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Southern Comfort · 04-05-2012, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hightower

Is that a factory option from chevy? If so, that's pretty sweet Chevy offers that!

I believe it is. Someone told me a couple of months ago that Corvette was selling a black model with wheels like mine

I would rather have these Corvette wheels over the ones I have

hightower · 04-08-2012, 02:05 PM

Edit: See 2 posts below for better pictures.

driyac · 04-08-2012, 05:46 PM

Congrats! Beautiful weather you have down there. I wish I had weather like that all the time.

Do you plan on doing anything else to the car. Its such a different color that I am having a hard time deciding even on what type of accent color would work well.

Red, blue, silver maybe white?

hightower · 04-08-2012, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driyac

Congrats! Beautiful weather you have down there. I wish I had weather like that all the time.

Do you plan on doing anything else to the car. Its such a different color that I am having a hard time deciding even on what type of accent color would work well.

Red, blue, silver maybe white?

Thanks!

Plenty more mods to come. I plan on custom painting my bowties red and black/CFM. Also, I plan for lots of red and CFM accents under the hood.

I want to do some custom stitching on the headrests.

I don't really see blue silver or white looking good on the outside of the car, but thats just me.

I'm sticking with CFM, red, and the grey color on the outside.

hightower · 04-10-2012, 01:44 PM

Reposting my previous post but got the pics to upload better! Check it out!

About time I had an update!
Got my windows tinted all around 20% this past week and I absolutely LOVE IT!!! Tint is perfect, blends with the car beautifully. I can't imagine it without tit anymore! Here's a few cell phone pics. I'll get some HD pics in a week or two when I can borrow my dad's Nikon again.

Dropping off at the tint shop:

After:

Back home after a wash:

And this morning right before I headed back to school:

Also, a very generous member of our local camaro club was extremely kind in donating his headlight harness that allows me to run my halos and DRLs at the same time. It looks really good and all I had to do was plug it in! Thanks Mark!!!
Oh and I plastidipped my front bowtie, an I like it a lot. I will be doing the same to my back bowtie soon.

And since this post is too long to begin with, here's a fellow Chevy that accompanied me about 70 miles on I20. One bad ass ZR1!!!!!

tapatalk · 04-10-2012, 11:03 PM

hightower · 04-10-2012, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tapatalk

Thanks! Here's a few of my other signature photos:

2010SLVRBULIT · 04-10-2012, 11:42 PM

skipped the story, but nice pics.

hightower · 04-10-2012, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2010SLVRBULIT

skipped the story, but nice pics.

Haha I don't blame ya. It's a long read. If you're ever bored out of your mind, you might enjoy reading it. hahaha

hightower · 04-23-2012, 02:28 AM

Plastidipped my bowties Friday but after checking out the bowties, check out my rims below!!!

Just Plastidipped my rims last night. I will be redoing them as I made mistakes, but I'm fine with it for a few weeks and REALLY like the look. My problem was I put it on too lightly (needed more coats) and I put it on unevenly (needed more plastidip on the insides of the spokes). Did 3 coats each rim, allowing a few minutes in between. I will be doing 6 coats next time.

Anyways, here's my progress pics followed by a ton of pics this morning!

Decided to take the rims completely off

About to wash them all by hand

First layers going on. I used index cards to keep it off the tires, worked perfect and I was able to get the lip of the rim as well

Drying (still glossy) vs original!

The deep spot was a big ding I got in the rim the day before. It looked horrible and luckily the plastidip hides is pretty well.

First shot lowered back down!

And now for all my beauty shots, be prepared for photo madness!!! Took a TON of photos to show you in different lights such as direct sunlight, shade, dark, etc.

Epic grass photos!!!

driyac · 04-23-2012, 09:46 PM

I so very much dislike you for beating me to this!!!!!!!!! I did not have time to do it while I completed lowering my car... Damn 7 hours of installation. I think I will have to do this on Thursday now...

It looks like a whole other car now... I mean it looks great now.

driyac · 04-23-2012, 09:52 PM

I can not decided between the heritage Grille or the ZL1 grille have you given it any thought yet?

hightower · 04-23-2012, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driyac

I so very much dislike you for beating me to this!!!!!!!!! I did not have time to do it while I completed lowering my car... Damn 7 hours of installation. I think I will have to do this on Thursday now...

It looks like a whole other car now... I mean it looks great now.

Oh man, it will look KILLER on a lowered 45th!!!! I really hope you do it! And if you do, please post pictures!!!

My advice would be to do more than 3 coats, make sure it's even, and make sure you get plenty on the inside faces of the spokes. That's where I didn't put enough.

If you have time, do one wheel alone, see what you think about it. If it's not perfect, change the way you put the plastidip on (more/less on here/there) and that way you'll do the rest of them better!

Oh and actually v6 did his rims before me, just didn't post pics. So while I'm first to post pics, I'm second to do it, and you'll be third!

Quote:

Originally Posted by driyac

I can not decided between the heritage Grille or the ZL1 grille have you given it any thought yet?

