hahaha never thought of it that way but I guess you are right.. The black floor with gold flakes against my white car is going to be sick..

 

what product are you using?

 

So I did a lot of research on which brand I wanted to go with and ended up choosing The Original Color Chips company. Liked there brand. So went with their 2 car garage kit, and also bought all the accessories I needed to complete the project. You can chose what ever color chips you like, up to 4-5 chips. Here is the link

http://www.originalcolorchips.com/st...5rn81f3v8h25u7


I took my time, and let each process dry for 24hrs.

 

So here is a little update on my garage floor project.



Start this off with a nice Dogfish Head "Midas Touch". Now if you can find it this stuff is damn good. I would have to say its my Favorite DogFish Head beer to date.



So this is how the garage started off, Ugly floors... I painted the walls already the color a pictured in my head with the black floors..



Started off by renting this machine from Sun Belt. The reason I had to grind the floors was due to the old epoxy that was on the floor.



Getting there...



This is after I did some cleaning with the acid floor cleaner they provided.. Let that set over night to dry



So the company I went with for the Epoxy floor coating was http://www.originalcolorchips.com/ and bought their 2 car garage kit and other goodies



Clear primer ready to rock and lay down.



So the vision I had in my head was a black floor with gold flakes to it would look like black granite.. So picked a couple of metallic flakes and we are ready to go..



Sorry did not get any pics of laying down the black base coat or flaking it. Was to busy do it...
But time to lay the clear



Before clear



With the clear.. You can tell a big difference.. I think I might lay another layer in a couple of month though..



BAM!! all done,, Pics really do not do this floor justice..



Another angel



I really like this picture, you can really see the gold in the black and the shine of the clear.. I am happy



Here is a nice close up of the flakes, so you get a idea of the gold



Another good pic



So here is a pic with my tool box and bench back in the garage.. My goal is to have nothing on the floor.. I plan on buy a few good things to complete this garage, like two tire racks to hold my spare DPE Wheels, a jack holder that mounts on the wall, and some shelves.. Also so stuff feel up the bare walls..

Well hope you guys like...

Now as for the car, It is still at the Fab shop getting its Oval Exhaust and Intake made, hopefully it will be done next week some time..

 

Still awesome...

 

Have you had Dogfish 120 min IPA, Damn good. I'm lucky though, the brewery is a few hours away.

 

Yup I have and its amazing.. And man you are one lucky guy,, I would be up at there restaurant/pub every weekend..

 

Jelly on your car and garage. FML. What the floor cost you

 

Nice garage floor!

 

Not that much in my opinion.. Picked up the 2 car garage kit from here:

http://www.originalcolorchips.com/st...3k35emb9o1spr1

So around $268 for the kit and then I bought extra stuff to help coat it so I would say a good $300..



Thanks

 

That's a good deal, the hardwork was worth it, your garage and your car are really cool

 

So when is the next update on the car?

 

This is an amazing build mate. Hope you don't mind but I've linked this to the uk forum I use for people on there to see. Www.350z-uk.com. There hasn't been an ls conversion on there. There is one just starting up though but yours is immense.

 

Thanks for the kind words.. I can't wait until both are fully completed going to be one nice photo session..

Crossing my fingers to bring you guys a new update come this coming up weekend. Should pick up my car on Thursday or Friday with its new exhaust and intake..

Thanks,,, And I don't mind at all....

 

Little tease of whats to come..... Update tomorrow

 

Suday update day! I saw this teaser and another on your IG

 

my shop ***** glitter *****

 

Okay Update time..

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Start it off with some good beer.. I pick Batch19... Really good beer even though it is made by Coors.


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So I realized I forgot to update you guys on doing my door panels and CF hood.. So here it is.. At first I thought I could keep most of the CF panel and just cut out holes where the door bars were going to go.

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After making the needed cuts on the other door panel and seeing how chopped up it looked just to fit the panels I decided just to cut them in half..

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I know I know, just cut up a **** ton of money.. Not that much but I know what you are feeling right now.. lol

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Before

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After...



Love me some CF..



Overall I think they came out pretty good. However I think I will change them later to a flat CF panel and just add the door handle to it. but for now this will do.



A view so you can see both sides



Next was mounting the hood and installing the hood pins



Went with Quik-Latch minis. I love Quik-latch products and tend to use them on the bumpers and rear hatch.



Installed the pins, and put grease on it to mark were to drill for the holes. The hole next to this pin was my old pin setup..



Holes cut



Mounted



Love how small and flush they sit



After installing the pins I had to set them so their was no gaps in the front bumper..



also mocked up my new side skirts.. Love how they look...

So this is where I took my car to Russell to fab up my exhaust and intake



Took my lil brother with me..



As well as my son.. have to teach him all about this stuff..




So after a couple of weeks I went to ATX to pick her up and always get stuck in traffic here.. Hate it so much..



First time she got to sleep in her new garage after the floor was done..



First we have my intake.. Nothing special just your norm intake.. Wanted it to run down to the front wheel well but there was not a good way to route it. So this will do.



Can't remember the size of the pipe but this thing is huge has to be 4"



was going to paint the intake black or do black chrome but I love how it looks as is. the contrast works so well.



Next we have this bad boy..Russell went with a .065 304 stainless for the pipping



Running a 3.0 dual to a 3.5 oval single to give me more ground clearance.



No mufflers here.. Loud and in your face..



Here is were it changes into a single oval...



Close up.. I love Russell work so much..



Then they connect to my collectors which are actually 3.5"



Later I will probably change this out when I want more power (turbo) and make it a 3.5" to a single 4" oval.. But thats much later..







For now I am really happy with the work and can't wait to here this thing start up..



Need to add a pic with the bumper on and a full on *** shot..

Next on the list is a couple of little things here and there. (which I will update as I do them). Then its off to Dallas to Stews house to finish up the wiring and do first startUp.

It is getting really close to finishing and I just can't wait.

I will post price later this week for all that wants to know how much this cost.

Also I am going to be selling these 19 DPE wheels, so if you are interested in them hit me up..

 

Looks good! I always liked seeing russel's exhaust work. The top half of the door is the only half you really need, to rest your arm and keep the factory door latch. I am so looking forward to this being completed, I may be seeing you in the future in an ls E36 on the track

Holy loud batman, not even a single resonator!

 

Yeah, I'd like to see how loud a straight-piped/cammed LS1 will be. I'm assuming you're going to trailer this thing to your events, so annoying the ever-loving shyt out of your neighbors shouldn't be a problem, haha.