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Jekyll & Hyde · 07-31-2007, 11:12 AM

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http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/au...kyll-hyde.html (Latest Progress of Jekyll & Hyde (not 56k friendly))

My friends helped me out with most of this, so most questions can be sent to him, search for the user 'black is best'.

Update as of 07-31-2007:
I had the exterior re-cleared and the black re-shot to fix some minor blemishes. I also had the antenna shaved off, it reminded me of a remote control car everytime I looked at it.

'black is best' also did the red taillight modification for me and also refinished the exterior.

We started working on the interior lacing the entire thing with dynamat extreme. We also dyed the interior plastics with landau black matching the stock GM colors from the late 80s and re-carpeted the panels with new black carpet. We put in new black floor carpet, and jute padding. I had the 1997 seats recovered in a new type of synthetic vinyl, most people can't tell a difference, and had orange top stitching added to the seats. I also purchased new door panels and had the same company add orange top stitching to those.

Along with the interior, I had new exhaust put on, the windows re-tinted, and painted and cleaned up the engine bay.

Enough talking, time for pics:

Jekyll & Hyde · 07-31-2007, 11:13 AM

19CAMARO85 · 07-31-2007, 11:28 AM

LOOKIN AWESOME! love the black interior man. GREAT JOB keep it up. I still have thought about using your 2 tone and changing the colors but instead im planning on red w/ black stripes. Well keep us updated. -Matt

Jekyll & Hyde · 07-31-2007, 11:38 AM

I almost forgot here is the new exterior after the clear, black, and antenna changes.

And the Reader's Ride Section of Camaro Performers

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Originally Posted by 19CAMARO85

LOOKIN AWESOME! love the black interior man. GREAT JOB keep it up. I still have thought about using your 2 tone and changing the colors but instead im planning on red w/ black stripes. Well keep us updated. -Matt

Cool deal man. I haven't talked to you in awhile. Make sure you keep us updated with your changes as well!!

BADNBLK · 07-31-2007, 12:55 PM

Looks really good! That Dynamat really makes a difference and is worth all the extra weight, Or at least I thought so. Love the way it looks, but can't get past the hood pins... not my cup of tea! Keep up the good work and keep posting pics.

87 formy · 07-31-2007, 12:57 PM

Those seats look great!! Just curious, are you planning on keeping the t-tops in the back like that? I just tried them back there exactly like that last week and went for a quick ten minute drive and they didn't rattle or anything. It seems way more convenient, but I might make something to separate them a little bit and keep them in place. They fit in there really good though.

Edit: Just saw the wiring back there in the one pic, guess you have different plans for back there.

grover85 · 07-31-2007, 01:05 PM

Awsome!! That just gave me alot of modivation to finish my interior. Thanks

Demon355 · 07-31-2007, 05:38 PM

I knew I knew that car from somewhere, lol!

Great car man, good work!

rwdtech · 07-31-2007, 05:55 PM

i was dissapointed that they didnt get larger or more pics of your car in Camaro Performers. still a nice deal tho

DillonRager · 08-01-2007, 10:18 AM

when i saw your car in the magazine i started to get excited and told my girlfriend look look look this guy is on the website im always talking on. but they should have hade more pics. nice ride

xgtharo86x · 08-01-2007, 10:37 AM

looks sick i love the two-tone

Jekyll & Hyde · 08-01-2007, 09:39 PM

Thanks for the replies. I've always liked looking at other third gens on this board, I'm just happy I finally got to post up some pics of my own.

19CAMARO85 · 08-01-2007, 11:30 PM

My sister said that she seen a camaro similar to yours in louisville KY today, just the 2 tone black stopped at the hood not on the bumper. She said it was orange and black just like yours. I love the 2 tone but im not sure about what i want to do. either your 2 tone in either yellow/black, red/black, or orange/black. or orange w/ black stripes, or red w/ black stripes. lol im not sure but i just dont want to copy yours exsactly because i dont want to steal your thunder lol. let me kno what u think about the paint for my Z28. later dude. -Matt

Jekyll & Hyde · 08-03-2007, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 19CAMARO85

My sister said that she seen a camaro similar to yours in louisville KY today, just the 2 tone black stopped at the hood not on the bumper. She said it was orange and black just like yours. I love the 2 tone but im not sure about what i want to do. either your 2 tone in either yellow/black, red/black, or orange/black. or orange w/ black stripes, or red w/ black stripes. lol im not sure but i just dont want to copy yours exsactly because i dont want to steal your thunder lol. let me kno what u think about the paint for my Z28. later dude. -Matt

Strange. I've heard there is a silver & black one near my house, but I haven't seen it personally. I'm not a huge fan of stripes simply because they are on everything, but now I'm starting to see this two-tone on a lot of stock cars like the HHR, PT Cruisers, etc. The problem is these bodies don't have a lot of things that look good on them.

