Hello all finally getting around to restoring my 86 irocz(yes its an iroc i ran the vin it came from van nuys) has ttops i bought it early last year from a kid that did a rattle can paint job it has a 355 that seems like its been mildly built(she moves quick at wot) trans shifts good, the rear end is a posi but no longer locks together to spin both it also has a back yard true dual exhaust system that hangs way to low but plans are to completely disassemble the body get it sanded and smoothed out and repainted a artic white, hood definetly needs replaced looking for cowl induction hood. Want to swap the seats for some nice 4th gens, ill replace all the gauges already add two on the piller but arent hooked up yet, side skirts will get replaced with some 91-92 rs ones, ive already modded some halo lights in place of two of the headlights. Future plans are hopefully by winter ill have the money for a 383 and new rear end but heres some pics as it sits now.

 

Your IROC looks like a good platform for a restoration. Body looks straight.

Hey, do you honestly like the way the halo headlights look? IMO they look ridiculous and totally out of place. You dont have a bad looking car. I just hate modifications that look cheap or cheesy.
Good luck with your car!

 

I do like the halos not to keen on the shape of them i may try and mold them into the stock housings to make it seem original its defineltly different from other third gens and i get quite a few looks and compliements bout them but i also get some that say they dont look right but to each there own

 

They'd look much better in a housing if they could fit. Some halos are sold on ebay and imo they look very nice on some of the cars here
Body looks nice also and would look real good in a white. Good luck on the rebuild!

 

I though 86's had the stop light on top of the hatch?

 

So didnt get much done today got the taillights and spoiler pulled off got some sanding done the taillights definetly need redone I'll post pics up tomorrow. GreenieG I looked into that I guess they did never noticed that but really doesn't matter as mine doesn't even work so I may delete it all together or move it to the top of the window not sure yet

 

Got the spoiler prepped with primer, got side skirts off tomorrow going too pick up some side effects off a 91 rs. Got a lot of sanding done to ill post them when i get some taken, got the taillights restored heres the before and after photos of the taillights.

Before:

After:

 

Got the side skirts this morning passenger side is in rough condition not much can be done today due to snow i hate nebraska wheather but heres pics of the side skirt and car as it sits


This is what happens when u kick up gravel thinking mud flaps?

 

Lookin good so far. What was the original color of the car?

 

title says white but after pulling parts off and sanding some of them were red or black so the cars been put together with different parts then painted im taking it all apart and doing each individual part to make everything match

 

Got the side skirts done and prepped checked fitment clearly ill have to drill new holes to get the 92s to fit correctly filled in the "rs" area to have a clean look im also thinking of smoothing out the rear bumber. Also got bored did some custom work on the grille what you guys think?

 

It looks like it has a back glass from a 87-90 formula/ trans am/ GTA.
If you look at the black trim around the glass it has the clips for the aero spoiler.

 

Do u guys suggest maybe just finding a new hatch? Because I cant get it to align properly with the rear passenger quarter anyways so it sticks out a lil farther

 

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You have to adj the hatch to the glass. It requires a lot of time to do and even then it wont be perfect due to the cars being "off" from the factory.
I have done many of them, one just last week.

 

Well i took a closer look and it seems that the previous owner put caulk in between the hatch piece and the glass ill get some pics taken but it looks like it be easier to just replace it with a correct camaro hatch

 

Nice foundation to start with, looking forward to updates!!!!

 

Well no updates its been really cold out but heres what i was talking about with the hatch

I was able to remove some of it on the right side looks like moisture got trapped in.

 

hey what kind of ground effects do you have?

 

I still have my original 86 ones but the new ones im putting on are from a 92 rs

 

http://www.yourhotcar.com/product/xe...110/23315.html
^are the xenon ones similar to the 86 ones you had one?

 

no mine are original 86 skirts the xenon apears to go higher up on the door and dont stick out as much and have a more gradual slope than a v

 

So found a few issues today one being there is very thin aluminum covering a huge rusted out spot the area where i believe the spare tire would go another is the interior used to be tan i found this out when i started taking the panels off to get to bolts here which means the panels have spray painted as far as updates go pulled the front nose off to get it all prepped and aligned correct got rid of the latch that was bent and was a pain to open

 

Nice Job, keep it going!

