06-17-2013, 06:13 PM | #1 |
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Schmidty's 2011 2SS/RS UPGRADE
Just got back from the dealership with my new-to-me 2011 Cyber Gray Metallic 2SS/RS! Pretty stoked. I parted out much of my 2011 Imperial Blue Metallic 2LT/RS and sold her.
I had been playing around with the idea of an upgrade for a while now, but never felt any pressure to make the change, nor did I care that my buddies who have an SS would give me grief. It's all in good fun! Now that I have had my 2LT/RS for 2 years and modded her as much as I could, I felt I was ready for the change. I searched Autotrader, 12 dealerships in my area, MSN.com and Cars.com and didnt see much worth my attention. My buddy said to try Carmax so I gave it a shot and found this beauty of an SS sitting in the lot in Bakersfield, CA. I immediately called and had them ship her to San Diego. Before I even saw the car in person I ordered several mods. Haha! Well today was the day...they called to tell me the car was here! I took the next available appointment and spent 80 minutes checking out the car, test-driving it, and signing on the dotted line. Working with Carmax was great! This beauty has 10,620 miles on her and makes me smile! When I walked away from her after parking her in the garage I did the double-take...you know what I'm talking about! BEFORE NOW PERFORMANCE MODS
APPEARANCE MODS, ETC
Here we go again! If you want to see my build thread for my V6: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235078
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06-17-2013, 06:14 PM | #2 |
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06-17-2013, 07:11 PM | #3 |
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That is one heck of a nice start!!...
Kurt ABL99...
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06-23-2013, 07:34 PM | #4 |
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First Mods
It's been one week since I took ownership of my SS! Lovin' the permagrin! I immediately had the windows tinted at 25% all around. I also installed the AAC LED Sidemarkers, Black Bezels, Technostalgia LED Tail Lights and Roto-Fab Intake. My good buddy VEESIKS (David) took the lead on helping me install Stainless Works 3" Retro Chambered Catback with Flat Black Tips and Longtube Headers. Pics and Video below.
Removing the exhaust and headers took about on hour. Hanging the Stainless Works long tubes was about 15 minutes. And then we discovered that the upstream O2 sensors were not coming off the stock tubes. We sprayed with PB blaster three times, used a torch, and air tools. We simply removed my sensors from my V6 and we were on our way. The Stainless Works exhaust comes with at least 12 clamps which were a job to install (sarcasm). Ha! I will get everything welded hopefully this week. Still the best exhaust out there! Thanks to David for hanging in there with me! We started at 7PM and finished at Midnight! And thanks to Apex Chase for the great prices, fast shipping, and amazing service as always!
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06-27-2013, 03:25 PM | #5 |
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Installed my two must-have appearance mods...Heritage Grille and Rear Vinyl Black Out!
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06-29-2013, 06:30 PM | #6 |
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New TSW Tanakas in Matte Black from Wheel Warehouse! Next is a drop.
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06-30-2013, 11:02 AM | #7 |
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Wow no grass growing here! Nice car and yeah love the SW exhaust!
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07-02-2013, 09:35 PM | #8 | |
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Just ordered the Xenon Body Scoops and the Havoc Diffuser!
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07-10-2013, 05:50 PM | #9 |
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Havoc Diffuser and Xenon Body Scoops arrived today! ALso have the NLP spoiler and picking up the ZL1 bumped on Saturday and taking everything to the body shop for paint! Totally stoked!
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07-10-2013, 06:06 PM | #10 |
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Congrats on the new purchase! Looks like your car is coming along nicely!
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07-27-2013, 06:18 PM | #11 |
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After spending 4 hours on the base with Scott working on the Pfadt Lowering Springs and Sways she is finally done with her first set of mods!!
In certain lights, at certain angles, the paint on the front fascia appears a bit lighter. In person it appears near perfect. Just the cost of buying aftermarket parts. I am happy with the outcome.
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Whole car turned out very nice Lars.
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11-19-2013, 06:52 PM | #13 |
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Rolled the fenders today!!! Finally!!! I know its nothing to brag about but Jesus it took forever to find someone to do it! With the 275s up front and 315s in the back, and lowered 1.5 inches the fenders were chewing up my tires when I hit a dip! I bought the car to drive it like I stole it so hopefully I can now...gotta plan a cruise soon! :thumb up:
Next up...replace my color shifts with stock RS halos! Someone else will love those AAC Colorshift 2.0s and I will once again love my stock halos.
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12-09-2013, 02:53 PM | #14 |
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Ordered ZL1 Rockers from Gary this morning! And doing some research on cams! Now to check the mailbox to see if got my Christmas Check!
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