started prep work on the 'roc this past week. we're hoping to have it sprayed by the end of next week...i'll be putting in quite a few hours during my spring break (next week). it's comin' along real nicely though. dont mind the mess in the back of the trunk, the interior is REALLY nice it just doesn't look like it in the pictures

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the final product! (other than buffing out the clear coat of coarse, it's not dry yet )

 

looking good! Keep us posted!

 

will do..hopin' to have it done next week!

 

looks like its coming along nicely but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take off the side moldings before you paint it. makes the car so much cleaner.

 

looks good. keep us posted.

 

keep up the great work

 

Yeah, until someone opens their car door into yours, no plastic side molding = huge dent in door.

Nice work, keep us updated...

 

yeah and then you have a nice wave in the door so you really can;t escape it

 

Sweet. Going stock color?

 

looks good, hopefully it comes out as nice as your vert!

 

yup, stock maroon color, and i'm leaving the moldings on b/c i dont want dings in the doors. i spend 5 hours tonight sanding and filling dents. i didn't do all that for nothing lol.

tomorrow i'm taping it off and spot-priming it, then hopefully i'll shoot some color on it monday. it'll be done by the end of next week for sure

 

UPDATE #2, we taped off the car and sprayed the first coat of primer on the spots that needed it, tomorrow we'll be sanding it down again and hopefully shoot the first layer of color on it

 

Looking good, cant wait to see her done.

 

give us some pics!

 

pics added to the first post

 

more pics added to the 1st post...it's completely done except we're gonna buff it out when it's dry! i'm really satisfied in the turnout

 

wow, looks real good. now you need to put on some wheels! or clean up the stock ones. good job though!

 

looks nice! Going with different wheels?

 

dont worry guys, it's getting a new set of chrome ZR1's soon enough

 

are you going to be putting all of the decals on and such?

 

yea we're still not completely done with it, it still needs to be buffed/sanded. we have to put the TPI emblem on the bumper, we gotta get teh IROC-Z decals for the doors and get some black and silver stripes for around the bottom of the car, and we still have to put the spoiler, hood louvers, and front door moldings back on

 

Looks good!

 

Nice work. You've got alot of wetsanding to do though, take your time and do it right!

 

Looks great man! Thats my car!(w/o T-tops) Is that the stock flame red
? You mentioned black and silver striping. Did it come stock with those colors or are u changing it up? My '89 came with red and black. If u do put on the black and silver post up a few pics, I would like to see it. I read your reply to my post about the aftermarket parts. Thanks for the info, hope my baby can look as good as yours when done. Keep up the good work!

 

that's gonna look great when it's finished

good job man!

 

yes this is true. still have a bit of wet sanding and buffing left to do, but it WILL be perfect and i will settle for nothing less. i'm going for trophies this year! lol
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it's not flame red, it's the darker, more maroon-ish color from '89. and it did come with red and black stripes but since i'm gonna be getting chrome wheels i think the silver and black will look better. i'll post pics for sure

and i hope everything works out for the best with your car!

 

are you going to get the wheels made for our cars, or are you putting on adapters. cuz personally i dont know how well those adapters would look. and i think the zr1s for 3rd gens are cheaper too.....

 

pssst...my ZR1's have spacers behind them, i think they look fine haha

but yea i'm not sure which ones i'm gonna buy, if i can find some good used regular ZR1's then i'll get those otherwise i'll probably buy the 3rd gen offset ones from SLP

 

it looks more like a burnt orange to me.....but it's awesome nonetheless

been puttin alot of work into it - cant wait to see more pics

 

yea i think it was the toner that we put in it, it looks sunburnt orange metallic, but i love it! it's really cool in shade too

we MIGHT try and buff her out tonight, but if not then tomorrow definatly

 

"pssst...my ZR1's have spacers behind them, i think they look fine haha

but yea i'm not sure which ones i'm gonna buy, if i can find some good used regular ZR1's then i'll get those otherwise i'll probably buy the 3rd gen offset ones from SLP"

In my personal opinion dont get the 3rd gen offset ones from slp, do the spacers and get the real deal they look better. The slp ones have the pointed center cap that looks plain out wrong and with the 4th gen zr1's you can put some 315's(17x11) in the back. Gotta love traction.

 

wouldnt putting spacers on your car put extra unwanted stress on your axles? and wont it push the wheel out too far? i dont know i havent used any spacer before.

 

no, and no. they're not that heavy, it's a cast aluminum metal. and they make them stick out in a tasteful manner

i'll post pics of my rear tires sometime soon for ya.

and i gotta agree 4th gen ZR1's look better

 

Good Call!

 

well by putting stress on it i meant how it pushes the wheels out about 2-3 inches on each axles, thatll put a bit more stress on it. i havent used them before, but if theyre hrmless id like to slap some Z06's on my next car.

 

that's definately my favorite stock color

 

They're harmless, people autocross on those things.

 

yup, the guy with the red T/A autocrossed with them behind his Z06 wheels


* Buffed the car and polished it yesterday, i'm still working on putting all the pieces back on it like hood louvers and tail lights. i'll post pics when i'm done

 

really? i guess that does make sence though. since the spokes are closer to the outside of the wheel on the corvette wheels, but closer to the inside on the stock irocs. thats cool, i want some Z06's now!

 

cool, nice job mines the same color and i'm doing the same thing how do you get the iroc sym at the bottom ground effect by the fender off.

 

here's the end of the project (minus the IROC-Z decals and stripes of coarse)

i think it turned out pretty nice, put the stock '91 wheels on it b/c the 15" gold insert irocs are fugly

 

Great Job! Nice to see another successful paintjob.

 

 

sorry we're not looking to make any money here, we're just doing this on the side in our own garage. we're painting the convertible in June then we're done painting cars for a while lol. i saw "we" meaning my dad and i

 

Both cars are gorgeous! So how did the sanding and buffing turn out?It's hard to tell in the pics.

 

it turned out pretty good, very good for a garage job. there were 2 runs in the clearcoat that we couldn 't buff out unfortunatly. but they're not even noticeable very much at all. my friends couldn't find them until i pointed them out

 

So what color is that? The factory 1989 Flame Red Metallic? Just wondering because my 89's clear is almost gone, and I've never seen what the color looks like.

 

there was another red in 1989 other than Flame Red. this is the other, darker red. i dont remember the paint code for it though

 

looks great man! did you paint the convertible yourself before? doin the same color (blue i meant)? look awesome man, i can only hope mine comes out as nice.

 

the convertible has original paint on it right now with exception to the front valance piece, the rear bumper and around the windshield and the tonnue cover. when i completely repaint it this summer i will be sticking with Ultra Blue (it's my favorite Fbody color ever!) I'm actually gonna have a body shop fix the dents on that one though because i dont want ANY flaws on it what-so-ever. that thing will be showroom condition this summer