The GN was getting pretty tired looking. After I finally got the motor all squared away, I had painted the hood. Dad (URSPANKED) put on new front and rear fillers, and I had powder coated the bumpers.
Anyhow, the paint jobs was just shot,and was just hopeless. As we all know, GN's and Monte Carlos were shot with lacquer which cracks after it gets old. Once it cracks you can't just sand it, and spray over the top. You have to strip it other wise the cracks just come back right through the old paint.
So, we stripped the entire car to bare metal , and painted it. Also, the car is a T-Top car :barf: . I had a solid roof donor car lined up, but Dad didn't want to mess with that. Once we got the car torn down and all the repairs done to the T-Tops I think he wishes he would have just cut off the roof. Anyway, cost was much more reasonable than originally expected. My buddy owns the shop we did the work at. I originally had planned about $3500.
To strip the car to bare metal , fix all the door dings, clean and sandblast all the metal around the T-Top frame, a bit of rust repair around the frame area, and spraying the whole car was less than $2000. Dad tipped my buddy that owns the shop $200 for all his hard work on the car.
I can honestly say the car looks a million times better. The doors are tight now, It has new seals and weatherstripping. It looks and feels like a new car.
Now, all I have to do is tune the open loop chip in the car. At 12 lbs of boost, the car goes so fat it won't hardly run, and falls on its face. Those 72lb injectors can move some fuel...
Primer
Paint
Motor
Anyhow, the paint jobs was just shot,and was just hopeless. As we all know, GN's and Monte Carlos were shot with lacquer which cracks after it gets old. Once it cracks you can't just sand it, and spray over the top. You have to strip it other wise the cracks just come back right through the old paint.
So, we stripped the entire car to bare metal , and painted it. Also, the car is a T-Top car :barf: . I had a solid roof donor car lined up, but Dad didn't want to mess with that. Once we got the car torn down and all the repairs done to the T-Tops I think he wishes he would have just cut off the roof. Anyway, cost was much more reasonable than originally expected. My buddy owns the shop we did the work at. I originally had planned about $3500.
To strip the car to bare metal , fix all the door dings, clean and sandblast all the metal around the T-Top frame, a bit of rust repair around the frame area, and spraying the whole car was less than $2000. Dad tipped my buddy that owns the shop $200 for all his hard work on the car.
I can honestly say the car looks a million times better. The doors are tight now, It has new seals and weatherstripping. It looks and feels like a new car.
Now, all I have to do is tune the open loop chip in the car. At 12 lbs of boost, the car goes so fat it won't hardly run, and falls on its face. Those 72lb injectors can move some fuel...
Primer
Paint
Motor
