[Insert Cool Name Here] '69 Camaro LS1 Project

[DKz Garage]

Nice work on the Speaker enclosures..... now how about some updated pics of those Tiburon seats in your 69???

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Originally Posted by classiccamaro

Nice work on the Speaker enclosures..... now how about some updated pics of those Tiburon seats in your 69???

What do you mean? You can clearly see a corner of the passenger seat in post #98 and the corner of the drivers seat in post #100.


Ugh, I keep forgetting about that. I'll get you some.....as soon as I remember. Haha

[glassman]

Where'd you source the cup/drink/beer holders? Like it

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Originally Posted by glassman

Where'd you source the cup/drink/beer holders? Like it

Looks like they are $13.48 instead of $12.
http://www.boatoutfitters.com/3-5-st...eel-cup-holder
These also come with a self adhesive foam sealing strip attached to the flange.
The nipple on the bottom is a plastic screw on compression fitting for connecting a drain hose (meant for a boat....so). You can just saw it off if you don't like it. I'm going to use the hole to bolt down the console and cup holder at the same time.

[cwylie]

What do you think about the extra length added by the NRG adapter. What version did you end up using?

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Originally Posted by cwylie

What do you think about the extra length added by the NRG adapter. What version did you end up using?

Version 2.5 I believe.

I needed the extra length so I was more than happy with it. I had to move my seats way back so that my legs would fit. That caused me to be too far from the steering wheel. This is much more comfortable.

The stock wheel has quite a dish to it, somewhere over 3 inches, so with the Momo wheel that has barely any dish the location of my wheel is actually only around 1"closer to me.

So, if you are thinking about the NRG system, just watch the dish on various wheels compared to your current wheel.

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

I've been working a lot on the car lately and have a few updates. I was able to get the new wheels and tires on permanently, finally. I posted the below in my wheel thread as well.

275/40R19's don't really fit which is why it took me so long to make an update to this thread.

I knew I'd have to trim the outer fender lip a little in the rear and that went off without a hitch. Unfortunately, I found that my choice of a 245/40R19 for the front was a bit agressive. It was the diameter that was the problem and it would rub on the back of the outer wheel well opening. Instead of messing with that, I just ordered 245/35R19's which fixed the problem.

Well, I thought I was home free but I then noticed some squeaking during fairly mild cornering and there was a definite rubbing going into driveways and such. It turns out that the rear tires were rubbing on the inner fender when the car was off square. So, if one wheel traveled downwards and the other traveled upwards, the higher tire would rub on the inner fender.

I thought maybe it wasn't too bad and I could do a little "massaging" but I found it was pretty bad actually, bad enough that I had to "micro tub" it, (at least that's what I'm calling it). Basically we cut out a portion of the inner fender and then I tested it by putting a 4" thick block of wood under a front tire and then jacking up the rear axle on the spring perch diagonally from the front tire with the block of wood. This showed how bad it really was. I didn't want to mess with a mini tub just yet as there are other panels I'd like to replace when I do that so we did the best we could.

Long story short, we were able to move the shock inwards by about 3/4" on each side and this allowed us to cut out enough metal to get around 1" more out of the inner fender. It's enough, but it's barely enough.

For those wanting to stay stock I can not recommend this tire size. As a matter of fact, I can't believe that you wouldn't have trouble with a 275/40R18 as well. Maybe if you had a lot stiffer suspension and a sway bar? I'm not sure. If you didn't run the chrome/stainless moldings on the outer fender well lip and trimmed it futher and rolled it, you may get the 18" tires to work with a backspacing that moves them out another 5/8" or so....but the 19's? I don't think so.

Anyway, the finished product looks really good:



It does need to go lower though. However; I might have to minitub at that point....so I might as well wait until I have more money for suspension and brakes.

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Here are some pictures of my Tiburon seats that people (mainly ClassicCamaro above, haha) were asking for.






Pardon my dust in the last picture, I was working on my "micro tub" at the time and there was grinding dust everywhere.

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

With all the other stuff going on; including having to replace every single joint in my front end due to inferior quality garbage, I finally had some time to work on my stereo some more.

Here's the console that we built, no longer naked. I took our finish bent and welded console to a local upholsterer to have it wrapped in leather.



Here's a picture of it installed with my Android powered head unit:



Here's some fun with my wireless backup camera. I put the car in reverse while it was sitting on the bench (connected to my 12V power supply). It took video of me and didn't break, so it must be decent.



I stayed up really late last night trying to get all that stuff (minus speakers and amps) installed. I was still at it at 1AM and just after I buttoned up the dash and everything else I thought I was done. Then I closed the door and the stupid dome and courtesy lights stayed on! Man, I was not in a good mood. I tried to track it down but it was late and I wasn't happy which isn't a good way to get anything done. So I went to bed.

Of course, I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about the wiring all night. I woke up at about 5:30AM had some coffee and got back at it. With a fresh start I found the problem fairly quickly. I used a ground that I shouldn't have. Once I ran a new one I was fine. Of course, then I had to go to work at my real job........sigh.

Hopefully I can get on to the speakers and amps next. After ANOTHER front end alignment and a couple good nights rest anyway.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

finaly some pictures of the seats. those look nice in there.

good job on the console too.