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Old 08-20-2012, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 08baltls
These will have to do for tonight. I've got some paint and body work to do on the hood vents and after that I'll get my girlfriend to bring over her camera and do some good shots of it. These are just off my phone.
Cant see too much from that, but looks pretty cool from what i can make out. Always wondered if the ss lip would work before i bought my lip..
Old 08-20-2012, 12:20 AM
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Yeah it's pretty dark in my garage. Tomorrow I'll see if I can't get some better shots of it with some better detail.
Old 08-20-2012, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Fitz88
Wait, this is the G5 I saw at ECB this year! I didn't realize it until now..
Old 08-20-2012, 07:29 PM
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yupp i was there lol
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My 09 coupe, I bought it brand new. I've done all the work myself except window tint. I wish it was an SS but I keep it looking nice and enjoy a dependable daily driver.

This was right after I bought it...

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Then the mods began...

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I powder coated the valve cover myself and also made the coil cover myself.


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Powder coated
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Upgraded to a set of Impala horns and made my own bracket.
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Sound deadener in entire interior
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clear coated dash trim/ upgraded to Kenwood H/U
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components up front
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Running all infinity speakers with an amp powering them and then built a fiberglass sub box/amp rack
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List of mods...

EXTERIOR
- debadged
- stainless shorty antenna powder coated black
- smoked LED taillights
- Gen 4 projectors painted Victory red
- 6k HID low beams
- 6k HID high beams
- HID relay harness
- added LED bulbs to reverse lights
- Impala LED insert for 3rd brake light
- tinted third brake light and rear side markers
- added GM spoiler
- color matched trunk lock (powder coated)
- satin black front bowtie
- fully color matched mirrors
- front mud flap delete
- 18" Tenzo Cuzco V2 rims
- 225/40/18 Hankook tires
- upgraded to Impala horn set with custom bracket
- Powder coated door latch strikers red and polished the bolts


INTERIOR
- tinted windows 35%
- SS gauge cluster
- painted gauge cluster trim and needles
- added LED bulbs to trunk light and dome light
- deleted rear head rests
- clear coated and polished factory dash trim
- Chevy rubber floor mats
- added trunk lid liner and taillight covers
- Full interior sound deadening
- Kenwood head unit with CD/DVD/Navigation etc...
- Two amps, one for speakers and one for the sub.
- Infinity component speakers up front and Infinity 6X9's in rear
- Custom made subwoofer box/amp rack (fiberglass)


SUSPENSION/PERFORMANCE/OTHER
- GMPP cat back touring exhaust
- GMPP SRI
- MRZ brushed strut tower brace
- MRZ strut caps powder coated
- B&G lowering springs
- color matched hood strut and trunk struts
- TWM short throw shifter with engraved black pearl Dojo knob
- brake drums powder coated black chrome with a metallic clear coat
- brake calipers smoothed out and powder coated black chrome with metallic clear coat
- Powder coated camshaft cover
- custom made ignition coil cover powder coated
- billet oil filler cap powder coated
- various other parts under hood powder coated
Old 08-20-2012, 07:51 PM
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nice lol make me a coil cover lol
Old 08-20-2012, 07:56 PM
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Yeah dude, I like that coil cover for sure.

Fitz, here's some pics of the lip with better lighting. Ignore the dead bugs.

Old 08-20-2012, 08:14 PM
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i think itd look a little better without the zipties
Old 08-20-2012, 10:06 PM
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Here's one from yesterday. Had to switch to steelies kuz my other tires r bald.
Old 08-20-2012, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Fitz88
i think itd look a little better without the zipties
Yeah it would but it only had a couple of usable factory clips left on it so I ghetto engineered it to work. It sure beat paying $200 or whatever for a new one. And I wasn't entirely sure how well it would hold just using 3m double sided tape.
Old 08-20-2012, 10:17 PM
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3m tape doesnt work too well. didnt hold mine on
Old 08-20-2012, 10:20 PM
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That's kinda what I figured. But I don't really care about my bumper cause it's scratched up a lot already. I need a new one but that's not my biggest priority. Plus ghetto stuff like that might make people more likely to try and race me now that I'm supercharged. Haha
Old 08-21-2012, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by blazerlow
My 09 coupe, I bought it brand new. I've done all the work myself except window tint. I wish it was an SS but I keep it looking nice and enjoy a dependable daily driver.

