need more appearance mods...
Lol, definatly do something with that grille. I just pulled mine out, and had the holes filled. But even just removed without em filled looks 10x's better than a crappy stocker... On the antenna deal, just cut it off and find a rubber cap to put on it. Had mine like that for like 5 years. There's alot of little cheap things you can do to make it look "cleaner". The molding doesn't seem like alot, but when they're gone you'll notice how much better it looks. Plus its way easier to wax lol.
Chris
Chris
What I did wan twist off the metal ball at the end and cut the antenna on my grinder with a slight taper on the tip, then pressed the ball back on for a more factory look. Plus that way you don't have to try to find a rubber cap.
I tried that, but we couldn't for the life of us get it to come off. Just said hell with it and cut it off lol. It does look better with the ball put back on though. The coil relocation is a good idea too, I really like how the stock valve covers looked all polished up. Might have to do this to the Hawk. EDIT: Wonder if you could grind off the mounting stubs for the coil brackets?
Chris
Chris
yeah il try to get some pics later on today
all you need is some flat sheet metal that will hold it i used 18 gauge i think?cant remember lol
then i used a 1/4 inch all thread and a lot of nuts! like the whole box of them lol then just drill your holes and space them right anbd mount them!
you can do that also!
all you have to do is grind them off and jb weld the hole they leave if your gona paint them but if you gona polish then you have to get them welded the right way lol
all you need is some flat sheet metal that will hold it i used 18 gauge i think?cant remember lol
then i used a 1/4 inch all thread and a lot of nuts! like the whole box of them lol then just drill your holes and space them right anbd mount them!
I tried that, but we couldn't for the life of us get it to come off. Just said hell with it and cut it off lol. It does look better with the ball put back on though. The coil relocation is a good idea too, I really like how the stock valve covers looked all polished up. Might have to do this to the Hawk. EDIT: Wonder if you could grind off the mounting stubs for the coil brackets?
Chris
Chris
all you have to do is grind them off and jb weld the hole they leave if your gona paint them but if you gona polish then you have to get them welded the right way lol
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Here's a picture of my factory antenna cut. It's about 8 inches long I just took bolt cutters and cut it, then sanded the tip round then painted it black again and it looks perfect and very good. Very easy to do and looks great.
Also I vote a billet SS grille with SS in the center like the ones from 6LE.. I used to want the SLP grille but they are expensive then I got this one to tide me over and now I like it better. Here's a picture of mine on (you've probably seen them 100x already):
Also I vote a billet SS grille with SS in the center like the ones from 6LE.. I used to want the SLP grille but they are expensive then I got this one to tide me over and now I like it better. Here's a picture of mine on (you've probably seen them 100x already):
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Yeah the blue one is cool too..but I just don't like the idea of having blue on a car that has nothing else blue on it. Quick question, did you get your car tuned after the cam swap?
Yeah it sounds very very healthy and sounds amazing I'm considering putting that cam in my car. What kind of power do you make?
And the bow tie looks good..but the blue just looks off IMO and if you have and SS I think you should brag about it
And the bow tie looks good..but the blue just looks off IMO and if you have and SS I think you should brag about it
well im not sure bc i havnt done it yet but im pretty sure when you grind them down to be smooth it leaves a hole there? but you could get it welded at a fab shop or somthing but i have no idea how much it would be lol
