Plastic Fantastic tew

[SuperBuickGuy]

and now shiney billet

time to mount the hood vent


and mirrors



more of the same tomorrow

[1946Austin]

Love the black paint theme throughout! The Vette is looking stealthy!

[SuperBuickGuy]

more painting

and dark tinting lenses

I'm not sure about this, but it is black now

[65RHDEER]

so here it goes.... use header paint on the stainless and chrome

Never heard of that before, be interesting to see how it hols up.

[SuperBuickGuy]

the pointless existence of painting parts

and scrub the wheels...

so here it goes.... use header paint on the stainless and chrome

except rockers that get rocker paint

these are going to be a challenge

and why not, while I'm at it, replace the windshield

in my defense, the window has to come out to get those chrome corners off

it did come out, but not without a fight, likely this is original GM



and a bit of rust converter


tomorrow more of the same, but I can start putting it back together....

[SuperBuickGuy]

yikes--the 11" only pulls 1700cfm... i hope thats enough,
my vette needed almost 5000cfm to keep it at 180 degrees
in stop/go on a hot day. course 'luminum radiator & 'luminum
heads will help....

I used one 20" (IIRC) on my last C3, it never got hot - but I also live in a place where everyone is dying at 85 degrees because it's so hot.... normal 'high' temps is 80.... we might get a year where there are 7 days of 90 degrees.... rarely even in a row, mostly it ramps up then falls right back down...

[fatguyzinc]

yikes--the 11" only pulls 1700cfm... i hope thats enough,
my vette needed almost 5000cfm to keep it at 180 degrees
in stop/go on a hot day. course 'luminum radiator & 'luminum
heads will help....

[SuperBuickGuy]

what brand/part # were those fans?
looking good so far....

mistusuzukihondamotorteriyaki comes with free Covid and one other disease of your choice




only kind of kidding... it's 2 of these
https://www.amazon.com/Mishimoto-MMF...ve&sr=1-4&th=1

[fatguyzinc]

what brand/part # were those fans?
looking good so far....

[SuperBuickGuy]

my biggest fans

mirrors... going to make them black too.... just not 100% sure how

even the carpet is now down for a good clean

hmmmm. should I use it?

my stack of chrome to make black.... I may have a plan for this, though

fittings and hose... but not enough fittings... I also have yet another bracket system on its way, so nothing is set until that gets here



for the next person doing this... 5/8, 16mm 18mm, 18mm, 18mm
that is... the fitting size for the PS pump, the pump-to-hydroboost size, the hydroboost to the steering rack an finally the steering rack outlet....

[65RHDEER]

That is looking really good SBG, I can tell you're excited

[SuperBuickGuy]

making the pile smaller
the louver was hitting the air cleaner... so I shaved the base at an angle... clearance

lordy does it get dusty

but I like it and the louvers clear

blacking out side pipes

sand then hang

then bake the coating on


yep, thinking I like it


this is a test... paint would not survive here for long, but I wanted to see what it'd look like anodized black


now to take it to the coater.... yes, I like it a lot


this is the last bit I need to polish and paint...

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to install them for real

quite a pile to install....

[SuperBuickGuy]

more polishing


spun it around, tossed it on the lift

ugh, a run

undercoated the wheel wells, this is very important because if rocks hit the fender from the tire - you'll chip paint

same story, verse 2


I'm going to murder this out.... everything black - thought about brushed stainless but no, black is better

[SuperBuickGuy]

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