so i start this post else where but heres some in progress pics of my car at one point i was going to DIY paint but changed my mind about half way through

 

More pics
This when i got to the point where it was too cold in my garage to continue on my own and brought it to a local shop next pics with be the wheel well repair

 

So here starts my wheel well repair. It was bad.

 

the following pics are the wheel well welded and reinforced with fiberglass and basically smoothing

 

These pictures show the wheel well seam sealed and primed

 

Here is the bottom side finished with undercoating applied

 

Here are finished pics of how it came out these two pics are in doors following post will be outside in the sun light paint used was PPG #4009 GM Gun Metal Metallic

 

As said these are pics of the car in the sunlight so show color difference

 

Nice paintjob!! Love the color (you dont see that many gray ones)...Only thing I can see that should still be done is replace the wheels...Otherwise youve got a great looking car!!

 

due to funds tightening the wheels are on the lsit for next winter which i plan to bring it to the same shop since he was good with me this time having him blast the undercarriage and apply a new under coat make any needed repair and replace wheels then also gonna paint the current rims to hold me over until then been thinking of using those black i guess for lack of a better description mesh looking rim from the trans ams with 275's in the rear and i think it was 255 in the front

 

Looks like it just came off the assembly line, good looking car man.

 

Is it really a Z28, or is it an IROC-Z? I don't think I've seen an 85-87 Z28 with a 350, pretty neat!

 

its a z28 but it was originally a 305 tpi

 

OMG that looks beautiful. I love gun-metal colored thirdgens. And you're from Bristol? I live in the next town over in Plainville lol. Which shop did you have it painted at?

 

i went to a place called Ace Customz in east hartford if you ever need anything done his number is 860-610-0661 and his prices are great my car is done in ppg and he did all the above work for $2200 that includes the wheel well work the window regulator fix and the paint/body work had some rot cut out and such

 

Oh you got a sweet deal dude, I already had my car painted last June but I'll look em up for anything else. Are you gonna be visiting the Bristol Auto Club shows on rt. 6 by Sears? I believe they're every Saturday starting in April or May. I've been there a few times last season... I only saw one or two thirdgens there other than my 91.

 

i have been looking for a local cruise night to go to if you can get me some specifics on it then yeah i would be down

 

http://www.bristolautoclub.com/
They didn't update the info for the 2011 season yet but it shouldn't be much longer. They started at 4 pm every Saturday afternoon and would end at sundown... I'm guessing the schedule is the same this year. After that cruise was over I'd always head out to the Burger King on the Berlin Turnpike since all of that stuff starts there at night lol.

 

hope to see ya there then heh thats exactly what i was looking for

 

Guys, let's keep the general cruise chat to the regional forums. People following the thread don't want to get caught up in personal conversation. Thanks.

 

uh ok... it was my thread though lol but gotcha

 

nice paint,looks great

 

thnx its a work in progress planning on sand blasting the under carriage and fixin a couple small problems under there.

 

Do you plan on striping it? I love the look of the gray with the blue stripe!

 

no i think stripes look silly with a louvered z hood plan on tinting or louver the hatch and tint the sides

 

I wasn't following your response, but I now get it. I was referring to the stripes at the ground effects. The official IROC-Z stripes, not the Heritage stripes. What do you think of those?

 

well my original paint idea was going yellow and doing the grnd effects black and the wrap around spoiler black but since i went with the gun metal i like the look of it straight gun metal plan to tint the windows and i have the rear lens covers on to give that "stelath" of "sleek" look

 

Damn fine looking car, Love the color.

 

thnx its come a long way from the $1400 car it was when i bought it normally everything with me is for sale if money is offer but in this case i don't think in the ct area anyone would offer anywhere near enough to pry this car from me lol i regreted selling my 88 rs i had since the day i sold it

 

I Like your car - it looks fantastic in that color!

 

I was going to sell my car for a down payment on a 2011 sti Your car made me change my mind . Wtf was i thinking :P

 

lol glad to hear your gonna stick with us theres nothing like the feel of american muscle rwd