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Old 03-19-2012, 09:33 PM   #85
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Awesome! Congrats on the drive! Perma-grin? I bet you have Ultra-grin. That car is amazing. I'm with you on the 'brand new isn't good enough' train, I just can't go quite as far with my new Camaro, gotta keep the warranty. So I'm limited to mostly cosmetic mods for the 5 years. It'll be unique for sure.

I can't wait to see the full pics!
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Old 03-19-2012, 10:13 PM   #86
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Finally.... Lol

Just kidding John. I can't wait to see it. I have been following along and after seeing what you have done it is giving me more and more ideas. But in red of course.

See you soon brother.
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Old 03-19-2012, 10:19 PM   #87
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Awesome! Congrats on the drive! Perma-grin? I bet you have Ultra-grin. That car is amazing. I'm with you on the 'brand new isn't good enough' train, I just can't go quite as far with my new Camaro, gotta keep the warranty. So I'm limited to mostly cosmetic mods for the 5 years. It'll be unique for sure.

I can't wait to see the full pics!
Thank you ALLTURBO! But did you read my whole thread? My car is completely covered under warranty, Powertrain & all
!! SLP & Chevy work together and as long as a Chevy dealer, GM certified shop or SLP itself do the install then any issues I can bring to any GM dealer for service..Now of course, that doesn't apply to the suspension since it's all been upgraded with Pedders, but in all my years of owning cars (25+) I've never had suspension warranty work needed. The engine & major drivetrain components are all covered for 5yr/100K...Then I'll go headers & cam unless I just say WTF and just do it! But I'm extremely happy with what I drove today!

Thank you all again for the great support I've received here, this place ROCKS!

See Tom, I told you my SS wasn't a figment of my imagination!!!
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Old 03-20-2012, 12:31 AM   #88
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I still have properties back in NJ, still kept my Eagles season tickets so I'm back quite a bit.....I've always wanted to come out to Cali so I could surf year round, I'm getting that out of my system and I know one day we'll be back east and I'll definitely still have my SS as it's a lifer, so one day Lukeko we WILL cruise!

BTW, just got a call from the shop, they're putting my car on scales and are going to balance it prior to the alignment. I can't speak highly enough about Ray & Extreme Auto Works, he took this car as if it were his own and he's doing a tremendous job with it, he's still there at 7:30pm balancing it and he actually has more pictures of it than I do...You have to admire someone that takes such pride in their work. I HIGHLY recommend Extreme Auto Works for any Camaro or performance car owner on the Central Coast, if you want fair, honest people working on your car. A good, honest & reliable mechanic is hard to find these days!
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Old 03-20-2012, 05:37 AM   #89
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Finally all put back together? Cant wait to see some pictures outside!
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Old 03-20-2012, 08:54 AM   #90
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Thank you ALLTURBO! But did you read my whole thread? My car is completely covered under warranty, Powertrain & all
!! SLP & Chevy work together and as long as a Chevy dealer, GM certified shop or SLP itself do the install then any issues I can bring to any GM dealer for service..Now of course, that doesn't apply to the suspension since it's all been upgraded with Pedders, but in all my years of owning cars (25+) I've never had suspension warranty work needed. The engine & major drivetrain components are all covered for 5yr/100K...Then I'll go headers & cam unless I just say WTF and just do it! But I'm extremely happy with what I drove today!

Thank you all again for the great support I've received here, this place ROCKS!

See Tom, I told you my SS wasn't a figment of my imagination!!!



Oh I think there is a lot of imagination involved here. And its turning into a work of art.
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Old 03-20-2012, 10:42 AM   #91
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Thank you ALLTURBO! But did you read my whole thread? My car is completely covered under warranty, Powertrain & all
!! SLP & Chevy work together and as long as a Chevy dealer, GM certified shop or SLP itself do the install then any issues I can bring to any GM dealer for service..Now of course, that doesn't apply to the suspension since it's all been upgraded with Pedders, but in all my years of owning cars (25+) I've never had suspension warranty work needed. The engine & major drivetrain components are all covered for 5yr/100K...Then I'll go headers & cam unless I just say WTF and just do it! But I'm extremely happy with what I drove today!

Thank you all again for the great support I've received here, this place ROCKS!

See Tom, I told you my SS wasn't a figment of my imagination!!!
Oh right... I wasn't thinking about that because it wouldn't apply to me... It's turbo or nothin'. 10psi and meth injection? What warranty? LOL.
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Old 03-21-2012, 01:55 PM   #92
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Kronix, Nice Garage BTW!!---Like the Tahoe Z71..nice looking truck....
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Old 03-21-2012, 08:14 PM   #93
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Kronix, Nice Garage BTW!!---Like the Tahoe Z71..nice looking truck....
Thanks Aqua! I'm on my 3rd Tahoe, I love that model, plenty of room & a great powerplant to work with...That baby is pushing 440 HP!