This was right after I bought it...




Then the mods began...




























I powder coated the valve cover myself and also made the coil cover myself.











Powder coated



Upgraded to a set of Impala horns and made my own bracket.



Short throw shifter












Sound deadener in entire interior



clear coated dash trim/ upgraded to Kenwood H/U



components up front



Running all infinity speakers with an amp powering them and then built a fiberglass sub box/amp rack










List of mods...

EXTERIOR
- debadged
- stainless shorty antenna powder coated black
- smoked LED taillights
- Gen 4 projectors painted Victory red
- 6k HID low beams
- 6k HID high beams
- HID relay harness
- added LED bulbs to reverse lights
- Impala LED insert for 3rd brake light
- tinted third brake light and rear side markers
- added GM spoiler
- color matched trunk lock (powder coated)
- satin black front bowtie
- fully color matched mirrors
- front mud flap delete
- 18" Tenzo Cuzco V2 rims
- 225/40/18 Hankook tires
- upgraded to Impala horn set with custom bracket
- Powder coated door latch strikers red and polished the bolts


INTERIOR
- tinted windows 35%
- SS gauge cluster
- painted gauge cluster trim and needles
- added LED bulbs to trunk light and dome light
- deleted rear head rests
- clear coated and polished factory dash trim
- Chevy rubber floor mats
- added trunk lid liner and taillight covers
- Full interior sound deadening
- Kenwood head unit with CD/DVD/Navigation etc...
- Two amps, one for speakers and one for the sub.
- Infinity component speakers up front and Infinity 6X9's in rear
- Custom made subwoofer box/amp rack (fiberglass)


SUSPENSION/PERFORMANCE/OTHER
- GMPP cat back touring exhaust
- GMPP SRI
- MRZ brushed strut tower brace
- MRZ strut caps powder coated
- B&G lowering springs
- color matched hood strut and trunk struts
- TWM short throw shifter with engraved black pearl Dojo knob
- brake drums powder coated black chrome with a metallic clear coat
- brake calipers smoothed out and powder coated black chrome with metallic clear coat
- Powder coated camshaft cover
- custom made ignition coil cover powder coated
- billet oil filler cap powder coated
- various other parts under hood powder coated
PM me. I would pay to have you make me one of those coil covers!
Old 08-21-2012, 02:27 AM
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This guy^^^

...Just had to quote the entire post.
Old 08-21-2012, 05:26 AM
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Was cruising at 2 am and found a couple places I liked.Didn't know we had a corporate Paypal/Ebay building here lol.
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Old 08-21-2012, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 08baltls
Did you have to trim the bottom edge of the bumper at all to get the lip to fit?
Old 08-21-2012, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by iToastie
This guy^^^

...Just had to quote the entire post.
ya I just noticed that to... I was like @#$@#$ why do people do that!
Old 08-21-2012, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 07cbaltLS
Did you have to trim the bottom edge of the bumper at all to get the lip to fit?
No. Nothing actually had to be cut to make it fit.
Old 08-21-2012, 02:22 PM
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lol, I'm not making any more coil covers at this point. I have too many other things to do.
Old 08-21-2012, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by blazerlow
lol, I'm not making any more coil covers at this point. I have too many other things to do.
thhhaatttssssss it gtfo... lol jkkk
Old 08-21-2012, 06:08 PM
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so no one knows if head swaps on the LAP are possible?
Old 08-21-2012, 06:12 PM
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Heres a few pics of mine.

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Old 08-21-2012, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rcarr0327
so no one knows if head swaps on the LAP are possible?
With the right amount of time and money anything is possible. Question is, why would you want to?
Old 08-21-2012, 07:52 PM
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just did a compression test.

185-187-187-185

boom.
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Good compression numbers.


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