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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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you can wax a car good in -14 below weather!

if you have a shop to do it in :P








thats all my cleaning crap..lol
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 09:48 PM
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now THAT'S what i call a shop, i could get a lot more car work done there than in my little 2 car garage with a boat on one side. wowzers.

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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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and in the back ground...you could pull a motor with the 10 ton crane..heh


25 ft deep chrome tanks in back as well...too bad its industrial chrome
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 09:15 AM
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Looks fantastic man. I hope you dont drive that thing in the salty/slushy/snowy roads!
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 04:58 PM
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sexy...but that car is absolutely begging for rims!

also what kinda headlights?

Are they H4s? Where do you get them?
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 05:04 PM
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drool. i agree, rims would finish it off nicely. i like how the lighting in the first picture just makes it look so wintery. good looking car man.

o yea, digging the clear corners too.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 05:16 PM
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Beautiful car man. Love the upgrade on the headlights. Add some 5% tint and a nice set of wheels and you'll have one mean looking black machine. Also, by the way, I noticed the foglights look cleaner than normal. Are they new stock ones or aftermarket ones?
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 06:13 PM
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
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Axle/Gears: 10 bolt with 3.73 gears
yea, with those foglights, head lights and corner lights, youre gonna need to do something about those parking lights too, they look so out of place the more i look at it.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 06:24 PM
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he just needs new parking lights...but ive seen more sun beat ones before (like my old ones)
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 08:05 PM
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nick...unfortonately i have to drive the car...money was tight so no winter beater for me....but i keep it real clean and car wash it alot!....so it WILL stay nice



Originally posted by §teve
sexy...but that car is absolutely begging for rims!

also what kinda headlights?

Are they H4s? Where do you get them?
they are h4 conversion housings....got them from procarparts on ebay

Originally posted by ZZ4 86 Z28
drool. i agree, rims would finish it off nicely. i like how the lighting in the first picture just makes it look so wintery. good looking car man.

o yea, digging the clear corners too.

the tint on the picture was done with the camaera...its called tungsten...if i used a natural all whitre balance the pics would have come out with a yellowish lighting because of the shops lighting

summer will bring rims, brakes and suspensin....here are the wheels


i can't wait!



Originally posted by camaroguy21
Beautiful car man. Love the upgrade on the headlights. Add some 5% tint and a nice set of wheels and you'll have one mean looking black machine. Also, by the way, I noticed the foglights look cleaner than normal. Are they new stock ones or aftermarket ones?
the fogs are aftermarket from autozone...they were 39.99 and are worth every penny

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yea, with those foglights, head lights and corner lights, youre gonna need to do something about those parking lights too, they look so out of place the more i look at it.
i tried wet sanding and polishing them...but the insides are what is terrible/....i will be getting new ones

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he just needs new parking lights...but ive seen more sun beat ones before (like my old ones)
yup....thats what i'll do...wish they had a clerer option like the head lights but just having the bulb sit out in the middle with a clear lense is iffy on the apperarence side for me

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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
Engine: GM Crate ZZZ HO 350, Edelbrock head
Transmission: Rebuilt 700r4 all TransGo and Beast
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt with 3.73 gears
http://fbodymotorsports.com/inc/sdetail/359



found those in about a minute.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 08:25 PM
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DROOOOOOL is right, dang she looks SWEEEEET. It looks like my car but yours is nice and shiny. The paint on mine is 2 months old and I guess she is ready for a wax but I wish I had a garage. After a wax do you have problems keeping her clean? I just washed my car yesterday and it is already covered in dust Thanks for sharing and that car is hot. I will post a pic of mine because they look like sisters. By the way, I am looking for the red orange badges for the door GFX so if you have any leads I would appreciate it, the ones I have on there now are silver.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 08:32 PM
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
Engine: GM Crate ZZZ HO 350, Edelbrock head
Transmission: Rebuilt 700r4 all TransGo and Beast
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt with 3.73 gears
check out hawks on the top of the page. they probably have everything you would ever want for a third gen.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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Originally posted by ZZ4 86 Z28
http://fbodymotorsports.com/inc/sdetail/359



found those in about a minute.
f body motor sports will never get any of my money...ba listings on this site from them, but yea...thats what i need'


some other memeber on here made a tech article on how to make the front lense clear...like my headlights...i liked those but i think ty look sorta weird with just the bulb in the very center on the =housing and that is all you see


QUOTE]Originally posted by 82 Iron Duke
DROOOOOOL is right, dang she looks SWEEEEET. It looks like my car but yours is nice and shiny. The paint on mine is 2 months old and I guess she is ready for a wax but I wish I had a garage. After a wax do you have problems keeping her clean? I just washed my car yesterday and it is already covered in dust Thanks for sharing and that car is hot. I will post a pic of mine because they look like sisters. By the way, I am looking for the red orange badges for the door GFX so if you have any leads I would appreciate it, the ones I have on there now are silver. [/QUOTE]

my emblems are coming off for 4th gen emblems...dont know when i am gonna do that though


i do get dust on it no matter what....just get a california duster...they work good
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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Wanna trade emblems for now since you are going to do the swap? I would like to have all orange and red. Will they fit an 85 Iroc?
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 08:58 PM
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hawks doesnt have those same parking lights?
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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Originally posted by 82 Iron Duke
Wanna trade emblems for now since you are going to do the swap? I would like to have all orange and red. Will they fit an 85 Iroc?
let me think about that for sometime...might be keeping them...not sure yet
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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LOL i hope so man. You did a real nice Job with that car! Did you undercoat the whole undercarriage?
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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nope...but the under side of the car is clean as hell...absolutely no rust for a car in wisconsin
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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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yea big overhead cranes are sweet we got a LOT of 2 tons at my place, we cant do anything cool with em though

Car looks awesome....black is so bitchin
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Old Dec 25, 2005 | 01:11 AM
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hell yea...i love black...best car color ever!....those wheels will really set that car off...i can't wait!
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Old Dec 25, 2005 | 10:42 PM
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"New GM Park Lamps for your 82-92 Camaro, Iroc, Z28, RS or Berlinetta. These typically fog up and there is no known fix for this problem. This is a easy way to spruce up the exterior of your car!"

https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/t...ensation.shtml

im going to be doing this next week...i wanted to do it all summer but was too lazy....the park lamps are kinda of hard to get to but oh well...
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