Was thinking the same thing.

 

in fact I know my junction box is rattling around with out a cap =/

 

I don't think i've ever looked at mine

 

It's like the only red thing under the hood of the car, how can you miss it? It's the only thing I DO look at!

 

Not under my old hood....EVERYTHING was red

 

You answered your own question earlier, using tire shine to detail under the hood causes that black gunk to collect. Its greasy and does the same thing on wheels and tires. I spray tire shine all over my wheels in the winter to protect them from salt and they are covered in nasty brake dust after 2 days

 

Nope, all i have is a red auxiliary power post which is connected to nothing. I think they tucked it in somewhere in the newer 4th gens.

 

Well, the guy doing the work on the car has had it about a month now. He says it'll be done next Friday hopefully, so we'll be glad to have the car back.

Since the original wheels have clearcoat damage (from stupidly cleaning them a few times in the 90s with aluminum polish) and the tires are old, I got on craigslist, found somebody selling wheels, and bought them. The wheels were filthy but in great shape. They have typical wheel weight damage on the edges, but not too bad.

I spent 5 and a half hours cleaning them inside and out (I went ahead and removed the wheel weights and waxed the wheels the next day which was an hour and a half of that). I was very surprised to find the paint on them 9.9/10 flawless!

They had Goodyear Eagle GA 235/55 R16 tires on them. AKA original V6 Camaro tires. They're probably 10 years old, but in great shape without any dry rot. If anybody is interested, I'll be selling them cheap. They'll pass inspection, but don't have but a few thousand miles left on them. Perhaps good for a car show or burnout.



Here they are with the new Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position tires mounted on them. I chose those tires because they reviewed the best of any other tire for the 245/50 R16 size and they have a 40,000 mile warranty and last for up to 60,000 miles. Plus they are all season tires and gorgeous. These are the same tires as what the Ferrari Enzo, Ferrari 458 Italia, and my GXP came standard with.



I requested they use the tape on wheel weights so the rims don't get damaged further.


Very happy overall. Over $800 invested in the tires, and only $150 invested in the wheels and old tires.

 

For anyone interested, I made a topic about the rest of the restoration elsewhere since it didn't really fit this section. Here's the topic:
https://www.camaroz28.com/forums/sho....php?p=6363961