incase you western members like apperance mods
03-31-2008, 04:57 PM
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incase you western members like apperance mods Super chevy was around the corner and i needed to pull something out of my sleave to get the judges attention.I ended up painting my ls6 amni SOm along with the coils and some other stuff. I'll start with the easy stuff.
1.Polished hood shocks
before
after
here u can see the difference
small write up=
wet sand 400grid,800 grid,1000grid,1500grid. finish by touching it up with mothers alluminum Mag and polish for that xtra shine.
Lincense plate holder/bracket
12.00 from ebay
before
after
door sills
I got these from ebay for 13.00.they give the car a nice touch.
1.Polished hood shocks
before
after
here u can see the difference
small write up=
wet sand 400grid,800 grid,1000grid,1500grid. finish by touching it up with mothers alluminum Mag and polish for that xtra shine.
Lincense plate holder/bracket
12.00 from ebay
before
after
door sills
I got these from ebay for 13.00.they give the car a nice touch.
03-31-2008, 04:58 PM
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Painting manifold/coils/brackets.
before
I really wanted to chrome my coils brackets, but the lowest price I got was 90.00 and it would take 2 weeks for them to be done. I picked up duply colors chrome paint. at first i thought it would look tacky and cheap, but that paint made miracles. it turn out great.
write up=
2 coats of adheasive promotor,2 coats of hitemp primer,2 coats of your choice of color,3 coats of clear.
SOM ls6 Manifold
write up=wet sand 400 grid,600,800,1000,1500.
3 coats of adhesive promotor,3, coats of primer,3 coats choice of color,4 coats of clear.
As far as the SOM paint goes I couldnt get the original paint from Gm on time. I was 3 days away from the show.I went to Pepboys and found similar color made by duply color. they call it copper metallic.It's about 90% close to SOM.I was very happy with it.
hi temp primer
SOM/copper Paint
clearI dont know why, but the clear made the SOM paint fall off.it didnt react well.So i just resprayed the manifold with 3 more coats of SOM
finished product
you can see my polished water pump andthe new slp maf from this view
before
I really wanted to chrome my coils brackets, but the lowest price I got was 90.00 and it would take 2 weeks for them to be done. I picked up duply colors chrome paint. at first i thought it would look tacky and cheap, but that paint made miracles. it turn out great.
write up=
2 coats of adheasive promotor,2 coats of hitemp primer,2 coats of your choice of color,3 coats of clear.
SOM ls6 Manifold
write up=wet sand 400 grid,600,800,1000,1500.
3 coats of adhesive promotor,3, coats of primer,3 coats choice of color,4 coats of clear.
As far as the SOM paint goes I couldnt get the original paint from Gm on time. I was 3 days away from the show.I went to Pepboys and found similar color made by duply color. they call it copper metallic.It's about 90% close to SOM.I was very happy with it.
hi temp primer
SOM/copper Paint
clearI dont know why, but the clear made the SOM paint fall off.it didnt react well.So i just resprayed the manifold with 3 more coats of SOM
finished product
you can see my polished water pump andthe new slp maf from this view
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first place. Jacket wasent all that. It was yellow and blk. kinda look loike a eindbraker style jacket. I'm not that bumbed that i didnt get first place. Cesars car is the best Lt1 I've seen
03-31-2008, 06:30 PM
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Cesars new seats look good.
Did you port the manifold when you had it out?
Edit: It's funny to me that you did the more involved stuff but ignored the small things like relocating those grounds and removing the hose going to your lid. Since you obviously did the !air mod... at least partially. The only other advice I have for your next show is to get a stand so you don't cover up part of your engine bay with that folder. Either way good job.
O and maybe look into this: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...elocation+coil
Did you port the manifold when you had it out?
Edit: It's funny to me that you did the more involved stuff but ignored the small things like relocating those grounds and removing the hose going to your lid. Since you obviously did the !air mod... at least partially. The only other advice I have for your next show is to get a stand so you don't cover up part of your engine bay with that folder. Either way good job.
O and maybe look into this: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...elocation+coil
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