JonSS

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Hi guys. Painted my TA bezel and lowered the 35th.

Pics are here: http://www.ignitionsyndicate.com/jon/picts/

Scroll to the bottom.

Jon

Steve1969LS1

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looking good.. nice and subtle (compared to painting the outer bezel red <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> )

It's coming along great.. you going to the show in San Diego next Sunday??

JonSS

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Steve2000SS:
<strong>looking good.. nice and subtle (compared to painting the outer bezel red <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> )

It's coming along great.. you going to the show in San Diego next Sunday??</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks steve... Just need to get me those silver gauge overlays, and I'll be set. I have the tiny 35th stickers to go on them already too <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Don't think i'll be able to make the San Diego show this weekend. I'm pretty much broke. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

Oh well,
Jon

JackZ28

Very nice, but I hope you kept the original parts.. Not that it's any of my business...

00silverz28

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That's exactly what I want to do to mine but I have a question. How did you paint it without getting paint on the clear plastic? Does the black part come off? Let me know. Thanks.

Steve

WEASEL

Hey, yeah! That looks good! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />

I wonder how mine would look in pewter to match my paint?

2QuikTA

i'm sorry....i think it looks tacky. to each their own... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

Bad*SS

What springs did you use?

JonSS

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 00silverz28:
<strong>That's exactly what I want to do to mine but I have a question. How did you paint it without getting paint on the clear plastic? Does the black part come off? Let me know. Thanks.

Steve</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A friend of mine (chev4life) cut the clear plastic away from the TA bezel with a dremel, and some precision cutting. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> so that made it easy to paint. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

JonSS

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Bad*SS:
<strong>What springs did you use?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">From the picture at the bottom of my page, which do you think?

I'm curious if people can really tell.

Thanks,
Jon

cracker

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Well they look like either the new Prokit (drops it more than the old) or sportlines. But on the other hand it kinda sits like LG supersprings.

No, i think all the paint inside is kinda ricey. Sorry pal, you seem like a really nice guy and dont take this as flaming or anything, just an honest opinion. It looks like you put a lot of work into it.... <img border="0" alt="[pimp]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_pimp.gif" />
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absolut_speed

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I like the lowering, but I'm partial to the 35th wheels on the 35th cars. I like the gray interior too.

BIGBOS

The red looks pretty good, if i was going to paint any of the interior, I would probably take it to a professional body shop and get them clearcoated as well, and it would probably be less on the orange peel look...

JonSS

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by BIGBOS:
<strong>The red looks pretty good, if i was going to paint any of the interior, I would probably take it to a professional body shop and get them clearcoated as well, and it would probably be less on the orange peel look...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wish I could afford to do that, but not on my budget... oh well. It's nice to know I tackled them myself. Yeah, theres some orange peel when you look close, but I think I did pretty good for a first time job. And, I can always take them off, sand them again, and re paint. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Jon

JonSS

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Bad SS:
<strong>Well they look like either the new Prokit (drops it more than the old) or sportlines. But on the other hand it kinda sits like LG supersprings.

No, i think all the paint inside is kinda ricey. Sorry pal, you seem like a really nice guy and dont take this as flaming or anything, just an honest opinion. It looks like you put a lot of work into it.... <img border="0" alt="[pimp]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_pimp.gif" />
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Headers, Exhaust, Springs, Suspension.....stock 10 bolt. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

wadeamaphone@yahoo.com

random quote- "bud d 4eva... <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> "</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for the honest opinion.... Everyone's got one I suppose. I did put alot of work into them.

I think you covered all the popular springs there with you guesses too. That's funny. I plan on posting better pics later on, and posting a poll to see what springs people think I used.

Jon

00blkws6

I would say they are the SLP Eibach's. It sits nowhere near as low as my T/A, or my brother's old Z with the pro-kit.

02blackZ

Dude, looks good <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
But what I want to know is where you got the TA bezel in the first place, I have looked just about everywhere short of going to the dealer! <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />
Let me know.

Joe
2002 Black Z28

Jims 98 Z28

Damn, I was just thinking about doing that to my T/A bezel the other day, but I gave up after not being able to get the clear plastic cover off. <img border="0" alt="[pimp]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_pimp.gif" />

You can get the T/A bezel from Specmo.com. Its $30 plus shipping. Part #16230640