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menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 07:51 PM

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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, and gills
GM Heritage Grill
Matte Black tail light bezels
Magnetic Trunk Blackout
Street Scene Lower grill
Transformers Front Fascia Blackout
LED DRL Bulbs
Custom Painted Fuse box cover
Custom Painted Manifold, Plenum Cover, and Throttle Body
Custom Emerald Coast Camaro on rear driver side window
Emblem Pros dash plaque
Interior and License plate LEDs
20X9 Factory Reproductions ZL1 Replica Rims
Gloss Black Camaro Fender Badges
Gloss Black and Red RS Badge
ShowStoppers ZL1 Front Splash Guards
Rear OEM ZL1 Splash Guards
Big Worm Graphics Gunsmoke Side Marker Tint

Performance:

Black C.A.I. Inc CAI
Black Elite Engineering Catch Can with Nickel Plated Feedings
Stainless Works 1 3/4 Long Tubes w/ HF Cats
MRT V 2.0
Hotchkis Strut Tower Brace
R1 E-Line Rotors
Hawk HPS Break Pads
1LE Clean Side Separator
GTO Clutch Reservoir Relocation
Megan Racing Coil Overs
LSR Sway Bars
LSR Endlinks
MGW Short Throw Shifter with RS Shift ball
Autometer Dual Pillar Pod
AEM Uego Wideband Gauge
Aeroforce Interceptor Scan Gauge

Future Mods:

Cosmetic:

ZL1 Side Skirts
Anvil or NLP Rear Spoiler

Performance:
SS Mid Pipes
HP Tuners Dyno Tune or IPF Tune if HP doesn't work out

Pictures to follow

Thanks for reading

Here's how my Camaro sits today:

*Mindz* · 07-21-2012, 08:13 PM

Well written. I always like reading stories from passionate owners. Sounds like you are enjoying your car as much as I enjoy mine. Post pictures soon!

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:13 PM

Here are a a couple of pictures of when they were putting on the stripes:

And some of when i took delivery:

Edit: this is a horrible picture of myself

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:17 PM

Now these picture are when my camaro was about six months old. I had just started to get involved with this site at that point and also started to get involved with a starting a local camaro group

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:19 PM

Now this group of pictures comes from When my camaro officially turned one on August 17 2010.

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:22 PM

Some pictures from my heritage grill install

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:23 PM

My CAI install

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:25 PM

A random picture from November of 11 during a Camaro meet

camaro_RS · 07-21-2012, 08:32 PM

Hell yeah, man! Nice job and looking good! Nice journal so far.

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:34 PM

This group of pictures are from when my camaro turned 2. As you can see i didn't really take many pictures in between all the installs.

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:35 PM

Transformes Blackout

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:35 PM

Rx Catch Can

Now I did Wrap the lines with Blue electrical tape while it is a affective way to get the lines a different color its still up in the air if i should keep them or go back to the black ones. Let me know what you guys think.
Also in these pictures you can see my Painted Fuse box cover.

That about sums up my moding to date. With time i will have more pictures and more mods to add to the camaro and show of to the people of C5.

Thanks for reading and looking again

Edit: The blue catch can lines have since been removed

menendez1293 · 07-21-2012, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindz

Well written. I always like reading stories from passionate owners. Sounds like you are enjoying your car as much as I enjoy mine. Post pictures soon!

Thanks. You have an awesome Camaro Also.

Quote:

Originally Posted by camaro_RS

Hell yeah, man! Nice job and looking good! Nice journal so far.

Thanks man Mary Jane always looks Killer

camaro_RS · 07-21-2012, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by menendez1293

Thanks man Mary Jane always looks Killer

Haha thanks for the compliment, man!!

