meanz

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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.

meanz

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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.

meanz

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

meanz

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

meanz

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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.

meanz

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

rustyschopshop

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

NA&CH

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

Chris

XM 1

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awesome work! keep the pics coming

meanz

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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.

meanz

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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

meanz

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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..

meanz

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Wiper delete came out good

meanz

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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

meanz

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

meanz

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

meanz

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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.

meanz

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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.

NA&CH

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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

rustyschopshop

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.