Project: "Diamond in the Rough" SS

[SSfan]

Im also getting a goodmark cowl hood early next week

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

The mirrors look great.
What style hood are you going with?

[SSfan]

Im going with one like this one, ive always loved these


Ill probly get 2 1/2 inch

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

Great choice.

[SSfan]

thanks i have a dent in my stock hood you can probly tell it in the pics...so its a good excuse to get one!lol

[90blueS10]

you can have one shipped my way if youd like.

[Perry 07]

Quote: Originally Posted by SSfan

Im going with one like this one, ive always loved these


Ill probly get 2 1/2 inch

Yea thhats like the hood im getting around august. My hoods got bondo caked up from the previous owners so called body work and the paints cracking bad.

[SSfan]

Im picking it up tomorrow ill try to get pics up

[dmebag]

nice handles. how do u do that?

[SSfan]

i stripped and sanded them and polished them

[SSfan]

OK the hood, grille, and mirrors are at paint, i set the grille in before i took it to paint and i took the stock hood off






I should get this stuff back tomorrow, the clear corner composites are now discontinued so i just got the clear headlights with amber corners on ebay i hate it but theres not much i can do, i dont want to take them apart and clear them because i think theyll leak if i do that so im just gonna leave them amber, i still need to get the pigtails wired up and i need 98+ seat tracks for the seats still...the engine complartment will be cleaned as soon as i get it back on the road

btw in case you were wondering i had to take the battery out to bolt the 4th bolt in on the headlight brackets

[90blueS10]

awesome

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

I'm sure if you look around online someone will have a set of clear headlights sitting on their shelf.

[SSfan]

ill still look for some

I got the stuff back from paint today, i bolted the grille,mirrors, and hood on, i still need to wire in the headlights and adjust the hood its a little off, the paint is a little off as well you can probly tell in the pics the painter didnt have anything to match so we're gonna have to blend it heres pics





View from the drivers seat


Bolted the mirrors and grille in to see how it looks

[♠ M®. ßlυε ♠]

Looks mean

[SSfan]

lol

[90blueS10]

billet inserts?!?!

[SSfan]

I was gonna get them but i kinda like the netting in the composite grille better i dont know yet

[snoplow]

id get billet the stock grill looks good but the billet inserts really clean it up then maybe a billet bowtie as well

[90blueS10]

Quote: Originally Posted by snoplow

id get billet the stock grill looks good but the billet inserts really clean it up then maybe a billet bowtie as well

i agree, but i think a red, or ss bowtie would look better.

[dmebag]

nice handles. how did you do that? strip them with thinner or paint stripper? couldn't you do the door handles the same way?

[dmebag]

nice handles, how did you do that? you use thinner or paint stripper? what did you polish them with? couldn't you do the door handles the same way?

[SSfan]

snoplow is actually the one that did them i think he used stripper if im not mistaken

im keeping the ss bowtie on it

[snoplow]

the stuff u need is called aircraft remover it is one hellafied paint stripper
i did his window cranks with it then dremmeld them and they look like chrome,
i did one of my door handles as a test,, here it is.

[old_skool_noma]

damn the red interior doesnt look as bad as id imagined it would earlier in the thread, but white and black FTW, also did they spray the diamond white as a 3 stage? i was thinking about doing a pearl white on mine, i was orginally thinking diamond, but i think im going to find the whitest base i can then spray some blue pearl and maybe some white and or silver pearl too in an inter coat

[SSfan]

yeah its a GM factory color it is 3 stage, it has some gold, silver, and blue pearl...i love it it makes any boring white look amazing

Ok i got some updates...the headliner and door panels and misc panels are all in the interior is almost done except i need to mount the xm in the console and get seats bolted in whenever i find 98+ tracks...as for the exterior its just about done, i completed the blazer swap its wired and headlights are in i need to make some adjustments here and there but its coming along

all i have now is a crappy cell phone pic..ill have pics of the interior and exterior tomorrow when i get my camera back


Its not done yet but its starting to look like something again!lol

[old_skool_noma]

i didnt know if you had it sprayed as a 3 stage or if you could even get it as a bc/cc and ive known it was a factory color, i like it, but id want more blue pearl in mine

also whats that little square decal at the bottom of your fender, it look intriguing, also youre the oe that i was going to sell the 98+ tracks too, right? ill get my camaro tracks next time im in athens and see if i can make them work in my noma, if not ill try to get you some from the JY, do you mind if theyre power if i have to do that?

[SSfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by old_skool_noma

i didnt know if you had it sprayed as a 3 stage or if you could even get it as a bc/cc and ive known it was a factory color, i like it, but id want more blue pearl in mine

also whats that little square decal at the bottom of your fender, it look intriguing, also youre the oe that i was going to sell the 98+ tracks too, right? ill get my camaro tracks next time im in athens and see if i can make them work in my noma, if not ill try to get you some from the JY, do you mind if theyre power if i have to do that?

yeah the square is the GM mark of excellence emblems like they put on the newer model gms from like '06 and up i think.....yeah im the one that needs the tracks i need the ones for manual seats...as you can see in the pic i have just one seat just sitting on the floorboard and the other seat is in my living room!lol

[Rhotpursuit]

Quote: Originally Posted by SSfan

yeah the square is the GM mark of excellence emblems like they put on the newer model gms from like '06 and up i think.....yeah im the one that needs the tracks i need the ones for manual seats...as you can see in the pic i have just one seat just sitting on the floorboard and the other seat is in my living room!lol

You really don't need the tracks..cut off the two rear inside bolts, drill a couple of holes, install bolts from the bottom up with a little green Loc-Tite and you're good to go.

[SSfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rhotpursuit

You really don't need the tracks..cut off the two rear inside bolts, drill a couple of holes, install bolts from the bottom up with a little green Loc-Tite and you're good to go.

the 98 tracks hold the seat together i tried putting my 94 tracks on, the 98+ tracks come up and bolts on to the side of the seat the 94 tracks dont come uo to the side of the seat, you got your 96 tracks to work?

[sonomanator]

looks really mean now move that hood closer to the grill.

[Rhotpursuit]

Quote: Originally Posted by SSfan

the 98 tracks hold the seat together i tried putting my 94 tracks on, the 98+ tracks come up and bolts on to the side of the seat the 94 tracks dont come uo to the side of the seat, you got your 96 tracks to work?

I had a 60/40 split in mine. I used seats from a ZR2 Blazer and they worked just fine with the fix I mentioned. Check my link in post 149.

[SSfan]

hmm...maybe the 96 tracks are different my seats are out of an '02 xtreme and my 94 tracks wont hold the seat together when its bolted up for some reason

[sonomanator]

u should have got cavi seats they hold u alot better.

[SSfan]

i have a cavi so i couldve put them in mine but i dont like cavi seats theyre comfortable but i dont like the way they look

[sonomanator]

i cant text good lol
yah the w4m tune is really good u should look in to it if u haven't heard.

[Rhotpursuit]

Quote: Originally Posted by SSfan

hmm...maybe the 96 tracks are different my seats are out of an '02 xtreme and my 94 tracks wont hold the seat together when its bolted up for some reason

I didn't swap anything except the seats and the tracks that came with them.

[old_skool_noma]

Quote: Originally Posted by SSfan

i have a cavi so i couldve put them in mine but i dont like cavi seats theyre comfortable but i dont like the way they look

x2, quite ugly IMO, thats why ive got the camaro seats, and they are WAY more comfy than the 98+ seats that i had, they hold me perfect, and have just the right amount of lumbar support, i dont even notice my truck bouncing as much when i hit a bump since i dropped the back (i need either new shocks and or a rear sway bar)

[sonomanator]

i think they look ugly to but in a s10 i think they look really good since they are much smaller.

[SSfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rhotpursuit

I didn't swap anything except the seats and the tracks that came with them.

oh ok thats why tracks didnt come with mine, so i was gonna use the 94 ones that i had on my split bench but they wont work on those seats so i have to find the newer tracks

[old_skool_noma]

Quote: Originally Posted by SSfan

oh ok thats why tracks didnt come with mine, so i was gonna use the 94 ones that i had on my split bench but they wont work on those seats so i have to find the newer tracks

hell i might swap you tracks if you want, you just need to put bolts in from the bottom and nuts on in the little space between the bottom of the seat and the bracket mount

[SSfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by old_skool_noma

hell i might swap you tracks if you want, you just need to put bolts in from the bottom and nuts on in the little space between the bottom of the seat and the bracket mount

im jsut gonna use the studs in the floor and drill the tracks to make them work my buddy has a drill press, ill swap for your 98+ tracks thats cool ill come to you and pick them up if you want to do it

[SSfan]

i finally got my camera back, heres some more pics

headliner installed

I found a red grab handle from a 1st gen

XM installed

polished crank handles installed

[sonomanator]

to bad it isnt black not grey or it would be sick it looks nice tho but i love black dashes

[old_skool_noma]

Quote: Originally Posted by SSfan

im jsut gonna use the studs in the floor and drill the tracks to make them work my buddy has a drill press, ill swap for your 98+ tracks thats cool ill come to you and pick them up if you want to do it

oh, they already bolt up to the factory studs fine, i was taking about where i had to take off the studs where they bolted to the actual seat, but i covered that in the PM i sent you, i can probably weld the studs or bolts with the same pattern to the seats and you wont know the difference

[SSfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by sonomanator

to bad it isnt black not grey or it would be sick it looks nice tho but i love black dashes

yeah i like black too but i dont like how the black looks with red

[sonomanator]

i think it would look nice maybe it would be a lil to much.

[ByrdSS]

The truck looks great and that red interior really sets it apart from all the other s-10's. You did a great job!

[SSfan]

thanks the interior should be done next week then itll be driveable, then im gonna take it to the body shop i work at and we're gonna blend the hood, grille, and mirrors and we're gonna wet-sand and buff it!!!!

[SSfan]

Well i got it all cleaned up and it now has full coverage on it, the seats are in and its back on the road!...its not completely done yet i still have to blend the hood, mirrors, and grille and wet sand and buff it and a few other details here and there....enjoy!

what it looked like when it went into storage for the winter




What it looks like now












What the interior looked like before


What it looks like now




Wheels(before)


Wheels(now)


Front end(before with sealed beam grille, stock hood, and dumbo mirrors)


front end (now with blazer composite grille, cowl hood, and ss mirrors)


heres some pics with my dads










I should get it into work sometime this week to get it blended and wet sanded and buffed ill get some pics up then