Cascade Crew

Danked · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject: Few new camaro pics.

This is my new hood. Very minor damage, bought for $50!

Driver side leather door panel. I know, its dirty. Laughing

used / my newly acquired engine with only 98k miles Surprised

Where the A.I.R. Pump used to be. Now it's a delete pulley.

mrpopo573 · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject:

*EDIT*

Danked · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject:

all the paint on the front was off like it is when i bought it, havent put any dents in it yet, my lil bro did, slid sideways at 50 on a icey road and hit a tree in an orchard, we got stuck for 2 hrs Very Happy

.ahh good times. it will be restored, when i get another job. i put hella cash into my car when i have one. so far idk, maybe, $3k - $4k, and it still runs like crap and its not that nice.

Xophertony · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject:

it's amazing how fast the money goes. i am now at $7045 on my GTA including purchase price, and EVERY CENT that has gone into it, including regular maintanence.

Dewey316 · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject:

Stop counting, its easier that way. I honestly don't want to know, or think about it.

Xophertony · Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

i keep track of all my mods, maintinence, and stuff in a spreadsheet so i can see when i did things. for example on the v6 car when the distributor cap decided to fall apart i was thinking "WTF i just got that 6 months ago..." found the recipt... it had been almost 2 years. Rolling Eyes

i was WAY off.

i think john is right though, most of us would rather not know.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:05 am Post subject:

@ Tony - You're right. I don't want to know. I keep thinking about how many cars I could have bought with that maitinence money.

@ Danked - Dude. Seriously. I've had cars go to the scrap heap with less dirt than that on them. Buy a $7 bottle of Turtle Wax. Your girlfriend might actually consider taking a ride with you. Wink

90droptoproc · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:09 am Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:23 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject:

Second the thing about the blue tape. Never EVER use regular masking tape for anything. It's crap.

You also have to use the old 45* angle trick, and work VERY slowly if you want it to come out right at all.

On that car, I would go to your local auto store (I know my local Baxter's will get a color code match by year and vehicle type) and get some paint. Pick up some of the grey Rustoleum primer, or the brown stuff if you have serious rust, and use that first. Go thin though, that stuff can get messy. I wouldn't mask it, since the paint is so worn, but it's up to you.

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject:

also be sure to sand ALL rust off first. painting over rust is a bad idea. i use 220 to prep my car. paint always seems to stick prety well. better then the old crap that is for sure.

also good point ASDF, with color matched paint you would not mask as much. i am using over-the-counter white and it is NOT the same color as the rest of my car. of course i am also painting in small 4"X4" or smaller sections. from a few feet back you can't even tell Very Happy

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject:

I always at least ask if they can match it for me. Otherwise it always ends up looking like a redneck crap job.

If you cannot remove the rust via sanding, but the car isn't worth restoring the panels, you can buff the hell out of it, and use the brown Rustoleum primer. It will slow down the rust... even on a Mopar. Wink

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

I think i'm at around $3500 for mine right now. Very Happy

But it is going to get more expensive as time goes by I can assure you. But seriously dude, paint those patches like tony said, and maybe try washing it. Its amazing how much better a car looks when its all one color.
~JAKE

miamivice · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject:

Trust me, I know it all to well. I learned to spin wrenches as a kid working on the old slant-6 Mopars my Dad had cluttering up his driveway. Once I got ahold of my first Chevy I haven't looked back. Yup yup

*offtopic*

BTW, Danked, what's up with the mounting your cruise control vacuum deal? Are the V6 ones up way higher like on the Firebirds?

RSFreak · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

Yup, I need a little of that rattlecan action too! Very Happy

Danked · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

I think all the v6 cruise control things are up there, i never seen it anywhere else. The 2.8's are that high also. But what i'm gonna do is get new fenders, they're both smashed, and a new passenger door w/ power motor in it. Junk yard guy selling it to me for maybe $20, for all this. See if hes got any front gfx, mines destroyed. Damn curbs. Haha, why don't we all just meet up somewhere and spraypaint each others cars? Very Happy

looks like we all need it.

Al Hasse · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject:

Hmm... I guess I'm just used to mine, way down by the vacuum can.

I just noticed something else... what's all that red wire running down the door jamb?

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject:

look at the engine bay shot, it comes out in the engine bay... you know, there are alot of holes in the firewall those wires could run through.

as far as the CC goes i think it looks alot better intergrated into the bottle. takes the focus of of it. both of my firebirds are this way.