07-21-2012, 07:51 PM	#1
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	Menendez1293's Rally Yellow Build Thread *Attention:All right reserved. Any and all photos/videos found within this thread may not be copied, edited, reproduced, linked, or displayed in any form or by any means; electronic, mechanical, optical, or otherwise, without prior written permission from myself. If you wish to use any of the photos/videos found within this thread please send me a PM. Order:* 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, and gills GM Heritage Grill Matte Black tail light bezels Magnetic Trunk Blackout Street Scene Lower grill Transformers Front Fascia Blackout LED DRL Bulbs Custom Painted Fuse box cover Custom Painted Manifold, Plenum Cover, and Throttle Body Custom Emerald Coast Camaro on rear driver side window Emblem Pros dash plaque Interior and License plate LEDs 20X9 Factory Reproductions ZL1 Replica Rims Gloss Black Camaro Fender Badges Gloss Black and Red RS Badge ShowStoppers ZL1 Front Splash Guards Rear OEM ZL1 Splash Guards Big Worm Graphics Gunsmoke Side Marker Tint Performance: Black C.A.I. Inc CAI Black Elite Engineering Catch Can with Nickel Plated Feedings Stainless Works 1 3/4 Long Tubes w/ HF Cats MRT V 2.0 Hotchkis Strut Tower Brace R1 E-Line Rotors Hawk HPS Break Pads 1LE Clean Side Separator GTO Clutch Reservoir Relocation Megan Racing Coil Overs LSR Sway Bars LSR Endlinks MGW Short Throw Shifter with RS Shift ball Autometer Dual Pillar Pod AEM Uego Wideband Gauge Aeroforce Interceptor Scan Gauge Future Mods: Cosmetic: ZL1 Side Skirts Anvil or NLP Rear Spoiler Performance: SS Mid Pipes HP Tuners Dyno Tune or IPF Tune if HP doesn't work out Pictures to follow Thanks for reading Here's how my Camaro sits today: Last edited by menendez1293; 03-17-2015 at 12:40 PM.

07-21-2012, 08:13 PM	#2
Mindz E.B.A.H. Drives: you wild... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In the happy padded room wearing a jacket that makes me hug myself... Posts: 18,421	Well written. I always like reading stories from passionate owners. Sounds like you are enjoying your car as much as I enjoy mine. Post pictures soon! __________________ Blue Rush, 2010 SS [Car of the Week 3/22/2010] Traded in on...ZLZBUBB, 2013 ZL1

07-21-2012, 08:13 PM	#3
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	Here are a a couple of pictures of when they were putting on the stripes: And some of when i took delivery: Edit: this is a horrible picture of myself Last edited by menendez1293; 07-21-2012 at 08:42 PM.

07-21-2012, 08:32 PM	#9
camaro_RS Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: A lot of show, not much go. Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Emerald Coast Posts: 3,388	Hell yeah, man! Nice job and looking good! Nice journal so far. __________________ -White Mary Jane....build thread [COTW 6/11/12] :

07-21-2012, 08:35 PM	#12
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	Rx Catch Can Now I did Wrap the lines with Blue electrical tape while it is a affective way to get the lines a different color its still up in the air if i should keep them or go back to the black ones. Let me know what you guys think. Also in these pictures you can see my Painted Fuse box cover. That about sums up my moding to date. With time i will have more pictures and more mods to add to the camaro and show of to the people of C5. Thanks for reading and looking again Edit: The blue catch can lines have since been removed Last edited by menendez1293; 09-20-2012 at 08:15 PM.

07-21-2012, 08:17 PM	#4
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	Now these picture are when my camaro was about six months old. I had just started to get involved with this site at that point and also started to get involved with a starting a local camaro group

07-21-2012, 08:19 PM	#5
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	Now this group of pictures comes from When my camaro officially turned one on August 17 2010.

07-21-2012, 08:22 PM	#6
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	Some pictures from my heritage grill install

07-21-2012, 08:23 PM	#7
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	My CAI install

07-21-2012, 08:25 PM	#8
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	A random picture from November of 11 during a Camaro meet

07-21-2012, 08:34 PM	#10
menendez1293 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tallahassee FL Posts: 9,687 View My Garage	This group of pictures are from when my camaro turned 2. As you can see i didn't really take many pictures in between all the installs.