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I personally wouldn’t paint it but I would get the areas that need attention done professionally I think the car warrants it

Great update, and I take my hat off to you working in the rain - long time since I've had to do that. Lovely, keep it original it'll maintain the desirability and future value. Personalised is very niche. Look forward to seeing how you solve the running issue. Good luck chaps! Corsair man Dom

Another great update guys! Great to see the ZR-1 move under its own steam in 17 years! Paint looks great - touch up as necessary but otherwise, leave it alone! Brakes not so good....! I'm not going through 335+ comments, but I'm sure someone else will have suggested the Gunson Eezibleed! In my opinion, the best way to bleed brakes! But what would I know, I'm a train geek!!! Cheers, Ross.

Welcome to 'summer' . Our summer is purely notional , methinks. Car's looking go , I knew it would scrub up reet. Regarding the rough running , has it got any dead holes/ Can't really tell whilst the audio was out, but mucho black ,over-richness in evidence out the exhaust. I forget now, but does the ignition on the ZR use the Optispark , or a variation of it? I know it has coil packs , unlike the LT-1, but I figure ther may be something like water where it oughtn't to be , as the injectors are new, you've done plugs and leads etc. Can the timing go off on these ? Anyhoo , I reckon you'll get it before too long. Keep it up, fellas !

Slowly getting there guys. But when you bleed the brakes dont pump the pedal with the bleed screw open. Close the bleed screw pump the pedal gently and then push the pedal down and hold it down then release the bleed screw letting air and fuild out, lock the bleed screw off then pump the pedal gentley again hold down and repeat until no air comes out. Pumping the pedal with the bleed screw open lets some fluid out but will pull some air back in.

Petition to buy you guys a pop up gazebo or car port?

I wouldn't bother painting the car, smart repair the little imperfections, get the wheels refurbished back to standard.

Unless you have a) very deep pockets for a truly professional repaint and b) the current paint is terrible, deffo leave as is! One tip for copper slip. Never let it near rubber eg the caliper pin boots. It causes the rubber to swell as I discovered many years ago. I now use a synthetic GP grease and motor craft caliper pin grease. Hope you can sort the misfire and a summary video of that would be great. Cheers

Keep at it, you’ll get there

Need a pop up canopy (pretty inexpensive in the US) so you can take it out to cover during rain and remove it so it's not an eyesore. Keep up the great work!

Copper slip....iv heard its not necessary between hub and disc, as those parts dont need to move past one another, unlike the brake pads that need to move under braking as the piston pushing on the pad. If your worried about hub and disc fusing together, just use big hammer🤣

Great to finally see the ZR-1 moving under its own power!

I was watching with one eye while washing up but mostly listening while you were bleeding the brakes- what a heady mix of double entendres, innuendo and understated sarcasm with a pinch of irony - keep it up guys - takes me back to the glory days of British TV comedy - you could be the next Morecombe and Wise . Nice to see the car moving to by the way 👍

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Smashing it fellas

White plastic pergolas available cheaply these days.

It's come up really nice, good job. Likely it's had moisture in a box of two, if all else fails clean inside with electrical cleaner/lub and a soft toothbrush. If you get stuck bleeding brakes by yourself use a piece of pipe like you had plug end with(I use a bolt) and cut a fine 10/15mm slit in it, by the bolt or whatever you use to plug hole.So it will close after the pressure has dropped. but put well inside a bottle because it squirts out. If you use DOT 5.1 doesn't damage paintwork. But don't hold me to that have a look. Run it in my BMW E91 been fine, running Brembo pads and disks Std calipers. The gloves you use I only use for things like stripping carbs, for doing most jobs I use the woven backs with latex palms/fingers. More heavy duty can reuse for months. Good luck with finding the fault. 👍

2 days late to the party and haven’t read any of the other comments but, PLEASE, don’t re-spray it!!! If it looks this good on camera after only just a decent polish, definitely worth keeping it original. Thx for getting me through my insomnia halfway around the world.

No apologies necessary for anything. Would certainly “not” repaint the car. Get someone qualified for paint correction to take care of the few marks. Car is simply gorgeous! Look forward to the next update 👍🏼👍🏼

Great work guys!

I agree, please don’t paint it, it looks great!

