dmyers151 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Paint it black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzStar Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Paint it black. If he changes color from red he will have to do a lot of extra work to jam it, paint the hatchback area and the engine compartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpm1 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 If he changes color from red he will have to do a lot of extra work to jam it, paint the hatchback area and the engine compartment. I don't know if you noticed but the whole car is in primer. And judging by the quality of this work I dont think a color change will slow him down. Everything about this car is a lot of extra work! This is the sickest starions I have ever seen and the work is top notch. I don't even own a starion any more but read every single on of these posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzStar Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 I don't know if you noticed but the whole car is in primer. And judging by the quality of this work I dont think a color change will slow him down. Everything about this car is a lot of extra work! This is the sickest starions I have ever seen and the work is top notch. I don't even own a starion any more but read every single on of these posts! (slowly walks over and puts a chalk mark on the board) This is easier than I thought it was going to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted August 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 yeah its def not going to be red. I'm thinking like a 70% black/grey gunmetal. PPl are saying its going to be too hot inside, but I don't really care. The windows are 5% tint, and the roll down...so..lol Any ideas? The car might just endup white someday, so I'm trying to get rid of all the red on the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Black with a white roof and pillars? Not sure how it would look but in my head its awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NudeLobster Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 I love white! I vote white! haha john your work is farging awesome, you better be damn proud of that thing....it's gorgeous. -Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Dont Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 White could look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted August 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Thanks NL. for now the exterior is staying red, and I'm only going to do one color on the inside. I love white too, but for the inside it will get dirty too quickly. I looked at a few paint samples today, found a nice medium gray metalic I kinda like.... Idk. Need to make a decision by thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostdquest89 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Man, This car is gonna be AWESOME! Great work Chad- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modifyd Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 John, this is what I'm looking at, lol (last year picture right before storage). I threw away the entire firewall last year. It got scrapped with a lot of other metal for a few pennies. I got burnt out last year on the car and threw it in self-storage. I'm towing it out tomorrow after almost a year to start on it again. Can't decide whether to mount the engine or start on the brakes (going to run the tri-cylinder Wilwood or Tilton setup - probably Wilwood as it sounds better, haha). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted August 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 if your going to run the reverse pedals I wouldn't worrie about them right now. I would mount the engine and trans. That dictates a lot about were things are going to end up. Looking back on it, I wish I cut my whole ish out like yours, woulda made things a little eisier. Get going man, make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 i always wanted a a gold wide body.but i'm stuck with a red, and a fiji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Black is pimpin outta control. Just sayin'. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 UPDATES JOHN, up....dates......John!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm trying man, last night I got the whole car sanded and washed clean she's ready for paint this weekend! Going to order a bunch of parts tomorrow, fuel system/ radiator fans etc... Getting close.. http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/johnboy9788/100_1003.jpghttp://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/johnboy9788/100_1002.jpghttp://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/johnboy9788/100_1005.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drwojo Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 God that garage is awesome. Damn. It's been too hot to work on anything. I got mine masked off and was sweating like crazy. You rock dude. It must be all that beer makes you run cooler. Before you know it , you will be slammed, stanced, painted sick, Tokyo drift yo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted August 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 finally painted, ofcourse I ran out of f-ing paint, didn't have enough to finish the whole inside. I'll have to get more on monday. But I did get the engine bay completely done clear and all. Also got my rad. http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/johnboy9788/100_1008.jpghttp://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/johnboy9788/100_1030.jpg Also for the haters...hahahttp://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/johnboy9788/100_1023.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Dont Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Looks good I like that color, and scratch out km132 and put T56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Awesome, hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screemin eagle Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 bad forsure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drwojo Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Love it. Color looks good. How did that paint gun work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 what did you ever decide to do about the chassis wiring harness?i just decided to use a more "complete" donor and the original fiji is just a roller. if you do use a stock harness over, be careful man, lots of grounds and brittle clips, but man its alot easier to just plug stuff back in under the dash than actually run new wires. right now i'm trying to figure a way to use the stock temp and oil press gauges and speedo. Tach works through EDIS, but the speedo needle is buried below the 0, so not sure yet. whats your ideas on wiring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted August 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Love it. Color looks good. How did that paint gun work?It worked great to get in all the little areas, but I felt like it used a lot of paint really quickly.. I don't know, maybe it was just me but it felt like I was filling it up every 2 min. It was a huge help though for sure. what did you ever decide to do about the chassis wiring harness?i just decided to use a more "complete" donor and the original fiji is just a roller. if you do use a stock harness over, be careful man, lots of grounds and brittle clips, but man its alot easier to just plug stuff back in under the dash than actually run new wires. right now i'm trying to figure a way to use the stock temp and oil press gauges and speedo. Tach works through EDIS, but the speedo needle is buried below the 0, so not sure yet. whats your ideas on wiring? well, I'm really leaning towards a painless race car harness. Its easy but costly. Since I'm not using any of the origional stuff, I just want to keep it simple. The enigine is going to be run by a cleaned up 02 camaro harness and PCM, I just got to get everything connected... I'm not looking forward to it at all. Wirings just not my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starquestJOE Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 what color is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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