Here are a few pictures of the PWT before and after. Yesterday we mounted the battery, cuttof switch, battery cables, remote starter solenoid, dash gauge bezel, switch panel, white trash seat brackets, etc.

 

looked better white

 

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nice engine bay

what did you use to paint

 

that duplicolor high heat low gloss black.

 

hell yah seems as if pwt is on it's way.

 

I'm pretty sure that's primer...

 

doesnt look primer to me at all

the first picture at least

 

no the first picture was some peeling white paint over red. the pic made it look a lot better then it really was.

 

where did you mount the cutoff switch?

 

on the passenger side black part of the tail light.

FYI, a little info about the project is a 10 sec car for 6k, including the price of the car. So far im into it $937.

 

hey talk about white trash you should see my RS its flat black with a red hood, hopefully I will be getting it painted in the next couple months

 

uhhh, that's becaues it's not primered in the first picture...

 

ya i know. i thought you were talking about the first picture that looked primered. 2nd one obviously looks primered.

 

I think the flat black exterior looks great.

But dude, replace your carpet.

 

lol.. maybe there is some confusion on the pix..

the before pix of the car are the white exterior, seats/carpet, and the rusty dirty engine compartment.

the current pix are the flat black paint, no interior (welding in seat brackets), and the low gloss black engine compartment.

I need to finish the wiring on the car before I put black carpet in it, spray all the panels black, and put the black summit buckets in.

 

agreed on the exterior, but if this is a 10sec car, and under 6K, dude, carpet delete!

 

yep

 

If you can make it do 10's then who cares what it looks like. fast is fast.

 

has to have carpet and functioning lights, etc. it will be driven on the street some, and only raced on the street so it has to be legal. I know the carpet dont make it legal, but it makes it a lot better.. i figure not even 10lbs for the carpet.

 

the carpet is actually a lot heavier then that.

 

 

On a side note, that car is coming along great I have to paint my car flat black soon. Right now its black with a red hood and doors, and white door hinges, after I was done with my parts cars hahah. Any tips? What kind of paint did you use?

 

Maybe the stock stuff with the mass backing, but aftermarket carpet is very lightweight.

 

Front and back carpet is probably close to 50 pounds with the padding material. Aftermarket is probably 15-20. Just a rough estimate from all the times I've pulled my carpet.

 

why do you need carpet to be street legal ?

 

definately dont want to use stock carpet. im going to use that lightweight black carpet from home depot. ive used it on a previous car that i had and it was MAXIMUM 10lbs w/ however many cans of spray adhesive i used. end result looks good and since the car will have limited use it wont wear too bad.

it doesnt need carpet to be legal, it just makes it look more like a street car, and way less like a peice of crap tin can like it is

 

hahaha, i think it looks cooler without it! but hey it isnt my car either. it will look good wichever route you decide.

 

Hey Man, Whats Up?

I bought the hood from ya a while back. It is good to see your car coming along. My BBC project is getting there also. I hope to get the 2.8 stuff out this weekend and the BB stuff going in next weekend.

By the Way... Flat black, matte black, primer... whatever you want to call it, looks very tuff. Much better than the elmers glue you had. But hey thats my opinion.

When you get it going me and the family will have to make a trip to ATL and go make a day out of it.

Later man, Scott

 

cool man.. glad to see your making progress also. hope those things worked out for you! we should definately get together sometime when both rides are done.

 

i say full interior, it's got a cool factor to it...

 

it will have it. minus backseat, and console. dash, door panels, carpet, side panels, etc.

 

If you get new carpet you definitely need to get that aftermarket type. I got mine from auto interior and upholstry.com and let me tell ya....it weighs all together probably 15 lbs if that!!! The stock carpet with all that padding was around 70 lbs and that was from someone that weighed just a part of it! This new carpet is beautiful, light and was completely simple to install.

I recommend everyone that's thinking about lightening a car to replace that stock heavyass carpet!!

 

So, What kind of paint DID you use on that beast? It looks great !

 

rustoleum flat black spray paint, lol

 

have you considered making a console out of some lighterweight material? these cars look incomplete without them.

 

nah.. just gonna be 2 buckets, with a shifter & cover on the trans tunel. just plain and simple

 

interested to see the finished product. actually, where is Buford in relation to Macon?

 

So it will have a full interior... or it wont? Sounds like the latter to me.

 

when i took put in the new clutch on my Z, i had the console out for MONTHS! i kinda liked it, with just the little rubber boot at the base of the shifter. it looked cool IMO

 

wow, i should read what o post more often lol. it WILL have carpet, plastic interior panels, 2 bucket seats, shifter, doorpanels, headliner, etc. everything but center console, and backseat.