07-14-2013, 08:12 AM | #1 |
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Matt's Victory Red Camaro 2SS/RS [COTW 1/5/15]
Also If You Need A Build Sheet: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=347878 Enjoy The Great Story Of My Camaro 2SS/RS REV VIDEO= https://youtu.be/k4AjONRc9I8 Exterior:
GM Painted Ground Effects GM Dovetail Spoiler StainlessWorks Quad Exhaust Tips P13W Fog Light Bulbs Hockey Stripe Delete Heritage Stripe Pin-Stripe Factory Reproductions Style 41 Chrome Wheels 20X9 In Front 20X10 In Rear Painted Calipers With Brembo Decals RPI Designs Front Splash Guards SS License Plate Bracket SS Valve Stem Caps Painted Rotor Hub Section Daytime Running Light Harness Rear Decklid White Out Decal Painted Fog Light Bezels Interior: Red Stitching 2 12" MTX Thunder Series Subwoofers MTX Thunder Series Amp RCA Harness Custom Sub Box Aqua Blue Footwell Lighting Red LED Trunk Lighting Hurst Shifter Knob With Red Stitching SS Trunk Latch Cover Painted Door Panel Inserts Painted Dash Trim Painted Speedometer Bezel Painted Shifter Bezel Painted 4 Pack Gauge Cluster Painted Steering Wheel Bezel ZL1 Pedals Lloyd's Mats Double Logo Red Binding Performance: GM Performance Axle-Back Exhaust System Stainless Works Quad Exhaust Tips BBK X-Pipe K&N Cold Air Intake System Eibach Pro-Kit Performance Springs Skip-Shift Harness Hurst Short Throw Shifter Hurst Competition Stainless Steel Bushings BBK Long Tube Headers BBK Hi-Flo Cats BBK O2 Sensor Extensions FJ Performance Dyno Tune CURRENT RATING: 415 RWHP 413 RWTQ Underhood Cosmetics: RPI Designs Custom Painted Engine Cover Painted Fuse Box Cover "Pony" Polished Wiring Harness Cover Painted CAI Shroud Painted Dipstick EmblemPros Engraved SS Underhood Panel Billet SS Radiator Cap Billet SS Overflow Cap Billet SS Strut Tower Caps Billet SS Master Cylinder Cap Billet Battery Terminal Cover River City ABS Cover 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS When I was younger my dad bought a 1991 Camaro RS. That's pretty much where it started. I love cars in general. I have made a career out of loving cars. My main goal while I was in high school was to buy a 4th Gen Camaro. I worked my butt off to get that vehicle. Through the years I really grew to appreciate the GM product line, this is around the time I graduated from college and was trying to find the perfect job for me. I called the owner of our local Chevrolet dealership and pretty much begged him for a job. He asked me to come down and talk with him. I was so excited on the way to the interview. I got there, sat down at his desk, and I handed him this big portfolio I made that illustrated some of my accomplishments academically and from a community service standpoint. He flipped through 2 pages of my portfolio, closed it, handed it back to me, and said "I just need you to come in and answer the phones a couple hours a night". My heart sank. I had this wild image of myself walking into a career and a full-time position. I thought hard about it though. I made the decision to take the position and prove that I was an asset to this company. I made a great impression answering the phones and then he let me go down to internet sales to take pictures of cars. While answering the phone I used to stare out the window at the Camaro's parked just out the front door of our dealership. That's when I acquired this burning desire to get one of those vehicles. I had a 99 Camaro at the time, but the new ones were so incredibly nice that it made me really focus on saving to get one. One month into that I was offered a full-time position as a Service Consultant. I took it and worked my ass off. Anybody that has ever done that job knows that everyday is a stress test, especially when we did the volume that our dealership does. I saved for 2 years and finally bought a used 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS with 3,000 miles on it. It was probably one of the most accomplished days of my life. 3 years roll by and I am offered a position out on the sales floor. So currently I am working as a Sales Consultant, Certified Technology Expert, and Corvette Specialist. This is the crappy cell phone picture I took the day I picked up the car. 1991 Camaro RS This right here is what started my addiction to Camaro's. This was my first car. A 1991 Camaro RS! Awesome ride. A lot of people thought the car was really cool cause of the t-tops. Those t-tops sure were cool, until I was traveling down the highway at 55 mph and the passenger side top sucked off the car. Of course at that point I turned around to go find it and when I did a u turn my back tire fell off the side of a bank and then I got stuck. I then had to back down into a corn field and drive over a bunch of corn staulks sideways up a hill. Oh it was a hell of a ride and by far my most memorable moment with this car. 1999 Camaro Y87 The 1991 Camaro had its gremlins. I wanted to get out of it, but I wasnt ready to let my t-tops go. So I sold that Camaro and I bought another one. This was a 1999 Camaro. It was pretty awesome and had so many improvements over the 1991 car it really was something to be excited about it. When driving the car home I was so happy I said to my dad "can you believe a guy like me got a car like this?". We still talk about that quote all the time! This is a picture of her. She was good while she lasted, but the day I bought that Camaro back in 2009 I seen my very first 5th generation Camaro in person! Needless to say I was thinking the 1999 was an improvement! To see a 2010? It blew my mind! Car Show Awards: 2012 Don Fezell's Car Show - 1st Place Super 322 Drive-Inn - 2nd Place Murray Ford - 1st Place Treasure Lake - 1st Place St. Marys Airport - 2nd Place 2013 Miller Brothers - 1st Place DuBois Nursing Home - 2nd Place Laurel Festival - 1st Place Nortern Cambria, PA - 2nd Place Punxsy Ground Hog Festival - 1st Place Elderton, PA - 1st Place Curwensville Community Days - 1st Place Don Fezell's Car Show - 1st Place Super 322 Drive-Inn - 2nd Place Murray Ford - 1st Place Portage, PA - 2nd Place St. Marys Airport - 1st Place Treasure Lake, PA - 1st Place Elderton Fire Department - 2nd Place Laurel Festival - 1st Place 2014 Breezewood Fire Department - 1st Place Stocker Chevrolet - 2nd Place - Sponsors Choice Award Irvona Fire Department - 3rd Place Falls Creek Miller Brothers - 1st Place Clearfield County Fair Queen - 1st Place DuBois Nursing Home - 2nd Place GM Nationals Carlisle - 2nd Place Brookville Laurel Festival - 1st Place Don Fezell's Car Show - 1st Place Osceola Mills - 2nd Place Northern Cambria - 2nd Place 322 Drive Inn - 1st Place 2015 Irvona Fire Department - 2nd Place St. Marys Airport - 1st Place 2016 Clearfield Queens for a Cause - 3rd Place DuBois Nursing Home - 1st Place Last edited by matthew9440; 12-28-2016 at 11:25 AM. |
07-14-2013, 08:19 AM | #2 |
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Latest Update!!!
