I haven't had much time with it, but I've gotta get it lookin like its my car and not someone elses, so the appearance mods have officially started.
This is the custom shifter knob my brother made me for Christmas.
He put a lot of work into it and even had it engraved, I think it came out really nice.
The message on the inside really does it for me. My first car was a third gen Camaro. If you know much about F-bodies, the fourth generation was considerably more powerful than the third. So I ended up selling my 3rd and finally got myself a 4th for that reason, the engraving makes it pretty sentimental.
Heres how it looks installed.
The next thing I did was add some clear corners, they really look much better than stock ambers (in my opinion).
Before:
After:
I also painted the calipers red.
I love the way they look behind the rims (they're 18'' Foose Speedsters by the way, they're also very dirty in the picture)
The last thing I've done so far was paint the headlight covers, they were really sunfaded from being in the Florida sun.
They really looked horrible.
My own personal paint booth...it was a terrible keeping that area free of dust floating around.
Heres how they look as of right now, I'm still in the process of wetsanding and buffing out the imperfections, hopefully they'll be reinstalled soon.
Got the bumper inserts today, heres a before....ignore the dirty car and missing tail light.
And an after:
Well I fixed the reverse lights (neutral safety switch, I was right....woohoo) So I got the tail lights back on, heres how it looks, I like it.
Caliper Decals came awhile ago I guess, but apparently they were mailed to my brother, Adam, so I had no idea. Luckily my mom was opening his mail for some reason and came across them.
Raised door emblems came....finally (1-19-08) Heres how they look:
Decided to stop procrastinating and finish the headlight covers. I had to do a lot of wetsanding to get a bunch of the little things out of it, but they're coming along nicely.
I've made the decision that I'm going to buy an orbital buffer, theres no way I'm buffing anything by hand ever again.
Heres how they look back on the car:
And if you're thinking "wow, those don't look like the right color at all" Trust me....it is, the reason they look different is because the car is so horribly dirty, heres the proof:
Page 1: Picking up the T/A
Page 2: First day Home
Page 3: Sound System
Page 4: Appearance mods
Page 5: Performance mods
Page 6: Pics from the trip
Page 7: Winter Car
Page 8: My old Camaro
