and 29 pages done! the car has come along way from where it began as the LT1 Z/28 to a what it is now. i had a 97 RS camaro and i know what you mean by the headlights just don't light up the road enough and i just love the look of the 98-02 4th gen's more than the 93-97. when/if you get the rear bumper from 6LE you'll love it! every time i walk out to my car i stop and stare at it lol
mine started as this

and now is this

the rear valance by 6LE is awesome to look at

glw your car and i'm subscribing to this thread!!! who knows, if my future pans out the way i'm hopin it does i'll be driving through that area in a year and a half or so and hopefully you still have this car!!! oh and the white SS you posted with the manta stripe is my buddy JC's camaro, it sexy in pics and looks even better in person!

 

Thanks alot! Your car looks beautiful as well. Love the red/black theme plus those wheels. Those are my ideal wheels...someday...I have a long list of stuff I want for this car. Hit me up if you are in the area. Ive been through alot with this Camaro and its not going anywhere!

 

Worked out a trade with usaf_hess on here to trade my LT1 taillights for his LS1 taillights.

Got these in the mail today...




Now the decision is to leave them as is or to copy 6Litereaters taillights...



So we will see...little touches here and there

 

Didnt take too long to get the taillights installed either. Wife isnt home tonight so I got to "play" in the garage for awhile.

The LS1 taillight swap was pretty simple. Took a total of about 30 minutes (while talking on the phone half the time!!)

I took some pictures to help anyone that plans on doing the swap. First I took the rear interior plastic panels out and pulled back the carpet covering the light locking tabs and removed the lights.

Sat them next to each other. LS1 taillight is on the top. LT1 taillight is on the bottom. Not too much difference really. Just the location of where the tab "hooks" are...



After test fitting the lights, turns out the lights all fit in the taillight holes but the two centermost "stop" tabs interfere with the sockets locking down all the way. So to fix this, I grab a kitchen knife and cut the tabs flush...



After the tabs are removed. Remember, just the two inner ones need it, the other ones fit fine.



LT1 taillight on the left, LS1 taillight on the right. Sorry for the quality, not the best lighting at night in the parking lot/garage...



Again, Ill try and get a better picture tomorrow morning in the light, but the LS1 taillights are installed and finished!

 

thank you man tbh i never pictured my car this way when i first bought it but the stripes were one of the first appearance mods done when i got the car (aside from pulling off the black pin striping on the side) if you get the same wheel don't be cheap and get sumitomo tires, get the bridgestone potenza. they hooked amazingly!!!! i'll let you know if and wehn i'm in the area good lock with the future of your car and btw the LS1 tailights look so much better

 

Hey man just read through this whole thread lol, took me a while. Glad the lights fit with no real issues and i cant wait to get the LT tails in the mail and slap em on the car, i just like the look of em so much better.

Thanks for the easy trade lol.

By the way you have the Eibach sportlines on your rear which is what i have all around and you have the pro kits on the front, i noticed as fella in the forsale section having a set of pro kit rears for sale pretty cheap. Just to give ya a heads up and you can get the stance right, otheriwse the car came along way and the finished result looks great.

 

Some daylight pictures of the LS1 taillight swap completed, forgive the dusty car though. Black is a tough color to keep clean...

 

Yeah, I have the sumitomo tires on the car now, they just spin. Id like to try and squeeze 315s on the rear anyways just cause I love the look of the wide tires on the back of these cars. Probably keep 275s in the front though. PM me for my number when the time gets closer.

Thanks, and hopefully the LT1s will work with you going to the sequential lights. They are boxed up and dropping them off after work monday so hopefully you will get them before the weekend!

 

NICE! that would be awsome, grab that sequintial kit off gaybay and go to town gettin it wired and the lights fitted.

Then i gotta call ANTLS1 and get his secret to the lit camaro lettering on what he used to keep it transparent and not let it run(sort of like a mold) when he added the new plastig in the lettering then i can button up the rear.

All thats left would be getting the block and crank back from the machine shop and starting assembly and hope she runs soon.

 

Nice! Send me pics when its all done! Sounds cool!

 

that happens to my buddy in his LT1 and he kept sayin "well i couldn't get traction, if i could i'd beat you" all i can do i laugh and point the tires out lol if you change the rear springs to match the front springs would want hate the btf mod in the fender wells. i have the prokit on mine with bilstein shock and i have no rubbing issues . . . make sure you have an adjustable panhard bar cause if you don't your rear end should be sticking out to the drivers side iirc. will do bud and am lookin forward to it!

 

I love getting car stuff in the mail...



Big Thank You to Emblempros.com. They customed made me some silver metallic SS decals with a stainless border to go along with the silver metallic Manta stripe that will be going on the Camaro soon. Also repainted the SS 10 spokes the same color silver. Should look pretty sharp!

Ill try and get these installed tomorrow morning!

 

Adjustable panhard is on the list...I still have some UMI tubular LCAs stilling on the shelf waiting until I purchase a PHB.

 

**** yea dude. It's comin together nice.

 

Installed the SS emblems and did a mini photoshoot after I waxed the Camaro. Still wish I could take better pics but I lack photo-taking skills. lol

Its amazing how small little details make (or break) a car. I love how the SS decals made the car look more complete I guess you would say. Just looked plain after the paint job and I gave my 69 z/28 to a buddy who wanted them more than I did.

The only thing is I think I may buy the SLP emblem for the other side of the taillight panel to even it out more. Other than that, just waiting on my buddy to repaint the 1/4s (possibly the entire car, we will see what wetsand and buffing leaves behind) and install the silver manta stipes I bought.

Here she is now with as an "SS"

 

yep looks damn good!

 

Thank you!

 

just read the whole thread! 10 sec budget car to ls1 body stunner! i wish my T/A looked half as good as your camaro!

 

looks good man. I would leave the stripes off but i guess i'm biased to a clean black SS haha

 

Im sure your T/A looks good, Im not happy with the paint on my Camaro. I want to redo it again. Keep finding scratches and dings for neighbors who cant park right.

I saw a article in one of my Chevy magazines on the Dale Sr 02 Camaros that were painted black with the silver manta stripe and they look beautiful. Only twist on that is I got the SS emblems to match instead of the typical silver/black emblems.