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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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The 2nd appearance mod to the new SS. The car is sitting in the garage waiting for a part to get up and running so I figured I'd run out to Autozone and pick up some spray paint so I could do the "berger" mod as well as putting on my new stainless inserts that my lovely wife got me for Christmas.



The 1st mod was swapping out the horrible wheels that were on the car for some budget wagon wheels. Here is a few pictures.....



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Next appearance upgrade will be an SS spoiler that hopefully will be here in the next few weeks
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It really makes you wonder why these cars didn't come like that from the factory. Looks good man
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Thank ya sir and I wonder the same thing myself
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is your car a real SS? if so then what happened to your SS spoiler and SS hood.
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Indeed is a real SS. Previous owner got it repo'd and decided to strip it while it was still in his posession. Working on bring it back to it's old glory (with a sunoco hood instead of ss hood)!
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thats sad to hear.
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cool man good luck with the resto
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Looks good Brian.
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Looks good. Those wheels look sharp. Not a big fan of the Wagon Wheels, But the chrome ones look pretty good!!
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Aaaah man. I woulda traded ya rear panels and saved you some work lol... Looks good though.

I wonder how many 4th gen Camaro's have a scuffed rear bumper from the garage door coming down on it? LOL.....

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good to know you're not trying to "build" an SS.

that's completely sacrilegious in my eyes.
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Originally Posted by Mikey 97Z M6
Aaaah man. I woulda traded ya rear panels and saved you some work lol... Looks good though.

I wonder how many 4th gen Camaro's have a scuffed rear bumper from the garage door coming down on it? LOL.....

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More than you think... I know one WS6 that has that problem...

Car looks good! I want to paint my rear bezel black on the WS6.
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lookin good for sure
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