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kbucksot · 06-09-2014, 11:41 AM

Hi guys,

I wanted to show you my new Camaro. It is a 2SS/RS with dual mode exhuast and performance short throw shifter.

This is my first car I have ever owned, I have owned chevy trucks all my life. I traded in my 14 Silverado Z71 and haven't had the first regret and won't ever. My wife got the 14 Traverse so I can hook a trailer to it if I need anything from HD/Lowes.

Without further adue: I took her out Saturday evening after a quick bath to the Marina and took a quick pic of her.

Just today during my lunch break, I removed the fuse in the F8 position in the back of the trunk to keep the dual mode exhaust valve open. I haven't taken her for a drive yet but itching to leave work to do so.

I am going to get my windows tinted first since my son was getting irritated by the sun through the back glass while out for a drive.

I have seen a lot of mods on other's Camaros but just wanted to see what you guys thought about the order of mods which will have the biggest impact on performance as well as appearance. I am just starting on my research for these mods since this is my first car, I haven't ever thought about these things.

Long Tube Headers
Cold Air Intake
Performance Chip
Body Kit / Front Spoiler
Lower Springs

I have been searching around for inspiration for black camaros and haven't found much. I do know I hate the fog lights on this car. Why would they pair yellow fog lights with the new HID lights? Which means a new front bumper I guess. I like the vertical fog lights but don't know what type of bumpers those are.

Oh I am in the Triad of NC so if anyone else is around, I would enjoy going for a drive / working on cars. I have a full garage with tools.

Edited to add Headers as probably my first performance upgrade. Windows tint being my first overall upgrade.

PalmerGA · 06-09-2014, 12:21 PM

Very nice. Congrats and welcome to C5. You'll get lots of help and lots of good ideas for you ride here... we love to spend other people's money!

Here's a good place to start... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14434

Indydriver · 06-09-2014, 02:58 PM

You may find my journal below helpful. Specifically regarding fogs, bright white replacement H11 bulbs are readily available. I paid $35 for 80w LEDs. Go to last page and work back. Easy plug and play.

BreedsAS · 06-09-2014, 03:11 PM

Very nice '14. Your planned mods look good to me. The lowering really helps with the handling on these.

Ertter11 (Silver Bullet) · 06-09-2014, 04:07 PM

Congrats on the New Camaro! Welcome to the Family. I live in NC as well. You should check out the 5th Gen Camaros of the Carolinas. Great car club and we do events like car shows, tail of the dragon, cruise-ins. One time 25$ membership fee, which includes a Club t-shirt and 15$ of that goes to charity. Currently we have 160 or so members last time I checked. So check it out if your interested.

Silverlsinva · 06-09-2014, 04:08 PM

Congrats and it looks good.

squat · 06-09-2014, 04:21 PM

Congrats. I think black is probably the best looking color for this car.

Muscle Car Lover · 06-09-2014, 05:40 PM

LOVE IT!!!! Great color

ssrs2lt · 06-09-2014, 05:44 PM

congratulations great choice

ABMLS3 · 06-09-2014, 05:52 PM

Nice car and the bumper your talking about with vertical lights is the ZL1 bumper, also instead of performance chip look into a dyno tune, it'll deffiently give you the best performance.

batman53201 · 06-09-2014, 05:56 PM

congrats and welcome

Add a catch can to the TOP of your list

kbucksot · 06-09-2014, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PalmerGA

Very nice. Congrats and welcome to C5. You'll get lots of help and lots of good ideas for you ride here... we love to spend other people's money!

Here's a good place to start... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14434

Thanks for the link.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indydriver

You may find my journal below helpful. Specifically regarding fogs, bright white replacement H11 bulbs are readily available. I paid $35 for 80w LEDs. Go to last page and work back. Easy plug and play.

Awesome that is just what I was looking for. I don't know why they would put yellow fog lights on the car...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BreedsAS

Very nice '14. Your planned mods look good to me. The lowering really helps with the handling on these.

From my research its headers for $/HP then lowering for better ride and look.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ertter11 (Silver Bullet)

Congrats on the New Camaro! Welcome to the Family. I live in NC as well. You should check out the 5th Gen Camaros of the Carolinas. Great car club and we do events like car shows, tail of the dragon, cruise-ins. One time 25$ membership fee, which includes a Club t-shirt and 15$ of that goes to charity. Currently we have 160 or so members last time I checked. So check it out if your interested.

I will definitely be checking it out. Thanks for the referral.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ABMLS3

Nice car and the bumper your talking about with vertical lights is the ZL1 bumper, also instead of performance chip look into a dyno tune, it'll deffiently give you the best performance.

Awesome yes that is the one. Pretty pricey. I might change out the color of the lights to white and go from there. Maybe just a front spoiler on the bottom. I won't make any changes until I get my headers and lower springs installed just to be sure.

MrFrost · 06-09-2014, 06:06 PM

very nice! enjoy her!

MYDLIFECRISIS · 06-09-2014, 06:08 PM

Congrats, she looks sweet! Enjoy it and welcome to C5!

