Pics of new paint job/ restored 97 GTS

[ewave]

FINALLY!!!!

Ok I need to thank all the members who encouraged me.

I really need to thank those who's generosity in supplying me parts at give away prices made my dream possible.

Here's a before picture, and an after picture.

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There's a whole sequence available at:
http://www.electrowave.com/viper

I tried to put them in order, but for some reason they got arranged randomly.

I bought the car on November 26, and everything but the exhaust (and some paint quality issues) are now done!!!!

Plan to see me on the road a lot in the next few day, weeks, months, years....

It was a tough decision deciding to change the color. I apologize to the purists, and will gladly take all complements from people who think yellow/black is the best.

BTW, I did all the work myself, other than painting and minor side rocker straitening.

 

[Dion Fisher]

Good job Paul that looks great!!

 

[viperrwk]

The 'Bumble Bee' paint scheme is really sharp! Nice job!

-viperrwk

 

[GTSREDDOG]

I think you did an AWESOME job. GREAT color combo!!! Need to swap out the blue 5 pts. though.

 

[JetMec]

Nice job. Thats what I was going to do but Bill P. played some jetti mind tricks and talked me into a creampuff.

 

[jimandela]

if you call jon at partsrack
and get the decals..newer rims and yellow 5 pts
i think no one would ever be able to tell it is not a
2001 or 2002!!1
very nice!!

 

[Dixter]

Very nice.... looks like DeFratus saves the day again...

He does a nice job on the paint...

 

[Sean Roe]

Looks good

Enjoy!

 

[ACELLR8]

WOW!!!

Looks Great!! Great color choice, and I love the older wheels on that car!

 

[Janni]

I think that there are a couple center caps available on e-bay right now. That'd be 2 down and 2 to go! (I think that they are expensive through Dodge...)

Car looks great - even though it is blasphemy to paint over a blue and white car.

Congrats on having the patience to do it right. Now, ENJOY!

 

[Viper Fever]

Hard work does really pay off,very very nice

 

[Newport Viper]

Powder coat the rims you have BLACK semi-gloss for a few hundred. Click on my avatar for a look.

 

[Qualitywires.com]

my heart is singing! heh! Wow!

 

[CAS]

NICE looking car!!! I just noticed one thing: in this picture http://www.electrowave.com/viper/Img_0931_small.jpg your center-caps on the wheels are there, and your finished pic, they are missing... Just a friendly reminder

Take care of that beautiful snake, and congrats!!

Regards,

 

[USAF BAD ASP]

Congrats Ewave on getting it done!!! It looks stunning! I would take the color combo over blue white ANYDAY! Now sell me your rims and upgrade to 18's!

 

[slaughterj]

Nice!! That's what it means to deserve to have something for the work you put into it!

 

[speedpup]

NICE!

 

[cstegall]

Paul,

The car looks GREAT!!!(great color choice)...be sure and talk to JonB about "yellow fever" parts and welcome to the "Yellow Fever" club...
Check your email on the black viper lettering...

CStegall

 

[Bob Weidenfeller]

Paul,

Looks good. I guess I'll be seeing you around the neighborhood as you are just around the corner.

By the way, I started to drop you a line today as I just came back from the local Dodge dealer ordering some parts. They mentioned a guy was buying various parts for a Blue GTS he was putting back together ... I wonder who that could have been?

Later,

Bob

 

[Y2K5SRT]

Looks awesome and a GREAT restoration! You had mentioned that you still had a little paintwork to do, so I would make one teeny suggestion: If you do not have foglight covers already, skip them and fill in the "slots" in the openings. The later Vipers (I think it is '99+) do not have foglight covers and there are no slots to mount them. I know a few people have had trouble with them at speed or on the track, as they can come off. If you are looking for a "complete" '01/'02 look, I would fill those holes in and paint them to match the body color.

Either way, it looks fantastic!

Chris

 

[Sniper]

Paul-

VERY NICE JOB!!! I'll bet you're happier than a puppy with two p_____s! Have fun!


P.S.-I've owned two Vipers and had both in excess of 155+ and have never had any problems with the fog lamp covers popping off.

 

[Bonkers]

I WANT ONE, I WANT ONE, I WANT ONE!. . . whew... okay now that's out of my system I just wanted to extend my congrats. That truly is a beautiful example of what a before/after showcase should look like. Hope you enjoy it forever my friend.

 

[ewave]

Thanks everyone for all the enthusiasm!

For the first time in MONTHS I haven't been on the VCA site every 10 minutes checking to see if there were new comments... I was actually out driving my car all day. Imagine that!

I can't get anything past you guys: Yeah, I didn't put the wheel caps on because I still needed to upgrade the brake pads, and I wanted to minimize wear on the chrome.

The blue belts do look hideous. Rewebbing them from Simpson costs $50 per set, but they only have Blue, Red or Black. No Yellow. :-(

I was advised to fill in the fog lamp cover holes, but decided against it because I think the fog light covers look cool- Not that I have any!

Thanks for updating my Avatar. Looks cool!

Hope to see you all soon on the road!

 

[Snakester]

Great job Paul!

-Dean.