To Know if SS is Real
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To Know if SS is Real Before y'all start bitching at me telling me to read this , I have already read it. Now that I have that out of the way, commence bitching for any other purpose 
I have found a black 1999 Chevrolet Camaro SS with the optional Hurst shifter and only 11K miles. The thread mentioned above says to look in the door jam and look for a WU8 RPO code. Where exactly would I look on the driver's side, and what does "RPO" mean? Were all of the SS edition Camaros built by SLP or was everything built by GM with a few SLP parts that GM slapped on? The car is quite a few hundred miles away from me, but I have had a friend look at it for me along with the owner taking pictures of the door jams and all of that. He test drove it for me and said it ran like a raped ape (that coming from a modified Viper owner). The car is absolutely immaculate...I could eat off of the engine compartment, no one has ever even sat in the back seats, not a scratch on the entire car...you get the idea. I have told the owner that I will purchase it, so he is holding onto it for me for another week or so (when he returns from previously planned things). I am very excited to own this car and it sure looks like an SS, but I just want to make certain. It has all of the SS badges on the exterior, SS hood, SS spoiler, SS wheels. He is the original owner and specially ordered it in '98 and received at the end of that year as a '99 model.
Any help is greatly appreciated,
Tyler
EDIT: Also, is there any type of interior badging or stitching or anything else showing that it is an SS? I have seen a few SS's that have a plaque on the dash stating that it is an SS, while I have also seen others that do not.
I have found a black 1999 Chevrolet Camaro SS with the optional Hurst shifter and only 11K miles. The thread mentioned above says to look in the door jam and look for a WU8 RPO code. Where exactly would I look on the driver's side, and what does "RPO" mean? Were all of the SS edition Camaros built by SLP or was everything built by GM with a few SLP parts that GM slapped on? The car is quite a few hundred miles away from me, but I have had a friend look at it for me along with the owner taking pictures of the door jams and all of that. He test drove it for me and said it ran like a raped ape (that coming from a modified Viper owner). The car is absolutely immaculate...I could eat off of the engine compartment, no one has ever even sat in the back seats, not a scratch on the entire car...you get the idea. I have told the owner that I will purchase it, so he is holding onto it for me for another week or so (when he returns from previously planned things). I am very excited to own this car and it sure looks like an SS, but I just want to make certain. It has all of the SS badges on the exterior, SS hood, SS spoiler, SS wheels. He is the original owner and specially ordered it in '98 and received at the end of that year as a '99 model.
Any help is greatly appreciated,
Tyler
EDIT: Also, is there any type of interior badging or stitching or anything else showing that it is an SS? I have seen a few SS's that have a plaque on the dash stating that it is an SS, while I have also seen others that do not.
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This should help you out a little...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...light=RPO+code
Keep in mind that you can buy decals and dash plaques, along with hoods, wheels and just about everything and make a firehawk...it will not be the real thing but you can do it. So make sure it is what the seller says that it is..
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...light=RPO+code
Keep in mind that you can buy decals and dash plaques, along with hoods, wheels and just about everything and make a firehawk...it will not be the real thing but you can do it. So make sure it is what the seller says that it is..
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Originally Posted by sleepinghawk
This should help you out a little...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...light=RPO+code
Keep in mind that you can buy decals and dash plaques, along with hoods, wheels and just about everything and make a firehawk...it will not be the real thing but you can do it. So make sure it is what the seller says that it is..
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...light=RPO+code
Keep in mind that you can buy decals and dash plaques, along with hoods, wheels and just about everything and make a firehawk...it will not be the real thing but you can do it. So make sure it is what the seller says that it is..
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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
I am moreso just curious as to what the options are on it and all of the goodies.
Ask the seller if he has the shipping manifest usually found in the glove box. It list everything about the car and was required to import it from Canada. It is 'The Build Sheet', and is much more detailed then anything you can get from SLP.
Inside driver side door, a lot of 3 digit codes. there will be a WU8 if it is an SS. On the passenger side door there will be an SLP Options Sticker Only if it had SLP options added to the car.
Options:
Floor mats
Deck Mat
key fob
rims
dash plaque
exhaust
shocks
car cover
Options:
Floor mats
Deck Mat
key fob
rims
dash plaque
exhaust
shocks
car cover
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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
and what does "RPO" mean?
Keep in mind that some RPOs are not well know and could only be had with the help of a knowledgeable GM dealer.
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To the best of my knowledge, GM in-housed SS models starting in '98 and they all have the rpo code of WU8. But if the car came with any SLP options, it would have a rpo code of Y2Y next to WU8. Those cars where shipped to SLP for the upgraded options.
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So I guess mine does not have any slp options on it because I have no sticker on the pass. door. I have the WU8 code but not Y2Y code. Also I bought the car new and I did not get the build sheet with it. And there where not slp sticker either. So I guess i just got the Base SS package huh??? So could I still contact SLP for a build number?
Originally Posted by 02SS#406
Contact SLP with the VIN, and they will tell you the options that they added to the car, and the SLP # they gave it along with the production date.
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Originally Posted by blue-ss-camaro
So I guess mine does not have any slp options on it because I have no sticker on the pass. door. I have the WU8 code but not Y2Y code. Also I bought the car new and I did not get the build sheet with it. And there where not slp sticker either. So I guess i just got the Base SS package huh????
Yes, you can get the SLP build # , but it really means nothing. Instead, record, photograph, etc.. the drivers door RPO sticker showing WUB and preserve all the documents (window sticker, MSO, etc...) since you bought the car new. Go back to the dealer you bought it from and see if they by chance have a copy of the Shipping Manifest. It is the actual 'build sheet'.