Starting prep for paint, have questions
 

The car is a 1994 Z28 with the factory original color, which is Metallic Teal (I will be repainting the same color). The engine is black with chrome/ polished parts (alt, brackets, water neck, intake, rails, elbow, TB, supercharger, a/c aluminum and water pump) are all polished. Basically anything that could be polished was and if it couldn't, it was sent out to be chrome dipped. This car will (for the most part be a show car) So the questions......

1). When I pulled the engine I primed the engine bay, should I go gloss black (old school) roof color or body color?

2). Should I shave the door handles and such? I would need to use a "popper system".

3). Keep the Z28 hood or go aftermarket? I like the SS hood but I am not looking to do a clone.

4). Lowering....how much is too much?

5). Wheels..... I have a set of 20's off another project. With the rubber installed the whole wheel is about a 1/8 inch smaller than the salad shooters. There is a lot of 20" hate out there, for a show car would you do it? BTW I have a set of polished Y2K that I was planning to run when track driven. Should I stick with the Y2K and not bother with the 20"s?

Point of note, I am guessing i am a bit older than most of you, I have had quite a few Bowties. I grew up with a 70 RS that was converted from a 307, a 83 4 banger, 88 Iroc, 94 Z28, 89, 98, 00, 03 Corvettes and currently have a 09 C6 and without a doubt the looks of the 4th gen Z is still my favorite.

Thx for the advise.

I'm a fan of the sunoco hood and the harwood hood, I plan on putting a harwood on my car.

As for lowering, what do you have for exhaust? I know with long tubes and stock height I have to crawl over mid to large speed bumps to avoid hitting them on the bottom of the headers. Also, how are the roads in your area?

My .02

do the engine bay body color, it will look killer!

if your interested in a hood, i will sell my glasstek 4" cowl off my 99.

hes got an LT1 Joe.

i say for a show car lower it about an inch with some Good Springs like Stranos. whether you drive it or not they are the best spring for the F-Bodys. keep under the hood factory color. Thats how it came i say leave it. But thats just my Opinion. i think black looks out of place. as far as hood goes im a sucker for the SS hood and think all others are just stuck on unless you need it for clearance of aftermarket carbed intakes. And i say leave the door handles and off set them and paint them roof panel color/Black as well as the mirrors. In my opinion it looks the best on a cool lighter color like your Teal.

Do an SS hood! Really for the LT1 camaros there isn't another hood that looks good. I considered hoods for like a year and idk none of them look good...

and I say do the engine bay body color because if you get a nice ss hood you gonna wanna paint the underside. Would look killer with a body color shell with a black motor sitting in the middle!!

Agreed with klab. Ss hood is killer. Especially with the ss spoiler too

And get an ss spoiler from the spoiler company on Ebay it has a taller lip I'll post pics later

Good to know

1. Body color engine bay

2. Don't shave door handles

3. Cowl hood

4. 1" drop should be perfect

5. Don't go bigger than 18" wheels

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duh, reading fail on my part lol.

Here is a pic of under the hood and the wheel I want to use. I included the pic of the old engine as well...... the underhood dress up is still a work in process. The abs delete and fuel line relocate still needs to go in, amoung other things. The super charger is not back yet but I will post the pick once it comes back (I could not get it polished to the degree I wanted so I sent it out to get done).

Edit.....can't get the damn photo off my Ipad so here is an older pic but it will give an idea as not many shinny parts have been added since this pic.

I bet those wheels look sick on it. always cool to see something different...

may not handle best or ride good with em but sure a show stopper seeing a 4th gen on 20s

Wen you say track you mean auto x, circle, or quarter? If quarter mile lowering it the wrong way will drastically hurt the quarter mile times.

So body color engine bay it is.

Still need more imput on the wheels???

SS hood is nice, Sunoco hood is good too. Hard to decide between the two.

1-1.25 drop is also what I thought would look best too.

So no on the shaved handles??

I have Kooks LT headers. No Cats. Putting on the GMMG exhaust next week.

Roads are pretty good around here and this will not be a DD.

Autocross.

Get strano springs and koni adjustables with a set of relocation brackets and tubular control arms and pan hard bar for the rear.

Be careful of shaved door handles. Some places may not let you run the vehicle like that. Check where you are planning to race/autocross with it before you shave them.

Here is a pic I took tonight with the 20" wheels on the Camaro. The car will be lowered about 1.25 inches from is current height. The rear tires are 295/25/20 and they tuck in nicely. I won't get ass hurt so let me hear it, good or bad.

What is your honest opinion?

i love the color of the car but ill be honest the wheels dont do it for me

The wheels themselves aren't bad, I just think 20" is too big for a 4th gen. Even in 19" the only wheels that seem to work are CCWs. A drop would help a little bit, but I still think it's too much for the car. I guess it depends on the look you are going for though, if you like it that's the most important thing of course.

This is exactly my thought

yeah i Love the color. but the wheels are too big i think. that small of a tire on a CAMARO!?!?!?!? hahaha you catch my drift?

ya those are too big..

The angle of the pic is not the best but I have to agree, the rubber band tires don't go too well. The tire/wheel combo is actual smaller then the stock wheels and only about 3lbs per wheel heavier.

It was worth a try, they were sitting on the shelf. Thx for the replies.