Ok everyone I'm new here I got a 1986 Iroc Z28 Camaro right before I was 16 for $2600 ( I payed half and my parents payed half)
Since then every penny that's went into it has been all money I'v earned.
I now just turned 17 and the here Is my build timeline:
BELOW IS OF CAR BEFORE I GOT IT IT LOOKS NICE BUT LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING

Heres more pic of car as what It was when i got it

The paint was peeling on the bumper bubbling on the window frame
The engine smoked horribly ( rings where worn and heads needed a valve job)
drivers side floor pans are rusted
among many other things

PICS BELOW ARE OF ENGINE AFTER BEING HOT TANKED AND BORED OVER 0.30
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I JUST SET THE VALVE COVERS AND INTAKE THERE SO I CAN SEE HOW IT WOULD LOOK

ALL INSTALLED HOOKED UP AND RUNNING

Click on the video above to hear the engine after break in.

Also picked up 4 iroc rims for $125 with 2 good tires
heres what they looked like when i got them.

and heres what they looked like after stripping paint off with aircraft stripper
sanding
painting using http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...ier=59753_0_0_

and clear coating

Pics of rims on car after putting on brand new center caps

Just a quick little video of it going down the road ( sounds really quiet because it was windy)

CAR NOW, CAR IS GETTING PAINTED AND WILL BE DONE IN 3-4 WEEKS.
GUY AT THE BODY SHOP IS ONLY CHARGING ME $750 FOR PAINT AND HE'S GOING TO PATCH THE RUST WITH METAL AND FIX ALL THE DENTS

THE CAR IS GOING TO BE PAINTED MEDIUM GRAY A 1988 ONLY COLOR.
I AM SHOOTING FOR THE LOOK OF
@Twin_Turbo
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ALTHOUGH I PLAN ON KEEPING MY RIMS

BTW I WILL BE GETTING RID OF THE TACKY GAS DOOR CHROME AND DOOR CHROME

AND I HAVE TINTED THE TAIL LIGHTS

MUCH more to come be sure to follow updates will be coming on the paint after its finished

Very good job. I think you are the youngest person i have seen on here that is fixing up there car right. Hell we got people on here older than you that are spray painting there cars for a new "paint job". Again keep up the good work. You will forever have the 3rd gen bug especially it being your first car. If you only knew then amount of $$$ you will spend on cars from now on lol...

O and don't ever sell this car... I sold my first one and everyday after that i wish i wouldn't have.
Again good job and good luck with the project. Not many kids left that would yank that ugly chrome gas filler door off.

Thanks Brando and I wont my dad sold his 81 and his 67 Camaro and he wishes he hadn't.

Btw heres some pics of what Juan my body guy has done recently to give you an idea of his quality.

Hes using ppg shopline paint their entry level paint system

Your car should come out looking great.

Feedback appreciated.

Nice job so far. Good to see your taking the time to do this right.

Can i ask why you didn't go LS?

$750 for paint and labor? He works basically for free then? I'd be pretty skeptical of the prep /paint job you're gonna get for that price...

Good luck on it.

I would of killed for an LS but I just didn't have enough money for one at the time.

The guy at the body shop is just starting his business ( he was before working for someone else) yeah i know $750 is low but from what i'v seen this guys good.

Really hope it all works out for you, the pics of the grey Camaro are sweet. Is the body man going to paint all the door jambs etc. grey too? Too bad the engine compartment didnt get painted with the engine out, but I guess its still doable...Im new to these Camaros... painting mine back factory color so I dont have to do all the jamb areas.

Thanks yes he is going to paint all the visible blue including door jambs etc.
i'm lucky my engine bay is at least black for now its gonna stay black.

here's pics of a truck he just got done with ( 2 tones not my thing but I think it came out nice)
















This is before buffing

Bump.

nice work man, cool to see em saved and not crushed. im in the process of saving one myself, little by little im getting there.

Its nice to see you getting rid of the bling. Its nice to see you putting iroc wheels on it also. Ive always liked the stock look of the irocs. I hope the paint works out for you take plenty of pics

UPDATE
ITS BEEN A LONG TIME AND MY CAR HAS BEEN PUT ON THE BACK BURNER FOREVER BUT WHERE JUST NOW GETTING THIS GOING
HERES SOME THINGS I BOUGHT
TINTED SIDEMARKERS
T TOP WEATHERSTRIPPING
T TOP CENTER BAR (MY OLD ONE WAS BADLY RUSTED!!!)
DOOR WEATHERSTRIPPING FOR UNDERNEATH
NEW FRONT LIGHTS BLACK HALO LOOKING LIGHTS
NEW PARKING LIGHTS (TINTED)
AGAIN MY PAINT COLOR WILL BE GUNMETAL GRAY 1988 ONLY COLOR
THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING PAINTED IN THE NEXT WEEK- WEEK AND A HALF SO ILL KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED
ALSO THE DOORS ARE OFF TO GET THE CAR PAINTED NEAR THE HINGES BETTER AND TO GET NEW DOOR PINS!!
I ALSO GOT A DASH PAD CAP AND TINTED MY TAIL LIGHTS LIGHTLY
AND WE GOT RID OF THE RADIO ANTENNA AND I AM GONNA RE ROUTE IT INSIDE ON TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD..

Nice progress man keep it up

BUMP

nice build so far. its so wierd looking up and down for a nice blue iroc with decals, and then seeing someone that has one going a whole differant route. lol

Yeah the blue was a nice but a little to light for me and I just love the gray.

Run away from this body shop. He literally used newspaper and bath towls for masking. He has a workbench full of dusty junk in his Home Depot 2x4 plastic sheeted "booth", using the term booth extremly lightly. Overspray is on everything (truck, and camaro) noteably primer on the license plate bracket, park lights. Improper sanding/scuffing evident by the strip (pinstrip) on the front bumper. Such non care and neglagence that its comical.

All warranties on paint are null and void. If there was a warranty, the paint he uses is to cheap to be warantied. If in theory, if you make a claim for paint failer the paint rep will visit the shop and take one picture of the booth (not waisting time to take more than one) and attach it to the denial letter while laughing.

This is the "fly by night guy " who follows no enviremental laws, low ***** estimates, and makes it hard for legitiment quality shops who actually play by the rules.

Sorry for the reality. I see so many "painted my car for $50" threads that it depresses me as to the future of the hobby. The few threads where guys want to do the job right, such as this one, give me a glimer of hope. Iroczmark you have come this far, I just dont want to see the project go south in the final stages. For a budget build Maaco would have far superior quality.

Good luck with the build,
Tucker

That's just dust on the bracket and parking lights and I have new lights to put in already
The strip of "primer'' on the bottom is actually body filler
Look the guy thats doing my paint may not have the best facilities but I see his work and Its great IMO.

actually the spot i think your talking about on the bottom of the bumper is actually just where its been sanded.

PICS BEFORE WET SANDING AND BUFFING.