Project: Black and blue

[04YellowGT]

Posted this in Pics and Vids and didn't get many comments so I thought I'd post it here where you guys may enjoy it more.

Here is what she looked like when I bought her. Pretty beaten an bruised but I've definitely seen worse.

Starting to fix her up

New Upgrades

Custom Parts and now in primer

Custom Made Hood And Now in Paint (Mostly)

My Reflection pre wet-sanding and buffing and no thats not my pink camera

The Best Part Sonic Blue Super Snake Stripes

Getting Closer

Almost done....

Teaser shot of the rims (20x11 in the back 20x9.5 in the front)

DONE!!!! Picures don't do the rims justice. They look more gold in the pics where in real life they are a dark matte gray.

Mods for the car are:
Full MBRP Exhaust (Headers, Midpipe, Catback)
Airaid CAI
Eibach Sportlines
Adj Panhard Bar
Bravado Americana II Rims (20x11 back, 20x9.5 front)

 

[SCMOKN]

Nice resurection.

 

[MYFSTSVT99L]

Talk about returning from the living dead. Good job.

 

[whatwhine]

Holy sick looking car. Nice rebirth!
Good job! I love the stripes.....

What came of the stock Shelby hood? The red one?

 

[BPatterson]

Love everything but the color of the wheels. They should be a gloss black to match the car. Would tie it all together better IMHO.

 

[92hatchlx]

Looks great!

 

[whatwhine]

Yea the wheel color. I'm not a fan but I'd have to c it in person

 

[04YellowGT]

Thanks for all the comments guys! The car safely made it to vegas getting 23-24 mpg while doing 75-80mph. I'll get some better pics when it gets home. Its also getting shot for a magazine called drive while its in Vegas

Holy sick looking car. Nice rebirth!
Good job! I love the stripes.....

What came of the stock Shelby hood? The red one?

I was used to make the custom hood, which was used to make the mold.

Love everything but the color of the wheels. They should be a gloss black to match the car. Would tie it all together better IMHO.

Thats what I was orginally thinking when I saw the rims in pictures but after I got them they look perfect on the car. The color in person is a little darker than the stock GT/CS rims

 

[Grant808]

Excellent work. The only thing I'd add would be a front brake upgrade. Maybe even powder coating the stock calipers would be enough.

Could you post or PM your costs to this point?

 

[Blazer707@TBR]

I would suggest taking off the gt500 emblem.

-Thomas

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[chadder1313]

Looks awesome man!

 

[charba951]

Looks good!

 

[kingnut]

Its was a CS... now its a cobra...

 

[kona12]

looks sick...NICE JOB congrats Did you paint the stripe on or decal then clear coated car, Also what size tires are you running and offsets. Reason I asked because Im also lowered on sportlines myself and trying to get right tire clearence but avoid rubbing issues

 

[Nuar]

The car looks great man!
I think you went overkill on the width of the rear wheels and boughttoo narrow of a tire though.
For a 20x11 you need a wiiiiide tire. Your looks stretched in the back right now.

 

[jymboslice]

I would suggest taking off the gt500 emblem.

-Thomas

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+1. Snake needs to go

 

[03dsgdreams]

Nice work. Wish I had skills like that.. I started taking a paint and body program at a local college but couldn't afford tuition after the first semester and was working to dam much.

 

[mysteed]

Get rid of the Cobra emblem and it'd go from looking good to great!

 

[04YellowGT]

looks sick...NICE JOB congrats Did you paint the stripe on or decal then clear coated car, Also what size tires are you running and offsets. Reason I asked because Im also lowered on sportlines myself and trying to get right tire clearence but avoid rubbing issues

Stripes were painted and cleared smooth.

The tires are 275s all around with no offsets, not my choice but they were free so I cant complain. All with no rubbing issues as of right now.

The car looks great man!
I think you went overkill on the width of the rear wheels and boughttoo narrow of a tire though.
For a 20x11 you need a wiiiiide tire. Your looks stretched in the back right now.

I know I was hopping for 325s out back but as I said above the rims and tires were free so I can't really complain.

Get rid of the Cobra emblem and it'd go from looking good to great!

I know we've been trying to figure out how to get rid of it as its molded into the grill. We're going to do something but ran out of time before it went to SEMA.

 

[04YellowGT]

Nice work. Wish I had skills like that.. I started taking a paint and body program at a local college but couldn't afford tuition after the first semester and was working to dam much.

My buddy did 99% of the work I just did the some of the sanding and misc work. He does AMAZING work and has been building vehicles for SEMA and magazines for years. He was part of Fang Performance for while and is back to working on his own. His shop is in Avilla.

If anyone is interested I can pass his info onto you, just PM me.