Well I finally got my car painted about a month ago. I went with black since my old 84 Z was black I started on the 83 around March. Over that time I switched my old doors out for power window and lock ones I swapped the whole interior out from my 84 and added a power trunk release. I put on a set of 91-92 gfx, high-rise spoiler, grid taillights, clear sidemarkers, red Z-28 emblems, got the windows tinted, and did some other little stuff. I got a brand new 91-92 front gfx off ebay for $1! I did all the body work and shaved the antenna and took it to get painted so I am happy with the way it turned out. I got a custom fiberglass cowl hood that was made by John Miller. It looks sweet and is really unique, big thanks go's out to him Here are some pics of the car before I started and some after pics


What it started like...



Progress Pics...

 

WHERES THE AFTER PIC DUDE?

 

hold on man

After...

 

thats looks awesome!!

 

pic of the hood

 

Wholly ****t dood! That looks awesome! What a transformation!
Save up for some new 91-92 rims and lower it a bit and that thing will be a definite head turner!

 

nice , i like the cowl hood. what kind of hood is it . But i still wanna see some more pics of the car. I think its cool to see pics like that ,were you started and where you finished , its great .

 

BTW...that hood kicks a$$.
How much was it and where did you buy it from?

Tommy

 

Yeah if I could find some Iroc's or the 91-92 Z rims I think that would make the car look better. Wish I could afford some 17" Z06 rims right now though The cowl hood was made by John Miller, he is a member on the boards here(Jmiller). He makes the hoods himself. He used this hood to make a mold so I got it cheaper. Its like a 2 maybe 3 inch cowl and follows the lines of the Iroc/Z hoods louvers. Tommy, he is located on the coast here in Ca so he is pretty close by. I picked mine up during a gtg I will set up a car domain page so I can put more progress pics and stuff.

 

Woah man that looks really good. Great job on it all. Loving the black w/red too

 

I have a set of 91-92 Z28 wheels and tires that I'll soon be trying to get rid of.

 

Nice transformation !!

Amd again, that hood looks awsome !

Never seen it before.

 

car looks great with what u have done to it. the only thing i would have considered when repainting it was keeing that awsome looking set of strpes that was on the hood. they look really cool. it really would have woke up the black on the car i think

 

I'm likin' the hood- those rims normally are not my style, but they seem to look ok on your car. At any rate- the car is definitely improved.

 

verry nice!, what % tint do you have on that thing? it looks like the back is a little darker than the front, but it looks good.

EDIT: I just read you sig 15%

 

I actually liked them

Any chance of finding out what they are?

 

Wow, what a transformation. Car looks amazing, I especially love the black with red badges. Very nice touch.

 

VERY NICE, HUGE IMPROVMENT!!!! IMO...ALL YOU NEED IS THAT CHEVY BOWTIE GRILL!!!!! THE RED BOWTIE WOULD COMPLIMENT YOU RED Z28 BADGES WHICH I LOVE!:hail:

 

Mike,

Car looks great! The red badges are a cool touch. Very nice paint as well! To be honest, I think I like the wheels. They add a "muscle" look to it. Also, that hood is AWESOME!! I want one! Does Jmiller make anymore like that? Could he make one with the Iroc louvers? How much did it run you? I really want about a 2 in cowl that resembles or looks fair stock. Ya know, like it came with the car. Again, good job with the car, you're hard work really paid off!!!

 

Brown to black - much nicer. What about the engine bay/door jambs? Did you have those sprayed too?

 

Thanks for all the compliments guys. I put up a cardomain page with a lot more before and progress pics up. I do have a camaro grill & a bowtie grill on the way and I will paint the lettering and bowtie red to stick with the black & red theme v6camaro man, the stripes were sweet, if they were just red I would have definetly kept them. I think some red heritage stripes or something like that would look sweet. I had the trunk area and door jambs sprayed black but not the engine bay. I will do the engine bay when I drop in another engine Gummie the rims have Enkie centercaps so Im guessing thats who made them. I dont know what model they are though.

 

Wow man, thats quite a transformation there. It looks great. I like the hood as well, haven't seen it before. The only thing I would do would be get some different rims (Polished IROCs perhaps) and lose the white letter tires, but its your car. Great work man

 

Sick improvement!! Nice work/taste. If you decide to go through with the 17" ZO6s, let me know. I might still have mine! lol Good luck with the new paint.

 

looks great!!!!! :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail:

 

wow, looks astonishing! I think all you need to finish your car would be to lower it a bit. Sportlines would probably look superb on your car.

 

Damn....what can I add? That car looks bad-***. You did a fine job.

 

wow thats quite an improvement, you need some 17" chrome iroc rims though and a red bowtie grill. then you're good to go.

 

Sweet, it looks real good.

 

Thanks guys I got a bowtie grill a couple days ago. I just need to repaint it. Should I go flat black or glass black? I will have a red bowtie of course



Also what style Iroc rims would look better, 85-87 or 88-90? I may be getting some real soon.

 

looks good. I have those rims on my jeep, and i have ultra center caps..........any way, nice ride.

 

Hey Mike, good to see you got the grill ok. I say Paint it gloss black with the red bowtie. later-Bryan

 

I also have some 91 Z rims for sale soon.

Great transformation man. Mine will be done soon as well.

 

that looks way better! My first car was an 84 Z28 and I cloned it to the 91-92 Z28 style..and it was by far the best move I made. That thing would look good with the 91-92 wheels, but I think it's screaming for atleast a set of 17's

What kind of shape is the interior in?
Looks great man, keep up the good work

 

Yeah thanks Bryan I appreciate it Hopefully I can get it on soon.

I would Love to put a set of 17's on and drop it with some sportlines, I just need the $ That will definetly happen though in the cars future. My interior is in good condition. I will get some pics up. I plan on making some alluminum overlays for the guages, ac trim, and shifter to wake the interior up a little bit. I really like your interior 84custom. The 4th gen ebony seats are sweet and I really like your cage

 

gorgous

 

That looks real nice man...great improvement.!!!

 

Looks great, would have never known it was an 83 by looking at it now.

 

that looks great, the wheels look great with the car!

 

Screw IROC or Z28 wheels, that thing is screaming for something more like ZR1 rims or SLPs ZR1 sytle rims, or something similar...

 

17" CHROMED 85-87 style iroc rims is exactly what u need. it would look SOOOO good on your car.

 

where did you put the antenna? and does it work reception wise

 

Right now I dont have the antenna on but I still get good reception on some stations. What I plan to do is get a smaller antenna and put it in the a pillar so I can listen to the radio if I want.

 

keep it clean get on of those antenna's that you can tuck under your dash. i think www.autoloc.com carries them. Kind of expensive i think $60 when i last checked.

 

Great job man!!

Nice to see another NCO sticker on a 3rdgen

 

NICE

 

looks sweet, where did you get the paint job and how much?

 

Looks awsome

 

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Werd How long have you been in Doha?

I um actually got it painted at Maaco I couldnt afford to spend a couple k to get a nice one since I got college to pay for. I did all the prep and body work myself though so it turned out good I finally got my bowtie grill installed a couple weeks ago and I also bought some new foglights.

 

you did get the base coat clear coat package right? not the integrated clearcoat. please tell me you didnt