Smooth72

My vette was backed into at a gas station, a bad thing, but wait… My wife said well you have always wanted to do a wide body kit, I guess now would be the time, now it is great thing. I guess I will keep her another 30 years, a great wife indeed. Oh she also told me I cannot go overboard on the budget; don’t know what she is talking about. All kidding aside I am very fortunate to have a wife that supports my car addictions so much. My son in-law and I are going to do all the work with him doing all the paint. He paints and does hot rods for a living. That is the only way I could attempt to afford what I am doing. We are going to do all over paint job with black strips. Wow paint and supplies are expensive(paint supplies PPG, so far $2500). Now to the project, I am calling the project, Z51extreme, why extreme? The kit I have ordered is from Super Vettes and the one I am getting is the ZR1extreme body kit that is 1.5 wider per side than a standard ZR1, a custom hood and a custom rear diffuser (not Supper Vettes). The wheels will have a custom offset for the extreme kit. I ordered the Nutek’s 305 classic wheels. Backs are 20 x 13 with 345 Invo, the front 19x10.5 with 285 tires. Also I ordered Down South new ergonomic D style steering wheel, of course black and yellow. I never thought I would get a chance to do a project like this.

smurfkiller

that sucks car got crashed. gonna kick a$$ though. i almost wish some idiot would run into me so i can go widebody.

Raazor

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

Congratulations on your accident!

Never thought I would say that.

Looks like your making lemonade (pun intended) from lemons.

peter pan

Good luck with the redo

beav626

gonna look great

mcc978

Looks like that guy hit your vette pretty hard but you are going to have a great looking vette when you are done with your mods.

IDSRVIT

Holy crap..... how fast was the guy going that backed into you?

Enjoy the project... post a lot of progress pictured.

SRQStingray

Can't wait to see the final pictures. That guy must of backed into you at quite a high speed. I would have been pissed. But, it looks like you and your son-in-law are going to have some fun.

designerRob

SWEET!

dvilin

Unfortunate about the crash, on the other had very fortunate to have a Wife who understands your passion for Cars.

Smooth72

Surprisingly, very slow, It was a large diesel pickup. His truck had no damage. I was laying on the horn and he said he could not hear me. He was very sorry, he is a fellow vette owner a 67 that he drag races. What is amazing is that headlight is $1000. Here is some parts I worked on will waiting for the kit. Supervettes says they are about 30 kits are out there.

calmtgguy

Nice!

Smooth72

Just got back from the paint booth. I am lucky to have a son in-law that can lay paint like this. They look great and have not been color sanded and polished. I was quite surprised when I found out a box of 3000 6" sand paper was @ $80, supplies really add up on complete paint job with premium paint.
First custom body part ,diffuser

just held in place.

Like my paint rack

beav626

Very nice!

Bluewasp

mcandrew67

Sweet...welcome to the fat club

c6_rob

This is making me want to get in the FAT club.

Looking good BTW, I been wanting to see someone do the Supervettes kit.

VET4LES

Looking great so far. I like the polish job on the engine parts.

ILLUSHN

Wow, way to make lemonade!