SOM WS6 pictures - new showcar project
 

We just picked this car up friday, and we will be doing some tasteful appearance mods to it. This is 1 of 170 2001 SOM WS6 cars made with an automatic transmission. It also has a very rare 2-tone camel/black interior. I am guessing that it is probably 1 of less than 100 with the same build, but from my gathering they did not keep track of production based upon interior. If they did, I would appreciate it if someone can point me in the direction to find out these numbers. Needless to say, it is a very rare car.

Okay, the car is dirty. I just drove through Louisiana and Mississippi swamp land and smacked about 435y3289y4 bugs. A 1,110 mile trip will make a car dirty. I only did a quick hose down before these pics.

Plans for the car:
Baer Eradispeed rotors
Boyd Smoothies, staggered 17s up front, 18s in the back
polished brake calipers
Polished underhood pieces
stainless steel underhood mirrors
Stryker14 custom airbrushed pieces with stainless steel accents
Corsa exhaust tips
Full stainless steel exterior dress items, including some that are not already shown in the pics

Before we put anything on it
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ADDED FRONT BIRD - STAINLESS
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ADDED HOOD GRILLES - STAINLESS
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The 1980 Z and the 2001 WS6 - The Z will be going up for sale tomorrow.
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Let me here some feedback as to the direction I am taking :devil:

car looks great and I'm sure will look amazing after you do all the mods your planning on doing.

I'm not digging the stainless but the car is beautiful nonetheless

stainless side grilles and chrome lug nut covers. Maybe even some clear corners.

Nice car, dont do smoothies, u can do much better.

I like. makes me wish I had a garage.

Congrats and look forward to seeing updated pics with your planned mods. :)

that bird is screamin for some Zaino ;)

Oh yeah, we're doing the Zaino route soon. What products do you guys recommend?

The car now has stainless side vents and PONTIAC bumper fill-ins. All it needs is the Trans Am door emblems and it's set with my products.

As far as the Smoothies go, I am about 100% stuck on them. I have always loved them, and this car is begging for some of them. Plus, I think they will show the Eradispeed rotors and polished calipers off. :chug:

Not bad!! I'm not feeling the hood inserts, but you are heading in the right direction!! Do you have any interior pics?? The first SOM WS6 I looked at had the color combo and I instantly didn't like it, so I ordered mine with Ebony, it just didn't seem to mesh well with SOM I thought.

Here are a couple:

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Personally, I like it, but about 25% of people I know do not like it.

looks awesome!

Yeah, I just can't warm up to it, but it's the outside that matters!!!

mmmm, I would have gone black instead of stainless.

There is a local that had a SOM WS6 and with the black inserts it looked really great.

I love the color, my wife doesn't :(

I went with black also, I like it because it almost seems like it should have been done like that right from the factory. I didn't do the Trans Am on the doors though, I thought it might be overkill, so I just did the bird on the front and PONTIAC in the rear.

Don't listen to him. The inserts look good. I have them on mine and it really set the car off. Don't forget about the fender vents. The make the chrome inserts for them as well. You are going the right way. Have fun with it. Oh, and by the way, the all around car looks good. :cheers:

as far as the zaino, all u need is the claybar, z-1 and z-2.

Don't care for the stainless grilles either. The bird looks okay though. I think an SOM WS6 looks about 95% perfect on the exterior as-is, they just need wheels and lowering springs. Camaros need a lot of help, but Firebirds look great with just wheels.

That interior isn't factory installed leather, its aftermarket (dealership) installed leather. I had the same setup done back in '98 but the opposite way. Mine started as tan but I had the dealer install gray leather seats and door panel inserts.

I dont know Nine Ball, that leather looks factory to me.

It might be OEM skins, but I can assure you the car came with gray leather from the factory. The color of the carpet, seatbelts, lower seat plastic, and panels will tell you that. They never made factory 2-tone seats except for the white leather interiors on the 30th T/A, look at the pics I posted for the opposite example.

I'm guessing the buyer wanted tan seats, and the dealership had tan skins installed. Its not "factory" its a dealership installed item. Happens all the time, the dealership installed my gray leather too.