Chad's 68 Camaro V3.0 build. LS3 & TCI goodies

[Jr]

1 mod?... Where's the update?

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Jr

1 mod?... Where's the update?

Hopefully it was the driver mod.

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Jr

1 mod?... Where's the update?

A minor one. I changed the wheel centers from polished aluminum to gold using Plasti dip. Results weren't amazing but it is easy to remove it and go back to polished centers. I'll post up more about it when I get some free time.

Originally Posted by Flash68

Hopefully it was the driver mod.

ha ha ha. The driver may have seen some modification but needs a whole lot MORE!!

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

ha ha ha. The driver may have seen some modification but needs a whole lot MORE!!

Don't we all.

I thought I noticed those gold centers -- looks great man.

[Jr]

i saw an Instagram pic with gold centers... Looked good

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Don't we all.

I thought I noticed those gold centers -- looks great man.

Originally Posted by Jr

i saw an Instagram pic with gold centers... Looked good

Thanks guys. I really like the gold center look and if I had ordered my wheels about 6 months after I did that is what they would of been. I also, liked the plasti dip look when fresh but it isn't as shiny or bright of a gold color as I wanted however, the biggest issue is that when you use the glossifier or metalizer top coats like I did it attracts brake dust like nobody's business. I've had to scrub so hard in trying to get the brake dust off that I have started to remove some of the gold coating already.

Will due a full post on how I did it and the results when I get some extra time.

[Chad-1stGen]

So I haven't been updating this thread as much but I've still been doing a ton of events and continuing to tweak little things on the car. Mostly maintenance related.

As I mentioned I've now painted the wheel centers gold. I used Plastidip vintage gold with gold metalizer which is temporary and supposed to be easily removed as long as you apply it thick enough.

The one issue is that gold metalizer uses the Plasti dip glossifier with gold metal flakes and glossifier leaves a more noticeably rubbery finish rather than smooth. This stuff is a magnet for brake dust. Like crazy bad. It comes off but requires some elbow grease and I've read that if you leave it on it will stain the dip.

First pic shows the before, after painting, and after a track day at Laguna Seca.



Here is a shot of them on the car with about 500 miles of driving on them.