ragtop_rat

Get tired of my LT look and decided to Convert to LS front and rear, buyed a wrecked LS1 on e-bay, shipped it to Norway and started to work

The beginning




Stripped the car at home in my garage, ready for transport to paint shop




Arrived paint shop, Raptor hood from Suncoast performance




Sanded and ready for primer




Primed




Primed doors




Final preparations, cleaning




Masking




Paint sample, Standox Red Rocket on black base




Underside of hood, plain red

ragtop_rat

More picts...







Car back in my garage


Outside to check the colour in daylight


The other Trans Am finally arrived from the USA


A few hours later, front removed


Started to mount the LS1 parts...

transambandit

iTrader: (6)

wow that is a sick color of red, im hoping to get my t/a painted soon im trying to decide between kandy hellfire red or spicy red metallic.

SStealth00

so are u droppin the ls1 in there?

ragtop_rat

I'm not sure, I'm trying to sell both the LS1 and the 396 LT4 to have money for a LS7 or a Golen 427 or 402, but I will see what engine sell first, then the other engine is going in for the summer, It's to late to order a new engine for this season anyway....

fuel_junkie

is that the firehawk hood, I thought that the firehawk hood needed a different bumper

ragtop_rat

No, it's the Raptor hood

TARaptor

Are you worried at all about the continuity of the paint since you had paint started before you had the fenders and bumper?

ragtop_rat

Sure, we thought about it, and we was worried to paint the car in parts, but we tried and it seems like it is no problem with this paint and colour.... You only have to be acurate when mixing the paint, and have the same viscosity on the finished mix....

djdalite

i wish you could school me on painting, damn that looks nice

ragtop_rat

Thanks, I'm very happy with the result , but I didn't paint the car myself, It was a good friend of mine who painted it, I only took the car apart and sanded it, so he could take the final preparation and paint... But I've been hanging around on these paint/body shops for years and picked up some trick's and hints But painting is a true craftsmanship it takes years to learn properly, and the painter of this car have worked as a painter for 18 years now, and he knows his profession ... He was a runner-up in the Norwegian championship in bodywork and painting last year, that tells something about how skilled he is...

djdalite

dang, i guess theres no hope of me learning how to paint my own car

skinbrain

standox is a GOOD choice of paint, we use it at the body shop i work at.

Beaflag VonRathburg

iTrader: (176)

That paint looks awesome. What do you plan on doing with the LS1 car?

Italiankid77

iTrader: (17)

The car look's sick man,great color choice.

ragtop_rat

Thanks, I don't know, part it out and scrap it.... It's a wreck, have a big collision damage on the passenger side...

ragtop_rat

Thanks

PunishedU

iTrader: (1)

Man, that is a great color. Definately need to see some updated pictures.

ragtop_rat

Thanks

I'll update pictures when I come home from the sea, I'm offshore India at the moment and I'll get the car finished in the beginning of june when I come home, the front fenders and bumpercover and rear bumpercover are now painted, and I finally have recived the Iforged Aero wheels....

transambandit

iTrader: (6)

dang dude, forget the car, take pics of the tall hot norwegian blondes that you will be picking up in the beast!