If you want a two tone that's different, I would suggest Nasier's car. I've meet this guy a couple of times, he has won many races with this car, he is part of the 'King of the Hill' racing league in Texas.
http://www.nttga.net/forums/showthre...16304&p=117619

I met him through a friend that used to race KOTH. This one is very nice, the orange is close to the same, but doesn't change as much as mine does. Nice the design that he used for the separator, it's not just a line like mine.

dennisbernal91z · 08-03-2007, 12:47 PM

how mush did it cost you to have those door panels made? Also did all your rear plastic fit and look that nice before you did all this? If not where/how did you get it to look that nice? Thanks for the insight. Great looking car!

19CAMARO85 · 08-03-2007, 04:45 PM

i like the drag car, but i think its the simplicity of yours that makes it look so great. im in debate though. I think the 2 tone looks wicked and only question i have for you is what you think about your design with yellow or the stock dark red metallic instead of the orange. My Z28 is almost back on the road and i really want to start on body to get it ready. I plan on a 2 inch cowl hood and the hawks 5 inch spoiler as my mods. But let me kno what u think. later man. -Matt

Jekyll & Hyde · 08-03-2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dennisbernal91z

how mush did it cost you to have those door panels made? Also did all your rear plastic fit and look that nice before you did all this? If not where/how did you get it to look that nice? Thanks for the insight. Great looking car!

The door panels are new ones from Classic Industries, I just had the stitching replaced with the orange to match the seats. I don't remember exactly how much the stitching cost, but I think it was $50 or so.

Actually, the rear plastics didn't fit great, but they weren't too warped. They look 10 times better than they originally did. I can say that with the new jute padding and the dynamat, it was much tighter against the carpet than stock which really helped making it all fit together better.

No problem man, anytime.

Thanks for the kind words.
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Originally Posted by 19CAMARO85

i like the drag car, but i think its the simplicity of yours that makes it look so great. im in debate though. I think the 2 tone looks wicked and only question i have for you is what you think about your design with yellow or the stock dark red metallic instead of the orange. My Z28 is almost back on the road and i really want to start on body to get it ready. I plan on a 2 inch cowl hood and the hawks 5 inch spoiler as my mods. But let me kno what u think. later man. -Matt

You would have to find a dark red that would look good with black, but something like blood red ( when you first prick your finger ). For that you would need to get a really bright separator line, something like yellow. Also, I would run the separator line up the 5" spoiler and across the top like mine. I would look really good like that.

19CAMARO85 · 08-04-2007, 04:29 PM

hmmm dont kno but im gonna have to think about it lol thanks man -Matt

tnt_viper · 08-04-2007, 10:07 PM

love the interior, great job

maroon88iroc · 08-05-2007, 12:07 AM

DUDE looks GREAT! love the way the seats and the door panels came out... idk if i could deal with no armrests though? you must have to cut out the holes or something b/c what are you going to do with the door locks and all that stuff? the outside is so nice looking, you need to get some diamond cut headlights to match the parking lights though, and how hard was it painting the engine bay? i need to do it to mine sooo bad but im worried its going to be a BIG job...

Jekyll & Hyde · 08-05-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by maroon88iroc

DUDE looks GREAT! love the way the seats and the door panels came out... idk if i could deal with no armrests though? you must have to cut out the holes or something b/c what are you going to do with the door locks and all that stuff? the outside is so nice looking, you need to get some diamond cut headlights to match the parking lights though, and how hard was it painting the engine bay? i need to do it to mine sooo bad but im worried its going to be a BIG job...

Actually, the cardboard in the back of the door panels are break outs and then you cut to fit the vinyl. It was really easy to deal with trimming the vinyl. The door panels are back in the car and they look stock but with a little more flare to them. I'll try to get some later interior pics up.

I've actually been looking for the diamond cut headlights, we ordered some in, but there was no bulb cover in the package. I contacted the company that I bought them from and PIAA and both said that that package doesn't come with the blub covers. So I'm looking for some that do.

The engine bay wasn't hard to paint, it took two days in all and came out really good. The major part was the time to move everything out of the way. If you contact 'Black is Best' he can give you some good tips to do it. I helped him paint it basically. He shot it and I moved the stuff or held it out of the way, while he shot it.

2tonedmaro89 · 08-05-2007, 02:02 PM

looks great man

Brisk · 08-05-2007, 02:47 PM

getting better all the time