KrAzYSnIpEr

to have a daily driver and still be a nice show car? i want my engine bay and suspension parts to look nice, but i drive my car year round. is it worth the effort to spend alot of time on the parts, i mean, willll they be hard to clean before shows? thanks

KrAzYSnIpEr

ive already screwed this one up, but go ahead and give me your comments, and i thank all that do.

tnt76vette

Have at it if its what ya want, but how are a gonna hide the "road rash" in the paint & the bugs in the radiator......True show cars are just that, certainly not daily drivers...unless you have much more time on your hands than I do........

Maurice

What are we voting on?:D

1. Is it possible to have a daily driver and still be a nice show car?
2. Is it worth the effort to spend a lot of time on the parts?
3. Will they be hard to clean before shows?

The Wanderer

All the shows I have gone to this year, I have had to drive 200-500 miles one-way to attend. Do I bother to pop my hood? No way ... I just go to the shows to be with other Vette people. And I am always proud that my 30 year old Vette has made the drive and not towed on a trailer. Afterall, driving the Vette is the whole idea of owning it. :cheers:



My car at the Alamosa Colorado Rod Show Labor day weekend.



[Modified by The Wanderer, 5:35 AM 11/21/2001]

e3pres

I just did my engine and front end. Its much easier to keep it clean (and want to) after you have done it right once. If you're going to take the a-arms and everything off, have them powdercoated!!! I painted mine, and regret it.

Neo Fender

You won't be able to have 100% of both worlds (show car and driver) One will eventually win out over the other.

Just my $.02, YMMV.

ylose

i don't take my car to shows...we have car hops around here that are awesome...show quality rides....but we all DRIVE THEM there....
its a blast...

note -as to *stuff* in radiator....place a small fine chicken wire type mesh across front of radiator...then remove it when at a *car hop* or show....

Edzred72

I tried the "best of both worlds" with my Harley...Riding won out. Just a short trip always ment long cleaning sessions. Heck with that.. I wanna ride!! :cheers:

KrAzYSnIpEr

thanks guys, im going to redo the suspension, rebuild the engine, and i want to detail the engine bay, not be really **** about it, just where its smooth, and all the paint and stuff matches...i wanna do braided hoses and that blue colored, as ricey as it may be, wire loom.

thanks, any more comments?


[Modified by KrAzYSnIpEr, 9:04 AM 11/21/2001]

Lohkay

I think its possible....just a lot of hard work. And seriously, all car shows around here are in parking lots...even if your suspension has 1 grain of dirt on it...who the hell will notice? I say if you buy yourself a high pressure system and clean your car everyday, its gonna shine like a showcar all the time.

The Wanderer

OK... one more post in this thread! :mad :mad :mad

Do you know what chaps my butt ? A new C5 wins cleanest car or something similar. How hard is it to present a clean car that was built two months ago, rather than 30 years ago?

KrAzYSnIpEr

you have a nice point, they should be in another class....

there is nothing really to get dirty on those cars, most is plastic, which a rag will clean up