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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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...some friends and I got together on top of a parking garage (that we had all to ourselves thanks to Mike sneaking us in ).

I FINALLY broke down and bought new headlights and it was time to show them off

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The smoke was unfortunately from a real fire, NOT our tires...

Also, wasn't thinking about how friggin hot it would be on a roof all morning and ended up almost as red as Mike's car
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Oh, I forgot, the reason I put "Appearance finished?" in the title is I thought I was done but friends keep saying I need to powder coat my rims black (like Mike's, the red SS, are).

I think it might be too much... What do you guys think?
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Your car is stunning! I like everything you have done to it. But, I can't stand that clear section near the bottom of the headlight lense where the lense meets the housing....looks wierd with the whistler mod....if you know what I am talking about...

And I would say "NO" on powdercoating the rims, I think that would be a bit much...
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
Your car is stunning! I like everything you have done to it. But, I can't stand that clear section near the bottom of the headlight lense where the lense meets the housing....looks wierd with the whistler mod....if you know what I am talking about
Yeah, I f@cked up. I painted part of the lens but not enough. I painted before the texture and should have painted including the texture
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Yeah, I f@cked up. I painted part of the lens but not enough. I painted before the texture and should have painted including the texture
Its all good man. Most people don't notice it, but then you have nit-pickers like myself that point out stupid details like that. I actually did the same thing when doing the whistler to my headlights. I noticed that section and took them apart after they had already been glued back together. It sucked, but in the end it was worth it to me....

Car looks great! My favorite out of all the cars pictured! Keep up the good work!
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^^Not worth it to me This was the biggest PITA set of headlights because they were BRAND NEW GM (before people ask, ebay... no link just do a search) therefore when they came apart in the oven the silicon was so new it was like friggin mozzarella cheese getting stringy all over the place...
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Man where did you all get that plastic thing under your front bumpers???








JK! Your car looks great...very clean as always!
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What do you guys think about black rims?
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Great looking group of cars there.
I'm still undecided weather I like the look of the front splitter, but overall, your car is one of my favorites.
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cars look great, where did you purchase your grill from with the blue bowtie.
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cars look great, where did you purchase your grill from with the blue bowtie.
Ebay a LONG time ago...
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ok, i'll have do some research on that, unless anybody else has any idea.
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Originally Posted by 6LITEREATER
^^Not worth it to me This was the biggest PITA set of headlights because they were BRAND NEW GM (before people ask, ebay... no link just do a search) therefore when they came apart in the oven the silicon was so new it was like friggin mozzarella cheese getting stringy all over the place...
what about the ones I sold you? :lolL:
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Nice pics. Only thing I see missing is the tire shine. I think if you powder coat your rims leave the lip polished. An all black wheel tends to blend into the tire. Its probably cheaper to find some black Z06's.
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Originally Posted by The Guz
Nice pics. Only thing I see missing is the tire shine. I think if you powder coat your rims leave the lip polished. An all black wheel tends to blend into the tire. Its probably cheaper to find some black Z06's.
I can have them powder coated for around $200... Also, these are WAY lighter than the after market ones
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what about the ones I sold you? :lolL:
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