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djfury05
09-02-2012, 07:37 PM
Got bored today and went out in the garage and cleaned up the underside a little bit. Got a lot more to do but its coming along.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0831.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0834.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0835.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0836.jpg

Any questions feel free to ask
chrisheltra
09-02-2012, 07:43 PM
Looks great.
ShawnBoyMoody
09-02-2012, 07:48 PM
Love your Camaro.
djfury05
09-02-2012, 07:58 PM
Thanks fellas :)
blueyed tuner
09-02-2012, 08:10 PM
Nice rearend you sportin there(talkin bout the car lol). Is it powdercoated or just paint? Either way it looks badass.
ElecTech
09-02-2012, 08:17 PM
Very nice.
djfury05
09-02-2012, 08:47 PM
It is powdercoated along with every other suspension piece. It is from Midwest Chassis if you've heard of them.

I think since I have the next 4 days off I'll sand the bottom of the car and try to get most of it painted since I have some nice silver hammertone paint waiting here. :)
jmd
09-02-2012, 09:47 PM
looks clean.
FRDnemesis
09-02-2012, 10:21 PM
It is powdercoated along with every other suspension piece. It is from Midwest Chassis if you've heard of them.

I think since I have the next 4 days off I'll sand the bottom of the car and try to get most of it painted since I have some nice silver hammertone paint waiting here. :)


Where is your upper panhard bar?
Bradleyrj
09-02-2012, 11:44 PM
I need to steam clean the underside of mine.
DIGGLER
09-03-2012, 12:15 AM
after 40 or 50 passes i pretty much gave up on the whole keeping it clean underneath idea. good lord that would be alot of work!!
djfury05
09-03-2012, 02:04 AM
Where is your upper panhard bar?

Gone.. no need for it
trickey
09-03-2012, 05:09 AM
Clean.........
04ctd
09-03-2012, 10:27 AM
that looks like a metric butt ton of money.
my favorite saying for all my Harley buddies:
"it's EXPENSIVE to be cool....."


looks nice, makes me jealous.
LXtasy
09-03-2012, 10:59 AM
that looks like a metric butt ton of money.
my favorite saying for all my Harley buddies:
"it's EXPENSIVE to be cool....."


looks nice, makes me jealous.

Can't take money with you when you are gone. Everyone puts money into different things.
BigdaddyDupree
09-03-2012, 02:58 PM
very nice
ShawnBoyMoody
09-03-2012, 05:13 PM
very nice

Lol. Great sig pic!
djfury05
09-03-2012, 06:59 PM
Went ahead and got some of the back end painted today. Tomorrow I'll go through with my satin black and paint the rubberized spray stuff GM put in dumb places.

Before:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0831.jpg

After:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0837v1.jpg
chrisheltra
09-03-2012, 07:03 PM
Looks really good not that it looked bad before.
adamcs
09-03-2012, 07:17 PM
You should post some of the pics of your build on here
djfury05
09-03-2012, 07:19 PM
You should post some of the pics of your build on here

Never made a build thread. RPM put the motor and trans in for me with no pics, came home, wrecked it, swapped everything over to this new roller and didn't take pics of anything really. I will post what I have though I suppose.
adamcs
09-03-2012, 07:23 PM
Never made a build thread. RPM put the motor and trans in for me with no pics, came home, wrecked it, swapped everything over to this new roller and didn't take pics of anything really. I will post what I have though I suppose.

I was talking about the pics you had on rwhp of when you were prepping the roller, all the engine bay work and stuff, shit was legit
djfury05
09-03-2012, 07:25 PM
I was talking about the pics you had on rwhp of when you were prepping the roller, all the engine bay work and stuff, shit was legit

Ahh ok yep I'll get those up asap.
CPTNSLOW
09-03-2012, 11:22 PM
Looks great
04ctd
09-04-2012, 10:04 AM
does look good with the paint.
awesome

i hate when someone doesn't do the "might as well's":
-you might as welll paint the bay while the motor is out
-might as well rattle the part before you put it in.
-might as well paint all the parts BEFORE they get dirty, so will be easier to clean later on


that does look good, esp the gas tank
FRDnemesis
09-04-2012, 01:19 PM
Gone.. no need for it

Did you weld up your upper support to take up for the stress you've placed on it by removing the upper? If not, you might want to do some reading up on that. There have been some people to tear it clear off the body because they removed the upper and did not beef up the mount to compensate.
LadyInRed
09-04-2012, 02:30 PM
Damn that car is clean.
DIGGLER
09-04-2012, 05:13 PM
Did you weld up your upper support to take up for the stress you've placed on it by removing the upper? If not, you might want to do some reading up on that. There have been some people to tear it clear off the body because they removed the upper and did not beef up the mount to compensate.

i took a hole saw to mine and kept it in there. weighs not much but i figger it should add a good bit of support.
djfury05
09-04-2012, 11:30 PM
Did you weld up your upper support to take up for the stress you've placed on it by removing the upper? If not, you might want to do some reading up on that. There have been some people to tear it clear off the body because they removed the upper and did not beef up the mount to compensate.

Did some reading. Doesn't seem to be a problem for a lot of guys. Lots in the 8 second range with no issues. I've got all solid mounts on everything so the rear shouldn't walk anywhere. When I have access to a welder though I will go around the seams and probably add another brace but I think I'm good for now since the car just sits.
schardbody
09-04-2012, 11:48 PM
wait, show car????


just kidding, very nice!
djfury05
09-05-2012, 03:57 PM
Finished up today finally.. went ahead and did another coat of silver and finished all the places that needed black. Also painted the springs silver too to break it up some in the back.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0850v1.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0841v1.jpg

You can see here how nicely the rubberized material came out under the rocker panel and in the wheel wells.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0849v1.jpg

The wheel well is reflecting some of the browness of the rotor but its black.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0843v1.jpghttp://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0842v1.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0848v1.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0847v1.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0846v1.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0845v1.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/djfury05/DSC_0844v1.jpg
FRDnemesis
09-05-2012, 06:46 PM
Did some reading. Doesn't seem to be a problem for a lot of guys. Lots in the 8 second range with no issues. I've got all solid mounts on everything so the rear shouldn't walk anywhere. When I have access to a welder though I will go around the seams and probably add another brace but I think I'm good for now since the car just sits.


This is what most of them are doing due to the fact that they "did" remove the upper. I only mention it because there is no need in you getting hurt over 5lbs for an upper sway bar. Notice the new style support bracket that is welded in place over the factory bracket.
djfury05
09-05-2012, 06:51 PM
This is what most of them are doing due to the fact that they "did" remove the upper. I only mention it because there is no need in you getting hurt over 5lbs for an upper sway bar.

Thanks for the pic.. I will probably do the same and box it in and add some support at the frame for it.