The "Roxanne" Appearance Build Thread
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The "Roxanne" Appearance Build Thread Back in March I bought my first car, a 1994 Camaro Z28. The car had just under 123,000 miles and a "rebuilt engine" and bolt-ons. The car was in desperate need of paint and I had always wanted to "restore" a car. (I wouldn't call it a restoration but you get the point.) When I first bought it two rims were black and two were silver but the previous owner had another set of rims and tires that he gave to me in the sale but here's what it looked like the morning after I bought it.
As you can see, its seen better days. So I decided to clean it up and saw the true extent of the blemishes. And on top of it, my kind neighbors decide to key the ever living **** out of it.
Heres a pic with the tires and rims mounted
To give it a better look I bought some stainless steel inserts and Z28 emblems
A month went bye so I cleaned it up again and shot some pictures in my backyard.
Yes, one silver rim...
Shortly after this my SS spoiler came in the mail and I test fitted it and was pleased with the look
And now finally I got to do some bodywork
masked up
sanded
Soon to come is a shaved berger panel, new exhaust, new rims/tires and probably a different hood. Oh and if anyone is trying to get rid of some rims PM me
More to come in the next few days/weeks
As you can see, its seen better days. So I decided to clean it up and saw the true extent of the blemishes. And on top of it, my kind neighbors decide to key the ever living **** out of it.
Heres a pic with the tires and rims mounted
To give it a better look I bought some stainless steel inserts and Z28 emblems
A month went bye so I cleaned it up again and shot some pictures in my backyard.
Yes, one silver rim...
Shortly after this my SS spoiler came in the mail and I test fitted it and was pleased with the look
And now finally I got to do some bodywork
masked up
sanded
Soon to come is a shaved berger panel, new exhaust, new rims/tires and probably a different hood. Oh and if anyone is trying to get rid of some rims PM me
More to come in the next few days/weeks
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hey steve
Are you planning on rattle can painting it or actual automotive paint through a spray gun? Btw if you plan on keeping the stock 16" wheels and want to check out something new look into Plasti-dip. Best part about it is that if you dont like the color you choose you can peel it off like skin with no damage to the original rim / surface.
Thing is coming along, maybe I'll see you at a meet sometime in MA
Are you planning on rattle can painting it or actual automotive paint through a spray gun? Btw if you plan on keeping the stock 16" wheels and want to check out something new look into Plasti-dip. Best part about it is that if you dont like the color you choose you can peel it off like skin with no damage to the original rim / surface.
Thing is coming along, maybe I'll see you at a meet sometime in MA
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I'm torn on original color or a different shade. I don't know of that many shades of red that aren't dark
I will be using Dupont paint through a HVLP spray gun but I will probably respray my jams with a rattle can. And yeah probably around July I'll have it on the road so I will most likely see ya around 
Thanks 
Once I'm out of school I will be doing it for a living but I figured this is a good way to practice my skills and get a sick looking car out of it too. Thanks
hey steve
Are you planning on rattle can painting it or actual automotive paint through a spray gun? Btw if you plan on keeping the stock 16" wheels and want to check out something new look into Plasti-dip. Best part about it is that if you dont like the color you choose you can peel it off like skin with no damage to the original rim / surface.
Thing is coming along, maybe I'll see you at a meet sometime in MA
Are you planning on rattle can painting it or actual automotive paint through a spray gun? Btw if you plan on keeping the stock 16" wheels and want to check out something new look into Plasti-dip. Best part about it is that if you dont like the color you choose you can peel it off like skin with no damage to the original rim / surface.
Thing is coming along, maybe I'll see you at a meet sometime in MA
I would check out a shop that mixes paint and you can have them make you a shade that you like.
Rosso Corsa might be a good alternative. There is a place near me that can even make you whatever color you want in an aerosol can. But if you already have HVLP available to you it wouldn't be hard to spray the jams too.
The berger looks great too.
Are you going to paint the headlight surround red as well? I think that looks great on the LT cars. But sometimes the black looks good and since you have the berger mod you might leave it black.
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Hell yea man, Body work is all about experience. The great thing about doing it on your car is that you can re do it and re do it until its perfect! You can take the time to wet sand more using different grits than if you were in the shop working on someone else car where you step down quicker and really make that biaotch SMOOTH.
I would check out a shop that mixes paint and you can have them make you a shade that you like.
Rosso Corsa might be a good alternative. There is a place near me that can even make you whatever color you want in an aerosol can. But if you already have HVLP available to you it wouldn't be hard to spray the jams too.
The berger looks great too.
Are you going to paint the headlight surround red as well? I think that looks great on the LT cars. But sometimes the black looks good and since you have the berger mod you might leave it black.
I would check out a shop that mixes paint and you can have them make you a shade that you like.
Rosso Corsa might be a good alternative. There is a place near me that can even make you whatever color you want in an aerosol can. But if you already have HVLP available to you it wouldn't be hard to spray the jams too.
The berger looks great too.
Are you going to paint the headlight surround red as well? I think that looks great on the LT cars. But sometimes the black looks good and since you have the berger mod you might leave it black.
And I'm deffinatly painting the headlight buckets black for two reasons:
1.) in person it really doesn't look all that great to me
2.) also I'm trying to make it seem subtle, but noticeable to the trained eye.
I've been going to school for auto body for almost 3 years now and very rarely do I get excited about working on a car but this is deffinitaly exciting.
Tuesday and Wednesday I'll start working on my doors and get everything else set up for paint
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ZR1 for the win! They make replicas that arent too expensive, if you cant find factory ZR's in good shape. I'm looking into a set of hurst rims myself for the future, but not sure where to find them... I saw them in a Keystone performance cataloge next to a set of ZR1 replicas
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ZR1 for the win! They make replicas that arent too expensive, if you cant find factory ZR's in good shape. I'm looking into a set of hurst rims myself for the future, but not sure where to find them... I saw them in a Keystone performance cataloge next to a set of ZR1 replicas