Wednesday, September 5, 2012
A year ago, I started a custom project on my 2000 Corvette. It was 11 years old and the paint was beginning to develop a lot of chips from stones in the front fascia and around the wheel wells. I also hate the front fascia design of the C% Vettes with its rounded nose, no grill and funky front license plate cutout. So I bought an aftermarket front fascia and the pop-up headlights, which I also think look goofy when the lights are on. I designed and built new fixed headlight pods with curved Lexan covers. Then Mark Walling, my '70 Chevelle project partner, installed the new front end. We added a 2010 Camaro grill, which is perfect for the Corvette - has the late '50's split bar look. Then I fabricated a LOW front splitter. The car got a complete repaint with five clear coats which were then sanded with 2000 grit and polished to a glass like finish. Mark did an awesome job with the body work and paint. We stripped the clear coat from the polished aluminum wheels and painted them a satin black, then spun the wheels and sanded the outer rim back to satin aluminum and then clear coated that. I installed new drilled and slotted brake rotors, and painted the calipers to match the body paint. I installed some new rubber roff panel seals and lastly, I painted some of the small interior trim pieces and part of the steering wheel yellow as well. I also replaced the 8 disk CD changer with an iPod nano that works from the radio controls and added new tires. Here's the finished product.
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