Father and Son 74 Camaro project

[syborg tt]

Well get that bike off the ceiling and go out and ride.

I to started out with DSE springs and Shackles and mini-tubs thinking I was going to keep this car simple. However when I called DSE and they told me they don't split up there kits. Then I decided to call the guys at ride tech and they set me up with their new Coil-over kit for the rear and I couldn't be happier.

DSE makes great stuff but I was concerned that if I was in an accident or god forbid damaged a part they wouldn't help me out. In the end I spent about 10 grand with DSE and now have moved with this project to other vendors.

I have a good friend that misplaced the wire harness for the RS door electric kit and they told him he needed to buy a complete kit. I should mention that he spent over 20 grand with them and they still wouldn't help him out.

They make great stuff they just need to work on offering replacement parts. Heck what would you do is you damaged a spindle on one of there subframes. Would you have to buy a new one ??

Originally Posted by MTMouse

Marty, I have been following your project closely. It seems we have similar ideas and taste (although my mountain bike has been hanging from the ceiling in the garage for about 5 years).

I have the DSE subframe connectors, offset shackles and rear upper shock crossmember, but I haven't purchased springs or shocks. My plan was to run the leafspring setup for now and upgrade to the quadralink down the road. I contacted DSE to see if they sold the upper bar pockets separately as I wanted to install them now(while the car is in the raw state) rather than have to pull everything apart again later just to install the pockets...DSE advises they do not sell them separately so I started to rethink things.

I have an email in to Ride-Tech now and just waiting to hear back from them.

Yes, I plan on using the 74 subframe (I have the one from the 70 donor as well). I'm not sure which one is going to need the least amount of work.

[MTMouse]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

Well get that bike off the ceiling and go out and ride.

Ya, if I did that the trunk probably wouldn't have seem to be so small.

Originally Posted by syborg tt

DSE makes great stuff but I was concerned that if I was in an accident or god forbid damaged a part they wouldn't help me out. In the end I spent about 10 grand with DSE and now have moved on to vendors with better customer service.

They make great stuff they just need to work on offering replacement parts. Heck what would you do is you damaged a spindle on one of there subframes. Would you have to buy a new one ??

Unfortunately, this is what has pushed me in another direction. It's too bad because Stielow and DSE projects/products are what got me excited about cars again.

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by MTMouse

Unfortunately, this is what has pushed me in another direction. It's too bad because Stielow and DSE projects/products are what got me excited about cars again.

Your not the first person that has told me this or posted this on various BB forums. It sucks because they have some incredible stuff just bad customer service.

[waynieZ]

Nice job on the car its moving right a long.

[MTMouse]

A little bit of an update:

I got the subframe cleaned up and the body mount holes repaired. I've sent it off to the power coater and should have it back next week.



Frame connectors are in.



I got the passenger side of the firewall 'smoothed'. Just did the metal work...no fill yet, I will leave that for the body man.






I spoke with Tobin (great customer service) at Kore3 yesterday and ordered the brackets for the C6 Z06 brakes.

I hope to order the RideTech front and rear suspension(without shocks for now) at the end of next, so I can get the rearend mocked up.