Texas Metal on velocity
 

Anyone watched the first part of this build? They are back halfing the car to add 24"x15" wheels, on bags, custom interior, pulled the engine to add more power, and a full custom aluminum frame has been made so far.

they have definitely ruined the suspension aspects of the car, but it is pretty interesting to see the car taken down that far.

I did see it and they should finish tonight. Crazy build for sure. Still had the stickers on the windshield so it was really brand new. I wonder if they are doing a solid rear or IRS. I bet solid but we will find out tonight

it looked like their mock up was a solid rearend :(

I love the stuff that shop does, BUT, I have to admit I was shaking my head & cringing at hacking up that brand new ZL1 to air bag and install 24"x15's" & straight axle. Yikes. Oh well the owner has money to burn so likely not a big deal to him. He probably owns a stock ZL1 too lol.

He does love his big wheels, I'd rather see a 22x15 with a little taller tire. Its still a wicked build.

22X15 would have looked a lot better.....

I recorded it and will watch tomorrow

It was a crazy build. I think even a 20x15 wheel with 32" tall tire, kind of a prostreet/touring would have been better, but not my car so the customer seemed to like it. But from the looks of his other stuff and plane, the could have a dozen of those built.

First of all, I don't care for the way the rear fenders look at all. Don't care for the rear wheel/tire tucked way up in the fender even when at drive height.

Second, Why did they have to do the entire new frame, etc, with a car that's only putting down 900whp when on the bottle? Seems like total overkill unless they expect to add twin turbos down the road to hit double that whp?

I agree on the rear wheels being tucked so far in. It was overkill but that's their MO. Glad someone built one on TV since GM never advertises it like Ford does the Mustang.

Respect to their crafting just not my style or color. Watching in rewind and I would have liked the outcome far better. That said, everybody has different tastes and the owner got what he wanted. Really liked the 49 GMC.

I CAN'T DENY THE FAB WORK , AND CREATIVITY ( NOT TO MENTION THE STONES TO CUT UP A BRAND NEW Z!! ) , BUT AFTER OWNING MY " NEW TO ME " 2017 M6 , I JUST CRINGE AT THE THOUGHT OF HOW IT MAY PERFORM NOW. :(

The sole purpose of the new "aluminum" frame was to be able to "bag it" and drop the thing to the ground.

Back to the "aluminum elephant" in the room, what the hell was the point of building a "lightweight" flimsy ass aluminum frame, that they then had to reinforce by building another STEEL frame on top of???? You could have made it lighter and stronger by just building ONE frame out of steel. It made no sense whatsoever. Then to add insult to injury, they remove the perfect independent rear diff to add a circa 1995 solid rear end.