Got SOM new stuff done

**01SOMSS!** · 03-31-2008, 12:32 PM

Super chevy was around the corner and i needed to pull something out of my sleave to get the judges attention.I ended up painting my ls6 amni SOm along with the coils and some other stuff. I'll start with the easy stuff.
1.Polished hood shocks
before

after

here u can see the difference

small write up=
wet sand 400grid,800 grid,1000grid,1500grid. finish by touching it up with mothers alluminum Mag and polish for that xtra shine.
Lincense plate holder/bracket
12.00 from ebay
before

after

door sills
I got these from ebay for 13.00.they give the car a nice touch.

**01SOMSS!** · 03-31-2008, 01:05 PM

Painting manifold/coils/brackets.
before

I really wanted to chrome my coils brackets, but the lowest price I got was 90.00 and it would take 2 weeks for them to be done. I picked up duply colors chrome paint. at first i thought it would look tacky and cheap, but that paint made miracles. it turn out great.
write up=
2 coats of adheasive promotor,2 coats of hitemp primer,2 coats of your choice of color,3 coats of clear.

SOM ls6 Manifold
write up=wet sand 400 grid,600,800,1000,1500.
3 coats of adhesive promotor,3, coats of primer,3 coats choice of color,4 coats of clear.
As far as the SOM paint goes I couldnt get the original paint from Gm on time. I was 3 days away from the show.I went to Pepboys and found similar color made by duply color. they call it copper metallic.It's about 90% close to SOM.I was very happy with it.

hi temp primer

SOM/copper Paint

clearI dont know why, but the clear made the SOM paint fall off.it didnt react well.So i just resprayed the manifold with 3 more coats of SOM

finished product

you can see my polished water pump andthe new slp maf form this view

**MaxPlusTen** · 03-31-2008, 01:08 PM

That looks sick man

**01SOMSS!** · 03-31-2008, 01:12 PM

2nd place at the Super Chevy show

I also painted alot of the lower brackets and the bumper suports

**Y2KPewterSS** · 03-31-2008, 02:25 PM

Looks great Luis and congrats. If you don't mind, PM me where you found the door sills at, for $13 I will pick up a set of those as well

**98CamaroSS** · 03-31-2008, 02:36 PM

Congrats man, your car looks great.

You should of won first place.

**OH ONE ES ES** · 03-31-2008, 02:50 PM

very nice man, love the manifold color.

**01SOMSS!** · 03-31-2008, 03:02 PM

thanks.

**PittZ28** · 03-31-2008, 03:10 PM

man your engine bay looks pretty amazing - well done!

**SexyWS6Mama** · 03-31-2008, 03:51 PM

damn!! that looks sharp! congrats

**INMY01TA** · 03-31-2008, 06:55 PM

Wow that all looks great.

**JoshieDoom** · 04-02-2008, 10:25 PM

I have to say you have the most beautiful engine bay every... Im looking for a chrome coolant dipstick. there is a guy on tech with a SOM TA that has one.. you need one as well!