My Camaro Rebuild part one, Whp Lsh Begins
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Hey guys, Ive been pretty busy for the last few months so ive been slackin on gettin these up, but i wanted to give you guys an update on the car i picked up exactly one year ago and what ive been doing to it. Here the original thread of when i got it The car is far from done. This IS NOT the Final color of the car, rather just something badass i could live with while doing the body work and suspension.
The car is definatly comming completely back apart for some sick color, i wanted blue at first, but they are too common, im tore between two really sick colors, but i cant reveal those untill its painted
Here she is in the shop. Fugly
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I Started at the back bumper and begain stripping it down. It had about 6 silver paint jobs on it, i like to strip everything first, and do custom work after i know what im working with.
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2058.jpg)
Then i picked up an SS spoiler from ebay, Now ive seen the threads that people say they fit great.. Well mine fit like
and was really wavey, I would probably hate the stock fitment to, but anyway i fit it to my hatch and fixed all the waves and pinholes.![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2038.jpg)
Terrible fit, countours were all off, and the gaps were scary.
Fittin her to the body![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2144.jpg)
The car is definatly comming completely back apart for some sick color, i wanted blue at first, but they are too common, im tore between two really sick colors, but i cant reveal those untill its painted
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Here she is in the shop. Fugly
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2034.jpg)
I Started at the back bumper and begain stripping it down. It had about 6 silver paint jobs on it, i like to strip everything first, and do custom work after i know what im working with.
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2040.jpg)
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Then i picked up an SS spoiler from ebay, Now ive seen the threads that people say they fit great.. Well mine fit like
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Fittin her to the body
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Then the real fun begain, Now i knew the car had been in some accidents, and i started to strip the quarters down to bare metal like every car i do, and... Tons of Bondo, terrible metal work, and screw holes from an old school slide hammer![MAD](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_mad.gif)
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Gonna hammer and dolly this baby flat just like the T/a for max tire clearence
After a ton of hammer and dolly work, and lots of heat shrinkin and welding with the torch,![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2235.jpg)
And some high build![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2336.jpg)
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After a ton of hammer and dolly work, and lots of heat shrinkin and welding with the torch,
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2235.jpg)
And some high build
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Then moved my way on to the fenders, the pass side had a newer GM fender on it, so it wasnt COVERED in paint like the rest of the car ![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2065.jpg)
Then it was time for the hood. Im not sure of the make of the hood as there are no markings on it, but i assure you its the biggest piece of trash in the world, it fit like crap, it had more waves then the pacific, and more cracks then harlem. But i had it, so..![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2201.jpg)
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And block and highbuild again..![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2339.jpg)
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Then it was time for the hood. Im not sure of the make of the hood as there are no markings on it, but i assure you its the biggest piece of trash in the world, it fit like crap, it had more waves then the pacific, and more cracks then harlem. But i had it, so..
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And block and highbuild again..
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Ya gotta Fit everything if you want prefection, Even from the factory fit and finish sucks, spoiler goes on for the 100th time, and fitting the rear sail panel. ![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2461-1.jpg)
4th gens have Really sloppy taillight gaps, and my car just happened to have some holes from a moron using an old slide hammer to try to pull a dent, so i welded up the taillight gaps closer then factory, very stuble change but park it next to another 4th gen and its clear as day
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2234.jpg)
Blacked out my lights, and now tons of fitting![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2372.jpg)
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4th gens have Really sloppy taillight gaps, and my car just happened to have some holes from a moron using an old slide hammer to try to pull a dent, so i welded up the taillight gaps closer then factory, very stuble change but park it next to another 4th gen and its clear as day
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Blacked out my lights, and now tons of fitting
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Once the back was good it was time to say bye to that lock ![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2500.jpg)
Welded up the old lock hole, and glassed up the old hole in sail panel![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2502.jpg)
I Also shaved the 3rd brake light on the spoiler, ill try to find the pics of that
6LE hooked me up with a rear Valance, and it just had to be molded![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2484-1.jpg)
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Welded up the old lock hole, and glassed up the old hole in sail panel
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2502.jpg)
I Also shaved the 3rd brake light on the spoiler, ill try to find the pics of that
6LE hooked me up with a rear Valance, and it just had to be molded
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After i had the back pretty much set, i decided to pull the front apart and see what kind of mess i had up front.. Well thats what it was, a Mess. The front outer frame rail was replaced at one point by some serious hacks, They TRIED to weld it in, but None of the welds got any good penetration ![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2635.jpg)
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That was all drilled out, welded, and then i even seam welded all of the heavy contact ponts to really stiffen up the frame.![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2699.jpg)
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That was all drilled out, welded, and then i even seam welded all of the heavy contact ponts to really stiffen up the frame.
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Cant have a sick paint job with a crappy underhood, so this was all smoothed out ![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2569.jpg)
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i Also got rid of my stock bat box/ over flow, and welded up the hole under that, then i got a small overflow from jegs, and relocated it out of sight.
I couldnt have the back bumper and no side skirts, and i really hate all the aftermarket ones, so i got a set of trans am skirts and modified them to fit on my car. They had to be modified alot to get an OEM fit that i need, but in the end they fit like a glove Heres mine next to a stocker, they might look close, belive me alot of work goes into getting them to fit like oem![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2453.jpg)
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Gota mod the fender to make it look perfect
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2569.jpg)
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i Also got rid of my stock bat box/ over flow, and welded up the hole under that, then i got a small overflow from jegs, and relocated it out of sight.
I couldnt have the back bumper and no side skirts, and i really hate all the aftermarket ones, so i got a set of trans am skirts and modified them to fit on my car. They had to be modified alot to get an OEM fit that i need, but in the end they fit like a glove Heres mine next to a stocker, they might look close, belive me alot of work goes into getting them to fit like oem
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Cars2453.jpg)
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Gota mod the fender to make it look perfect
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The driver side of the car was no better, with a dented and kinked outer frame rail, i was lucky enough to get a new one from GM and i changed it out and seam welded the driver side, i broke my camera so i dont think i have any pics of this but ill check. After all that hard work i bolted her back together and thew on the trans ams old wheels as they can no longer fit with its narrowed 9in.
I also re did the whole undercarraige and suspension, of course all painted and detailed, And i have a few custom interior pieces, should have my new cam by thursday and ill be making new threads for those. I also have tons of parts wating for this thing, Another set of recaros, Big brakes, and a fresh motor.
Here she is freshly bolted back together. Dont mind the primer on the rocker, i also shaved the little seam from the rocker to quarter. This is with the old suspension and lights.![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Picture358.jpg)
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At work with bosses camaros![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Picture490.jpg)
More recent pic with my modifed stock lights/ Audi xenon, and suspension and 6LE grill
I also re did the whole undercarraige and suspension, of course all painted and detailed, And i have a few custom interior pieces, should have my new cam by thursday and ill be making new threads for those. I also have tons of parts wating for this thing, Another set of recaros, Big brakes, and a fresh motor.
Here she is freshly bolted back together. Dont mind the primer on the rocker, i also shaved the little seam from the rocker to quarter. This is with the old suspension and lights.
![](http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/ultimateauto08/toms%20camaro/Picture358.jpg)
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At work with bosses camaros
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More recent pic with my modifed stock lights/ Audi xenon, and suspension and 6LE grill
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It definatly wouldnt be cheap, the rear bumper still needs blocking and what not, but i also got rid of the side markers, and modified the way the bumper mounts, the front bumper im making is gona be a close replica to the sonoco and thats gonna take some time too