[Z06] New mods performed today!
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Melting Slicks
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From: North Bend WA
New mods performed today!
Well, the weather was good, and my ambition was high enough to tackle two mod projects.
The first was the CAGS Bypass...a mod that the previous owner was kind enough to give me when I purchased the car (but he had never installed). Not difficult at all to install, once I figured out it was the TOP connector going into the transmission and not the bottom one!
The second mod was to remove my factory BSMs. I'd been talking myself in and out of this mod, trying to properly weigh the risk versus reward of doing it. Then, the other day I saw a gorgeous black Z06 (on this forum) without BSMs and that completely sealed the deal. I had purchased my fishing line and 3M adhesive remover some time ago, so it was just my nerves and the weather keeping me from getting this one done. I'm happy to say that it went fine, and was not difficult at all...just tedious.
Here are a couple pictures from the resulting look:
Back when it had BSMs:
My apologies for the dirty car...I was rushed out of the house right after completing the mods so didn't have time to clean her properly. I was so upset with how dirty the windshield was that I grabbed a wet napkin from the restaurant we went to for lunch and was cleaning it in the mall parking lot!
The first was the CAGS Bypass...a mod that the previous owner was kind enough to give me when I purchased the car (but he had never installed). Not difficult at all to install, once I figured out it was the TOP connector going into the transmission and not the bottom one!
The second mod was to remove my factory BSMs. I'd been talking myself in and out of this mod, trying to properly weigh the risk versus reward of doing it. Then, the other day I saw a gorgeous black Z06 (on this forum) without BSMs and that completely sealed the deal. I had purchased my fishing line and 3M adhesive remover some time ago, so it was just my nerves and the weather keeping me from getting this one done. I'm happy to say that it went fine, and was not difficult at all...just tedious.
Here are a couple pictures from the resulting look:
Back when it had BSMs:
My apologies for the dirty car...I was rushed out of the house right after completing the mods so didn't have time to clean her properly. I was so upset with how dirty the windshield was that I grabbed a wet napkin from the restaurant we went to for lunch and was cleaning it in the mall parking lot!
Last edited by Steve Theodore; Sep 24, 2006 at 08:30 PM.
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Originally Posted by yellow04
looks good!! some times i like the bsm and other times i hate them...
i think it depends on color? i dont know..
i think it depends on color? i dont know..
, but black cars do look better without them.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 2,920
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From: North Bend WA
Heh...I should have turned off the date feature of my camera to make some nicer pictures!
Sorry about that! Usually I rely on that feature to tell me when I took pictures since I'm pretty lazy about uploading pictures to my computer, and the modified time is always "current day" when I do that.
Sorry about that! Usually I rely on that feature to tell me when I took pictures since I'm pretty lazy about uploading pictures to my computer, and the modified time is always "current day" when I do that.
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