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67rstbkt · #1 05-05-2010, 08:20 AM

Nice progress and welcome to lat-g. I was following your build on p-t as well. Did you have any issues with drilling the holes for the g-mod? I just did it on my 'bird last week and was wondering about the curved section on the rear hole. It gave me a little trouble.....

68firebird · #2 05-05-2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 67rstbkt

Nice progress and welcome to lat-g. I was following your build on p-t as well. Did you have any issues with drilling the holes for the g-mod? I just did it on my 'bird last week and was wondering about the curved section on the rear hole. It gave me a little trouble.....

It went pretty well for me, second side was easier because I used more drills and stepped up more gradually than the first side, other than a drill bit getting caught up here and there it went ok. I think it was more of a pain to cut the old holes off, plus that was the scary part, no turning back after you've cut those bad boys out, LOL. what kind of problems were you having?

Update: as of now, I'm pretty much at a stand still on the front suspension until I get my brakes ordered, which should be within the next two weeks. so I'll direct my attention to the interior until then. I had started changing everything over from that aqua color to black before she went into hibernation. I bought new carpet for the doors, used the primer and paint for interior pieces and what not, started cleaning everything up, etc...... I'll post up some pics of the interior later on tonight of where its at right now.

67rstbkt · #3 05-05-2010, 11:24 AM

[QUOTE=68firebird;286005]It went pretty well for me, second side was easier because I used more drills and stepped up more gradually than the first side, other than a drill bit getting caught up here and there it went ok. I think it was more of a pain to cut the old holes off, plus that was the scary part, no turning back after you've cut those bad boys out, LOL. what kind of problems were you having?
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I guess I did not use a very good drill bit to make my pilot hole, because it slipped a little. I was able to get it going in correctly, it just took longer than I thought it would. I'm using Global west upper control arms, so I did not need to cut out the stock holes on mine...

68firebird · #4 05-06-2010, 04:02 AM

Last night I was able to hang the centerlink, tie rods and sleeves and the steering arms. NOW I have to wait to order brakes, definitely in a holding pattern on the front suspension until then.

I'll focus my attention on the interior for a bit until the brakes come in. 4 years ago this was pretty much how I left it, time to get back at it. I had swapped the aqua colored seats for black ones with some guy I work with. I think I'm gonna use the stock back seat, but use better seats for the front, recaros or something like that. I have been changing the whole interior over from that aqua color to black. all panels have been primed and painted with the GM interior paint, I had started putting the new carpet on the door panels.

68firebird · #5 05-06-2010, 04:28 PM

Well, I changed my mind with what brakes I'm going with. I was gonna get a complete kit, new spindles, single piston calipers, 11 inch rotors, etc..., but I've decided to go with LS1 brakes off a camaro. I figure it'll be easier to replace pads or rotors in the future this way, as well as it'll stop better with 2 piston calipers. I bought a used set of complete calipers tonight for a good price. so I guess you can say that its an official move at this point, LOL. can't get the pic bigger with it pixelating too much.

and this is the kit that I'll be buying to do the install.

So I've already blasted, primed and painted the drivers side spindle, I'll do the passengers side tomorrow, and I've looked into a machine shop to turn the hubs a bit so the LS1 rotors will fit over it.

68firebird · #6 06-09-2010, 02:55 PM

haven't posted in a month or so. Here's where I'm at:

Suspension is in...

Disc Brakes are on:

These are the rims I'm using, 92 camaro rims, I painted graphite and put some firebird logos.

started putting the global west solid body mounts in last night, the radiator support ones are being a pain to get the old ones out, I might try and tackle that tonight. also trying to fit tires on this.

68firebird · #7 06-21-2012, 11:14 AM

Its been a while since I visited and posted progress on this, mainly because its been a while since I worked on the car. money ran dry for a while, so I kinda got disgusted and stopped for a bit. BUT, I've started working on it again!! thanks to my 6 year old daughter for giving me motivation (she wants to go to cruise nights in it, LOL)

back in '10 I had picked up a pair of tires for the camaro rims labeled front, put them on and realized they weren't gonna work.

so after figuring a bunch of the backspacing out I though that the front rims would work better in the back and the back rims better in the front with a tad smaller tire on them ( the rims labeled "rear" stuck out to far, so the tire was hitting the lip of the fender) thats where I left off it '10. this past week I ended up picking up a pair of tires off craigslist for $50 to finally see if my theory will work, and I actually think it will. wont' know till I get it on the road, but from how it sits it might just make it.

I'm also needing a new master cylinder since I put disk on the front, hopefully be ordering that in a week or so.

In the meantime, I would really like to get to a cruise night with my daughter this year in this car, so I'm gonna put some new gaskets on and some fresh fluids and start her up. I know its not the prettiest motor out there, but it sure runs good! maybe over the winter I could pull the motor and clean it up and rebuild it. I would love to drop an LS motor in, but on a tight budget that is nearly impossible.

OH, and now I need a new low profile jack to get under the car. since it sits so low I can't get my old craftsman under the subframe, LOL.