some of my winter projects

[c0ncEpT]

If you ever need an extra hand Joel I'm right up the road from you and would more than willing to help.

[JoeliusZ28]

thanks mike, i should be fine this time im in no hurry since i dont have insurance yet anyway. Perhaps ill let ya know about the cam swap party in july though!

[DETROITMUSCLE]

throw some salt in it and get back to work!

[GETGONE]

Pansy...shake it off and get back to work!!!! If I'm not bleeding when I'm working on cars, I haven't done something right!

[JoeliusZ28]

Pansy...shake it off and get back to work!!!! If I'm not bleeding when I'm working on cars, I haven't done something right!

who are you calling a pansy, i got a lot of crap done since that happened!!

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The rear end is completely done and ready to go

All i have to do now is:

-reassemble the new front brakes (and paint the calipers)
-minor paint touchups from the axle install
-bleed the brakes
-reinstall front splash gaurds
-insure it
-CRUISE!!

[badinfluence]

looks excellent!

the red/black/silver theme is awesome

[JoeliusZ28]

thanks!!! It was my goal to tie the entire car together a bit more.

i hope it holds up... the paint didnt stick to the sway bar that great but the rest seems to be fine.

[s.reef]

What kind of paint is that it looks great!

[JoeliusZ28]

Duplicolor Metalcast:



Its basically a transparent red, so the color of what you apply it to is important: i use a metallic silver basecoat. It matches my House of Kolor Kandy Apple (hood) almost perfectly.

the downside is - its 7.50 a can

[s.reef]

Cool, yea that paint matches great!

[GETGONE]

All that work and you're still running the worn out stock DeCarbon shocks????

[BP_Z28]

that looks good

Joel honestly you have one of the nicest,cleanest LT1's I have ever seen

[kammi10]

looking awesome joel..

[JoeliusZ28]

that looks good

Joel honestly you have one of the nicest,cleanest LT1's I have ever seen

thank you!

All that work and you're still running the worn out stock DeCarbon shocks????

They are not the original shocks. Previous owner replaced them between 65 and 75k miles (range of his ownership), he claimed at 70k. he gave me the receipt to prove it. so they have ~20k miles on them.

That being said i plan on upgrading to Koni stuff eventually, its just not priority now.

[JoeliusZ28]

I figure i should post a before image:



my car has only seen 3 months of michigan winter, probably 10 years ago... thats all it takes to destroy the cheap coating on these 10 bolts.