I bought this car around this time last year. I took it to a few car shows last summer and saw that a lot of people liked it and said it had potential. So over the winter I bought all new emblems, stickers, paint, and weather stripping. I just got the car painted and ready to be put back together. I will put up some pictures of the car completely done.

Let me know what you all think of the paint job.

 

looooking goooooood, its nice to see some people still uses spray booths to paint their cars j/k (props to all the garage painters)

 

 

 

Thanks everyone!! The paint looks really bright in the pictures because its still wet, but it should be darker when its all dry. I'm so excited to see it all put back together with all the emblems and stickers.. I have put a lot of time in this car over the winter. I pretty much fixed everything that was wrong with the car from interior to exterior.

 

Heres some more pictures of the paint dry. Today i put all the ground effects back on, but didn't take any pics. Tomorrow I'm putting the door panels on, my driver seat in and, most of my emblems. I will post more pics tomorrow.

 

Are you going to leave the headlight buckets red or will you be painting them semi gloss black?

 

Hit the hoodscoop flaps while you're at it Sid....

 

O yeah I'm painting it black.. Thats what i did tonight was taped off all thats going to be painted black. I will get more pics up this after this weekend.

 

The car will look like the day it drove off the car lot in 1983..

 

dang man that looks sweet! can wait to paint my car. keep up the good work

 

Did you remove the old paint down to metal? Or just enought for good cohesion.

 

just enough for cohesion..

 

Picture up date..

 

looks sick man! the ground effects mach your wheels grate! im thinking about painting my ground effects black to match my black iroc wheels.

 

I just painted this tonight. I have a car show in the morning so i hope its dry by then. Its going to be close.. lol

 

Magnificent!

It's cool to see another owner keeping their resto true to the original styling themes.

Even though I also like the IROC-Z trim a lot (and used to own one), there's something classy and understated about the 82-84 Z28's. Great job on all your hard work!

 

Beautiful. What about the T-top weatherstripping, where it overhangs the side windows?

 

You've got a cool car there Sid. Can't wait to see the final pics!

 

I made the cut this morning for the car show. I got up at 6 am to finnish the car up. I had to pull all the tape off the car from the night before. Then i had to put the front ground effect on, and put all the new emblems on. I spent 2 hours washing and cleaning the interior and exterior. I still have to put the sticker kit on around the car and the hood.

 

Looking sharp in arrest me red. I personally like it without the stickers going around the bottom. The way you have it now looks cleaner but that's my opinion. Either way, nice job!!

 

hahah.. Thanks man. I'm all about putting cars back to original condition and the sticker is original so I got to put it on.. lol Thanks for the comment!

 

Looks really good Sid. What paint did you use for the black?

 

I forgot the name of it. let me look it up and i will get back to you.

 

i like
put pictures up of the black car next to you!

 

Thats a 1972 Nova beside me. Its my friends car. He's the one that painted my car.

 

not a 72. more like a 66 or 67, but it's sweet.

 

She looks great!!! How coats of paint did you apply?? Was 1 gallon sufficient for the hi-glossy finish for how many coats?? Best of luck with her. Next spring I'ma hoping mine'll be done.

 

Looks great. We tend to forget how good those cars looked back when new and original. Nice to see you keeping it that way.

 

Amen to that! IMHO, the graphics for the early 3gens were perfect for the cars. When I see an 82+ Z28 without the stripes, they look a little 'naked' or incomplete.

I love the red!

 

Yeah i think your right.. not sure y i was thinking 72. I dont really know my novas as well as i should.. lol

 

looks great! love the inerior as well! where in IL are you located?

 

Nice work!

 

I'm from Benton IL. I'm in the southern part.. lol

 

Looks great..Just in time for summer.

 

Great looking Z. Nice to see another '83 thats still looks good. (I bought my '83 back in '91) How many miles on it?

 

It has 52,XXX

 

Heres a Before and after pic of my car. The before pic is the day i bought it and the after pic is from today. Hope you all like what i did to her..

 

The other pictures were weird looking.. lol These 2 should be right..

 

More before and after pics..

 

I have a question. what paint did he use for the headlight buckets? I have been debating on painting mine on my rs.

 

thats what just got done doing to my firebird. took it to the metal before painting. yours is looking daaaamn good

 

very good looking! car my brother had an 84' Z same color combo. I was wondering... if yo know what the name for your hood is? i have a 91' and want to find that hood for it(love the way it looks looking out over it at wide open black top) anyway im trying to search for a used one but when i put 82-84 z28 camaro hood in i find cowl's and iroc hoods, so if there is a name for it id like to know to make searching easier?

 

wow i love it

 

I don't think there's a name for it that i know of. I just called it a 82-84 z28 hood. wish i had some better info for you man.

 

It's called the SMC hood.

All you need on the front is the louvered sections on the sides of the license plate and polishing the turn signals. You might be able to get them looking new with 2000 grit sand paper and plastic polish. On the rears, you could probably get away with rubbing compound, then polish.

Looks real good.

 

Isn't the SMC hood the fiberglass version? im looking for the steel one.

 

Wow, your car looks beautiful. What a difference with the new paint compaired to the old. Nice job

 

Thanks man, I'm really happy with it.. =)

 

Looks great Sid. Is the paint single stage or does it have a clearcoat?