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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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Talking Overnight transformation - check it out

My 2001 arctic white Z28 M6 was totalled in a bad wreck with a semi on 1/24/05, may she rest in peace. I finally found a replacement, a 2000 Pewter Z28 M6. Well cared for, t-tops of course. I had a few parts stacked up for it in my room, since I got to take my modifications off the wrecked white car...I also kept on buying parts when I didn't have a car because I knew I'd be in another camaro soon enough

When I bought her:





I was so excited, I stayed up til 2am working on it. Oil change, new rear end fluid & installed G2 rear end girdle, new boxed panhard rod I made, bilstein HD shocks, eibach pro kit, new swaybar endlinks, 17" black ZR1 wheels, got rid of CAGS via the pcm, got rid of DRLs, painted the headlights, installed clearcorners, black tail panel, clear air lid, readjusted sloppily-installed pro 5.0 shifter, and detailed the car inside and out (still gotta tackle the engine bay).

















the making of the panhard rod! I just like the way welding shows up on camera.


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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Sweet, it looks great. Much better than it was before. Has that evil look to it.
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:20 PM
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Looks good but damn, have enough stickers on the windshield?
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MadIceV8
Looks good but damn, have enough stickers on the windshield?
Tell me about it!! I am in between NY/NC right now. I have to keep the NC inspection until I get back to NY. I have to keep the NY temporary inspection until I can get a regular NY inspection. The NYS registration sticker is also mandatory, and I need the other sticker for parking on campus!! lol I hate it too.
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 08:52 PM
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Damn It looks wicked. Nice job I feel inspired.....
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 09:10 PM
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Quite a transformation...good work!
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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WOW. Sounds like a full day!!!

What did it run?
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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thanks all
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you said "black tail panel" twice LOL, looks very, very nice. Didn't know about the wreck, sorry to hear about it. Now you just need to change your sig.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by kpowr82
you said "black tail panel" twice LOL, looks very, very nice. Didn't know about the wreck, sorry to hear about it. Now you just need to change your sig.
lol, I guess I was just really excited about it.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:05 AM
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Damn, Im tired just by reading all of the stuff you did to it!

Looks good, thats LOVE
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:54 AM
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Looks good man, IMO black and pewter always look good together.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:09 AM
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Those wheels look very good on your car!
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:13 AM
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Wow, looks awesome, whole new car. Judging by the lioness as your avatar, and the long hair in the picture, I'm going to try to play it safe and guess you are a girl. If so, welding, manual transmission, and muscle car.. that's hott.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:35 AM
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..i checked out her profile....thats pretty awesome.. i love to see women who work on their own cars, that love to get their hands dirty and especially weld,use cutting torch, etc.. your car is awesome and its good to know that there are some women out their who actually love to work on cars instead of b!tch and moan about them..(like mine does) good luck to you in the future and keep the mods coming....its like a dam drug i tell you.. well done
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 03:59 AM
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That looks so much better. You going to make it to the Gathering in Ga when it comes around?
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 09:00 AM
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nice work!
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 09:13 AM
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DAMN, looks A LOT better, i really like those black ZR1 wheels on the pewter car...original looking.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 11:37 AM
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That looks really good. Talk about a mod fest
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by redbandit98
..i checked out her profile....thats pretty awesome.. i love to see women who work on their own cars, that love to get their hands dirty and especially weld,use cutting torch, etc.. your car is awesome and its good to know that there are some women out their who actually love to work on cars instead of b!tch and moan about them..(like mine does) good luck to you in the future and keep the mods coming....its like a dam drug i tell you.. well done
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thanks I appreciate it. I wish I was into shoes or shopping or something it would be a lot cheaper then working on cars, lol. Wouldn't have it any other way though.
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