The Phoenix!

[Schrade]

Looks great there Paul...

Lotta' rubber in the back! 335's?

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

As of Friday, 5-3-13, ALL body panels except headlights and third brake assembly are in place. Now doing a bit of fitting, and installing the headlights, mirrors, and brake light. Windshield to be replaced next week. BG...here she comes!

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Schrade

Looks great there Paul...

Lotta' rubber in the back! 335's?

Rubber: Em are dem Nitto 555r (drag radials), 315x35x17s. Front are 555s. Had a chance to drive on wet pavement a little, and in some heavy rain. I'm quite impressed so far. Nothing scientific - they stick very well at WOT, and at G-forces higher than I've ever experienced before (0.8G maybe?) w/o even sliding - best I could tell.

P.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Gunny

So I'm thinking .... you probably need plenty of "Wax on - Wax off" practice. Come on down to Georgia and do your magic on my Z plus the recently acquired ZO6 ... lodging & food provided (might have to put you on a beer ration, tho). Seriously, I'm facing re-doing both cars in the next couple of weeks before it gets too hot here ... mid-day is already starting to feel unbearable with mid-nineties and humidity.

Be sure to post pics when you get everything done.

George

Just came in from the "penny test". Yup! That seemed to work, so I pried the plungers out on the switches a couple pennies worth, and closed the doors. It worked! So, I super-glued the plungers in place and will round up a couple new switches at some point. Hope that does the trick (more or less) permanently! Thanks for the tip, George. I'm always in favor of simple and elegant over complex and wonderful!

Paul.

[Gunny]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

.... will round up a couple new switches at some point....

Don't wait too long on switches ... I suspect they may become NLA (unless the part number cross-references to another GM product)

[Paul Workman]

There were several places where the soft (new/virgin) paint was scuffed, and in the sun you could just see very fine buffer swirls in the paint too. No matter: she was going to get buffed out one more time before polishing - for that very reason!

I decided to use the Zaino PC Fusion to remove the swirls, etc. Very impressive, that! I used in on a fine (white) pad on my Porter Cable orbital, and it cleaned up very well with just a couple passes of the PC/buffer. Stunning!

For those Zaino fans out there, I decided to go with the AIO (All In One) base, followed by a couple Z5s and then a couple Z2s and call it a day. Tomorrow, it'll get the Clear Seal and "Phoenex" will be lookin' better than ever before (already IS, for that matter!).

I'll post some pix when finished (tomorrow?).

P.

[XfireZ51]

I'm waiting for the seats to go in, then I be following a similar regimen on mine. After the winter it could use it.

[Rex Ruby]

She was looking great on the mountain Run!

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Rex Ruby

She was looking great on the mountain Run!

Thanx! She now has all her "jewelry" back on too, and all the electric gremlins seem to be at bay - for now (at least!). But, do you remember that little stretch where they were laying blacktop AND SPRAYING OIL? I thought we avoided any wet spots, but NO! I couldn't be the only one that got that crap on my car.

I folded an 18" square terrycloth towel in quarters and sprinkled one quarter with 3M Adhesive Remover. Before I finished wiping down the gill panels and rocker panels and her big butt and DOORS...that towel was nearly black! (That's great stuff! It removes chewing gum(?) tracked onto the carpeting too, as I discovered.)

[Fully Vetted]

Paul - this has your name all over it. Don't let it get away!

http://www.autoweek.com/article/2014...n=awdailydrive

[Schrade]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Thanx! She now has all her "jewelry" back on too, and all the electric gremlins seem to be at bay - for now (at least!). But, do you remember that little stretch where they were laying blacktop AND SPRAYING OIL? I thought we avoided any wet spots, but NO! I couldn't be the only one that got that crap on my car.

I folded an 18" square terrycloth towel in quarters and sprinkled one quarter with 3M Adhesive Remover. Before I finished wiping down the gill panels and rocker panels and her big butt and DOORS...that towel was nearly black! (That's great stuff! It removes chewing gum(?) tracked onto the carpeting too, as I discovered.)

I wouldn't use ANY rag; rather a cleaned paintbrush.

Your towel might be clean, but if the tar / oil has ANY grit in it, a cloth rubdown will give you some nifty swirl marks.

I DO like 3M. Got a little interest there (DRIP Fund), and they've held their own against the market for 24 years that I've watched...

But about the rag there - 'just sayin'...'