Painted 1987 Trans AM (photo bomb)-from start to finish
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Painted 1987 Trans AM (photo bomb)-from start to finish
beginning
epoxy primer
Almost there.
after I finished touching up where I ran outta paint :shock:
^-A little wet and dirty.. I got stuck in the 10 foot patch of mud directly behind my garage door
And how it looked when I got it!
epoxy primer
Almost there.
after I finished touching up where I ran outta paint :shock:
^-A little wet and dirty.. I got stuck in the 10 foot patch of mud directly behind my garage door
And how it looked when I got it!
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Re: Painted 1987 Trans AM (photo bomb)-from start to finish
final body work
almost ready to get some color! or lack there of, white.
some guide coat, a little thick
oh and epoxy primer is not something you wanna sand. What I thought would take me a few hours took me a few weeks, its been parked this whole year (22 days)
almost ready to get some color! or lack there of, white.
some guide coat, a little thick
oh and epoxy primer is not something you wanna sand. What I thought would take me a few hours took me a few weeks, its been parked this whole year (22 days)
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Re: Painted 1987 Trans AM (photo bomb)-from start to finish
half is actually from my '89- 2 fenders/hood/front bumper/deck lid
Pass door was also replaced
they didn't see the rear blinker thing and the ding strip so I'll get those in a few days with some touch up paint for the future.
Pass door was also replaced
they didn't see the rear blinker thing and the ding strip so I'll get those in a few days with some touch up paint for the future.
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idk what happened to the front pass gfx, it fell off a little, I just need to push it back in and screw the side piece on.
some things I still need to do:
tint windows
new carpet
new headliner
put interior back together/mostly from my 89
put exterior back together
install hedders/y-pipe/cat-delete pipe/exhaust tips
install new radio/old amp/old subs/new front speakers
All red parts came from my '89 base firebird that got t-boned a year ago. I slid into someone on the freeway(breaks just locked up) so I decided to make a nice car outta two!
What do you think? tips or tricks?
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Re: Painted 1987 Trans AM (photo bomb)-from start to finish
I like the vented hood quite frankly. Are you going to be putting the spoiler back on? I really like the look of a stock GTA! Heck, I think my next third gen might just be a GTA if I could find one, just really like the look of them, plus it will look nice next to my Iroc.
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I like the vented hood quite frankly. Are you going to be putting the spoiler back on? I really like the look of a stock GTA! Heck, I think my next third gen might just be a GTA if I could find one, just really like the look of them, plus it will look nice next to my Iroc.
i got the base firebird spoiler painted for now because i dont have money for the same as it had. i would like the wrap around one if i find a deal on one.
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Whoops, my bad. Your right the GFX did throw me off. Well so did the wheels and the spoiler looks like a GTA spoiler (dont take my word on that I am NOT a Firebird expert). Yeah I would get that wrap around spoiler if I were you too. Why did you remove the hood vents?
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Whoops, my bad. Your right the GFX did throw me off. Well so did the wheels and the spoiler looks like a GTA spoiler (dont take my word on that I am NOT a Firebird expert). Yeah I would get that wrap around spoiler if I were you too. Why did you remove the hood vents?
yea, it looks exactly like a GTA, I also think this is the best body style!
My breaks locked up and I rear-ended someone. All that happened was his bumper got cracked and all the flimsy sheet metal on my car crinkled. My '89 base firebird got t-bonned a year ago so I had that car and all the parts sitting around. I like the vents more but I had a perfect front end(i just had it painted) so I threw it on.
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