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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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Looks real good Luis, keep up the great work. Where did you go to get your stuff chromed?
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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westcoast platting in vista. good guys.
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 05:14 PM
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looks fucken sick Luis!
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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wow that looks amazing detail is the key
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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Beautiful work. I love those valve covers and the coil relocation.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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nice car luis like always you been having one of the best f-bodys in so cal.keep it up bro...
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 10:31 PM
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Good God, thats a lot of work. Good for you. Its realy starting to pay off.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 11:51 PM
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maybe u can detail my camaro next year.....ill pay u....good job luis
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 01:24 AM
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for sure. thanks guys.

update.


found a spot to mount the coils. i really like this spot since its hidden and its accessible by underneath the front bumper access underneath door.
psg side. i had to move the alarm horn a few inches.

drivers side. nice and clean



the cables came with number labels too. makes it easy to keep track of the coils.


now all i had to do is extend the coil harness with but connectors and some wire.


wrapped the wires in electrical tape.

this is how long they turned out to be.

and used wire loom to make it look clean and professional
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 01:25 AM
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i also went ahead and painted the master since it had some scratches on it.
before

after


got the manifold,valve covers and fuel rail back on.sorry for the pics. these are all taken after hrs.


I got the car started today everything works fine. i had a lil bit of smoking dues to old oil on the headders,but its all gone. everything is good to go.only problem i ran into is this.


i have to move the psg side coils a bit to the right. forgot our coolant reservoir have that big bottom belly.no biggie. I'll have to do that tomorrow night and start resembling the front bumper. friday i'll wash the car,sat full detail
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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looks really good man.

ps: i would peel that sticker off the side of your power steering resivor.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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Funny, I want to make everything black under the hood...
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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now all you need is one of these and a nice thong.





lol looks good luis..do you even drive the car anymore or r u turning into one of those jackass corvette owners like my dad who pulls the car out of the garage to wash it once a month and then put it back in to collect dust for another month.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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turned out awsome...great job
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Old Sep 9, 2010 | 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by redracer1
turned out awsome...great job
thasnks

Originally Posted by SSMOKIN_Y2KSS
now all you need is one of these and a nice thong.







lol looks good luis..do you even drive the car anymore or r u turning into one of those jackass corvette owners like my dad who pulls the car out of the garage to wash it once a month and then put it back in to collect dust for another month.
LMFAO! Sup bubba, get your *** down to the car show we're hosting this sunday. get your dad to drive you there.oh and my car has been sitting all fucken year do to the fucken paint issues.
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looks really good man.

ps: i would peel that sticker off the side of your power steering resivor.
yup
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Old Nov 3, 2010 | 01:13 AM
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the engine bay turned out great. forgot to post pics.

although today I picked up the CME from Westcoast platting along with a few other lil pieces i needed to finish up the SOM. they did a outstanding job as always.cant wait to install them.install pics coming soon.




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Old Nov 3, 2010 | 03:22 AM
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bad ***!!!
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Old Nov 3, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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Niceee! How much did they charge u to dipp the cme in chrome??
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Old Nov 3, 2010 | 03:31 PM
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310 for everything on that pic
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Old Nov 4, 2010 | 11:32 PM
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never posted pics of the finished product.
here's a few pics/ vid of the car and the engine bay we took at my car clubs photo shoot. I also threw in a few other ones so u get an idea of how she sits all around for those of you who havent seen her in person.

by the way i did chrome the headlight brackets,but i guess my father in law must have toss one in the trash since it was wrapped in newspaper. I had to get it redone that's why its not in the pics. anyways enjoy...













and a vid.
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