 

Not much today got the side markers working again got the nose properely aligned sanded nd primed the front gfx also got my led lights from superbrightleds for the guages on the piller heres some before after pics

 

Todays goal is cleaning up the interior figuring out what i need to replace or fix, ordering some iequiis guages and measuring out for a panel for them. But i do have a question how do i remove the rear seats?

Edit: figured it out

 

Wow, someone really gooberd that car up. Man sorry to say, but I would ditch thoes autozone fog lights so fast it wouldnt even make it in my driveway looking like that.

But hey, you might be on the path to saving another beat iroc.
Looks good.

 

got a lot done today got the hood done need to do a lot of work on the door with all the low spots got the drivers side gfx on i like the look of them. Working on modding the gas cap making it flush fit ill get some progress pics as i go with that also bought an 87 z28 1:25 model kit that i will building as a replica of what mine will look like.

 

Working on the fuel door today smoothing it flush to the body plan on fabbing in some kinda way to get it to pop out kind of like how entertainment center doors push in and pop out got the bump cut out heres how it looks now

 

i smoothed a bunch of stuff on my car the other day, might have to do something like that with my gas door! althought id like to remove it completly

 

If you do that where would you reroute it so you can put gas in it? or are you thinking of going with a fuel cell?

 

Ideally it would be a custom tank with a fill on top where the stock fuel pump is. Or somewhere in the back. I'll probably never do it tho. Lol

 

Small update tonite got the gas cap smoothed out and primed got the piece fabbed in to "pop" the cap open think it came out pretty good. Updates on the car itself will be done once it warms up probably tuesday. 20 degree weather and wind is not my ideal time to be geting stuff done on it.

looks brand new

And a close up

 

good luck!

 

Found an old thread where the filler neck was re routed into the rear lock box. That's my next project.

 

Alright so youre gonna do my car next right? Ill have a bus sent to transfer you here immediately

 

Nice clean look. Keep it coming.

 

Todays big "for the win" was getting my reverse lights to work big thanks to paulo for helping me! For any others who are having troubles getting them to work heres the thread for it- https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/elec...se-lights.html

 

I'll be keeping an eye on this local home grown Camaro!

 

It looks like its coming along well. Keep the thread going. Can't wait to see the final results.....

 

got the fuel door on it took quite a bit of adjusting but got it on heres the pics

 

Looks good Its the small things that count

 

I really like that. Still gunna try to shave mine, I need a pipe cutter

 

Got bored did some work on the visors the material was sagging and had a crack in the glass i wanted to use some 4th gen visors i had but they were to big so i stripped mine down im thinking about fiberglassing them in so i never have to worry about them sagging again i did use the mirrior covers after cutting and trimming them to work still need a little work.

 

Ordered my white faced guages from iequus this morning im getting 3-3/8in speedometer and tach and 2in voltometer, fuel level, oil pressure, and water temp they should be here in a few days.

 

Today got the rear bumber smoothed out it still needs sanding then ill post pics also pulled a lot of the interior panels out sanding them down putting epoxy in any cracks dents etc.. finished up the visor cover turned out really good did a flat black with a clear gloss any recomendations on what to use to cover the actually visor with i want something that will be permanant like bondo, bondo glass, bondo jelly, fiberglass i do not want to cover it with fabric heres pics of the visor sits

 

Great job, just not sure why you are putting 92 ground effects on a Iroc, they didn't make a Iroc in 92. It will look nice! but takes away from the Iroc. I guess i woundn't worry about the hatch looking like a 86 if you do the 92 gfx. You are kicking some A** and doing a great job. I 'm enjoying the restore!

 

Thanks and just like the look of the 92's im still going to keep the original iroc ones if i ever change my mind, the hatch i thought bout changing because the hatch is from a firebird you can tell because of the black clips that are around the window ive tried taking them off didnt go to well ill keep it till i find a good deal on a camaro one till then ill sand and repaint the trim around the window

 

what do the clips have to do with it?...they look like theyre just from a window louver that was previously installed and removed but they left the clips on...

and why is there two holes at the top of the side sections of the spoiler?

 

i was told the clips were used on a firebird maybe not either way i would like to replace it and not sure i pulled the end caps off and thats what was there