New member and need help!!

[Fiery re-Creation]

Welcome and what the others said! lol

[Chevrolet Customer Svc]

Originally Posted by Invent1

Hey guy's, As seen in the title I'm new to this website. I just bought my car yesterday. I bought a 2012 Camaro LS and wanted to add some features in this. First off I wanted to add Halo's and I wasnt sure what brand to buy. If anyone could lead me in the right direction to get that going i'd appreciate it. And another option I wanted to add was the gauges on the driver side pillar. Would that be worth it or should I just stick with the factory gauges? Also I have a manual transmission at what rpm should i be switching gears because I feel this car cannot go above 2700 rpm, and my first gear sounds like its grinding at around 15-20 mphs. I bought it pre owned with 5000 miles on it. let me know your opinions

Hello Invent1,

Congratulations on your new Camaro! We really feel you'll love it. I see you have some modifications planned. If you're looking for a great dealership to have the work done or just need some assistance with future issues that may arise, feel free to reach out to us here. We'll be happy to help.

Reggie B.
Chevrolet Customer Care

[cadyshac]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint135

You should be able to shift anywhere between 2000 and redline (7000) depending on how aggressively you are accelerating. Once you are rolling and you are all the way off the clutch you should be able to floor it and the car should pull smoothly all the way through until you shift near the redline. Then do it again in second. If it can't do that then there is something wrong.

Ditto, if you can't do this get it looked at under warranty.

[C586]

I would avoid AAC. Their products are known to have issues and their customer service doesn't exist.

[badcompany]

Originally Posted by C586

I would avoid AAC. Their products are known to have issues and their customer service doesn't exist.

^^^^this right here, I purchased quite a few products from them and some of them didnt work correctly. They had the audacity to tell me my car had wiring problems!! LMFAO, seriously??? It was brand new with 2k miles. All the stock stuff worked fine until i put their stuff in. Find a different company besides them. And too top it off, to get them to fix what was wrong was a PITA!! Good luck on your search, and welcome to C5.

[C586]

What a-pillar gauges did you plan on installing??

[NFERGY 2011 RJT]

congrats

[Invent1]

Originally Posted by C586

What a-pillar gauges did you plan on installing??

Not exactly sure yet. I mean I pretty much just got the car so im not 100% positive on what I want in it yet. As of right now im just browsing for halo's and a nice set of rim's

[Rocky1974]

I have a non-RS car that I put the GM RS lights in. This was before Ofer had his harness, so I used OttoBody adapter harness. Mine work fine and I haven't noticed any of the flickering that some complain about. I think Ofer offers two different adapter harness's on his web site, Gen5DIY.com. I think the cheaper one is just like the OttoBody harness. I think the more expensive one removes the DRL's from the HID's, but I'm not sure if it moves them to the fogs or not and if it does I'm not sure if you can still control the fogs with the switch. Maybe some one who has this harness can explain how it works. Also I don't think that anyone has mentioned that you have to remove your bumper cover to change your headlights. The bumper cover is the entire front of your car. It's not all that difficult, but it's a whole lot easier if you have 2 people and you need somewhere to put it where it wont get scratched, while you change the lights. Congrats and I hope this helps.

[Invent1]

Originally Posted by Rocky1974

I have a non-RS car that I put the GM RS lights in. This was before Ofer had his harness, so I used OttoBody adapter harness. Mine work fine and I haven't noticed any of the flickering that some complain about. I think Ofer offers two different adapter harness's on his web site, Gen5DIY.com. I think the cheaper one is just like the OttoBody harness. I think the more expensive one removes the DRL's from the HID's, but I'm not sure if it moves them to the fogs or not and if it does I'm not sure if you can still control the fogs with the switch. Maybe some one who has this harness can explain how it works. Also I don't think that anyone has mentioned that you have to remove your bumper cover to change your headlights. The bumper cover is the entire front of your car. It's not all that difficult, but it's a whole lot easier if you have 2 people and you need somewhere to put it where it wont get scratched, while you change the lights. Congrats and I hope this helps.

Thanks! Yeah I was reading up on how to change the headlights. My father is pretty good with stuff like that he's been restoring and doing his own work on cars since like 1978 haha