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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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car of the month challenge!!...56k take nap

























heres some pics i played with in the early am













mods include: H&R race springs, indiglo shift knob, custom cold air intake (basically cut off the air resiviors, put a cone filter on the end and removed stock air box filter = custom cold air) painted black stock 17's, back of headlights painted black, tinted tails, black ss decal overlays, painted front grills (upper and lower), painted rear lip, removed engine plastic cover, royal purple 5w-30 oil, and royal purple manual trans fluid, painted brake calipers, painted lug nuts, ss/sc wing with center painted black, and stage 51 weight reduction (aka cleaned out my car)

hope everyone enjoys.
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:06 PM
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sorry bout the big pictures, didnt mean for them to come out like that
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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no offense but does royal purple really count as a mod?
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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since you guys are all 2.0 and 2.4......i guess a 2.2 wont hurt





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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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penguin i have to say that you take the most professional looking photos on this site hands down, a while back you had that one pic of your steering wheel i beleive and it looked it came out of a GM book or something
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Okay, so no offense intended but is it just me or does anyone else think of passing gas when reading the licence plate "mrninwd"
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by hatrickstu
penguin i have to say that you take the most professional looking photos on this site hands down, a while back you had that one pic of your steering wheel i beleive and it looked it came out of a GM book or something
You should see the camera he uses as well as his photographing style
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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no offense but does royal purple really count as a mod?

well maybe not, but i count anything where you gain power, and considering with royal purple its been proven to gain at most 9whp (on horsepower tv they put royal purple products in a stock ls1 and it gained 9whp) so i put it down, desregard it if you choose.
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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god dammit!!! i didnt want this to turn out for a post stravaganza, i was challenging the other guy that posted for car of the month already.....not makin an effin contest for everyone to be in...oh well **** happens life goes on...post away!
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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Looks good man, I love the rims
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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The Black SS takes it.....
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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I'd like to beat the dude w/ the black ss n black rims but my camera is at my dads .. When does the new car of the month become official?
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RYCobaltSS
well maybe not, but i count anything where you gain power, and considering with royal purple its been proven to gain at most 9whp (on horsepower tv they put royal purple products in a stock ls1 and it gained 9whp) so i put it down, desregard it if you choose.
i highly highly highly doubt you gained 1/2 a horsepower by using royal purple
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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why are you guys gunning for me?!?! haha
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 05:06 PM
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RYcobalt get's my vote, it looks amazing, he kept it cleen while still making it one of a kined, thats the way i like it. I used to hate yellow but he deffinnatley pulled it off... one of the best cobalts I've seen.
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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thanks hatrick !

i think ur talking about this one



the weather is starting to clear up ...and ill go shoot some more for you guys
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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damit it hackabuse, i was going to say nice looking ride until i saw the decals
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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thanks hatrick !

i think ur talking about this one



the weather is starting to clear up ...and ill go shoot some more for you guys
yes you could friggin sell that to chevy man
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RYCobaltSS
god dammit!!! i didnt want this to turn out for a post stravaganza, i was challenging the other guy that posted for car of the month already.....not makin an effin contest for everyone to be in...oh well **** happens life goes on...post away!
thats what I thought this was and then I started seeing other pics being posted
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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yes you could friggin sell that to chevy man
haha too bad they're gonna change the steering wheel....so that wont work
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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personally its not my favorite color scheme
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 08:33 PM
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Hey hatrickstu, let's see the other side of the car too!!!! hahaha
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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Hey hatrickstu, let's see the other side of the car too!!!! hahaha
haha i need 2 more wheels before i do that!
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