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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 01:59 PM
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appearance suggestions

should i paint my pulleys, polish or relpace them with billet?

the only billets i've found that look nice seem to be billet specialties. at $2,000 for a set there must be a better alternative.

coil pack relocation. either doing work to the valve covers or cover the whole setup with a fiberglass cover? my msd pack is red, almost too bright so i'm thinking about covering them or even possibly painting them.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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Car: 88 GTA
Engine: 350 L98
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Axle/Gears: 3.45 9 bolt posi
If the msd is to bright, wouldnt the billet or polished pulleys be too bright also?
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 09:23 PM
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I never did care for the billiet pully look. I'd paint the factory ones black.

Since you're talking about coil packs, I'm going to assume your motor is an LSx. If that's the case, get some of these and color match them to your exterior color.

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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 11:39 PM
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IMO, I think the Corvette covers look great, wether an LSx or LTx swap. They really clean things up, and give the clueless a clue when they look under your hood. I have the LTx covers on my LT1 (with "corvette" filled in red).

Alot of people that go to the strip or shows to watch and look at cars dont know much about them, and wouldnt have a clue that there was a swap done without the covers. I get alot of those people saying "check it out! he's got a vette motor in there!!". I also see alot of people that walk around with video cameras to catch all of the cars spending extra time under my hood, vs all the crappy tricked out imports that could easily distract them.

I have spent $Thousands under my hood, but all the attention comes due to $100 worth of plastic covers.

Now that I think about it, I should have just rigged up the Vette covers on the LO3 and saved alot of money

As far as the pullys go, I personally dont care for the billet on our cars. Just get a nice, black, OE finish on yours.
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 02:16 AM
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I'd say polish them, they may take a while to polish but will look really good
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 12:11 AM
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Car: 91 B4C/91 RS 305
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do they make covers like that that say Camaro or Firebird?
I don't really like the idea of putting corvette logos on an f-bod

sorry for the zombie thread.
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 03:21 AM
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I dont know about LTx covers, but I know you can get carbon fiber LSx covers that dont say anything; CAMARO in red or silver vinyl letters would look nice on those IMO.
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Old Mar 2, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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Use some body filler made for plastic(your body shop supply store can recomend a product) fill the Corvette, sand it smooth, prime, paint, put "camaro" stickers on it(avalible in any color you like off e-bay)
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 01:10 AM
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Originally posted by Coach Hawk
Use some body filler made for plastic(your body shop supply store can recomend a product) fill the Corvette, sand it smooth, prime, paint, put "camaro" stickers on it(avalible in any color you like off e-bay)
Thats sounds like a great idea!!! Im going to try that of, cause i dont want the corvette name on my camaro...
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