax today. If ya goto Pep Boys in Brookhaven ask for a guy named Mike with the red 85 Z28 to work on yer car. I've know him for about 11 years now and he is a damn good mechanic.

Omar I love that.. Hopefully one day my car will sit about that low I like how it shows a lil bit of the wheel well and it doesnt make the car look like that it cant even take a pebble as a bump without the car scraping. I gotta ask was the brake install hard at all? One day when I get a real job I was thinking about getting the Baer kit for the RS.
Kat

 

Thanks for the compliments. The install was very easy, and I did do it myself. The only special tool would probably be a 4Ib hammer, or, in other words, a small sledge hammer.

I bought both the front and rear package, for a combined $2500. This price does include some upgrades, such as the rotors being crossdrilled, zinc washed, and slotted. They offer their calipers in basic colors, and polished. I ordered the polished version.

ONE VERY IMPORTANT NOTE!

If you are thinking of Baer Brakes and Belltech drop spindles for your car, you might as well get the drop spindles from Baer. Their front brakes come completely built on front spindles. So if you have Bell tech's already, Baer sells you another set, and they do NOT accept a core return. They will, however, accept a core return on STOCK spindles.

So minus the extra's I just mentioned, it would be about $2000 overall. About $1200 for the front's, and $800's for the rear. Keep in mind that this price is for the 12" Sport System with PBR dual piston calipers. If you have 17" rims, I would go with their 13" Track System.

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1989 IROC-Z 5.7L
NOS 5151 150HP kit
ProBuilt 700R4, PI Vigilante 2800 stall lockup
Baer Brakes 12" Sport System