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Old 12-10-2015, 07:58 PM   #1
Sledgehammer70
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The Journey of 'Lethal Camaro'

Time to make her my own. I am a guy of clean lines and clean adjustments. So here is my build! I hope you enjoy my journey as much as I am going too.

Day #1


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Vehicle: 2016 Camaro 2SS
Color: Summit White Exterior & Jet Black Interior
Transmission: A8 Auto
Options: NPP, MRC, Black Bow Ties, NAV, 5 Split-Spoke black rims.

Points of Interest:
  • Current RWHP: 1k+
  • Best 1/4 Mile Slip: 9.46sec
  • Best 1/4 Mile Trap Speed: 155mph
  • Best 60': 1.295sec
  • Fastest Lethal Has Gone: 197mph

Completed Upgrades:

Motor/Driveline:
Suspension / Wheels:
Exterior:
Interior Mods:
Future Upgrade Ambitions:
  • Suspension Changes
  • Parachute
  • Mencer Motorsports suspension

Current cost to build:
About $81k all in at this time. (As of 12/29/20)

Current Cost to Fix Brokenness during Racing:
$15k
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Old 12-10-2015, 08:53 PM   #2
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Your warranty is toast! Kidding. I am sure it will be awesome and worth the wait. You went through the longest roller coaster ride!
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Old 12-10-2015, 09:15 PM   #3
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Your warranty is toast! Kidding. I am sure it will be awesome and worth the wait. You went through the longest roller coaster ride!
Well, most of those future items are post drive train warranty.
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Old 12-10-2015, 09:29 PM   #4
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Nope you thought about it. Warranty voided. Totally kidding, of course.

Reminds me of when a lady brought her car in for an oil change. Came back a week later cuz the radio didn't work. Blamed my dad's shop. The correlations people make are funny.
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Old 12-11-2015, 12:43 AM   #5
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I thought I was going to wrap everything with carbon fiber too. Now I think I'm going to paint/wrap everything with a gloss black. The rear end and front both have glossy black. So I think it might look better. I'm still second guessing and maybe you can make the move before me and I can decide off yours. I want to the do the roof mirrors and spoiler though and front what you said you don't like the roof look. Looking forward to your cars arrival to help me out in my own issues. lol ... cant wait.
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Old 12-11-2015, 01:07 AM   #6
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I thought I was going to wrap everything with carbon fiber too. Now I think I'm going to paint/wrap everything with a gloss black. The rear end and front both have glossy black. So I think it might look better. I'm still second guessing and maybe you can make the move before me and I can decide off yours. I want to the do the roof mirrors and spoiler though and front what you said you don't like the roof look. Looking forward to your cars arrival to help me out in my own issues. lol ... cant wait.
Depending on the time of day I get the car, I am headed down to get the parts wrapped ASAP. I hope to get the diffuser and splitter early so they can be done before the car arrives.

Overall, I am sure I will do a split wrap on the diffuser. As you can see part of the diffuser has a flat black look, I want to CF those areas. I highlighted them in red.



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Old 12-11-2015, 10:06 AM   #7
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Definitely will be keeping tabs on this thread
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Old 12-11-2015, 04:10 PM   #8
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I can't work on my car, but I did get her bed all nice and ready.



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Old 12-11-2015, 05:22 PM   #9
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Good idea with the tape. With the back up camera, that can take the place of my tennis ball (my garage is a very tight fit).
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Old 12-14-2015, 11:15 PM   #10
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Good idea with the tape. With the back up camera, that can take the place of my tennis ball (my garage is a very tight fit).
I really hate tennis balls Got some black Duct tape
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Old 12-16-2015, 12:52 PM   #11
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Holy coincidence, I'm in this picture! Guy with hands in pocket on the left looking at the camera (or probably the car actually) with a Kenda black and red bag over shoulder.

When I saw the Black concept at SEMA, I loved the paint but figured it was just a special concept car paint color. Even my dad said, you need to get one in this color and I said "yeah, but it's just a show special". Later I figured out it was the production mosaic black. Once I finally decided to pull the trigger on an order (GMS pricing becoming available pushed me over the edge), I knew that was the color I had to get.

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Old 12-17-2015, 02:48 PM   #12
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Are you planning on installing the GFX yourself or having the dealer do them? I'd like to see a write up on this as i'm planning on ordering the GFX at the same time as I order the car. if they aren't available RPO by then, I'll have to order them LPO and either install them myself or have them installed.
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Old 12-18-2015, 03:06 PM   #13
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Are you planning on installing the GFX yourself or having the dealer do them? I'd like to see a write up on this as i'm planning on ordering the GFX at the same time as I order the car. if they aren't available RPO by then, I'll have to order them LPO and either install them myself or have them installed.
I have them headed to get wrapped, but will be installing them myself.
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Old 12-22-2015, 08:01 PM   #14
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My non-damaged front splitter finally arrived!

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