Project Budget 10 Second Camaro Thread by Black94Z28

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Good and bad news...bad news is the ProStars are gone, but good news is I have SS wheels now on the car.

A few of the wheels themselves...

Snapped a couple pictures...

I actually like how these look but now with these on, Im thinking of going a different route. An SS hood and rear spoiler (shoulda kept mine) would look nice with the wheels...or possibly a LS1 front end with a SS hood. I still need to lower the front to get rid of that horrible gap and match the rears.

If anyone has a set of stock stuts or aftermarket ones and the top plate for sale, let me know. I have lowering springs for the front, but I cant get the top strut nut off, its rusted on there bad.

Anyone looking to get rid of their aftermarket exhaust for a true dual setup? I will trade straight up for a 3 inch setup from the header back. Mine are dual 3 inch out to magnaflow mufflers right before the axle.

Stock Interior is pretty much back in. Traded my race buckets to am_muscl for the leather interior (pretty good shape, minus a small tear on the drivers seat that hopefully someone can patch) I think Im OCD on making everything look perfect so I may have to get a seat cover if an upolstry (sp?) shop cant fix it.

I just need to get the center console and radio from Jason (am_muscl) and hook that stuff up.

I need the complete under the dash vents and all that (pretty much need the entire HVAC system) if anyone took theirs out and didnt destroy it in the process

8-11-2010

Once again, I want to thank you guys for your help. Ive recieved alot of generous offers. I really appreciate it right now while the money is tight! I owe ya all if I run into you

Anyways, found a picture of what I plan on having my car look like (believe this is mtbsully's camaro)

Looking at doing the LS1 front end, a SS hood, SS spoiler, and lowering the front. Too bad I just finished painting the car, looks like the front clip will have to be repainted along with both rear 1/4 panels since the spoiler holes will have to be welded up. Also looking to sell or trade my smooth filler panel for a stock one. Im undecided right now if I want to sand off the paint on the taillights or not...Guess Ill think on that one.

More updates soon as I sort all the trades out. Also my PM's have been exploding lately so if I havent responded to you, shoot me another one. Trying to keep them all in order. I have alot of pending trades right now. Sorry if I missed anyone and thanks again for your help!

8-16-2010

Taillight Tint WriteUp!

Wrote this for you guys who have either screwed up painting your lights or you guys who figured the smoked out look is played out and want to go back to stock...

I am doing this since the car will be a daily driver and want my wife to be seen when braking at night. Dont worry guys, my nice lights were put to use. Am_muscl (Jason) has his car over at my place getting worked on and I offered to swap my lights with his that he messed up trying to tint. They look awesome on his car and glad my hard work didnt go to waste.

What you will need...

180 Grit Sandpaper

320 " "

400 " "

800 " " (I skipped this step)

1500 " " (I skipped this step)

2000 " "

Mother's Plastic Polish

Microfiber towels

I first started off with 180 grit to take off aprox 75% of the paint. You want to gently dry sand the lights since this is a rough grit and dont want to dig into the lights otherwise you will be sanding forever later. I got it to where you could start to see the lens under the paint. I also sanded the date codes off on the bottom for a cleaner look. Just knock them down with 180 until you cant see them anymore.

Next step is going over the lights with 320 dry. You want to remove the remainder of the paint in this step and take out all of the 180 scratches. Making sure you do this will save tons of time later.

Sanded with 320...

I went to 400 dry to smooth out alot of the 320 scratches, you dont need to spend too much time on this step, but since I didnt have 800 or 1500 grit laying around when I did this I wanted to smooth this out as much as possible before moving on. I also then wetsanded the lights with 400 to act as a smoother grit of sandpaper. This worked really well and after I hit it with 2000, you couldnt tell I skipped the 800 and 1500 grit, but its optional if you guys want to do it. At this point, the lights should be shiny when wet...

Next, I dry sanded the lights with 2000 to get all the 400 lines out. Idk if it made a difference or not doing this dry before I wetsanded with 2000, but the end result looked like brand new lights, no imperfections, so just letting you guys know how I did it...I then cleaned the light off, looked to make sure I couldnt see anymore deep scratches and all the lines were from the 2000 grit paper. Then I wetsanded the lights to make them as smooth as possible before hitting them with Mother's Plastic Polish.

After wetsanding with 2000 grit...

Now its time to polish. I used Mother's Plastic Polish which Ive used in the past. I LOVE THIS STUFF! Used it on gauge cluster lens, turn signals, etc. I applied several small dabs of polish on a microfiber towl and used some elbow grease to buff the lights (a buffer can be used to, but Im not a wimp though!) About 10-15 minutes later, the lights looked brand new! Could not tell they have been painted before!

Now check the rest of your lenses and polish if needed! Too bad this is the 2nd time Ive taken the tint off the taillights. lol

Taillights installed back on the car...I really do like the factory lights, I know I said that before and redid them, but this time they stay!