I'm trying to get a custom grille from a member on here. If it were ZL1 vs. Heritage grille, I personally would go with the Heritage grille. The ZL1 grille would look weird without a ZL1 front end in my opinion.

Even then, a ZL1 front end with the Heritage grille looks sweet!

So if I were to do it on my 45th, I'd do a Heritage grille.

driyac · 04-23-2012, 10:13 PM

[/QUOTE]I'm trying to get a custom grille from a member on here. If it were ZL1 vs. Heritage grille, I personally would go with the Heritage grille. The ZL1 grille would look weird without a ZL1 front end in my opinion.

Even then, a ZL1 front end with the Heritage grille looks sweet!

So if I were to do it on my 45th, I'd do a Heritage grille.[/QUOTE]

I thought that too, until I saw some of the customized ZL1 grilles... now im all up in the air!

04-08-2012, 02:05 PM	#114
hightower LS3 Black Widow Drives: 2012 45th 2SS LS3 and 1968 Mustang Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Madison, GA Posts: 4,557	Edit: See 2 posts below for better pictures. __________________ My Camaro Story Last edited by hightower; 04-10-2012 at 01:44 PM.

04-10-2012, 01:44 PM	#117
hightower LS3 Black Widow Drives: 2012 45th 2SS LS3 and 1968 Mustang Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Madison, GA Posts: 4,557	Reposting my previous post but got the pics to upload better! Check it out! About time I had an update! Got my windows tinted all around 20% this past week and I absolutely LOVE IT!!! Tint is perfect, blends with the car beautifully. I can't imagine it without tit anymore! Here's a few cell phone pics. I'll get some HD pics in a week or two when I can borrow my dad's Nikon again. Dropping off at the tint shop: After: Back home after a wash: And this morning right before I headed back to school: Also, a very generous member of our local camaro club was extremely kind in donating his headlight harness that allows me to run my halos and DRLs at the same time. It looks really good and all I had to do was plug it in! Thanks Mark!!! Oh and I plastidipped my front bowtie, an I like it a lot. I will be doing the same to my back bowtie soon. And since this post is too long to begin with, here's a fellow Chevy that accompanied me about 70 miles on I20. One bad ass ZR1!!!!! __________________ My Camaro Story

04-10-2012, 11:03 PM	#118
tapatalk Drives: none Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1	cool Attached Images

04-23-2012, 02:28 AM	#122
hightower LS3 Black Widow Drives: 2012 45th 2SS LS3 and 1968 Mustang Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Madison, GA Posts: 4,557	Plastidipped my bowties Friday but after checking out the bowties, check out my rims below!!! Just Plastidipped my rims last night. I will be redoing them as I made mistakes, but I'm fine with it for a few weeks and REALLY like the look. My problem was I put it on too lightly (needed more coats) and I put it on unevenly (needed more plastidip on the insides of the spokes). Did 3 coats each rim, allowing a few minutes in between. I will be doing 6 coats next time. Anyways, here's my progress pics followed by a ton of pics this morning! Decided to take the rims completely off About to wash them all by hand First layers going on. I used index cards to keep it off the tires, worked perfect and I was able to get the lip of the rim as well Drying (still glossy) vs original! The deep spot was a big ding I got in the rim the day before. It looked horrible and luckily the plastidip hides is pretty well. First shot lowered back down! And now for all my beauty shots, be prepared for photo madness!!! Took a TON of photos to show you in different lights such as direct sunlight, shade, dark, etc. Epic grass photos!!! __________________ My Camaro Story

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04-08-2012, 05:46 PM	#115
driyac Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary 2SS Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Chester Ohio Posts: 1,845	Congrats! Beautiful weather you have down there. I wish I had weather like that all the time. Do you plan on doing anything else to the car. Its such a different color that I am having a hard time deciding even on what type of accent color would work well. Red, blue, silver maybe white?

04-10-2012, 11:42 PM	#120
2010SLVRBULIT Drives: G5(LLT) & C6(LS3) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MARS Posts: 7,527 View My Garage	skipped the story, but nice pics.

04-23-2012, 09:46 PM	#123
driyac Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary 2SS Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Chester Ohio Posts: 1,845	I so very much dislike you for beating me to this!!!!!!!!! I did not have time to do it while I completed lowering my car... Damn 7 hours of installation. I think I will have to do this on Thursday now... It looks like a whole other car now... I mean it looks great now.

04-23-2012, 09:52 PM	#124
driyac Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary 2SS Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Chester Ohio Posts: 1,845	I can not decided between the heritage Grille or the ZL1 grille have you given it any thought yet?

04-23-2012, 10:13 PM	#126
driyac Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary 2SS Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Chester Ohio Posts: 1,845	[/QUOTE]I'm trying to get a custom grille from a member on here. If it were ZL1 vs. Heritage grille, I personally would go with the Heritage grille. The ZL1 grille would look weird without a ZL1 front end in my opinion. Even then, a ZL1 front end with the Heritage grille looks sweet! So if I were to do it on my 45th, I'd do a Heritage grille.[/QUOTE] I thought that too, until I saw some of the customized ZL1 grilles... now im all up in the air!