Gibby Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 im getting more jelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 It's got a little orange peel to it. I'll wet sand and buff it once the whole car is done. It will be smooth as glass. There's a lot of clear on there. It's a nice, deep shine. I might do another restoration one after this. I'll keep saving them as long as there are buyers for them. As long as I can keep one or two.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 The car had a very slight miss at idle. It was barely even noticeable. I swapped the ICM and coils as a unit a couple weeks ago with no change. I swapped it again to another unit off my other car just to be sure, and still no change. So I figured I would have to check the injectors. I pulled it all apart today. Four injectors came up about 12.3-12.4 ohms. One came up 11.4, and one at 8.0. So I swapped those two out for some good spares I had. Just once it would be nice to no have to do injectors on one of these. Anyway, as always, I cleaned everything up as I went. It's not all together yet because I need to run out and get gaskets after dinner. I cleaned up the lower intake, fuel rails, upper intake and throttle body. They needed it pretty bad. I'll also pick up a new PCV since it's the easiest time to replace it, and it's cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Did you rattle can this? I am thinking not, those are good results I assume you used a spray gun? No rattle cans. It's base/clear. With a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 As Nate requested, I shot the entire car. All fresh paint. I'd have preferred to take the car all apart to do it, But I painted behind all the cladding a few months ago when it was off anyway. It was a little bit breezier than I'd like for an outdoor spray today, so it will need a bunch of cutting and polishing in the next couple days, but overall, it's decent. It will smooth out very nicely. As seen in the pics, I started to cut the trunk lid already. More to come. Basically, I figured since I was going to scuff and clear coat anyway, I might as well shoot paint, too, since I had plenty of base. Since I was going to paint it, I might as well fix the two dings in it. So, I sanded, filled, sanded, sealed, painted and cleared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94 olds vert Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Nice work! Super impressed that looks great! Black is a hard color to paint since it shows every little imperfection. Want to do some of my cars? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thanks, Nate Black is hard, metallic is hard. Black metallic is a huge pain. I'm content with how its coming out. Once it's buffed hopefully there's not much showing through. Your cars are a bit far away to make it worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern8tion9l Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Nice! Not often you see a tgp with good paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianG Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Great work!!! Making me want to do mine really bad now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Nice! Not often you see a tgp with good paint The paint on it was actually mostly good. But painting 3 panels without doing the rest wasn't matching the way I'd like it to. I probably shouldn't have sprayed so many coats of clear. The shine was too deep on the newly painted parts. Now it all matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cully77 Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 Great work!!! Making me want to do mine really bad now. DO EEEEEET The paint on it was actually mostly good. But painting 3 panels without doing the rest wasn't matching the way I'd like it to. I probably shouldn't have sprayed so many coats of clear. The shine was too deep on the newly painted parts. Now it all matches. Looks great man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94 olds vert Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 http://www.w-body.com/showthread.php/80351-Clean-80k-TGP-TURBOCHARGER-CROSSOVER-PIPE-INTERCOOLER-bigger-Downpipe?p=1240056#post1240056 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 http://www.w-body.com/showthread.php/80351-Clean-80k-TGP-TURBOCHARGER-CROSSOVER-PIPE-INTERCOOLER-bigger-Downpipe?p=1240056#post1240056 Thanks for posting the link. Saved me the trouble of looking for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT2B GM Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Shit just got serious.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 i got a couple positive transactions for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 turns out you can only post 1 transaction per member, per day. i'll get cluster rebuild #2 on there tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 i got a couple positive transactions for you. No problem. Thanks, Saar. I think Ike is way out of line here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redgrandprix Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 feed back submitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 On another note, I'm not completely satisfied with the paint job. But it's too cold to do much about it. I haven't decided what I want to do about that. I may just sell it as it is. It's not horrible, but it could be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94 olds vert Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 You are kidding? It looks good. Wait a while wet sand and then buff with a rubbing compound and that paint will pop. Especially a black color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 That paint looks awesome, but I'm also comparing it to what I see on my GTP. I need to find someone around here to do mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 You are kidding? It looks good. Wait a while wet sand and then buff with a rubbing compound and that paint will pop. Especially a black color. I did wet sand and buff. There are a couple areas where it got a little breezy and the clear was a little rough. I sanded it smooth again, and I went over it quite a bit with 100, 1500 and 2000, then compounded and polished. It shines, but it doesn't look right in some spots through the clear. I'm not sure why. It's a little hazy in places, and I can still see sanding marks in it. I'm not sure, but I may scuff it and hit it with one or two more coats of clear on a warm day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 On mobile. This is locked for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 Opened. Keep it civil, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbeat1991 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I've been chasing down a demon in the car. I'm getting a slight miss. I've replaced ICM, Plugs, Wires, FPR and a couple bad injectors. I am thinking at this point that there has to be a dirty or leaking injector. I think I'm going to pull them all and have them rebuilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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