People still use these forums? Well let's give it a whirl.



Purchased this from a buddy for the grand sum of $350. I drug it home on the trailer due to a supposed fuel leak. The car is a 94 Z28 convertible. It's currently running an early 2000s LM7 5.3, ls6 intake, stock heads and cam, long tubes, PTC 3600, stock (my old one) 4l60e, Motive 4.10s, fbody 98 PCM and harness. It has midwest chassis SFCs, all AC deleted, top motors gone, and midwest bumper supports. Probably 275k on the body (LT1 lasted over 200, which met its death by eating all the bearings), 150k on the trans, rear end 25k.







Gouged plastic fuel line spraying fuel. Hmmmm







She runs now, look at that oil pressure.





First things first lets get rid of the tarp (massive hole in the top). After a bit on youtube, and a $200 ebay replacement top on hand, we remove the old torn up junk. The ants that made a home werent happy with my decision.





My money is on this is original and 26 years old.

 

Total time, 7 hours.



Now that its not leaking water everywhere inside, we can move onto the next step of the build. The god awful paint and body.



Ebay, $100 paint, $50 HVLP paint gun, $75 2k high build primer (grey), $75 variable speed buffer, $50 misc sandpapers, $50 Mequiars compound and polish.



Jump the gun here big dummy, it needs wheels first right?



If you havent noticed this is a budget build and I'd like it to be a driver....so no high dollar **** here. I went with Jegs stars F+R, 17x4.5 2.25, and 15x8 5.5. Tires are Hoosier prostreet fronts, and Mickey S/S rears.

 

God it's still ugly. Cat not for sale. He does however think the new top is extremely comfortable to lay on, like a cat hammock. Where's the airsoft gun when you need it?



For thos wondering that's a Harwood cowl hood.



Before we screw the whole dang car up, let's try one piece and see how it turns out.



Now in white.



Aint gonna lie, kinda impressed. First time ever.

 

Random part pics......Walbro 525 Hellcat pump.



ET lugs with spline drives (will fit the wheels better) and -10AN catch can



Power window motors, new GM keys and locks, and GM ZR1 map sensor.



Fuel pressure regulator, 44mm wastegate, fuel filter.



Rear diff cover and redline oil.

 

Sidenote, I already have an intercooler, injectors, turbo, BOV etc etc sitting on shelves waiting to go with this stuff.

After a little more youtubing, and talking with friends, the manual labor begins. The procedure I selected was, sand the whole car with 80, spray with the high build primer, sand the entire car with 400, spray the white, sand with 1k, 1500, 2k. Then machine buff with a foam pad using compound, then again with finishing polish. 2 coats of wax. And off we go!



Primer, yeah its grey.



Proof.



Fresh white.



After a very long weekend, she's back on the ground.

 

whew, junkyard averted, because that's where she looked like she was heading.





Not too shiny before the wet sanding. Hell I was just happy it was all one color.



Much better.



Getting the hang of it. And yeah I did the spoiler first, again.

 

Ain't gonna lie, I'm happy with my $100 paint.



Old tail lights were VHT black, hated them, so I found these on LS1tech, new key lock installed also.



All lights are reinstalled and working, and I added a black grill. My next focus will shift to interior (window motors, carpet, floor mats, trunk is a mess, radio and ac panels are missing etc etc). But for now, let's pull both the cars out and get their first pic together.



White one is a budget build, red one is what could have potentially been a nice 401k. Well when you die you can't take it with you right?

 

Looks amazing man!

 

Awesome!

 

wow, you shot that outside? you gonna black the headlight area like stock. for me it would look better with the white. red looks good without. sooo,,, truck is daily driver,,, lol.