sweet build so far man.. curious to see the push button start install.

I also might have those plastic covers for the wipers.. shoot me a PM to remind me

 

Car looks very good. Very mean/clean front end.

 

^ Thanks guys!!!

Today was busy. Spent the day prepping, painting, and clearing the underside of Jasons hood while he finished up installing my LCAs. He fought the last LCA hard and ended up cutting it up into pieces to get it out, but whatever, its out and the new UMIs are all installed! Thanks again bro! I appreciate the help!

After that, thought I would knock off a couple of the things on my To Do List of stuff I overlooked/rushed in the hurry to get the Camaro together. First was way back when I sold my 99 Trans Am. I let my Fernco "bellow" go with the Trans Am so I could hook up the LS1 lid up easier on my 94. (When putting the stock airbox back on, it was easier with the Fernco bellow for some reason )

Anyways, I picked up another Fernco "bellow" at Home Depot and installed it only to find out it was a tad too short. Soooo...I started searching my extra parts bin and found a bellow from Spectra that I got somehow. I slid that over the SLP lid and IAT hole (which I relocated behind the grill) and over the MAF. Should flow alot better. Im sure theres no real gains but I guess if it helps just a little, what the hell...





Then I had a little bit of time left so I started reinstalling the front sway bar which I removed back when I was turning the Camaro into a race car. I got the sway bar installed, just need to hook up the end links tomorrow.

Picked up some new Energy Suspension end links while I was at it...



The whole assembly with the brackets...Again Thanks Jason for this part!

 

Don't do the stripe Mike... no no no. It takes away the bad-assness of the blackness in my opinion. (If that makes any sense)

 

No real news to report as of lately. Just been enjoying driving the Camaro to and from work.

I did manage to wire up the s2000 push button start last night with the help of a neighbor whos really good with electrical stuff and finished installing it this evening after work. Looks really nice and an improvement over the sig lighter (i dont smoke)



Another cool thing is the lettering on the button lights up at night. No real purpose for this other than the cool factor as I wired it up so I can start the car normally if I want to as well.

 

Little by little during the breaks in the rain, I am wetsanding the front clip and the SS spoiler. Hoping once I do that and buff the rest of the car, the paint should match a little better and all I will need to do is to have the old spoiler holes in the 1/4 panel welded up and painted. I have the hood and fenders wetsanded with 2000 grit, just need to finish the bumper and spoiler along with any scratches picked up from neighbors in the parking lot. Wouldnt mind picking up some 3000 grit to go over the entire car as well for a better finish.

Ill try and grab some pics of the wetsanding/buffing process. The Camaro is sitting outside right now in the rain.

After I buff the Camaro, going to install the silver metallic Manta stripe I bought awhile back. Should look good. My 6LE splitter is up for sale right now as well since I want to run the factory ground effects on the Camaro.

Another quick project if the rain lets up later is to swap my Eibach rear spings for the stockers with the "Heater Hose" mod done to them so my car doesnt look like its squating in the rear.

My wife did drive the Camaro by herself to work for the first time the other day and said she liked driving the car. So hopefully make a Camaro fan out of her. (She currently hates cars or anything to do with them-probably because thats all I talk about lol)

 

Snapped some pictures of my progress from Wednesday. I ended up getting the entire front clip wetsanded. Had alot of dust and orange peel. I got all of it out though with 2000 grit. Waiting on a friend to get me some 3000 grit from his work.

Here are a few pics of the Camaro all wetsanded. Kind of a bummer the car is like this right now (cant get into my uncles detail shop until Sunday since they are so busy) since the weather is sunny and high 60s today. Would be a great day just to go out and cruise with the Ttops off. This is the first day without rain in probably 2 weeks.

The hood and the fenders done, just need to do the spoiler and front bumper...



Bumper is all sanded (as far as I can get the buffer to go, the rest of the spots shouldnt be too noticable and no imperfections in those areas other than the normal orange peel...



