Well i finally got her painted. only painted the front half though, the rear half was in good shape, but the front nose cone both fenders and the driver side door was really messed up. The paint job (for me) was free. my grandfather restores old cars and he had some extra (a quart) of red laying around, we went to see if it would match the old color and it matched it to the TEE. you couldnt buy paint to match this close.

as you will see, i took the trim off the driver door when we painted, but couldnt take it off the passenger door since we didnt paint it. i was going to pull the trim off until i realized that the car has been painted before so the color under the trim was a darker red. i also shaved the antenna and put it under the dash.

anyway we did all our own work. Base coat/Clear coat. 2 coats of primer then wet sand then a last coat of primer and last wet sand. then pulled it in the garage and layed down 3 coats of red, then 4 coats of clear. then the next morning we wet sanded with 1200 then 1500 and then buffed it out. the pictures dont do the paint job justice. it looks absolutely amazing.

Now before you say anything we DID and still do have enough paint to do the rear half and after doing the front we prolly will do the rear half, but if you seen his car before it was painted then you would def agree that the fenders and nose needed painted before the back half was. and please dont comment on how crappy the hood looks, ill be gettin a new hood when money is right.

thanks for looking and tell me what you think!







these is before i started sanding. fenders were scratched to hell and nose had gashes in it and a few dents you can see where the ears of the hood smashed into the fenders when the hood flew up. *that was my fault..oops*

be patient im uploading lots of pics. comp is slow so it may take a little bit.

 

then i sanded all with 80 grit

 

well post the afters!
cant wait.

 

Then when i got it to my granpdas we started taking everything apart and started sanding some more with 80 grit. we used an air sander that rand off a compressor. most compressors wont keep up with the sander. but he has a quick recovery compressor that he got for his sand blaster

 

then i primered it. like i said we did 2 coats then a 320 grit wet sand then another primer and a 600 grit wetsand

 

then we wet sanded. 1200 grit forst then a 1500 till it was smooth







we didnt wet sand the headlight buckets since were sanding them down next week to paint them black. not sure if im painting them gloss, or semi gloss, or matte black

 

okay now back up a little i forgot to add these pics lol. got a lil excited haha. this was my grandpa laying down the 1st and 2nd coat (camera died after 2nd coat)







thats after 2nd coat, damn camera died

 

and this is after the buff. it looks great the pictures dont do the car justice lol. after we painted it we realized howb dumb the little piece of trim looks on the driver side quarter so were gonna pull it off and paint touch it up a little. i hate the trim on the passenger side door just as much as you do and eventually ill get that fixed to.

 

and here it is all put back together (minus the grill which is gettin painted same color as headligt buckets when we paint them)

also included a pic of my grandpas '38 Buick. car has been done since 2000 and he still wins awards. car has 76,000 miles since its been completed. he won best paint out of ~2000 cars at Quincy IL car show. you can also see his '40 Plymouth in the garage. hes got a '33 plymouth 5 window coupe, a 34 plymouth sedan, a 59 el camino and a 40's International pick up thats his daily driver

well here she is. btw im tickled pink about it. i love it so much lol. i been waitin to get it painted for awhile now and now since its done, it feels like its startin to come together. NOW I NEED A DAMN HOOD!!







tell me what you think! dont be afraid to be honest. she still needs work but its MUCH better than it was. its finally presentable lol

if anybody wants more pictures then ask.

 

What the hell stopped you from doing something with the hood? That would have been the icing on the cake!

 

im either gettin an actual fiberglass hood, or ill get a longer scoop. that one is 39" and the one im lookin at is 46" then ill fiberglass it and paint it. believe me i want a new hood so damn bad it aint funny. but the only thing keepin me from it is i just laid off you know how life is lol

 

Dang, cute girl with a Camaro??? What more does a guy need?

Anyway, car looks good. I agree though, I would have held off for the hood though. I know what you mean about being laid off though. I just graduated HS, and I quit my job after an argument with my manager at BK. 2 years and no raise or anything. How lame. I am done with fast food. I want a better job anyways...

 

looks good

 

Great job and better yet a great bonding time with Gramps. Cool!

 

looks much better man. good job and keep it up.

 

Is that the stock bright red?

I'm about to paint my car here soon, and cant decide between stock bright red, or torch red.

great job with the paint though! i like

 

I went with torch red and like it.

 

Looks good dude, Makes the car look 100% beter! nice work.

 

a hot girl with a hot thirdgen now that's a perfect combo

 

I'm pretty sure thats his daughter...although she is quite attractive.


Oh, and the car looks pretty good too

 

lol thanks everyone. and yeah it was good bonding time with the gramps and yes that IS my girlfriend lol. thanks guys i really do appreciate the comments. and i believe its actually flame red. the car was painted by the PO and he did a pretty good job. this color is brighter than the stock red, when i pulled the trim off the doors you could see the original color, it was much darker.

and btw i found a place in chicago that makes fiberglass hoods, and they have a 4 inch and a 2 inch. not sure which would look better, but its like 315 for the 4" and its about 2 hours from me so i could save bout 100 bucks on shipping so i think when im back on my feet im gonna go that route.

heres the link. ever heard of them?

http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/8292camaro.htm

 

I like the black hood with your red.

 

it is a beautiful 3rd gen. no denying that. and a great job of working the front piece, i have to re-do mine. someone said it was fiberglass but i think its actually a rubber type material, can you tell us what it is.
and more pics would be wonderful.

 

with your gray gfx i would leave the buckets red, not black. would look really really clean that way. car looks wonderful. good job.

 

Looks like new. Good job man.

btw, What is that spoiler? I want. lol

 

hey tony, our nose pieces are not fiberglass. idk exactly what they are called but it is a type of rubber. if you paint the nose and take off the cone then you need to mix a certain type of flexible additive into the paint. but if you leave the piece on the car like i did then theres no reason to add the additive. the flexible additive helps when you go to put the nose back on that way the paint wont crack, but it evaporates over a few weeks.

and yes im getting the grill painted and put back in and get my new emblam ill take a couple more pics of it.

IROCjoyce- i also like the black hood on the red car. not many people are a fan of it but i think it makes it look pretty tough. think ill keep the fiberglass hood black until im sick of it and then ill paint it.

bigdavesiroc- its really nice to get a compliment form you, i watched your build and always loved your car. and you know im actually 50/50 on painted the buckets. i wanted the buckets to match the grill and the hood. but at the same time, the gfx are silver and idk if black red and silver would compliment each other. ill do a little work on photoshop/paint and ill poat some pictures of it.

 

spoiler is on 1988 Sport Coupes. 88 is the only year that sport coupes had this spoiler. The early 1988 sport coupes had the z28 spoiler, and the later 1988's had this one. they werent used ever again. they look like a smaller version of the 91-92 high rises.

 

theres a picture of my car after i used 'paint' and colored the buckets black. what do you guys think now?

 

You should paint the gray gfx black along with the headlight buckets and new hood.

 

i like the buckets body color personally.. BUT i also like the idea of keeping it stock.. so i do like the black. i still haven't decided how mine will be, but i have a little while to think about it. basically i am no help at all!

 

Not digging the black. Buckets or the gfx. My .02$

 

Car looks great! 1000X's better than before! I would leave the buckets body color. Red with silver GFX looks awesome

 

i agree with dave about the blackgfx, not a big fan of them. im going to keep the hood black though. but proly more of a matte black, or a low gloss. i dont like it being a flat black. i think the black hood looks okay on my car because of the black tinted ttops and the back hatch with a dark tint. we'll see though. i have about a week to decide if i paint the buckets black or keep them red body color.

maybe i should start a poll?