Finally got around to painting the car. After lots of work on the quarters, repairing the nearly destroyed bumper, adding the fake shaker, and shaving the key holes, I was finally ready. I was not seeking absolute perfection, just wanted it to look nice.


Painted the under side of the wing black at home. Didnt want to have to mess with it after painting the car.




Ready for the spray booth




Alright. Lets do this.



I mixed this silver from waste silvers, with a lot of very coarse sparkling metallic added. Little brighter than the stock silver but close enough for jambs to not stand out.




Clear is down. Let it bake and get back to work.





I forgot to take pictures of painting the sail panel and the bumper(CETA style) satin black.



So the bird decal I got for the hood wouldn't adhere. This is what I ended up with. Will work until I get another one cut locally(Got it off ebay, shoulda known better). Gotte get some lettering for the shaker cut too. Probably "5.7 T/A." Thats my little man who has helped me through this whole project. Just cause I'm so damn proud of him, here's one of him helping with some body work.






Silver bird emblems for the sail panel. Painted the Trans Am lettering black. Painted the chrome on a pontiac emblem(from a grand prix or something. Dont even remember now). Had to heat it up and curve it slightly for it to fit right.





Did some brush work on the front bumper and headlight cover.

Still have lots of little stuff to do. Bumper/fender/door alignment. Headlight adjustment. A little buffing. And a good detail! I have 1.5 inch lowering springs on the way. Window tint next week. I couldn't wash the car due to the fresh paint on the bumper and sail and the pictures were taken with my phone. I apologize for the low fidelity. Just thought I'd share as I am very excited to have my car looking good again. I will get some good pictures up after I wash this beast.

 

Looks good! I wish I had a paint booth :-(
Enjoy the "new" ride!!!!

 

looks good! it always nice when you dont have to mess with doing door jambs, im going to spray my hawk in about 2 months just to give it a nice fresh paint job, the 12 year old paint is starting to show

 

nice paint, i'm not a fan of the shaker tho, just my .02

 

i'm not a fan of the shaker tho, just my .02 +2

 

No on the shaker hood, but the paint color looks great. Nice work in the paint booth and body work.

 

Color look good but dont like the bird or shaker hood

 

I'm going to drop the shaker down an inch or so some time soon. Love the look but think it sits just a little high. Pay no attention to that shitty little hood bird. Was supposed to be, and will be, the whole "screamin eagle" from the 70s. Thanks for the compliments.

 

The shaker being black stands out a lil too much on the silver in the front profile shots.
Maybe the new cut out , definitely bigger in size will help tie it.
As of now, I 'd say the shaker painted silver would look better.

 

looks great, just wish u would have kept it at its matte stage...that **** looks dope like that

 

i would get rid of the shaker and add a bigger bird

 

Again, the hood bird fucked up. The guy is sending me another one so I will have the full bird on in a few days.

 

Looks awesome! Very unique. Will be even better once you make the changes you mentioned.

 

Looks good OP

 

Thanks. Still waiting on the replacement bird decal. Got my springs yesterday. Grabbed new shocks and struts and was going to have the fronts done today. Oreillys gave me a slightly bent strut so I have to wait for tomorrow for a new one. As soon as the decal gets here I'm taking it out for some pictures with the good camera.


Springs!


Out with the old...


In with the new.

I will finish the driver's side tomorrow morning. Probably put the back shocks and springs in if I have time.

 

Haven't had much free time lately so I'm just now getting around to posting pics.


Assembled. I love having a wall mounted strut tamer.



Driver side done. Front done.



Rear done.



Before

After


And just to throw these in:




139.8dB and crystal clear.