I live in Denmark where there are not that many Camaros, and no decent speed shops, so I have to order from e.g. RKSport. I own a pretty stock 97 Z28 T-top, only modifications are high flow intake and airfoil. It’s got 60k trouble free miles on it, it’s my daily driver all year.
Now I’d like to spend a little money on it, but need your advice to avoid buying the wrong stuff. Any advice/pictures will be appreciated. Here’s what I consider buying:
1. Wheels: RKSport has the SS chrome 17"x9½", I assume they’ll fit alright, without touching the body. I thought about 18”, but doesn’t that look too much. And create a harsh ride?
2. Tires: I love my current GSCs, can they be found in 275/40 for the 17”? I also heard of a GSC-F1 tire that should be better. Low noise is a priority for me, I hate to hear the tires
3. Interior: I considered the expensive RKSport 6 piece Carbon Fiber Interior, the one where they coat the pieces in real Carbon Fibre and you have to send in a core. I’d like red because my car is red. How does it look, any pictures? Is the quality good?
4. Instruments: Those Autometer Pillar Gauge Mounts, do they blend into your interior, or do they look like crap? Looks like crap in the brochure

Please share your experience with me, so I can turn my stocker into something even better, without too much trial and error
Thanks.

 

i think rk sport is some expensive ******. you can get your pannels recoverd for about the price you pay there and u get anything you want. someone on here had it done. do a search maybe. that way you could cover anything you want. cause last time i checked the real carbon fiber was like 900 bucks at RK. look around on e-bay or other sites for the SS's. i think slp sells them. they will be alot there too but less than RK sport. i dont know about the guages or the tires. if you dont got a tire site everyone seems to like tirerack.com.

 

I ended up buying everything from SLP:
10-spoke chrome 17x9 (SS standard) with BFG 275/40x17
Bolt on subframe connectors
Exhaust (not loudmouth)
And various small items

Does anybody know which tire pressure to use? They came with 42 PSI. My old 245/60x16 GSCs I used 33-35 PSI.

 

These are some of my book marks check em out

http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/site.htm

http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com/

http://www.procarparts.com/

http://www.wheelsforless.com/

http://www.fasttoys.net/

http://www.fourthcircledesigns.com/

http://www.mechamperformance.com/

http://www.tbyrne.com/

http://www.texasnitroustechnology.com/

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/vinyl/vinyl.htm

http://www.3rdgendecals.com/

http://www.wheelboutique.com/ <--cheap 18's here

http://www.ssinserts.com/

http://www.vizages.com/index.html <--unique kit but expensive

http://www.iforged.com/mainl.html <--EXPENSIVE!

http://www.subthump.com/ <--nice boxes here (where I'm getting mine)

some of these are sponsers of the board too
hope this helps

 

I suggest you get the SFC welded on...

But i love the 10 Spoke SS rims!!

 

rksport=ripoff

try ls1speed.com they might ship

also check out www.fbodyeurope.org for some parts

 

Any suggestions, guys?

 

Drop them down to 33-34psi, where you had your other tires. PSI in tires depends on the weight and weight distribution of the car, not on the tire (except for some likenitto drags)

 

Just installed the SFCs and the Safety Loop. A nice stiff car now, maybe GM should have built them like that from the start? But then nobody would buy a Corvette...

So far the SFCs are bolted in, why weld them? To get even more stiff, or will the bolts loosen?

I also installed the SLP stainless Cat Back (not loudmouth). What a sweet sound. My neighbours don't know how lucky they are that I didn't get the loudmouth

So thanks to everyone for advice, I'm very happy with what I got for the money.

Just so you guys in the US know how easy you have it:
The price at SLP was Total $2700. Freight was around $500 to Denmark, then I pay local handling, customs and VAT, adding $1000. All in all $4200. And if I had gone down to the Copenhagen Speed Shop, I would have ended up paying around $6000, and still having to install it all myself. Maybe there's a reason I don't see very many Camaros in Denmark?