Now back to the SS!
We had it at the alignment shop on Monday, and it turns out I need to get the Pedders Alignment kit to really dial it in and bring it to Pedders aggressive street spec. So that will be in tomorrow, then install and back to the alignment shop. Never count on your car being done when you think, I learned my lesson a month ago!

We did something fun after the initial alignment and we corner weighed the car. For those of you that aren't familiar with the term, we basically put the car on 4 scales and by adjusting each Pedders Coilover, we are able to equally distribute the weight among the 4 corners. This really improves handling to the upmost degree. We have it close to 50%, which is basically impossible in these cars, it's at 52/48 percent distribution which is very close to a Vette. Here's some pictures of that process & I'm posting a bunch of pictures from the past 2 months of things that were done.

The scales used...



Getting weighed



We also put 190lbs in the driver's seat to compensate for my weight. With the scales, you can dial in the weight front to back, side to side & diagonally so you can achieve a perfect/near perfect balance.
Here it's reading the rear, as noted by the 2 green lights







Here you can see total weight, over 2 tons (It did have a full tank of gas which equals about 170lbs)






Now here are some miscellaneous pictures from the past 2 months.

Pfadt Rear Arms & Stock arms










Rear bushing replacements


Pedders XA Coilovers





Granatelli Motorsports products used in the build: 1G Suspension Brace, 80K Coil Packs & Hi-Temp Wires










We replace the spacer bushings that came with the 1G Brace with a nice beefy custom bushing



Finished products, ours is on the right


Ours on left


Part of the wideband A/F gauge is installing an o2 sensor bung








Finished welded bung



I added the DRL harness & AAC LED switch to control the DRL/Fog lights to come on/off whenever I want. The AAC LED ring has VERY DELICATE pins, so extreme care must be taken when doing the soldering. We soldered, then heat shrunk every wire, then glued & heat shrunk all wires...Very tedious work!












Everything all heat shrunk & glued





From the body shop, closing out the mailslot & painting some things..









MPD1 Smooth Rear Exhaust Panel & stock diffuser


MPD1 Z-Force Ram Air Hood finished at the shop



Tinting the AAC LED Reverse Lights


Another customer's supercharged Stang, we're already planning a little race


Nearly finished product finally seeing the sunlight, I still have to do some work to the 3dCarbon Rear Spats, I wasn't happy with the initial fit, so they're not on the car yet.









With the AAC LED Sidemarkers on..










With AAC Scanner bars mounted behind grille, Red & White with remotes and in cabin toggle switches as well. You can check out the video posted above to see in action. AAC makes awesome products, they have great customer service & know about everything they sell, highly recommended in my book (Especially dealing with Jon & Matt)




98% done!!!






Right now the car's getting buffed out & then tomorrow I'll work on fitting the rear spats, doing some experimental badge placement to see what looks best. Still waiting on my gasket for the CAI to match up with the Z-Force hood from Eric at MPD1...Please Eric, send it!!!
Once the car's back home in my possession I'm planning a nice photo shoot in a nice environment, not just from the shop's complex...Stay tuned for the finished piece & thanks for all the positive comments & feedback
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Old 03-21-2012, 08:29 PM   #94
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Looking real good. Cant wait to see it soon.

Nice Job.
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Old 03-21-2012, 08:33 PM   #95
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Thanks for that John. Looks like it will be ready for the car show on the 15th. Just don't park next to me. Lol
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Old 03-21-2012, 09:15 PM   #96
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COTW NOW!!!---NOT LATER!!!

Thanks so much for all the hard work putting together your build thread. That "Ride" is soooo HOT!!.
Kronix, I said it before and I will say it again, "Your Camaro is the best build I have had the pleasure to track". If it does not become COTW NOW, Stick a fork in me, I'm done!!!...
Nicely done and congrats my friend...AquablueL99...
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Old 03-21-2012, 10:15 PM   #97
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Nice build thread!! The 3D Carbon kit looks great on your car!! A lot of really nice mods too!
Great job!!
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Old 03-24-2012, 01:53 AM   #98
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Awsome build bro ,love what you've done with car great transformation i see a COTW coming soon ,have you considered adding T3 ports with mesh ,not only your car will look bad azz but it will get cold air strait to your CAI box,i like your guages so much i decided i'm getting a set for my car,great build and that's one sick ZL eater
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