December 31st 2016 I got a few little things for Christmas and figured I'd update because it has been forever. I got an ABS cover from River City Customs and Lighting. Lupe always does a fantastic job on the paint. I got a little HUD empty spot plaque from EmblemPros and I got a couple of reverse light bezels in chrome. I got some cool little stuff and figured might as well show you guys. Hope you all had a great holiday. Last edited by matthew9440; 01-02-2017 at 09:11 AM. |
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07-14-2013, 08:36 AM | #5 |
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In my opinion one of the biggest problems with the camaro is that it is so dang quiet with the factory exhaust. So what did I do? Bought another factory exhaust that I understand is made by borla. Gmpp performance axle back. This was my first modification and I'm so happy I got something other than those big honking square things that come stock as mufflers.
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07-14-2013, 08:50 AM | #6 |
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And now to the modification that I love the most about my camaro! The GM ground effects kit. I was so happy to get this and it was the first time I spent 2 grand and was smiling while doing it!
Didn't like how they try to make those exhaust bezels look like exhaust tips so I found out that stainless works makes an exhaust tip that fits. So I got the tips for some ridiculous $200 dollars or something (don't think the are worth that but sometimes you gotta pay to get something nice). Cutting off the big 4.5 inch tips and making adapters to fit the 2.5 inch exhaust to the 3.0 inch tip was a pretty big pain. Last edited by matthew9440; 07-23-2013 at 09:32 AM. |
07-14-2013, 08:57 AM | #7 |
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I wanna make a quick recommendation that some of you probably already know about. Rpi designs is about the best site for custom camaro parts IMO. The make a stealth mudflap that works wit the gm ground effects. If you don't want to sandblast your gills on your car I highly recommend these flaps.
They look a little dirty but it does it justice because if they are dirty the are doing their job! |
07-14-2013, 09:11 AM | #8 |
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I don't know about any of you guys... But this right here?
That's not doing anything for me. I like to get a little pop in my engine so once again I hit up the guys over at RPI designs and they hooked me up with the custom painted engine cover. This right here.... That's making me tingle a bit. Hahaha Also under the hood I put a K&N CAI chromed up If any of you are wondering yes.... You have a great eye. The CAI shroud does not come painted from K&N so I had it painted and wow it makes a huge difference. Fuse box cover is also painted. Actually tried doing it myself but the quality of RPI's engine cover was so high that the fuse box cover stuck out like a sore thumb. So I bought another one from my local dealer and had them paint it. Cover was like 6 bucks surprisingly and to paint it was 30. Probably had more in rattle can and time than if I wouldn't have tried to be cheap the first go around. I did however have a successful outing painting my dipstick white instead of that nasty factory yellow. Last edited by matthew9440; 07-15-2013 at 05:53 PM. |
07-14-2013, 09:19 AM | #9 |
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Two words. Sub Thump.
This is one of my most favorite modifications. ******** makes installing a subwoofer system in you car a breeze. It only takes about 30 minutes to wire up with their harness. They also make this custom box that took me well over 2 hours to get in and positioned. (I guess that's kinda a good thing). It was driving me nuts getting it positioned. But at the end my color combo I'm going for was instantly set off. |
07-14-2013, 09:23 AM | #10 |
So Cold!
Drives: Summit White 2015 2SS Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Carrollton, VA
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Looks good!
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07-14-2013, 09:26 AM | #11 |
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Bought a caliper kit from duplicolor. Really should have went with g2 because after reading the forum everyone really likes the g2 kit. Local powdercoat guy wanted 380 dollars to powdercoat the calipers. I have seen the exchanges here on the forum and I'm not not interested in having the car down for that long. 3-4 weeks to save 80 dollars. I painted them. Not bad results.... Just not fantastic. Better than stock IMO and they look better with the wheels on than off that's for sure.
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