Man i hope you get the engine sorted on this one. The car came out lovely thinking about where it has sat for SO long. A paint touch up from a good touch up service and you just keep the original paint as is and with refurbished wheels it will be lovely for what it is.

Please clean your guttering

Also you need to do a burn out before you get new tyres

I’ve always used copper slip. My brakes have only failed about 5 times 😂😂 jokes. Copper slip if fine

Look’s great definitely keep it original.I agree with the others more engine stuff😊

I guessed £8k purchase price.

enjoying the polishing music

clean the surface where the cam sensor reads from

Keep it as it is no new paint huge respekt from Denmark

Don't they sell portable car ports in the UK? They're cheap for a crappy one here and less expensive than catching pneumonia. And my god that engine runs as rough as a sackful of bottoms.

Couldnt you invest in a gazebo to at least keep the working area dry?

Nice

Keep the factory paint. Focus on the engine, get it running well, and flog the shit out of it. It'll come around.

get yourselves a cheap tent / awning thing to go over the car, make life much more pleasant

Fair play lads doing that is the rain. I definitely would’ve said no chance

Oh no, for the people who love engine stuff like myself do a special vid showing the troubleshooting, finding and fixing the engine running issue in fact the whole drivetrain.

I feel your pain guys. That British weather can suck sometimes. Have you considered building a carport or shelter of some kind there ? Keeping that beauty out of the weather is a challenge. let alone working in it. Ideally a small workshop would be better. Hopefully when the channel grows and you guys hit the big time you could get one then. The car looks gorgeous after the wash and polish. I wish I could see it in person. Wow ! Keep it original. Don't paint it. I had a feeling it would come good.

Great Video you guys, like the sound track! What a stunning machine you have there. DONT RUSH IT! She's a fine wine and needs to be sipped to be appreciated. Keep us hanging....bit at a time 😂❤

Watching Jonny Smith (AKA The Car Pervert) chase behind it during your intro always makes me giggle. Please keep it in!

I'm sure you've had plenty of offers to help figure out the running problem. I'm pretty well versed in this era gm driveability. Do you have an old obd1 scanner that shows live data? GM called it the Tech 1. The old SnapOn "brick" also works as well as the old OTC obd1 for GM. If you do have the ability to pull live data, I'd like to see a video of all of the readings while the rough running is occurring.

guys bye a partytent so u have some protection from the weather.. working on an 1986 c4 my self . have some issues with it runing rough to waiting. for some sensors and other stuff from rockauto..cheers from sweden

Nice one lads.

Def keep as much of the original paint as you can but restore the wheels to original, sorted.

Great video and CHEERS!

Leave it, as is a car is only original once

Ooooh brakes have made it a little bit more sexy.

Get yourself a gazebo or something to throw up quickly for working in the rain. That’s what I used to do. Great video guys

Don't bother painting it, not because of the originality police (it's your car, do wtf you like with it) but because it's just not worth the expense - paintwork crazy expensive nowadays so not a sensible use of budget.

I think the paint will come up a treat with a proper detail. As it has sat so long, I would definitely give it a blast with some fallout remover (should really have been done before claying). Use a good pre wash snow foam (Bilt Hamber Autofoam is good), rinse and then wash with a non wax shampoo. Then clay again, do a light cut with a quality compound, wipe with iso prop panel wipe, inspect for defects and repeat if necessary. Once happy, get a good polishing pad and ideally a non resin polish (Autoglym SR polish is good, but has fillers and hides scratches, so good for a quick spruce up, but not if you are applying a sealant). Give it a couple of polishes with different grades of polish (maybe a 2,500 & 3,500 as it is a black car). Then important step, is to use a good panel wipe before applying any wax or sealant, to remove any polish, wax or residue. This ensures the final coat of sealant, bonds with the clearcoat or laquer and is not sitting on top of a coat of polish ( I like Bilt Hamber Cleanser for final step). Then apply a good wax or ceramic coat and should be good to go. Maybe get the paint defects sorted first though, as you will likely have to repeat the process if not when it has been done. Also, careful with that old school rotary on black paint. You can get good results with them, but very easy to get holograms in darker paints. Random orbital / mop is a safer option. I get that this was a quick detail to spruce it up a bit though and you probably had a better detail in mind for further down the line 🙂.