firbird

i have finally got my car painted after a 2 month process that was not fun and very time consuming. turned out pretty decent i did not think that the t tops would turn out so good they are the lexan ones and well could not see out of them anyways and i have a spare glass ones when i want.

firbird

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ThraxXx

Looks awesome...Even the T-Tops look good. Gives it that Faux T-Top look.

SpeedJunkie

wait did you paint the ttops too? Im kinda confused.....

firbird

here are some more pics of it. the site seems to be pretty much useless but i try anyways here it goes http://firbirdgta.tripod.com/cars/id12.html
the t tops are painted body color.

9T1 Z-28

AWESOME!

I really like the body colored t-tops that are interchangeable with glass ones. It kinda reminds me of my dad's Corvette. He has both a body colored targa top as well as a glass one.

I wish I had that on my Z! Looks great!

Faded

I want to do that to my lexans when I bring mine into get painted. I too have an extra set of glass tops. ^_^

easySPEEDcamaro

can you get us a close-up of what the t-tops look like?

firbird

ttops

nolanr0413

that color looks good on your car. way to rep the trans am wing like i have , those aerowings look like schit.

Dante93GTZ

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I'm not sure if I like that or not. I kind of like the feeling of seeing the clouds with the tops on. The only thing that would worry me is putting them in storage for when the tops come off.... scratches...

kevin arnold

looks cool, i would do it too but my car is black. that color looks hot. have a nice day kevin

TunedPort 335

Very nice. I can honestly say that I've never seen anyone do that with their ttops before, I like it.

You need to get some pics in the sun to really show off that color though

19doug90

they were lexan anyways so he couldnt see through them and he has an extra set of glass ones if you read the posts.

Wow as for sex appeal i give your car a million points, that thing is one of the nicer looking third gens ive seen in a while dont change a thing!

EDIT: oh except for some clear corners

Dante93GTZ

iTrader: (5)

What do the Lexan ones look like then?

Kandied91z

iTrader: (7)

very nice choice with the t-tops. i've only seen one other car do that in person and it looked sharp. i also like the subtle touch of the beauty or trim ring painted to match around the rear glass. nice little touch.

car looks really good.

Stevo

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wow does look very nice...though you cant see out of them but good job man!

firbird

The lexan t tops are useless to look out of. I do like the lexan ones for a few reasons. one of them is that the little rubber seal that goes along them that seal the window is made of a harder plastic and is less prone to start to peal out towards the back of the t top that I see most third gens.

I never used them besides going to the track some times because the glass ones look much better because the way they sit on third gens. They are flat and don’t budge up as much as the lexan ones do. I have a extra pair of glass ones and I have some stuff that I used on the plastic parts that I went down to bare plastic that says it can make the paint stick on glass as well. If it work out there will be glass ones on eventually.

Sonar_un

Wow... I like that color very much!! Nice!

tamatt27

I've always liked that color ever since I saw it on a '99 WS6, and it looks great on your car. I like it Very much!! nice job.

90firebird

wow, i love the idea of painted t tops and having a second set of glass ones. i love t tops, but i think the roofline of thirdgens (from the side) looks broken when the car is equipped with t tops. having a set of painted ones plus a set of glass ones when ur in the mood for it kicks ***! right on!

MdFormula350

sweet car and new color!

theSteve

awesome! ttops look cool -- i've never seen anyone do that before. must be like driving a new car!

Orinackra

That looks really nice! Wow, I'm amazed.

firbird

it was hard to tell its the same car. Its body has been changed in so many ways and i have fixed the spots were every one has hit me over the years. it first looked like this when i got it

bnoon

Wow, nice choice in the new color! It looks very smooth with the firebird hood (no vents) and and fenders (no side vents).

Agent13

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Not a fan of the T-Tops but it isn't bad!

Jgolden314

congrats on a job well done! I like the t tops like that.

deadbird

Wow bud... after all the crap you've gone through (engine, etc.,)getting your car to where it is now.. I'd say it's certainly starting to pay off for you. That is a sweet color you went with and very impressive results from where you started from. Excellent work

X86TRANSAMWS6X

are you going to get foglights to fill in those holes or what??

Red90IROC

firbird - great paint! Looks awesome. I love Sunset Orange Metallic (SOM)... I had a SOM Trans Am till last year:



(more pix at http://mwshowgo67.com/sunsettransam/mainpix.htm )

Your project gives me some ideas about my IROC. I've been thinking about paint, since its original paint is pretty far gone. I was thinking about a color change, but I know it's a major pain to hit the door jambs and under the hood. I might be able to skip painting the jambs if I chose SOM! (the car is brilliant red metallic from the factory). Did you paint under the hood and in the door jambs? How did they turn out?

MetalliCamaroRS

iTrader: (15)

That color looks great, but I don't know if I like the painted t-tops.

firbird

I did not get to do in my engine bay yet I ran out of time and also money. I did not have enough time to get the motor out and completely strip the engine bay out. My plan was to get the part I could not drive my car in Christmas break between semesters in college for a time when I did not have to have my car even though I did not succeed doing that. The first time it was in the paint booth was for the door jams, hatch area, and under the hood on the inner fenders were it bolts up and the hinges. Then put the weather stripping back on and did the body of the car next time and then after that I took all the gfx and small parts in to get painted. The door jams and every thing else I did the fist time I was in the booth turned out really good also.

When I find some time, probably be never but when I do I will rip every thing out of my engine bay and get it shot up.

Red90IROC

firbird - Thanks for the insight into sequencing the job. How did you find a paint booth?

onebinky

iTrader: (1)

Looks great, reminds me of my old TA. Maybe I'll go with that color on my IROC project instead of going with red again.

firbird

i work in a shop and we send all our body work to a body shop down the road and they send some of there mechanical problems to us so we know each other pretty good and they allowed me to take my car there and use there booth.

There is however another place i could have taken it. The military base around were i live has a hobby shop that has all that stuff and they provide all the tools that my friend said he could rent out for me but i rather not use that because of the difficulty to get in ever since 9/11

Red90IROC

Thanks firbird for the info. Imagine trying to bring your paint and reducer onto a base nowadays

Charged350

iTrader: (1)

where can you get some lexan t tops

lilthurmy03

alright guys, i need some help. im wanting to paint my Z-28 either black, or sunset orange. it is a t-top car, and the only reason i like black is because the t-tops are black, and that would give the car that "hard top" look. what do you think about painting the car sunset orange, but leaving the t-tops the same? firbird, could you post a picture of youre car w/ the black t-tops in so i could get an idea of what it might look like? im planning on getting it painted here within the next month or so, so i kinda need to be deciding on what i want. what do yall think?

onebinky

iTrader: (1)

Not the same car, but the same colors. It'll give an idea of the color difference.