Time for another progress thread. I picked this Daytona blue z up with taywa in rockhill for a super low price. It was missing a ton of parts and had much more just thrown into the cabbin. We worked out a deal for me to take the shell and Tuan to get the built engine and miscellaneous things. This thing was sitting under a pine tree with crap piled around it.



Got her home and snagged a few pics. I think I saved her from a life of amateur drifting. Different colored wheels and stickers everywhere. Interior was a wreck.

 

First we did was remove the wheels, suspension and brakes.



Put on some stance coils and hotchkis sways.



Then put on some rpf1s with some brembos.

 

Next up was the engine. Decided to put my built engine with AAM turbos into her.

 

After a little clean up, it's looking like an engine bay finally.

 

Next was exterior. On the tow back home. Some wind got under the fender and ripped it in half. So I had to install a white fender. Also didn't have a bumper ready yet so I went bumper less to get some miles on the new setup.



Still had a black fender on other side.

 

Took to the dyno. She made 600/540@18psi.

 

Sounds like a fun new project. Congratz on the progress and nice numbers.

 

Very nice work. post those finished pics up...

Chris

 

awesome work! keep the pics coming

 

So after the tune, it was time for zdayz. Took her up there just as she is. Literally gave it all she had in the mountains and it was a blast.

 

After all this. I decided it was time to make her 1 color.

Taywan mixed up some Daytona blue with something a little extra added. We painted the bumper first to see how the color was.



Look close and you can see a ton of pearl

 

This turned out great so I prepped the rest of the car. Did a ton of sanding on it with a da at first. Then went back over by hand. I deleted the wiper hole. Fixed a couple areas with Bondo. There is still a dent in the door and little dings here and there. Point was to get it one color. Not a show car..

 

Wiper delete came out good

 

Ok most of you prolly gonna give me a bunch of sh*t but we ended up painting the z in the driveway. Why? Because I just wanted 1 color. This actually turned out pretty good. I did although have to do a lot of wet sanding by hand and polishing to get it smooth.





This is after a ton of pearl

 

Lots of work by hand to get it to look great. Had bloody finger tips

 

Still not finished on the sanding and polishing. Will prolly get someone else to finish it for me.

 

And yes, a pillars not on yet. They need repaired first. So brittle they broke. But they will be on soon.



This is after working on the front bumper.

 

Next thing, I found a Kirk roll bar local for a great price. Took some grinding and cutting to fit it.





Tight fit for sure. I need to ditch the leather seats next.

 

Very nice man. To have a painter in the "back" pocket(local) is nice! Mr Taywan does great work!

Now I will deff not be able to tell your cars apart.

Chris

 

I would never knock a decent painter doing an outside or barn paint. I have seen some awsome paint work done in harsh enviroments. Booth work save alot of color sanding though. Car is looking great. Awsome build.