Well, this isnt going to be one of those start and finished in a week kinda things. Im trying to be as low budget as possible.

I bought this 1986 Iroc last month for $500 the interior is almost perfect, aside from the dash cracks and the steering wheel.
The body is fairly straight but needs paint.
The worst part is the engine bay, which is a rats nest of wiring, it runs but it smokes,it has been converted from tpi to carb.
here it is the day i pulled it home:

 

 

I stripped it down to basically a bare shell. The pics I had were hosted at imageshack and have since been lost.

 

i'm trying to decide headlights from an acura integra would look good or not.i had one laying around from a wrecked one, they line up pretty well. (Pics are long gone)

 

Meh, they look O.K. but nothing special.
Great Deal on the car i'm very jealous of your interior.
However not so jealous of the body
You have alot of work ahead of you.
Good Luck on your build.

 

So, Lots more progress as of today, decided to wash it, cant do bodywork on a dirty car.

 

Now for the bad, i discovered alot of rust under the ground effects. also found where the PO put the main wiring harness from under the hood. It's literally cut straight through and left hanging inside the fender

 

Well, the easy part is taking them apart. Now the hard work begins. Rust doesn't look too extensive. Did you check the floorpans, hatch, etc..?? Definately going to need a complete engine wiring harness. That one isn't worth messing with. Going back with white? Looking good so far!

 

I've looked over the car pretty good, floor pans and hatch look really good, The only rust i can see is whats under the ground effects.
Its odd that all of those wires are cut because the car runs and all the gauges work. i guess thats all for the fuel injection and computer stuff.
I plan on painting it red, i've always wanted a red third-gen.
If it looks even half as good as 89ROC-Z's i will be pleased

 

That's good the floors are clean. The gfx sometimes hold dirt and debris against the body and out of the sun, so it's common to rust there. Red is a good choice, not that I'm biased. My '91Z that I'm working on was originally red, but I'm going with white. lol.

 

Got the interior out and the doors off.

 

This should be the last of my progress for a couple weeks, but hopefully all of the pics after this should be the bodywork and paint.
Stay tuned!

 

nice...looking forward to updates!

 

A Couple weeks more like forever !!!! Whats the hold-up lets get some damn PICS on here !! We have been looking at a 2007 Honda Fit not a bad little car Great MPG !!! Its me Eliot in case you didn't know !!!

 

I just noticed the overspray on the taillights in the 3rd picture... would it have killed the PO to just tape em up right or remove em?

 

man i wish they had those kinda of deals up here for a 3rd gen, looks like u got ur self a soild car. now updates plz

 

Sorry about the lack of updates. I will post pics as soon as i get the chance. i fixed the crack in the front bumper and have 4-5 coats of primer on it, and the body of the car is pretty much ready to block out and paint. the majority of the work i have left is in the doors, and the hood.

 

Yeah i was mad too but i wet sanded them with 1500 grit sandpaper and buffed them out to shiny again and then repainted the black grid. they pretty much look new! pics soon

 

 

It's been a few years since I've updated this thread. Since then my wife and I had a baby boy, who is now almost 4! And also bought our first house. Best part is the 3 car garage. Sadly almost no progress has been made up until about 3 months ago. I'll try to catch up to where I am now.

 

I got a set of doors and fenders along with a Z28 hood from an 82-84ish camaro




The parts were not perfect but a ton better than what was on it.

 

Found a sweet deal on a front bumper cover and ground effect its a 91-92 style but new from Hawks.

 

Ended up making a trip back to get the remaining 91-92 parts. I couldnt pass up the deal

 

And of course, another trip for the doors. Nearly perfect shape.

 

Replaced the hinge pins on the doors before putting them on. Test fitted all the parts. I think its starting to look pretty good.

 

At this point it was starting to look like a 92 RS, so I decided i needed to get the high rise spoiler.

 

 

Glad to see you are getting back on it. It saddens me to see projects die.

 

Couple of daytime shots.

 

This dash, center console, steering wheel and anything else I can think of will be making its way into my car real soon!