hello everyone,
it has been a while since i posted anything up on what i have been doing to my camaro..
some of the member here on TGO have seen some of the things i done to my car in person so i say why not share with everyone here on TGO

Gonna start with my interior..
i had to redo my entire interior it was a complete mess.. i was thinking for a while in what type of material to go with my seats but since i notice my rear seats were near great condition i just redone my from seats and had a new carpet install... also the seats were done my a place i know but the carpet i had to do that with a friend that is also a member here on TGO

 

here is a pic of my new seats...
surprisingly the floor pan were in very good condition no rust on it...
also i installed a new carpet with padding... the whole process told me about 8 hrs to do...

 

then later on in the month i found myself a T5 tranny in the junkyard... it came off from a 83 Z28 and to my surprise everything is still good..
i decided to take out my 700R4 since it started to make this weird noise and also that tranny has given 15 years of service ( i should know i was there when my dad installed it)
the whole process took my about 3 day to do since in the beginning i was working by myself and then later in my girlfriend came over to gave me a hand (i was in shock that she wasn't afraid to get some engine grease under her nails) wow..
i had to get an torque arm mount for the T5 since i forgot it in the junkyard i didn't know that the auto and the stick mount were different (it was my first time doing this swap)
Also i would like to Thank Mike(Grey Goose), VicentZ28 for the help and advice they gave me while i was doing my swap.... thanks

 

then a while later i installed my new edelbrock header... the header were meant for a 350 but since my 305 still has alot of life left in it i installed it
the header i bought them off a member here on TGO for around $300, they were never on a running engine so for me there are new, plus they were ceramic coated..
i did the swap with a friend of my and we told about two day to take out the old stock header/ y pipe and install the new ones..
i have to say the new header sound very nice... and with the 305/T5 it is like i gave my car a new life.... it runs perfect

 

here is a pic of what i did yesterday...
i bought a HID kit from a friend here on TGO and i got the 8000K kit which they look pretty nice at light... i am still kinda blind but okay lol..
also i got my rear taillights paint darker.... i like the way they came out and would like to take them for there very nice work they did...
i am thinking about lower my car back to stock height and redo my front suspension since i have all the new parts in my room
will post pic on my progress

Let me know what u guys think

 

Coming out good man Were you get your seas redone at.

 

Looking nice man! You gonna add the rest of the groung effects too?

 

Thanks man... I had my seats done in this place I know here in Long Beach... it is called Fransico's Uphosterty....
If u want more info let me know

Thanks... yeah I am gonna install the rest of the ground effect I got the rest of it in the garage... I was gonna install them but since my car is already paint, I am gonna just wait until I have some more money to repaint the entire car with the ground effect...

Valentin.

 

looking great, i see you've done plenty of work. I've thought of tinting my tail lights but im unsure if i would get trouble with the law, but they sure do look nice though.

Still i say you should drop the car it would set it off just right

 

How much did they charge you to redo the seats I been wanting to redo mine at a good price.

 

I paid around $300 for my seats... as in the pic show the old ones where cloth and worn out badly so the guy had to put in new foam and the new material plus he did the same pattern sitching on the seats to match the rear....

Also today my friend Oscar and myself were driving out camaro (he owns a 89 Iroc 350) and where in a tunnel and decided to have some fun... we were going somewhat fast that it sounded like a race track... but the sad part for me that I broke my alternator/waterpump belt.... good thing I was carrying a spare belt... I gotta say that was fun... wish I gottan a video to share...

 

So it was $300 just for the front and can I get his number for I could get an estimate on mine

 

Thanks Luis... yeah I have done a lot since the last time you seen it at Bob's Big Boy Meeting/ Don's place...
I am thinking of going tomorrow to the junkyard to see what I find to buy it on Friday since it is 50% off...
And on the ride height yeah I am gonna lower it back to the stock height it was before.. I am kinda not liking how some of my friends are making fun of it... plus it is time to make it look better since I already hit the front spoiler...
I will post pic of my build on my car...

Also to Jr350Tpi... yeah I can send u the info but until tomorrow I will pm u the info..

 

Alright thanks man

 

alright here is an update..
i am finally gonna start to lower my car back to stock (maybe alittle lower)
i got an extra set of use a arm control so i can start to clean it and paint it and add all the new goodies to my car...

i will post pic and update on my progress of what i will be doing..

 

lots of work there! Lookin good.

 

okay so here are a few things i did to my car
first of all i lower my car back to stock height... yes it was higher in the front then normal but i was able to get it back to normal, the good thing is that i dont hit my front spoiler so i am good so far..
also i will be adding the rest of the new front suspension... with that been done i have done both my front and rear suspension with new parts

i am thinking of buying some after market two piston caliper for my car since sometimes it feels like my car loses braking power... i was thinking of upgrading but i am gonna use most of my funds for another project i am working (gonna be sending it off to paint)

i will post picture tomorrow since i forgot where i left my usb cable for my camera..