Menendez1293's Rally Yellow Build Thread

[rtcat600man]

Just told my wife I am looking into it. She rolled her eyes and said I thought we talked about it. I said yeah we did, and I am looking to do it. De chrome time. Just need to figure out what to do with my bow ties now.

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by rtcat600man

Just told my wife I am looking into it. She rolled her eyes and said I thought we talked about it. I said yeah we did, and I am looking to do it. De chrome time. Just need to figure out what to do with my bow ties now.

For me I only I have the rear bowtie. My front one was removed with the heritage grill and the rear one I painted flat black with a rattle can. It wasn't difficult but you can tell it wasn't done professionally. One of these days I will buy one from river city creations painted to make it look better.

[Snidely Whiplash]

Originally Posted by menendez1293

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Alright guys and girls I am finally getting around to writing my member journal after almost 3 years but better late than never. Let me start off by saying that my Camaro was basically my dream car everything I wanted and more than I needed. Like most people on this site I was basically in love when I saw the prototype in Transformers back in 2007.

Lets get back to the story though. My Camaro story begins when I was 13-14 and my dad made a deal with me that if I kept up my grades in school and learned to work and rebuild a car by reading the Hanes manual for a ’79 Trans Am that he would buy one and we would rebuild it and it would be my first car. So as time went on I read through the book and started to help my dad in any way I could when he was working on the cars to learn from him. But as the Camaro neared production and they actually had production models in international shows I knew I had to go see one. Needles to say I jumped on the internet and the closest show that was going to have a new Camaro in would be the Atlanta auto show 5 hours from where I live. That was about in ’09 and I had just turned 15 so of course I was trying to convince my dad that the Camaro was the car for me. That day I saw two Camaros a base model LS and a 2SS both SIM. I just feel in love. I felt very comfortable in the LS and knew it was going to be a great car.

Now jump in time to June of ’09 My order was placed and the dreaded wait began. Which for me was only 3 months and at the time that was not to bad. My camaro was officially born on August 17 2009 and is number 36,498 produced

Delivery:

I officially took delivery of my Rally Yellow 2010 2LT/RS Camaro on September 5th 2009. But that was not the first time I saw my car. The day before the stripes were going to be installed and our sales man was able to get me in for a sneak peak. It was love at first site. Since I have taken delivery I have taken tremendous care of my Camaro babying it at every corner. I am truly grateful for what I have been blessed with and will never take it for granted. I hope one day I can do the same for my kids.

Mods:

So of course who buys such a nice car and doesn’t mod it. My moding is very basic at this point because a recent high school grad with no job I don’t really have the funds to support it. But slowly I am getting the Camaro to a way that it truly is mine.

Cosmetic:

Transformers Badges, center caps, doorsills and custom stripe overlay
Defenderwrox locking gas cap, reverse light surrounds
GM Heritage Grill- Thanks to Garys customs light surrounds, and gills
Matte Black tail light bezels- thanks to Garys customs again
Magnetic Trunk Blackout
Camaro decal on windshield (removed)
Custom Match Car cover- Chevy Mall
Street Scene Lower grill
Transformers Front Fascia Blackout- thanks Patrick
LED DRL Bulbs
Custom Painted Fuse box cover- Thanks C5 for the DIY
Custom Painted Manifold, Plenum Cover, and Throttle Body -Thanks KJkJR27 for the inspiration
Custom Emerald Coast Camaro on rear driver side window.
Emblem Pros dash plaque
Interior and License plate LEDs
20X9 Facotry Reproductions ZL1 Replica Rims

Performance:

Black C.A.I. Inc CAI- thanks Bill
Black Elite Engineering Catch Can with Nickel Plated Feedings- Thanks Chase and the other great people over at Apex
MRT V 2.0- Thanks again to Chase
Hotchkis Strut Tower Brace- Thanks Eric at Torq
R1 E-Line Rotors thanks to Ohio-speed
Hawk HPS Break Pads
1LE Clean Side Separator
GTO Clutch Reservoir Relocation

Future Mods:

Cosmetic:

ZL1 Side Skirts and Rear Splash Guards

Performance:

BBK Long Tubes with High Flow Cats and some 2.5 Mid Pipes
IPF Tune
Drop Springs
Sway Bars
MGW Short Throw Shifter

Pictures to follow

Thanks for reading


Here's how my Camaro sits today:

You paid for just rims and got the complete wheels? Sweet deal? Where can I do that?

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by Snidely Whiplash

You paid for just rims and got the complete wheels? Sweet deal? Where can I do that?

I got my rims from Discount tire but they just ordered direct from Factory reproductions. Once the rims where received Discount tire unmounted the stock rubber took off the TPMS and then transfered it all over to the new rims. I paid a total of 1030 out the door for 20X9 on all corners.

[menendez1293]

Stay tuned, have some LSR sway bars on the way and will try to have them installed this weekend. If I can't I will have them on by C5 Fest.

[menendez1293]

Figured I would give a little update, I received my sway bars yesterday and they look awesome. Also thought I would post up a picture of the trophy I got while at pony wars car show.

[rtcat600man]

Nice job on the award, nad you are going to like haveing those sway bars on too.

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by rtcat600man

Nice job on the award, nad you are going to like haveing those sway bars on too.

Thank you, can't wait to get them on to feel the difference. My first suspension mod and have a feeling it won't be the last.

[menendez1293]

Just a little update, I ordered a gloss black and red RS emblem for my deck lid from River City last week that I should be getting soon and I also ordered the showstoppers ZL1 splash guards from Apex this week which hopefully should get here before the fest.

[menendez1293]

Here's my RS emblem I got from river city, it's a minor mod but it was the last piece of chrome I wanted to remove.

[menendez1293]

Here are some pictures from the fest, I also got my side markers tinted while I was out there.









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[menendez1293]

Got my next mod installed, thanks to Apex I got the ZL1 Show Stopper front splash guards and the GM rear pieces. Loving them compared to the GM molded ones I had prior

[menendez1293]

Just realized I never updated my build thread with pictures of the paint correction/detail that I did last week so here they are. I spent about 25 hours trying to remove the swirls that I have accumulated in the past ~5 years of ownership. There are still some left behind but it was definitely a large improvement from before.

[matthew9440]

Awesome ride bro. Enjoyed the thread!