Your Biggest Mistake Modding? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

smaegley · 01-31-2011, 12:55 PM

Ok - So I just screwed up - documented here

Perhaps I can help others avoid my mistake by posting my story. It is also a bit of group therapy for myself by sharing this with you in the Camaro5 community. This is really the only place I can talk about it because none of my friends IRL really get it and my wife is tired of listening to me talk about my car.

Maybe we can help other if you all share your biggest mistake while modding or upgrading your cars. What mistakes have you made that ended up costing you a lot more money or time or both?

PQ · 01-31-2011, 01:00 PM

Hooooooollllllyyyyyy SHI*,,,,, where would I start...................???

bobby35ny · 01-31-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PQ

Hooooooollllllyyyyyy SHI*,,,,, where would I start...................???

Getting an Automatic is NOT a mod...

It was too easy, had to do it PQ!!
=bobby

WadeWilson · 01-31-2011, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PQ

Hooooooollllllyyyyyy SHI*,,,,, where would I start...................???

hrpiii · 01-31-2011, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by PQ

Hooooooollllllyyyyyy SHI*,,,,, where would I start...................???

I think the list of parts in your signature would be a great place to start.

ketel0ne · 01-31-2011, 01:13 PM

I did a muffler delete and added 5 inch resonator tips to a V6. They were replaced after 2 weeks.

IROCanSS · 01-31-2011, 01:14 PM

My biggest mistake on my car was also shifter related. I was installing the allen screws in the hurst from the bottom and completely stripped out the head. Not a big deal as long as I never have to remove it.

biggest mistake on someone elses car... My first front sway bar install I fought for over an hour an hour and got it wedged in to where it wouldn't budge. That's when I realized it was upside down.

had to raise the engine a hair and remove several front suspension pieces to get it out. Needless to say it was cake to install after!!

I read your other thread... they are screwing you. If its just a screw in selonoid, that's an easy job and could be done in your driveway. Removing the exhaust is cake and I lowered my tranny to install the hurst. Plus it would be a perfect opportunity to switch your tranny fluid to Mobil 1 ATF!

WiccaJew · 01-31-2011, 01:15 PM

Taking a week and buying three different tool kits to install my exhaust myself. Probably would have cost the same to just pay someone else to install it.

IROCanSS · 01-31-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by WiccaJew

Taking a week and buying three different tool kits to install my exhaust myself. Probably would have cost the same to just pay someone else to install it.

Dude... It takes one wrench???!!!

PQ · 01-31-2011, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hrpiii

I think the list of parts in your signature would be a great place to start.

Right..... I guess I was refering to the mishaps,,,,,,,,,, mainly the big one. That happened right after the fest.

Where I snapped my finger in half on video. lol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4553995...n/photostream/

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Originally Posted by jrhaus76

My biggest mistake on my car was also shifter related. I was installing the allen screws in the hurst from the bottom and completely stripped out the head. Not a big deal as long as I never have to remove it.

biggest mistake on someone elses car... My first front sway bar install I fought for over an hour an hour and got it wedged in to where it wouldn't budge. That's when I realized it was upside down.

had to raise the engine a hair and remove several front suspension pieces to get it out. Needless to say it was cake to install after!!

I read your other thread... they are screwing you. If its just a screw in selonoid, that's an easy job and could be done in your driveway. Removing the exhaust is cake and I lowered my tranny to install the hurst. Plus it would be a perfect opportunity to switch your tranny fluid to Mobil 1 ATF!

That front bar was a pita for me and I had it the right way from the beggining. I should have just lifted the engine on its mouhnts. May have been enough to make it easier.

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Originally Posted by WiccaJew

Taking a week and buying three different tool kits to install my exhaust myself. Probably would have cost the same to just pay someone else to install it.

Ya, but you have the tools now. You'll use them,,,,,,

danhr · 01-31-2011, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jrhaus76

Dude... It takes one wrench???!!!

well... if you want to make it really easy.... also a set of pliers

melody301 · 01-31-2011, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ketel0ne

I did a muffler delete and added 5 inch resonator tips to a V6. They were replaced after 2 weeks.

Just curious what was the reason you replaced them after 2 weeks?

PQ · 01-31-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by melody301

Just curious what was the reason you replaced them after 2 weeks?

I'm guessing the neighbors and their pitchforks.

2010 SSRS · 01-31-2011, 01:31 PM

No mistakes at all with my mods, I have the JRE Street package and it is awesome, I can't wait to do more mods when this Blizzard filled Winter is over.

01-31-2011, 12:55 PM	#1
smaegley Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 IBM Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Broomfield, CO Posts: 24	Your Biggest Mistake Modding? Ok - So I just screwed up - documented here Perhaps I can help others avoid my mistake by posting my story. It is also a bit of group therapy for myself by sharing this with you in the Camaro5 community. This is really the only place I can talk about it because none of my friends IRL really get it and my wife is tired of listening to me talk about my car. Maybe we can help other if you all share your biggest mistake while modding or upgrading your cars. What mistakes have you made that ended up costing you a lot more money or time or both?

01-31-2011, 01:00 PM	#2
PQ Booooosted. Drives: 2010 Supercharged SS Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 36,717 View My Garage	Hooooooollllllyyyyyy SHI*,,,,, where would I start...................??? __________________

01-31-2011, 01:15 PM	#8
WiccaJew Drives: Black & Blue 1SS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Back In The Desert Posts: 1,257 View My Garage	Taking a week and buying three different tool kits to install my exhaust myself. Probably would have cost the same to just pay someone else to install it. __________________ ARH 1 7/8 headers, ARH 3" XPIPE, MBRP 3" Catback

01-31-2011, 01:31 PM	#14
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,186 View My Garage	No mistakes at all with my mods, I have the JRE Street package and it is awesome, I can't wait to do more mods when this Blizzard filled Winter is over. __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

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IROCanSS Account Suspended Drives: 89 IROC 350 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Back roads, southern Ohio Posts: 12,504 View My Garage	My biggest mistake on my car was also shifter related. I was installing the allen screws in the hurst from the bottom and completely stripped out the head. Not a big deal as long as I never have to remove it. biggest mistake on someone elses car... My first front sway bar install I fought for over an hour an hour and got it wedged in to where it wouldn't budge. That's when I realized it was upside down. had to raise the engine a hair and remove several front suspension pieces to get it out. Needless to say it was cake to install after!! I read your other thread... they are screwing you. If its just a screw in selonoid, that's an easy job and could be done in your driveway. Removing the exhaust is cake and I lowered my tranny to install the hurst. Plus it would be a perfect opportunity to switch your tranny fluid to Mobil 1 ATF!