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Updated the 97 SS, must see!

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Old May 5, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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Default Updated the 97 SS, must see!

Well, I guess not a must see, but definatly a big improvement!!!

heres what I started out with:


and heres what happened this week!


I upgraded from the 97 SS spoiler, to the 98+ SS spoiler, got stainless SS emblems, and CAMARO inserts, all courtesy of DragonZ28 aka muffinbuster, and the cou de gra, the Center Mount Exhaust.
Thank god I finally got it all put on. Comments are welcome!

p.s you can really see the difference between the Stainless letters and the acrylic ones, made by Subthump.com.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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wow!... looks really good... i love that exhaust, but it looks every so slightly off center leaning just to the passenger side. could be the pic, i dunno... regardless that *** has a lot more character now!
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Old May 5, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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The center tips helped the car A LOT. Looks much better that way. I like the SS letters on it now a lot better as well. Good looking car.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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CME
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Old May 5, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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Big Improvement, love the CME
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Old May 5, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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You Suck!! You Sooo Suck!!! JK Man, I'm jealous of the CME update. Your Camaro looks sweet!
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Don't be jealous, I had to cough up over 400$ for those ******* tips. Goddamn SLP.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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Love the CME soooooooooo much better than those shot gun tips you had. The CME was one of the first mods I did, right after I got rid of those gawdy Red SS emblems. I see you did the same. Looks very nice!

Almost looks just like mine.

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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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Damn dude, I didn't realize how close!! Your car takes the cake though. Hottest SS on this forum!! Would I be a copycat if i got those stripes...
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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Hey SS LS1 MI looks like you have a twin in the garage there huh? Beautiful cars guys....
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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very nice looking ride
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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damn, that's a good looking rear-end

only thing i would change is to properly align the SLP emblem (down and to the right a tad) and some export taillights.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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Looks really nice man, at first I thought you painted your car black. The lighting made the first pic look like the car was Navy Blue. lol
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Old May 5, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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car looks good man, nice job. any thoughts about adding a manta stripe to the hood?
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Old May 5, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by platinumgta
Hey SS LS1 MI looks like you have a twin in the garage there huh? Beautiful cars guys....
That's the wife's 2001 SS, I installed the same stripes on her car as mine but it is NBM and has a Corsa with premium pro tips so I don't think she will give that up for the CME.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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yeah i gotta fix that slp emblem, it is kinda awkward, and i love the manta, but i think id rather get the 35th style silver metallic stripes. who knows, plus its an lt1, so the manta looks kinda weird since the intake is a bit wider than you ls1 guys.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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hey ss ls1 how hard was it to install the stripes? did you have experience?
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Old May 5, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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Do you still have your old SS spoiler??? If so you wanna sell it? BTW great looking car!


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Old May 5, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MM98
Do you still have your old SS spoiler??? If so you wanna sell it? BTW great looking car!

Mike
I beat you to it! But he's keeping it anyways....
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Old May 5, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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Looks great!!!
Now I want a CME!!!!!
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