Weekend of November 5th

I spent some time working on my wife's 2000 GTP on Saturday. I was able to upgrade her brakes to the 12" rotors and brackets from my CompG. They bolted right on, and I was able to use them with her existing calipers. Her brake pads were completely worn out, and this allowed me to re-use my good parts which I had already upgraded. I have a few pictures of the conversion so email me if you're interested.

My dad worked on the quarter panel this weekend to get it all lined up and ready for final finishing. I spent a lot of my time working on sanding the body panels getting them ready to paint. I went ahead and test fit the SPO rear spoiler and the new tail light. Unfortunately, the right rear tail light didn't fit very well. We did some work to the panel and were able to get everything lined up very well. The deck lid has now been removed and will get a coat of base along with everything else. I hope we're able to lay down some base during the week one night, and then begin painting this weekend. I'm probably still about 2 weeks away from being done, but it's getting closer by the day.

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Wednesday, November 9th

Not much has been happening with the car this week. My dad has been swamped with his business, so I sent the car back to the body shop to have them finish the quarter panel. Once they finish with this, there will only be a couple small spots to fix and we'll be ready to paint everything. I'm hopeful that next weekend I'll be able to finish the car and start driving it.

 

Not much filler was used in the panel. They did a nice job of flattening it back out after it was so bulged from the accident. It should be in primer tomorrow and ready for us to prep for paint.

Saturday, November 12th

They finished up the quarter panel this morning, and the car is now back up front at my dad's. I decided to go ahead and test fit everything to make sure it would all line up correctly. My caliper brackets won't be ready until Monday or Tuesday. Dad has been busy with his business, so it may be next weekend before we get to prime and paint anything else. Here's a few pictures of the mockup:

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Wednesday, November 16th

The chrome shop finished up the rear caliper brackets today, so I went ahead and installed them. Still waiting patiently to paint this car...

 

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