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Jan 10, 2008 | 08:14 PM

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that looks awesome! But damn I could never try and keep that clean, I love driving my car, so I just washing under it and thats it!

Jan 10, 2008 | 10:00 PM

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Very nice work!

What kind of paint did you use?
Steps for prepping? painting? Advice?

Amazing work and im looking to do this while my cars on jack stands!

Jan 11, 2008 | 09:39 PM

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Nice job.

What are you using to polish your exhaust to get that much shine from it?

Jan 11, 2008 | 10:29 PM

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Looks awesome. You should have swapped out your rod bolts while that K member was down. Then you coulda polished your oil pan or maybe even powdercoated it. Didn't notice if you had motor mounts in either. That's a good mod too!

Jan 12, 2008 | 10:04 AM

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Very nice work!

What kind of paint did you use?
Steps for prepping? painting? Advice?

Amazing work and im looking to do this while my cars on jack stands!

Just used rattle cans this time. If I had the time, I would clear it with a hardener in the clear to help it hold up. I just sanded it down some and used a filler primer. Wet sand it a few times and tape everything off possible.

Jan 12, 2008 | 10:08 AM

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Nice job.

What are you using to polish your exhaust to get that much shine from it?

Used a rotorary buffer and a ploish from the zone that is in a blue container. I will look and see what its called. The buffer is what does the work, but in order to get it done, you have to pull it completely out of the car.

Jan 12, 2008 | 10:09 AM

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True, but running out of time kept me from that. Also had the motor supported by the pan on a jack.

Jan 12, 2008 | 10:10 AM

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Last night buttened up the exhaust. Today I will try to get the front put back together including the brakes his weekend.

Its slowly begining to like the underside wasn't buried in a gravel trap at Road Atlanta.

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Jan 12, 2008 | 10:51 AM

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Damn I need to do this

Jan 13, 2008 | 08:04 AM

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I wish I had a garage to do this. I would put my car down for a year in an instant and semi-restore it. This thread gets better and better by the minute.

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Jan 13, 2008 | 08:51 AM

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Thanks Andy.

Jan 13, 2008 | 09:06 AM

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Quite impressive Brian. But I'm getting to old to lay on my back, so I'll wait till I can put the car in the air to begin doing something like this.

Jan 13, 2008 | 09:49 AM

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Its slowly begining to like the underside wasn't buried in a gravel trap at Road Atlanta.

it looks like it was never driven on any road.
if i didnt live all the way on the outerbanks i would def. try and see your car in person

Jan 13, 2008 | 02:15 PM

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Quite impressive Brian. But I'm getting to old to lay on my back, so I'll wait till I can put the car in the air to begin doing something like this.

My back is telling me the same thing. lol

Jan 13, 2008 | 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by camaro-94-z28

it looks like it was never driven on any road.
if i didnt live all the way on the outerbanks i would def. try and see your car in person

Thanks a bunch. I don't know if I posted this pic from Road Atlanta, but here is what it looked like after they drug me out of the gravel and I drove it back to my trailer. You should hae seen the interior. It was a very sad day, but I could only blame me.

Jan 13, 2008 | 02:22 PM

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Assembled more parts and cleaned others today. I even started it up to make sure all is good. Fired right up with no problems. Put the C5 brackets back on, sway bar, tightened clamps, and even put that shiney air dam on.:grinking: Getting ready to head out to get some new Corvette rotors from Advance. Once I do the Fiske's, them I will get some Baer Rortors. But thats not going to happen for some time.