well a few months back my tranny took a **** so i decided to redo the bodywork and repaint the entire car........i stripped the entire thing to bare metal then epoxy primed the whole thing and then primed and blocked about 6 times then shot sealer and then finially i painted it Crimson red and put some blue pearl in the clear and hosed on about 4 coats on the car then color sanded the **** out of it and buffed it......it still needs a lil more buffing and i need to get all the emblems back on it but the car looks 100 times better than it ever has........I will try to get pics up tonight i want to get some sun set pics of it out at the lake here in town now on to 4th gen interior and abuilt motor. Oh and by the way i rebuilt the tranny and it runs better than it has since i've had it for 2 yrs

 

well here are some pictures of before

 

and after

 

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sry for the pic quality i didn't get around fast enough to get good pics......there is a lot of pearl in the clear but you can't realy see it

 

Looks sweet man. Don't just love blocking primer.U can see that blue alittle in the gfx. Would it work if u but a black base with blue pearl?

 

i'm not really sure how blue pearl would work w/ black base........u ight not be able to see it but then again u might.........have a paint shop mix up like 4 or 8 oz of the color u want.........thats what i did and they iddn't charge me for it and just play around w/ it and get what you like

 

came out nice..... you spray it yourself?

i would suggest a diffrent lower grill like the flog light grill thats says camaro. just my prefrence. and maybe paint the light buckets black to break up the front a little.

like the rims they show very good with that color.

Jeff

 

yes i did spray it myself.................didn't turn out too bad for the second car i've ever sprayed.........i'm 17 and took the car from a pile of **** to what it is now and i'm very happy w/ it now.....i do want to get the fog light grill and possibly some chrom wheels.......not sure what i want yet though and i did think about the headlight pockets too but i'm not sure if i like that or not

 

I love the logic of people on this board, its so unique, LOL

"My trans took a ****, so I recided to repaint the car"

On no other board on the WWW would you hear that, LOL


(Not bashing, just an observation)

 

So how's the trans?

 

what kind of hood louver are those??? they are sweet!

 

Those are the 91-92 Z-28 hood blisters.

 

well i figured while the car was down and out and everyone figured it was just mechanical that i would spend the time and do all the body work correctly and make it the best i can...........and the tranny is doing great......feels stronger than ever

 

Looks great dude! Keep us informed!

 

Looks good from the photos. The pearl adds something, I'm sure it really stands out in the light...

Black would show much more than red. and looks very sharp

 

How much did this cost you all together?

looks beautiful, i agree some chrome rims would look great with that paint job.

wanna do mine?

-chuck

 

the car looks very nice.. i especially like the color you used on the wheels and how you painted the spokes and left the lip/ center thingy

 

i gotta laugh, my trans is sitting on the ground outside the garage while i'm painting mine too. i got a rebuilt coming from N.C.
my trans was bad when i bought the car so i have done alot without every really driving the car.

Jeff

 

cost total was around 800 bucks in paint and materials and the tranny....parts were around 500 bucks...............i do plan on some chrome wheels but i'm not sure which ones i want yet.......i just got the motor chromed and will have pics up asap but i have no idea what wheels i want.....i like the tt2 but everyone has them and i dont want them b/c of that....plus one of my best friends has them on a 4th gen firebird.........suggestions on wheels please