Great job,car is really looking good:trophy-1302:

I just bought the mounts and headers for my dse sub. Setback mounts are required with the headers.

https://www.detroitspeed.com/img/pro...%20Fitment.JPG

While waiting for my car to go to the body shop for trunk pan mods and front clip assembly, I installed my Digitails LED tail lights. Nice kit and super bright. The only thing I'm not too fond of is that on the Standard Camaro lens, because you have to trim the gasket away that separates the tail light from the backup light, it allows red light to "bleed" over into the white lens when the lights are on. Nothing major, I'll pull them back apart and use something to create a barrier without affecting the LED strip's need to lay flat. I tried posting a video but it's not liking the URL...anyway, here's a pic of the reverse lights. If my headlights ever fail, I can at least drive home in reverse with these babies!:relax:

Installed my front harnesses. Now if I just had some seats! Going on 4 months and still no Recaros...:hairpullout:

Ever have one aspect of your project that you procrastinate doing because it's gonna be a pain and you know that unless you're in the "mood" to do it, it's just not gonna turn out right? Well, I've been working around, delaying and just not in the right frame of mind to deal with that God-forsaken engine fuse box for awhile now and finally got stupid thing stashed away in the glove box. Although that's been the plan all along and at times I've fabbed up brackets, etc. I never really liked where or how it looked (or the glove box door didn't shut right).
I searched high and low for other types of brackets offered but to no avail with the exception of a GM bracket that didn't offer much use as it turns out. So yesterday I ditched the GM bracket and spent some time test fitting and mounting the fuse box and I'm happy to report that it's no longer hanging from a zip tie on the passenger window crank! Now that the glove box door is back on, it's finally starting to resemble a complete interior...

Huge favor
 

May I ask you for a huge favor ?

Could you tell me the measurements from floor to top of those seat brackets ? I am trying to see if I can fit my ecu under my seat

It measures 3/4" clearance between the carpet and the bottom of the bracket. In my case, in addition to the thickness of the carpet (which is thin), there's a layer of Dynamat as well as a layer of 1/4" Dynaliner. The Planted brackets are pretty typical for mounting Recaros I think and there'll be maybe a little more room by the time you add the seat adjuster plus whatever open cavity there is in the bottom of the seat. Hope that helps...

Thank you very much !

Beautiful car!! Can I ask a question about your exhaust though ? I have a similar set-up with my mufflers, do you think the driveshaft will hit the drivers side muffler ?? Thanks.

Where did you mount those under dash LED lights? they look great, makes the interior pop. also, where is that shifter from? thanks, nice work sir.

Thank you! No, the driveshaft doesn't hit anything. The mufflers are quite secure so there's no movement there and as long as the U-joint holds up, the driveshaft won't hit anything. It rotates nicely under there.

Thank you, 67_camaroRS, much appreciated! The light sockets are the ones that came with my AAW Classic Update kit so I mounted the passenger side light just under the Astro Vent ball on the dash (out of sight) and the driver side light is mounted just a couple of inches to the left of the ash tray. I just used some LED bulbs that were white to match the gauges, radio display, headlights, dome light, etc. I'm pretty happy with the result.

As for the shifter and shift boot, they're from Finch Performance. I thinks it's the 8" curved handle and the boot is the smaller of the two sizes he offers. Like anything I've bought from them, both are nice pieces and the quality is excellent! Hope that helps:cheers:

Thank you. I hope mine is good as well.

Great build!! Just chewed through the whole thread. Keep up the great work! Saw one pic in with possibly your son in there? Good times! Hopefully he is enjoying it also!

Thank you, much appreciated! Yeah, I'm lucky to have some good help. My hope is that both my boys will learn some skills from me just like I did/do from my Dad.:D

Just read through this whole thread.
Sorry about your wife.

But this is exactly what i was thinking of doing. A kick ass 1st gen with LS for a daily driver.

Can't wait to see it finished.

Great build! So much good info and you have done everything clean and top notch. Which Recaros are you running? Im getting ready to order a set of CS sportsters... I pray they dont take months

Thank you, much appreciated! It's been a good outlet, for sure. I'm excited to see it finished. I'm waiting on my body shop to get thru the SEMA crunch so they can wrap up a few things and hang the front sheet metal, then once I get my seats, I'll be ready to drive it and enjoy it! It's definitely been worth the effort so far:flag2:

Thank you, sir! It's nothing exotic but I'm excited about it and it'll be a blast when it's done. I went with the Recaro Specialist S in black leather. You'd think they'd be plentiful or at least somewhat available on the build schedule. I hate to compromise on the things I like/want but my patience is starting to wear thin. Everybody assures me they're worth the wait so I'm hopeful!:geezer:

Great build thread and very informative for others that might be doing something similar in the future. Looks killer.

awesome build! lots of good info! got them radiator hoses ordered from my local napa

Thanks! Love the silver on your car and glad to see it was on stands when the flood hit! Keep up the good work!

Great build. Thanks for all the info.

Thanks guys for your support! I haven't had time to work on it too much but I did manage to get some work done on the back seat today. Got the seat bottom cut down, cleaned and primed. Just gotta get the seat back narrowed now. Here's one of the corners after modification.

Attachment 67233Primed and ready to paint...not sure why my pics are suddenly uploading sideways, but anyway...

Look g good Shane what did you use for the seat mods for instructions?

Thanks! I can't take credit for the know how, someone on here had already done an excellent write up on the process. Below is a link to the thread. I had to make a couple of additional mods to mine but this got me going in the right direction for sure!

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthr...ferrerid=30096

Major milestone arrived today!...:hapdance:

Even though these have to come back out to finish the back seat mod, I had to see them in the car!!

Wow, love those seats!! Which Recaro's are they ?? Ahh, Recaro Specialist S .

Close!...Specialist M's. Thank You! I was worried the bottom of the seat might look too large but they fit perfect, sit great and are 100% quality made. I'm super happy with them:cheering:

Where did you source them and how long to get?

Well, it's a bit of a long story. I'd originally ordered and paid for the Specialist S from another vendor but after waiting 5 months, still had no information on ETA and it got to the point where my inquiries were being ignored by the vendor. Long story short, Northstar Motorsports was able to get me the Specialist M in black leather (same material I originally ordered) and I had them in exactly one week. Renee was very helpful and the communication was superb! I highly recommend them.
It's the same place I got my seat belts as well and they went above and beyond to get me exactly what I wanted, i.e. having the yellow logo patch removed and the silver patch sewn on.

Awesome!!

Thought this was a good shot, so posting it up...

Well that’s just gorgeous,!
 

Sorry to keep peppering you with questions but what steering wheel nub and adapter did you use ?

No problem, it's an Ididit column with the DSE adapter and MPI steering wheel...

That interior looks great.

Daniel

Thank you, Daniel!:cheers:

Great shot of the interior. Looks good.