06-09-2014, 11:41 AM	#1
kbucksot Drives: 2014 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5	Picked Up my 2014 Camaro 2SS/RS with extras Hi guys, I wanted to show you my new Camaro. It is a 2SS/RS with dual mode exhuast and performance short throw shifter. This is my first car I have ever owned, I have owned chevy trucks all my life. I traded in my 14 Silverado Z71 and haven't had the first regret and won't ever. My wife got the 14 Traverse so I can hook a trailer to it if I need anything from HD/Lowes. Without further adue: I took her out Saturday evening after a quick bath to the Marina and took a quick pic of her. Just today during my lunch break, I removed the fuse in the F8 position in the back of the trunk to keep the dual mode exhaust valve open. I haven't taken her for a drive yet but itching to leave work to do so. I am going to get my windows tinted first since my son was getting irritated by the sun through the back glass while out for a drive. I have seen a lot of mods on other's Camaros but just wanted to see what you guys thought about the order of mods which will have the biggest impact on performance as well as appearance. I am just starting on my research for these mods since this is my first car, I haven't ever thought about these things. Long Tube Headers Cold Air Intake Performance Chip Body Kit / Front Spoiler Lower Springs I have been searching around for inspiration for black camaros and haven't found much. I do know I hate the fog lights on this car. Why would they pair yellow fog lights with the new HID lights? Which means a new front bumper I guess. I like the vertical fog lights but don't know what type of bumpers those are. Oh I am in the Triad of NC so if anyone else is around, I would enjoy going for a drive / working on cars. I have a full garage with tools. Edited to add Headers as probably my first performance upgrade. Windows tint being my first overall upgrade. Last edited by kbucksot; 06-09-2014 at 05:45 PM.

06-09-2014, 12:21 PM	#2
PalmerGA Drives: 2013 SIM 1SS/RS L99 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southwest GA Posts: 8,755 View My Garage	Very nice. Congrats and welcome to C5. You'll get lots of help and lots of good ideas for you ride here... we love to spend other people's money! Here's a good place to start... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14434 __________________ 2013 1SS/RS Coupe L99, Stainless Power Works LT Headers, SCT X4 Custom Tune from RDP, CAI Inc. Air Intake w/ Apex Scoop, VMAX CNC Ported Throttle Body, Solo Axle-Back Exhaust w/ J-pipes, Apex Catch Can, Husky Splash Guards, Heritage Grille, 3D Carbon Rear Spoiler, Oracle Chrome Turn Signal Bulbs, GM Reverse Light Trim Billets, Gorilla Black Locking Lugs, Emblem Pros Retro SS Badges/Custom Retro SS Kickplates/Under-hood Bowtie, 35% window Tint, Nitto Motivo Tires (6-8-18)

06-09-2014, 02:58 PM	#3
Indydriver Drives: '14 2SS/RS Vert 6M/KTU/NPP/DTA/ARH Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,826	You may find my journal below helpful. Specifically regarding fogs, bright white replacement H11 bulbs are readily available. I paid $35 for 80w LEDs. Go to last page and work back. Easy plug and play. __________________ Consensus is, by definition, a lack of leadership.

06-09-2014, 03:11 PM	#4
BreedsAS Drives: 16 Camaro: Mosaic/2SS/A8/NPP/Custom Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: DFW Posts: 420	Very nice '14. Your planned mods look good to me. The lowering really helps with the handling on these. __________________ '16 Chevy Camaro 2SS Auto - Mosaic Black l Kalahari Interior l NPP l Nav l Sunroof. Prismatic 22" concave Koko Wheels l Lexani Tires l GM Splitter l ACS Rockers l ACS Spoiler l BMR Drop l Limo tint l Smoked Lighting l Debadged l LEDs l WeatherTech l More to come... YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq4...9-q-ccCuqVONUw

06-09-2014, 04:21 PM	#7
squat Drives: 2011 Dodge Charger Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MN Posts: 1,070	Congrats. I think black is probably the best looking color for this car. __________________ 2011 Dodge Charger

06-09-2014, 04:07 PM	#5
Ertter11 (Silver Bullet) Drives: 2014 1SS/RS M6 RRM NPP Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 184 View My Garage	Congrats on the New Camaro! Welcome to the Family. I live in NC as well. You should check out the 5th Gen Camaros of the Carolinas. Great car club and we do events like car shows, tail of the dragon, cruise-ins. One time 25$ membership fee, which includes a Club t-shirt and 15$ of that goes to charity. Currently we have 160 or so members last time I checked. So check it out if your interested.

06-09-2014, 04:08 PM	#6
Silverlsinva Drives: 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth Grigio Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manassas, Va Posts: 3,124	Congrats and it looks good.

06-09-2014, 05:40 PM	#8
Muscle Car Lover Drives: 2014 2SS M6 "CHRISTINE" Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Boston Metro North Posts: 2,916 View My Garage	LOVE IT!!!! Great color __________________ "But, House Mormont remembers. The North remembers! We know no King but the King of the North whose name is Stark. I don't care if he's a bastard. Ned Stark's blood runs through his veins. He's my king–from this day until his last day." Mods: ARH headers and hi flow cats, VMAX ported throttle body, CAI air intake, Slowhawk Performance tuning

06-09-2014, 05:44 PM	#9
ssrs2lt Drives: too many Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: oh va pa ma tx Posts: 3,046	congratulations great choice

06-09-2014, 05:52 PM	#10
ABMLS3 Drives: 2010 Aqua Blue Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: May 2013 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 657	Nice car and the bumper your talking about with vertical lights is the ZL1 bumper, also instead of performance chip look into a dyno tune, it'll deffiently give you the best performance. __________________ Power Source Performance Turbo Kit 416 C.I ,TH400 Instagram: TomTraube COTW ABMLS3 Build Thread

06-09-2014, 05:56 PM	#11
batman53201 Account not blocked Drives: The Batmobile Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: wisconsin Posts: 2,158 View My Garage	congrats and welcome Add a catch can to the TOP of your list __________________

06-09-2014, 06:06 PM	#13
MrFrost Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS M6 - "Mabel" Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: East Texas - Hawkins Posts: 353	very nice! enjoy her!

06-09-2014, 06:08 PM	#14
MYDLIFECRISIS Drives: '12SS/2SS/45TH-'06 2500HD/Silverado Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 2,107 View My Garage	Congrats, she looks sweet! Enjoy it and welcome to C5! __________________ 2012 Camaro SS 2SS 45TH Anniversary Edition