Well here are some pics.. Still have a few things to do on the outside, but it's showable now. I haven't even started thinking about the interior yet..

Changes other then repairing the wreck damage:

17x9.5" Epsilon rims with custom center caps
4th gen disc rear
RA1 hood
all new decals
Recovered tonneau cover in grey instead of black.
Front turn/fog light blackouts..

I'm about to start the front C5 brake swap, once that's done I'll be on to the interior.

 

Nice....everything looks great. The fit on that RA1 hood looks perfect....wheels go along great.

 

wow thats probably one of the coolest converts ive seen in a while!

 

SWEEEET ride! If only the dish was like the GTA and not as shallow, but what counts is how nice and new that thing is. Take care of it, I'm sure you will.

Now I know it goes with the style and colors, but what about keeping the hood grills black?

But I got to say it again, that is a nice fawkin' car!!

 

Did you have those wheels repainted? If so,
whats the name of the color/color code used on those wheels?

 

The hood grills on my '92 with the same paint code are gold in color, so I think the grills on the RA1 hood look great. Overall, I think the RA1 hood looks terrific on the '91-'92 'Brids. Did you say earlier that you plan to make the hood functional?

H-Bomb, he repainted them. Here's the thread with the info you need. Shroom never did tell us the paint code though so it may not help you.

GTA rim gold paint code was correct

Edit: I almost forgot to ask. Shroom, how did you fab up the foglight blackouts? I noticed them in your pictures before I noticed that you mentioned them as one of your new mods. It looks like you did a nice job.

 

looks awesome man. I like it .The rims look great . I bet your get people walking by then then doing a double take when they see how big the rims are.

 

Yup, eventually. I've got the RA2 box and it lines up pretty well, but I still have to cut the hood. Are the gold grills on your GTA in the stock hood? Mine were too, but I always thought someone painted them. The stock side vents will be installed in the flat rear section of the hood as 'heat extractors' (really just to break up the large flat area the hood).



Doh.. Busted.. Paint code is:
GM Aztec Gold - Effect color
Code: 9218 (may be O'reilly's code)
Code2: C9047K M

I'll update the other thread..

Thanks.. It's actually easier than you would think. Measure the opening in the bumper and get two pieces of tinted plexi cut 1-2" bigger than your measurement. (there's plenty of room). Take the parking lights out and outline it on a piece of paper. Also punch two holes in the paper where the screws go through.

Center the paper on the plexi to one side. Mark where the screw holes are and drill through the plexi. Put the light back in place and just attach it uses the screws through the plexi.

About $10 and 30 minutes and you're done. Nicest thing is that you don't have to worry about getting the screw holes perfect as long as you have a big enough piece of plexi, no one ever sees the edges!

Kevin D.

 

Yes, it's the stock hood. 1992GTA had a thread along time ago about them. Mine are well tarnished to a bronze color now, but originally they were a shiny gold color.

I had followed your thread about the 17" GTA wheels and thought you had replied about the exact color. I think you might have mentioned it later in another thread somewhere. Sorry to bust you on it.

I'll look into adding the plexi blackouts to my GTA. It sounds like an easy mod. Where do you buy tinted or smoked plexi?

 

Any glass place should have sheets of it.. I normally ask if they have any small cut pieces and usually get it free. Plexi is easy to cut in straight lines, so as long as you get some scraps bigger than you need you don't have to pay them to cut it (score it 20-30 times with a razor and then snap it along the line.)

Kevin D.

 

normally I hate verts, but that looks hot! I absolutely love that color on there. Good combo all around.

The only thing I noticed I would change is finding a gold ram air sticker for the hood. It would match the theme a little better imo.

 

The car looks great.

I am not a fan of the gold hood grilles. I would do black, but thats just me.

Will you be putting a stock bird decal back on the nose? Body side moldings?

 

Pretty awesome. Looks like it just came out of a dealer showroom.

 

Absolutely stunning! I love the paint color and new wheels. the gold grills kinda "stick out" too much being gold. I like the blackouts to the fog/turn lights.

sweeeeeet car!

-bill

 

Am I the only person who noticed that he has only one seat in his car?

Nice car though, wow! Love those wheels

 

It is.. ?!? Guess it might be the lighting, but they look gold on my screen.. It's the same color as the center cap/TA decals..

Body side moldings are at the body shop being painted.. I was going to run without them, but I managed to put a small ding in the door putting it back together. The moldings will cover it, but that's the only time I'm thinking about running without them, I almost threw up..

I think with the hood and RA decals adding a nose decal would be a little too much.. If anything I might get a Jade GTA sail panel bird and stick on there, but even the repro's are expensive..

Told ya I hadn't even thought about starting the interior! The car was COMPLETELY stripped before it went to the body shop..

Now, as far as the gold vents.... I like them, and as Jade said, the stock hood had gold vents too... This is the new style RA1 with custom vents molded into the hood. If this was the old style with removable vents I might have gotten a second set to paint a duller color.. Probably the dark grey that's on the tonneau cover. As it is right now it would be a pain to mask it all back off...

Thanks for the compliments guys, they help keep me going..

Kevin D.

 

i bet if htere was more gold on the car somewhere it would help out the gold vents...it looks awsome with the gold vents but a bit more gold would help them fit in more.
very very nice car btw!!!!

 

Your car is very clean. I like the look without the body moldings. Good luck with everything else you have planned for it.

 

Thats very sharp looking... i love the wheels! I think i'd paint the centers black. Although i'd probably have to see it in person...



Great work

 

Wow, this is the first 91/2 bird I've seen that I don't ansolutley hate. There's just something about the way the whole car flows together that really does it for me. I usually hate the new f-bird nose and gfx, but they look really good here. Maybe it's just because it's a vert..

Anyway, wheels look nice, just wish they were a little deeper like the GTA's, then I'd be all over 'em.

Finally, the tonneau (sp?) cover thing, that looks so much better how you did it. When I had my vert, I always wanted to recover that, but first put some type of cloth/foain in there to give it a little more depth and a softer look/feel. But anyways, yours look awesome. Wonder why someone else hasn't tried it yet...But they will soon.

 

Oh in that case, forget I mentioned it. It must be my crappy computer or something, they looked silver over here.

 

Best Poncho convertible on TGO.

There. I said it.

Excuse me while I go kick my car.

 

bah, you're car is sweet too, I wouldnt knock it!

 

Why, thank you sir. I supposed everyone should have something aspire to. With Shroom's car as the model here is what I need:[list=1][*]Phat paint job[*]17" Epsilon rims with Goodyear ZR, 40 series radials[*]TPI Engine[*]Manual tranny[*]Looks like he's got some stuff in suspension stiffening.[*]Fabricated fog light covers[*]GTA Tail lights[*]Lord knows what else it is that makes this car exemplary.[/list=1]

WTG Shroom!!

 

Freaking nice!