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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 09:42 AM
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Car looks fantastic. I love that spoiler. I want to get one for mine one day.
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Speedy
Love it, nice job. What a beautiful car that will be when you are done. I actually liked the body kit. Are you going to put it back on?
the body kit will be going back on, it will be one of the last things put back on this car along with all its new badges.
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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 10:36 PM
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some photos from the body shop the other day









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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 10:49 PM
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the hood still needs to be sanded and the front bumper needs to be primed and and sanded but its getting there. I was informed that the those two parts would be done today.


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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Well guys the majority of the car is done. All that's left is what you see that needs to be sprayed, put back together, final wet sanding and buffing. the front bumper cover still needs to be cut into and the black gloss applied, where it was on the previous bumper.








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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 02:33 PM
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Well guys thats it for now. I'll be taking more photos come friday. End of next week and the car will be completely done.

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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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Nice job on a really nice car. I believe in the long run those Camaros will be classics. Body kit really suits that year of Camaro, and the engine sounds great. Now it looks pristine, just the way it should be. Congrats.
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 08:51 PM
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Great news everyone, all the parts have been officially painted and are ready to be put back on the car. Also got most of the new window and door molding in today. To my surprise on how over cast it was today, one photo i took still shows my reflection. so here are the photos from today, I was not able to get photos of the hood, seeing that it was in the paint booth drying.








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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 09:52 PM
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Looks Awesome! Congrats on making the car look like Brand new... where did you get the door molding from?
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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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All of the door and window molding was ordered by the shop from hawksthirdgen.






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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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Well guys the car is 100% complete. Put her away in storage, now I can direct all my attention to the 02' SS. thanks guys I'll post up photos in the spring, when the car comes back out again.








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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 11:53 AM
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I'll leave this thread for a while with this video, hope you guys enjoy, please let me know what you think, feel free to comment on the video

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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 06:14 PM
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Got some caliper covers for the Z. Here are some before and after photos I took of the rear calipers. I still have have to put the fronts on. Now that I think about it I should have gotten the ones that have "camaro" engraved into them. Oh well I guess the SS will get that.




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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 07:42 PM
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idk if it is just me but i cant see any of the photos. i generally dont like the body kits on these cars but your wears it well. i am getting a low boost 383 lt1 built by golen engines for my 94, cant wait for it to be done. bad *** car!
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Old Nov 15, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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here is a video of my n/a lt1 396 putting down 441 rwhp with 402 fpt. just show that lt1 still has a quit a bit to offer.
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Old Nov 16, 2013 | 10:19 AM
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All your vids are of it stopping. How about some of it going?

A testament to how shitty SLP's paint was they used. My hood, same color, looks almost the same.
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Old Nov 16, 2013 | 10:23 AM
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Glad to hear your enjoying it. How many miles have you put on it?
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Had my msd opti spark take a crap on me so this is what I went with. The torquehead 24x conversion kit. It's not for the faint of heart in price but this 396 should preform awesome. The photos were taken from the shop doing the swap. And the one photo taken from torquehead website. I want to thank tune time performance for the work they are doing.
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