Actually, the car has been done for a while, but I had a quick government funded "vacation" to New Orleans a little bit ago. This car has been 4 years in the making. Almost everything on this car has been replaced, fixed, or refinished. There's a few more small things that I have to put on (1.6 RR's, some hatch weatherstripping and a little bit of paint to touch up on), but this is what she's going to look like as I have no other mods planned for her . . . atleast visually. Modding might resume based on the results I get from the dyno.

The goal was to give her a sleeper-esque appearance, but uniquely mine. I also wanted to maintain a stock type image on the interior as well, so I was able to pick up some mint (34k miles) Firehawk seats locally and got a very subtle Kenwood EZ500 headunit. The motor was also done very subtle on outward appearance, but I'll save that for another thread. OK, enough blabbering.

BEFORE:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ighlight=Gunny

DURING: (daylight pic at bottom on thread)

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ighlight=Gunny

AFTER: (no detailing outside of tire shine, just washed)

 

And another

 

And final one of the interior

 

Very nice.

 

very very nice, i'd like to see more rubber in the back!

 

17x8's all the way around with the same size tires. . . . atleast I can rotate my tires this time.

When it's a daily driver, sometimes we make compromises.

 

damn...omg that car looks good. Dont see too too many silvers on the third gens...looks beautiful nice work.

ROHs fit these cars nicely

 

Oddly enough it's not silver but gray. But it's a metallic gray that really brightens up when the sun hits it. Yet at night the car is damn near pewter. I like it alot.

Thanks for the compliment though.

 

so you re-did the whole car. I always wanted to take a 3rdgen and do that. Did you totally strip it down and make sure every bit of rust was gone/ repaired and then do a full under coat on the underside and stuff.

 

It only had 55k miles on it when I bought her and gargaged her whole life. I just couldn't bring myself to do a frame off on a 3rd gen, but I haven't found a drop of rust . . none during the suspension rebuild or the interior swap. I was worried when I chunked the old carpet that I would find something, but it was spotless.

 

hey, im doing a repaint soon. where did you get this color from.

 

It's Dupont Pepper Gray Metallic, the exact same color that was on "Eleanor" in "Gone in 60 Seconds." If you search around on here, you should be able to find the actual paint code. I forget the exact code.

 

Nice looking car!

It's great to see that there's still some people on this board that can put together beautiful unique looking thirdgens without turning them into freakshows.

Good job man!

 

Excellent job! Thirdgen perfection

 

Looking real good Gunny!

 

is the color a formula, or is it a straight from dupont color?

 

It's a straight Dupont color.

 

cool, looking at it in person, how does it compare to gunmetal gray (in my sig)? because like i said, im repainting soon, and if possible I want to leave door jambs and inner hatch etc alone. or at least just kinda tint it a little so i dont have to strip the car.

 

from seeing your car in person zz4...this color looks alot more bright honestly, seems like you could get away without the door jambs/engine and stuff but would still be way off...

Could always just mix the color into a darker shade thatd would look nice

Gunny once again beautiful car, the first pic is my background desktop

 

so, this would make it darker in the day and darker at night too...like it would still have the uv/light sensitivity if i added a darker color that was not...or would it still have the effect but not as dramatic? i think i will copy you and make that my background too lol.

 

Wow! I think that's a first for me.

 

holy effing ****...my jaw literally dropped when i saw that first pic. AWESOME

 

Thanks man. I'm actually a little suprised by the responses I'm getting given that it's so subtle.

I would also like to take this time to thank everybody on here who helped me out in the decision process and all the little SNAFU's that I ran into here and there. Not to mention the fine folks who sell NOS stuff on the Classifieds Board. And a special shout out go to Shifty Capone for pushing me over the edge on the ROH Snypers. I swear I must have mulled over it for about 10 months before finally spending the money. Although I know it's not perfect, I was trying to reach close to the level that Kandied and CamaroGuy18 and Boyd have inspired some of us to get to. Now if we had one of those "beer smilelys" this is where I would put it and say "long live turd gens."

 

WOW! My Jaw honestly dropped as well. I clicked this post expecting to see a nice thirdgen, but instead saw THE PERFECT THIRDGEN!

That is by far in the top 5 on this site. Easily. The interior is by far number 1 in my books. Really goes well with the outside. The wheel choice is awesome.

Be proud of what you have, because I would give my left nut for it.

 

Your car is a classic example of the old saying "less is more". It is so clean, so pure, the wheels are beautiful, not bling, the color is understated - elegant even. You did a really great job dude, you should be happy and proud.

By the way, what did you do with your old wheels????

 

Me gusta! Very nice!

 

Thank you for the compliment. It really makes it worth the whole effort when you get to post something that you put so much hard work and money into and people like it. G0d bless the internet sometimes.

As for the wheels, I still have them. I've thought about polishing them up just for fun, but I have no reason to.

 

great coler choice looks amazing,good job

 

How do you like that 2000 stall with the 3.23's? I'm sure it pulls hard, but how's the gas? I know it's a little off topic, but . . .

. . . and thank you.

 

I'm not sure if I would go that far with it, but that's one Hell of a compliment.

 

awesome.

 

Dupont Pepper Gray Metallic, I'm loving that colour more and more every time I see it. She's a beaut Gunny, subtle while still being a real head turner.

 

the gas prices are insane here in ny so i dont drive it to much this season, love those colers though makes me maybe want to go the paint route this winter, but i want to go with the r/a ws6 hood.

 

I love the pics, beautiful

 

A very fine example of a well done, tasteful camaro. Everything meshes together nicely. You've built a sweet looking ride.

 

All i have to say is WOW. I love the color, its a great choice for the styling and the interior is just unbelievable. Very tastefully done. I always like that color, or anything similar to it after i saw a 89ish t/a on the boards. Do you have any engine pics? Im going to be doing a swap soon and I need some examples.

 

YEEEAAAHHH BABY. Looks like you've achieved the perfect balance between fast- looking and understated elegance.

 

I LOVE IT!!!!!! Sure would look nice parked next to my GTA.

 

holy cow she looks gorgous Sgt. Simply beautiful.

I hope my camaro will turn out half as nice, in twice the time!

Awesome...all that, and on a Marine Corps budget too. Haha.

'PFC W

 

After a few combat tours you'ld be suprised how much money you can save. The only key is to come back in one piece so you can spend it.

. . that, and don't have a woman sucking it out from you.

Ooh-Rah

 

haha...good to go Sgt.

Oohrah

 

beautiful car, you took a car that looked great before and made it look even better. Its perfect, I cant find one thing I dont like about it!

 

im seriously thinking about that color now...and if i do it, im definantly getting some hyper black zr1's for it.





my g0d, every time i look at it i cannot get over how awesome it looks

EDIT: for some reason these wont come up.

 

alright so hyper black zr1s, new paint job, new tranny, and a new intake for 650$ zz4? damn where can i get a deal on that?

sorry i gotta mess with you i was just like you at one point...

 

i told you i got my job today. plus the holidays are coming up. and ill sell my rims and my tpi too in the process. so it might take a while, but ill get it done.

 

Color and wheels look perfect together! Great job! Loving it!

 

Thanks guys for all the compliments. It really makes it all worth the effort. Here's some more pics since you guys seem to like them. These better show how much the color changes due to the light. . . and my brakes. Hope yall like them.

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And this one was taken with the sun going down behind the trees.

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damn gunny sick ride dude.i guess i know what kinda rims i`m getting now

 

Awesome looking camaro. I would love to see the engine bay.

I notice you are from georgia, which part?