Random Pic of Your Z/28 RIGHT NOW

[j o n]

Garage will be the majority of it's time till March.


But there will be days until then it gets to sneak out, like on Black Friday, with dry/clean roads and temps above the 40's.

[_Chigga]

Beautiful pics guys keep them coming!

[_Chigga]

Originally Posted by Jberg805

The day My car arrived to Sweden. Was out on the North Sea due to work, Had a friend in the port that allowed me to follow the unloading on facetime. To hear the car startup for the first time gave me goosebumps.
Now in hibernation until May..

How much was shipping your Z to Europe, any taxes and other fees?

[IOMZL1]

7 and 8.4 l naturally aspirated track beasts

[_Chigga]

Originally Posted by IOMZL1

7 and 8.4 l naturally aspirated track beasts

Beautiful, I got scared when one of those ACRs pulled up next to me at a stoplight.

[Jberg805]

Originally Posted by _Chigga

How much was shipping your Z to Europe, any taxes and other fees?

I got the car for $40k, think I ended up at around $70k.
Shipping was around $3000
12% toll fee
25% in taxes on top of that
european Oem led rear lights almost $3000
Road legal tests and documents $1000

Bought it in may, got stuck in the us harbour due to lack of empty containers, arrived in sweden at the end of july, road legal in september.. got a few days behind the wheel before the snow came.. this will be the longest winter in my life. We’re having a baby in february and need a new house. Hope to afford to keep the car and be able to add some HP during next winter. Most of my car friends rides 911’s and BMW’s, it’s fun to ride something different. I was actually looking for a Porsche, but ran across a gen.3 camaro wich woke up some childhood memories, had it for a few months and realised that they were more cool back in the 90’s.. couldn’t live without a V8 though, somdecided to try a Z/28 afyer I saw Chris Harris review of it. Couldn’t be more satisfied! Love the car!

[IOMZL1]

Originally Posted by aris

its the real deal

What was the weight savings and how involved was the installation? I’ve been looking at those.

Thanks
Doug

[LeftCoast32]

Originally Posted by LeftCoast32

Originally Posted by _Chigga

Is that an Carbon Fiber Roof? or wrapped?

All the carbon you see on the car is real and from Anderson Composites. The only things not carbon are the rear fenders and plastic bumpers.

Originally Posted by IOMZL1

What was the weight savings and how involved was the installation? I’ve been looking at those.

Thanks
Doug

Total weight savings is close to 200lbs. Even with the added 200lbs of weight from the cage the cars current weight is 3818lbs. The roof and doors were the most labor intensive. We put 5 coats of PPG clear on all the carbon fiber. Then we had the carbon fiber 100% wrapped in X-Pel Stealth protective film and the black paint 100% wrapped in X-Pel Ultimate protective film.

[IOMZL1]

Originally Posted by LeftCoast32

Total weight savings is close to 200lbs. Even with the added 200lbs of weight from the cage the cars current weight is 3818lbs. The roof and doors were the most labor intensive. We put 5 coats of PPG clear on all the carbon fiber. Then we had the carbon fiber 100% wrapped in X-Pel Stealth protective film and the black paint 100% wrapped in X-Pel Ultimate protective film.

Awesome! Do you happen to have a breakdown of weight by piece?

Thanks
Doug

[_Chigga]

Originally Posted by Jberg805

I got the car for $40k, think I ended up at around $70k.
Shipping was around $3000
12% toll fee
25% in taxes on top of that
european Oem led rear lights almost $3000
Road legal tests and documents $1000

Bought it in may, got stuck in the us harbour due to lack of empty containers, arrived in sweden at the end of july, road legal in september.. got a few days behind the wheel before the snow came.. this will be the longest winter in my life. We’re having a baby in february and need a new house. Hope to afford to keep the car and be able to add some HP during next winter. Most of my car friends rides 911’s and BMW’s, it’s fun to ride something different. I was actually looking for a Porsche, but ran across a gen.3 camaro wich woke up some childhood memories, had it for a few months and realised that they were more cool back in the 90’s.. couldn’t live without a V8 though, somdecided to try a Z/28 afyer I saw Chris Harris review of it. Couldn’t be more satisfied! Love the car!

wow, hefty fees, plus gas prices in Europe too. But its sure a standout from the AMGs, BMWs and Porsches.

[_Chigga]

Originally Posted by LeftCoast32

All the carbon you see on the car is real and from Anderson Composites. The only things not carbon are the rear fenders and plastic bumpers.




Total weight savings is close to 200lbs. Even with the added 200lbs of weight from the cage the cars current weight is 3818lbs. The roof and doors were the most labor intensive. We put 5 coats of PPG clear on all the carbon fiber. Then we had the carbon fiber 100% wrapped in X-Pel Stealth protective film and the black paint 100% wrapped in X-Pel Ultimate protective film.

I'm looking at different options maybe Hood,Roof and Trunk. With the Roof being most labor intensive, rough estimation how many hours?

[_Chigga]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeROC

These pics are from just off the trailer yesterday! I just took delivery of her! The dealer forgot to send my paperwork to the BMV and the roads weren't great, so all I got to do was pull her into the garage after this. Going to get the licensing done and the car washed up the next nice day.

Looking good! With those kooks headers does it give you a deeper tone than stock?

[pat_t]

Current status: just finished the post-1000mile Nürburgring trip clean and spanner check.

Now ready for final trackday of 2018 next Saturday! 😀

Believe it or not my car still only has 5200 miles on it!

p.s. - Apologies for the messy garage, neither the bike nor 75% rebuilt kitcar are mine. Storing them for a friend. They have to go in January though as I have another new project incoming!

[LeftCoast32]

Originally Posted by IOMZL1

Awesome! Do you happen to have a breakdown of weight by piece?

Thanks
Doug

I can break down some rough estimates on savings. The roof is almost 20lbs, Doors are 30lbs each, fenders are 15lbs each, hood doesnt save much depending on wet or dry, trunk saves 15 with dry. Let me know what info you need help with.

Originally Posted by _Chigga

I'm looking at different options maybe Hood,Roof and Trunk. With the Roof being most labor intensive, rough estimation how many hours?

The roof change is the biggest expense. You need to pull the front and rear glass. Then clean out the seam sealer and drill out over 70 spot welds. You can then peal off the stock roof. Fit the dry carbon roof and drill for 30 rivets per side. We use 3M bonding agent on the front back and sides. Then once cured we seam seal and paint. Last the glass goes back in.