My 1994 Z07 M6 Restoration Progress
#141
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I've taken a hobby to a lot of this new 3M 1080 Vinyl Wrap, and am getting pretty solid at it. For some parts I could not re-condition and to bring the car into the "new age" I wrapped a lot of the interior but left a lot of it stock as well.
I did the rear cargo grim, plus the B-Pillars i'll get some better pictures. This reat trim was a pain in the *** to vinyl wrap, I tried to do it with 1 solid piece of Vinyl but ended up having to use 2 pieces.
I would say this was the 2nd hardest part to wrap due to all ove the curves. But with some primer glue, it turned out really nice.
Last edited by 94Z07; 08-23-2017 at 11:29 AM.
#143
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Well I'm selling my 1994 Z07 Corvette to help fund my racing. Everyone who has seen this car knows how well I've restored it. I purchased the car when I was 23 and have owned it for the last 11 and 1/2 years. I let the car sit for 6 years and then it underwent a major restoration.
Is the car perfect? No But for having 158,000 miles it looks and drives as well as a vette with 30,000 miles. Our family has owned over a dozen of these C4 vettes and outside of our ZR1 vette this one has been the most reliable and non-problematic one. It's the one child that always does what it's supposed to do and never gave me any grief. I know a lot about C4 vettes and can take them apart with my eyes closed at this point.
This is a real Z07 vette which is farily rare in the C4 community. This was basically Chevy's Track package. It has a re-calibrated computer for the shocks, Engine Oil Cooler, Bigger Brakes, Bigger Sway Bars, and stiffer valved Bilstein adjustable shocks.
I've been up and down on if I want to sell it but have come to the conclusion that my passions lie elsewhere in racing and have more cars to restore than I should. Every single nut and bolt has been refurbished or replaced on the vette outside of maybe the Engine.
I have done so much to the car so I will try to summarize everything. A lot is in the restoration thread but here goes:
- Complete rebuild of front and rear ends
- Complete tear down and rebuild of Calipers including new pistons and seals
- New SS Brake Lines
- New Cross Drilled / Slotted Rotors
- New wheel bearings throughout
- New U-joints
- Poly Bushings throughout (except the upper ones on the rear subframe, but I have them)
- New Ball joints
- Brand new (not refurbished) front Upper and Lower Control arms
- Brand new Radiator
- Brand new OEM Radiator Fan Shroud and Fans
- New Tires with less than 350 miles
- Complete Sand / Spray and Clear 4 coats of paint 4 coats of clear.
- Refurbished all plastic lights throughout (wet sand and polish)
- New Clutch
- New spark plugs
- New spark plug wires
- Replaced all vacuum lines for Cruise Control (it works now)
- A/C has been re-done and works (thanks to Ryan Dillin)
- Replaced Main Gauge cluster
- Replaced Stereo with OEM Bose Gold cd player
- Replaced rear speakers with OEM Bose
- Replaced all Carpet throughout
- Custom Seats done here in Utah (funny story with them)
- All foam rebuilt on seats
- Power sliders all rebuilt on both seats
- Short Throw Hurst shifter (it's amazing)
- Removed literally every single interior piece (including dash) and put soft velcro everywhere plastic was rubbing
- Rebuilt and re-glued dash down
- Removed all weatherstrip and put in brand new
- Rebuilt A-pillars and removed all possible rust etc.
- Replaced all fuel lines that needed it
- New Rear OEM Glass
- Complete rebuild of Steering Column
- Complete rebuild of both door internals with new regulators and all new pads etc.
Is the car perfect? No But for having 158,000 miles it looks and drives as well as a vette with 30,000 miles. Our family has owned over a dozen of these C4 vettes and outside of our ZR1 vette this one has been the most reliable and non-problematic one. It's the one child that always does what it's supposed to do and never gave me any grief. I know a lot about C4 vettes and can take them apart with my eyes closed at this point.
This is a real Z07 vette which is farily rare in the C4 community. This was basically Chevy's Track package. It has a re-calibrated computer for the shocks, Engine Oil Cooler, Bigger Brakes, Bigger Sway Bars, and stiffer valved Bilstein adjustable shocks.
I've been up and down on if I want to sell it but have come to the conclusion that my passions lie elsewhere in racing and have more cars to restore than I should. Every single nut and bolt has been refurbished or replaced on the vette outside of maybe the Engine.
I have done so much to the car so I will try to summarize everything. A lot is in the restoration thread but here goes:
- Complete rebuild of front and rear ends
- Complete tear down and rebuild of Calipers including new pistons and seals
- New SS Brake Lines
- New Cross Drilled / Slotted Rotors
- New wheel bearings throughout
- New U-joints
- Poly Bushings throughout (except the upper ones on the rear subframe, but I have them)
- New Ball joints
- Brand new (not refurbished) front Upper and Lower Control arms
- Brand new Radiator
- Brand new OEM Radiator Fan Shroud and Fans
- New Tires with less than 350 miles
- Complete Sand / Spray and Clear 4 coats of paint 4 coats of clear.
- Refurbished all plastic lights throughout (wet sand and polish)
- New Clutch
- New spark plugs
- New spark plug wires
- Replaced all vacuum lines for Cruise Control (it works now)
- A/C has been re-done and works (thanks to Ryan Dillin)
- Replaced Main Gauge cluster
- Replaced Stereo with OEM Bose Gold cd player
- Replaced rear speakers with OEM Bose
- Replaced all Carpet throughout
- Custom Seats done here in Utah (funny story with them)
- All foam rebuilt on seats
- Power sliders all rebuilt on both seats
- Short Throw Hurst shifter (it's amazing)
- Removed literally every single interior piece (including dash) and put soft velcro everywhere plastic was rubbing
- Rebuilt and re-glued dash down
- Removed all weatherstrip and put in brand new
- Rebuilt A-pillars and removed all possible rust etc.
- Replaced all fuel lines that needed it
- New Rear OEM Glass
- Complete rebuild of Steering Column
- Complete rebuild of both door internals with new regulators and all new pads etc.
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Rw high tech wheels
I saw a post from the past about RW wheels, I have a set of 4 17inch wheels...... took them off my camaro, now just sitting around... looking to sell them but have no idea what there worth, since not much info about them