Also Jason helped me out while I was working on the brakes of his Tahoe by removing my Eibach springs (sat too low, made the rear look like it was squating) and I got my stock springs and did the Heater Hose Mod to them. Which if you dont know, you can lower the rear by an inch simply by removing the "spring cup" and sliding heater hose over the top coil to act as the insulator for the spring. After driving the car for awhile, the suspension actually felt a little better than it did with the Eibachs and gave the Camaro a slight raked look which is how I like the car. Wouldnt mind a little more tire to fill in the wheelwell gap but thats for another project...

I didnt grab any pictures since it was dark out when we did this, but pretty simple. If anyone has any questions, let me know or I think there is a write up for this in the suspension forum.

Closeup of the rear after the Heater Hose Mod...No more 4x4 look of the factory and no more squating of the rear with the Eibachs...



Overall shot of the progress of the wetsanding and the stance with the Eibachs out...

 

I miss the looks of the LT1 camaro you had lol I know its the same car. The LS1 looks good to!!!

 

it's sitting a lot better now mike

 

Car looks good. Off topic maybe, but have you seen the thread in the stereo section about adding MP3/iPod player ability to your factory head unit?? I only haunt the LT1 section on here, but stumbled across it trying to read up on what I'd have to do to add a factory CD changer. What a find it was!! For a few hours work and $3 I can now plug in an iPod or a MP3 player and it plays better than a cd. When I was looking at the pics of your push button start it occured to me that is a mod you'd appreciate.

 

Well...spent all yesterday (literally 9 am to 8 pm) buffing and waxing the Camaro. (I also hit the headlights with the buffer as well, those cleaned up nice too) Went over with a whool pad and Meguars Ulimate Compound which didnt cut too well so took forever to get the front clip done. Then I whool padded the rest of the Camaro to go over several spots I missed when I first wetsanded and buffed the Camaro after paint. Although the buffing took forever with the front clip, the shine actually was really good with the compound itself, just left swirl marks that I had to take out with Meguars Ulimate Polish and then I hit the car with a coat of Carnuba wax. I still have to wetsand and buff the spoiler since I removed it to buff under the spoiler.

Cleaned up nice...kinda hard to tell in pictures though, but no more orange peel or imperfections other than the old spoiler holes and the fit of the SS spoiler...




Close up of the nose...



Took a couple distance shots from my balcony...




Now just need to finish the spoiler, clean the wheels/tires (repaint wheels one day) and polish the exhaust tips.

 

Worked out a trade for my SS wheels. Trading them for a some black Z06 Motorsport wheels with the polished lip. 17x9.5s front/18x10.5s rear. I really wanted chrome or the gunmetal color but guess this will do for now. (Can always dip them or paint them) Driving down to Springfield (5 hours) Sunday to meet the guy halfway to trade.

I will need some 315 tires for the rear if anyone has a set? I know brand new they will be expensive!

 

I always wanted a push button start

 

What size heater hose do you use for the rear springs?

 

5/8 If I remember correctly. 1/2 was my first attemt. Got it halfway on and no matter how much I soaked it with WD40, wouldnt budge, so just went one size bigger. Went on no issues.

 

Did something happen to your driver's side front fender or to your mirror? They aren't lined up at all now.

 

Yeah, I forgot when I painted the car, I just snugged up the mirror bolts after they were painted

 

Going on a 9 hour round trip tomorrow to pick up some Z06 wheels for my Camaro. Just wanted to see how my car would look with some black wheels. (The rears are the wheels I am using on my 3rd Gen project)



I think the black wheels will look good on the car. Hopefully its not too much black. We will see tomorrow...

Also fixed the rear bumper "Warp" issue. I think it got warped a little from no rear crash support in the back. Had to drill a hole and run a extra bolt through under the taillight panel to fix it. All good now!

 

10 spokes are hard to beat, best OEM wheels that came on 4th Gens. Although Z06/ZR1's are nice replacements. I always liked the grey C5/Z06 ones...

-Dustin-

 

Im thinking of painting them that grey color...trying to find somewhere with paint thats an exact match. Should have installed pics tomorrow though of the new wheels.