Got SOM new stuff done
03-31-2008, 04:28 PM
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Got SOM new stuff done Super chevy was around the corner and i needed to pull something out of my sleave to get the judges attention.I ended up painting my ls6 amni SOm along with the coils and some other stuff. I'll start with the easy stuff.
1.Polished hood shocks
before
after
here u can see the difference
small write up=
wet sand 400grid,800 grid,1000grid,1500grid. finish by touching it up with mothers alluminum Mag and polish for that xtra shine.
Lincense plate holder/bracket
12.00 from ebay
before
after
door sills
I got these from ebay for 13.00.they give the car a nice touch.
1.Polished hood shocks
before
after
here u can see the difference
small write up=
wet sand 400grid,800 grid,1000grid,1500grid. finish by touching it up with mothers alluminum Mag and polish for that xtra shine.
Lincense plate holder/bracket
12.00 from ebay
before
after
door sills
I got these from ebay for 13.00.they give the car a nice touch.
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Painting manifold/coils/brackets.
before
I really wanted to chrome my coils brackets, but the lowest price I got was 90.00 and it would take 2 weeks for them to be done. I picked up duply colors chrome paint. at first i thought it would look tacky and cheap, but that paint made miracles. it turn out great.
write up=
2 coats of adheasive promotor,2 coats of hitemp primer,2 coats of your choice of color,3 coats of clear.
SOM ls6 Manifold
write up=wet sand 400 grid,600,800,1000,1500.
3 coats of adhesive promotor,3, coats of primer,3 coats choice of color,4 coats of clear.
As far as the SOM paint goes I couldnt get the original paint from Gm on time. I was 3 days away from the show.I went to Pepboys and found similar color made by duply color. they call it copper metallic.It's about 90% close to SOM.I was very happy with it.
hi temp primer
SOM/copper Paint
clearI dont know why, but the clear made the SOM paint fall off.it didnt react well.So i just resprayed the manifold with 3 more coats of SOM
finished product
you can see my polished water pump andthe new slp maf form this view
before
I really wanted to chrome my coils brackets, but the lowest price I got was 90.00 and it would take 2 weeks for them to be done. I picked up duply colors chrome paint. at first i thought it would look tacky and cheap, but that paint made miracles. it turn out great.
write up=
2 coats of adheasive promotor,2 coats of hitemp primer,2 coats of your choice of color,3 coats of clear.
SOM ls6 Manifold
write up=wet sand 400 grid,600,800,1000,1500.
3 coats of adhesive promotor,3, coats of primer,3 coats choice of color,4 coats of clear.
As far as the SOM paint goes I couldnt get the original paint from Gm on time. I was 3 days away from the show.I went to Pepboys and found similar color made by duply color. they call it copper metallic.It's about 90% close to SOM.I was very happy with it.
hi temp primer
SOM/copper Paint
clearI dont know why, but the clear made the SOM paint fall off.it didnt react well.So i just resprayed the manifold with 3 more coats of SOM
finished product
you can see my polished water pump andthe new slp maf form this view
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03-31-2008, 05:50 PM
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Looks great. Who did the etching on your battery cover? And do the door sill plates rub or anything? Is the letters just stickers? Could you please PM me with the seller as well...I would love to get a set of my WS6 too (like the guy above I was wondering what the looked like!)
i like the "write ups" 
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looks good! and I know the owner of the blue 67 chevelle in the background of one of the Super Chevy pics (if its the 396 chevelle i do, not the other blue 502 that was there)
