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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 05:16 PM
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^hmm that might be. even so i wanna get rid of the pump and all the hoses. thats a good bit of weight i could stand to shed. thanks for pointing that out.
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 06:27 PM
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Have you considered removing the side molding? I would paint the wheels black until you get some other ones.
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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manta stripe and black the center of the back up

and remove side moldings
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 08:17 PM
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gloss black berger and bowtie grill ASAP
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Old Feb 7, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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def not a fan of the berger, but i do want a bowtie grille.

i'll have to search for pics of camaro's with out side moldings. haven't even thought about that.

and i'll have to think about black rims. haven't decided if i like that. hmmmm...
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 12:34 AM
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-!air and !egr
-!wire mod
-polish everything!
-!side moldings
-paint your intake
-reloacate your fuse boxes, battery, and evap.

thats almost all free stuff lol or very cheap!
i like the painted wheels idea also!
nice car either way!!
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 02:35 AM
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egr is deleted, still need to get rid of the air though.

wire mod?

batt relocation is on my list, just forgot to mention it.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:53 AM
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I had my side moldings pulled when it was painted, I'm in League City too if you want to come look at it. I can help you with shortening the antenna too, I'm doing mine soon.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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really u r? i haven't seen you...hmmmmmmmmm. do u not drive your camaro very much? what part of LC? i live right by clear creek hs.

but yeah i'll probly take u up on that offer.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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No, just got it back from the paint guy yesterday and only had it about a week before it went in. I usually drive my truck, F150 SuperCrew that smoked the tires trying to mess with you @ 518 and 45 a couple of weeks ago.....

I'm over on the West side by Friendswood in Westover Park.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by brian_rs/ss
i'll have to search for pics of camaro's with out side moldings. haven't even thought about that.
This is what your car would look like w/ !mold mod.



What have others failed to mention...

!SS hood, !SS spoiler for Z28 hood and spoiler.

This is what I did to my engine bay.


Simple stuff, polished outside of TB and the canister looking thing for the A/C, Painted the BMR STB gloss black, painted the LS6 intake Dark Shadow Grey and bought that fancy smanchy MTI clear lid.
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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here this is the wire mod its really easy and look so much better!


https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...al-inside.html
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 12:09 AM
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Remove the side moldings, and do something with that grille IMMEDIATELY! SLP grille, billet grille, painted stock grille, no grille, whatever. Nice car
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 01:37 AM
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bene, DCC, SKZ28, thanks guys for the input. appreciate it.

side moldings...can't even tell the diff...i mean i can but not so much where its like: i gotta get rid of them right now. but yeah it looks better, and yeah i'll probly get around to pulling them off...eventually.

grille...yes my fav grille is the black billet w/ blue bowtie. $150 from 6LE..**** yeah i can do that.

wire mod? yeah probly. i like how clean it looks.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 07:44 AM
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I bought the black billet from 6LE without the bowtie. I think that grille with a white SS badge would look good on your car. But I also like the SLP SS grille. And for sure go for the wire mod, looks so much cleaner.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by brian_rs/ss
side moldings...can't even tell the diff...i mean i can but not so much where its like: i gotta get rid of them right now. but yeah it looks better, and yeah i'll probly get around to pulling them off...eventually.
It's the little things that make a big difference. I felt like pulling off my side molding made a big difference on my car. I would say lower it, and get rid of the stock grill. Then spend the rest of the money on all those go fast parts you want.

I think I saw your car at the Kemah meet this weekend. I had the white SS with the gray manta you parked kind of close to.
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Old Feb 11, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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^o ok that was you. i saw the tech sticker and was like hmmm i wonder who that is. i coulda swore u had a pewter ss though...idk y.

ok so anyways i will have about 150ish bux to spend at the end of this month, should i do the 6LE billet grille with the blue bowtie?



or coil relocation kit, and polish/paint my valve covers?

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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 12:35 AM
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Wire mod, cut your antenna shorter, Clear gloss paint on your grill, tint the side windows, Paint your wheels like hlaalu, hell just copy his car lol.
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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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wire mod will be done eventually, i don't really care about a shorty antenna, i'm not keeping the stock grille, windows are tinted, not gonna paint the ss rims.

so back to my last question^

coil relocation or grille?
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Old Feb 12, 2010 | 01:48 AM
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grille!

now do something with the car already.
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