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Bought this 01 ws6 off Craigslist for 4000 yesterday.
Had to drive 6hrs to get it but worth it. the guy bought it from his dad (original owner) in 2009 for $10,000... thanks dad haha... put 10k miles on it in 10 years.
Only a few things didn't get mentioned that I know of right now in the cl add...
Issues:
Both windows don't work
Drivers mirror mount broken
Center console door busted up
New gears and driveshaft but pinion angle not set professionally
Issues not mentioned:
Clear coat coming off on roof
oil leak
Belt sequel
Exhaust leak on drivers side manifold connection to exhaust
Small dent by drivers side door
It clunks some when put into gear / reverse in the back. Like a loose u joint or something
Pros:
Very nice interior
114k kilesAll stock except 411 gears and aftermarket driveshaft.
Aftermarket torque tube
Last edited by random-strike; 04-13-2020 at 11:21 AM.
As seen from the pictures the cleaner wax isn't aggressive enough to fix the roof.
That's the defect from the silent recall (years ago) due to the improper primer on the roof panel. The clear coat deterioration will eventually come back unless the panel is replaced. (Unless you are doing a pristine restore of the car, it's probably not worth the expense to permanently fix.$1000+)
That's the defect from the silent recall (years ago) due to the improper primer on the roof panel. The clear coat deterioration will eventually come back unless the panel is replaced. (Unless you are doing a pristine restore of the car, it's probably not worth the expense to permanently fix.$1000+)
hopefully it will last a while i put several coats of clear coat on the roof.
i'll take some pictures later today but its actually turning out pretty decent. you can see the imperfections if you really look hard at it but i still have more cutting and buffing to do, then a final polish and we'll see.
hopefully it will last a while i put several coats of clear coat on the roof.
i'll take some pictures later today but its actually turning out pretty decent. you can see the imperfections if you really look hard at it but i still have more cutting and buffing to do, then a final polish and we'll see.
Search sail panel bubbling and read up about it before you start pouring time and money into fixing it. Long story short the glue under the sail panel will continue to seep through and blister the paint no matter how much you sand it down and paint it. Gotta replace the whole sail panel with a 93-97 or early 98 panel to truly rid yourself of the problem.
Search sail panel bubbling and read up about it before you start pouring time and money into fixing it. Long story short the glue under the sail panel will continue to seep through and blister the paint no matter how much you sand it down and paint it. Gotta replace the whole sail panel with a 93-97 or early 98 panel to truly rid yourself of the problem.
To me this looked like clear coat peel from sitting in the sun.. it was sitting in the sun for almost 10 years in central Oregon.
I had a thought while I was working on it that I could just have that sail panel wrapped
Search sail panel bubbling and read up about it before you start pouring time and money into fixing it. Long story short the glue under the sail panel will continue to seep through and blister the paint no matter how much you sand it down and paint it. Gotta replace the whole sail panel with a 93-97 or early 98 panel to truly rid yourself of the problem.
i finished what i wanted to do it took me about 8hrs or something. it looks good except for in the direct bright sunlight.
i wonder if wrapping the sail panel will look good? and last at least a while
sanded, spray clear coat, cut and buffed a bunch of times. looks good from 5 feet, once you get close you can see it plain as day. after rubbing compound on entire car and washed.
i wonder if wrapping the sail panel will look good? and last at least a while
If it looks good, I wouldn't touch it. If the car has oozing epoxy through the sail panel, it will eat through the paint again and de-laminate whatever else is put on top of it. Should you have the problem, I expect that you'd see a problem with a wrap before a paint issue would be visible.
Not bad , for the rest of the car i would suggest a porter cable 7424xp , orange ccs pad with m105 and white ccs pad with 205 , then your wax of choice. That should be less than 200 bucks for all that and get the paint looking good . The clear coat is hard on there cars so it can be brought back quite a but . Keep up the good work .
Not bad , for the rest of the car i would suggest a porter cable 7424xp , orange ccs pad with m105 and white ccs pad with 205 , then your wax of choice. That should be less than 200 bucks for all that and get the paint looking good . The clear coat is hard on there cars so it can be brought back quite a but . Keep up the good work .
cool.
it looks like the rubbing compound is working pretty good on the rest of the car.
and the white lines of the original clear coat started showing through the new clear coat in 1 day...
i grabbed a cheap can of spray on plastidip and put it on, it looks like it might actually keep it from showing. its been a day and it looks good still except the bugs
there are a shitload of bugs and pollen in in cause i did it outside, but if it looks good other than that i'll get a new can and spray it inside
The wrap looks great at night. It's dull in the bright sunshine. It's not too bad tho
I had it up on the ramps, fixed exhaust leak by just tightening the connection to the cat on drivers side. Pinpointed the oil leak looks like it's from the passenger valve cover. Dripping down the side of the block.
04-12-2020, 01:40 PM
2001 trans am ws6 fix / clean up thread 
