Upgrades and repairs to GSX #508

In order to get that nice GM power brake pedal, you have to have at least 12-14 inches of vacuum at the power booster. If you have a performance cam, the vacuum may be low

 

You guys are funny! Yeah, I detailed the snot out of it. Even wiped down the chassis and undercarriage with mineral spirits. I went full on OCD with it. It's pretty good now.

 

Ok....not too bad for an amateur-

Someone in the cars past decided the factory did a piss poor job masking the backside of the headlight bezels. Thry painted the backside in this thick black paint, but only the part you can see when the hood is open!

So I thought I'd tackle that issue. Here's what we're working with-



And what remains of the factory overspray



So I carefully and tediously sanded only the area thst was painted black making sure to not sand any original painted area. After it was all sanded down to the original chrome plating, I masked it and put up a snow fence with the tape to smoothly transition to the original paint .

I sprayed the area with Sem trim black. After that dried I misted it with my Saturn yellow. I tried mimicking the factory overspray the best I could. Here's the finished product-







Hopefully it's Duane and Dave Tumas approved! Lol

 

And installed-



And the other side I still have to do

 

Ha! Thanks!! Not bad for a couple of spray cans

 

Nice relaxing evening at the local cruise night. I almost get tired of all the questions!

 

That is a good question. I'd have to consult my parts book, but I believe there were 2 different numbers for a GS bezel and a GSX bezel. One came black only on the areas that were supposed to be body color and the other was all black. There was chrome underneath though.

The bezels on the X are chrome under the yellow.

 

I tried putting the same amount of overspray on them that the factory applied. The color isnt an exact match though but close enough

And the drivers side completed. Its easy doing sloppy work!

 

And here is something that probably a little over the top since only I will know ita correct...

They repro a "square mesh" AC air filter. Very nice part. When our cars were new, the filters had square mesh as opposed to the expended metal, diamond pattern thst is currently available.

It makes more of a difference on cars thst came equipped with factory open element air cleaners.

 

Im no Rembrandt......lol

Since I have a whole spray can of saturn yellow, im gonna build me a GSX model and see what the paint looks like when I lay it on thicker

 

The "used GSX"

This is so much fun!!!