Bad30th

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Whelp, I finally got sick and tired of people asking me "is that a Corvette motor" <img src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" border="0"> so I am doing some custom work to my fuel rail covers...

I have the '97 black/red Corvette FRC's, which I previously painted all white (which looked cool, but still had the Corvette logo visible).

So, here's what I've started on... I took a cone shaped sanding bit and dremelled out the "Corvette" logo on the covers, roughed it up nicely and got down under the red paint that filled the letters. I then meticulously picked out all the little pieces of black plastic. I filled the dremeled area with Bondo, and sanded it down flat. There were a couple of spots that airbubbled on the first application, so I filled them in with a second coat of Bondo and re-sanded. I touched the final product up with some gel coat to fill in the pinholes and finish it, and gave them a final sanding last night with 220/600 grit. They look really funky right now, lol, but are smooth to the touch across the filled spots.

I plan to spray them with several coats of primer, gloss white, and clear coat this weekend. I have some dark blue "TransAm" and "RamAir" decals from Firebat on order that I will apply to them for the finishing touch... Should be done and have some pics in a week or two... I left the raised "5.7 L" and raised stripes on them too, which should look cool. <img src="images/icons/smile.gif" border="0">

More to come !
BadAss30th

Jena

I'm planning on doing the same eventually. Please post pictures when done! How many hours have your put into this (or will be putting into this)?

Bad30th

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I've been working on them off and on for a couple of weeks (not much free time lately). I'd guesstimate the following :

- dremel out old logo and prep (1.5 hr)
- fill w/bondo and sand (2 hours), repeat if needed
- apply gel coat and sand (2 hours)
- primer/paint/clearcoat (5 hrs) mostly drying time

Hope that helps... Just rough guesses of course. I've taken my time working on these (not by choice, been really busy). I did the dremeling one day, bondo/sand on two days (two applications), gel/sand one day, and will probably primer/paint/clearcoat them in one day. It would probably be a rush job to try to finish them in one day...

Good luck, I'll post pics when I can...

Peace,
BadAss30th

Beeler422

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You mean like mine?
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Rumble

I LIKE EM, I LIKE EM ALOT !!!
Now that`s more like it. I realize they don`t add one HP but, that sure looks NICE !!! How did you add the TRANS AM logo?
PSB

Brandon Boomhauer

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firechicken that looks good, nice look under the hood.

YOOFORMULA

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I did the same thing....

full shot

close up

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1badls1bird

Can someone tell me the PN for the black Trans Am badges??? Please??? Thanks Just e-mail it to me sincE I will prolly lost track fothis thread, thanks!

YOOFORMULA

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Thanks BadAss30th! <img src="images/icons/grin.gif" border="0"> <img src="images/icons/cool.gif" border="0">

I redid them recently to try something different, but I might go back to the red as I plan on doing some more work to the interior.

there is shot of the new look here

Bad30th

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YOOFORMULA yours were the original ones that gave me the idea, I remember seeing them a while back... Sweet and very customized.

Firechicken, yours look great too ! Very nice work.

You guys used Bondo as well ?

I painted them white yesterday and they look great ! Very smooth, only a few imperfections (hey, I'm an amateur at this !). I am waiting for the Firebat decals (TransAm and RamAir) to arrive so I can slap those on there and apply some clear coat.

I'll shoot pics when they're all finished. I think they'll look kicka$$ ! <img src="images/icons/grin.gif" border="0">

Peace !
BadAss30th