96 Impala SS | lowering the daily

[benz88]

Those would look sick. I actually have the chance to pick up my buddys SS for cheap. Debating it for a summer daily.

[SuperSport]

They're wonderful cars, I don't like dailying mine just because of the stall and gears (bad gas mileage) and i like to keep it clean lol

[rice4life]

Damn, this thing with the smoothie bumpers, new tail lights, and an integrated spoiler on miesters would be incredible!

Have you thought about doing a projector retrofit as well?

[SuperSport]

Damn, this thing with the smoothie bumpers, new tail lights, and an integrated spoiler on miesters would be incredible!

Have you thought about doing a projector retrofit as well?

never thought of doing it myself.... but the ones already done are $1000 a set. NO JOKE

[rice4life]

never thought of doing it myself.... but the ones already done are $1000 a set. NO JOKE

Splitting headlights open is easy, just pop them in the oven at around 200 degrees until the sealant is soft enough to pull apart. Then just drill out where you want to put the projectors and bond them in. Just use some silicone sealant and make sure that you get a nice even line across the whole thing. Once the sealant cures over a couple of days you're good to go.

[SuperSport]

I might try on a set of stock caprice lights that i'll pick up for next to nothing. Really don't want to ruin my new one pieces that i got.. my main priority is to get the ball joints and everything suspension wise straightened out for IA this coming weekend.

[bckbruno]

i fucking love these impalas, when i was a kid i used to dream about owning one, no idea why tho

[mrNitroSleeper]

Projectors wouldn't work with oem headlights.
The stock glass has flutes and those ruin projector cutoff. Waste of time and money. Open the ones you have now, it's not rocket science.

Good looking Impala tho!

[SuperSport]

i fucking love these impalas, when i was a kid i used to dream about owning one, no idea why tho

cause they're big, bad, and black (the good ones anyways lol)

Projectors wouldn't work with oem headlights.
The stock glass has flutes and those ruin projector cutoff. Waste of time and money. Open the ones you have now, it's not rocket science.

Good looking Impala tho!

thanks! I won't do a projector retro on these for a long time, if at all. Love they way they look now and I just received my HID's this afternoon. No point in wasting more money when i have a ton more to do

[SuperSport]

got the headlights wired up. The LED's are tied directly to the ignition so they act as DRL's. Anytime the key is turned they're on. The headlights are 55W 8000k HID's from DDM tuning. Very happy with the quality of their stuff.

[SuperSport]

Decided to try polished lips. Liking it so far

[white out]

FYI, those Corvette wheels are replicas. Good looking wheels, but if the owner wants you to pay for them... there are better options.

[SuperSport]

FYI, those Corvette wheels are replicas. Good looking wheels, but if the owner wants you to pay for them... there are better options.

owner is my dad

[SuperSport]

purchased a set of 3cFab Racing HD Extended & Adjustable Upper/Lower control arms for the rear. Beautiful look in that "pepsi blue"


Got them on the car, centered the wheels in the well. Looks SSlick
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As you may have noticed. the car is on a trailer. WHY? Well on the way home from the install my transmission decided to break. Not only did it break, but the tail shaft housing completely blew into pieces off the car. Can't explain how much this sucks, and given that I'm moving back to Indianapolis for school in a few weeks i don't think you'll be seeing this car anymore in 2014. FML

[Red_Arrowheads]

That sucks dude. And you were getting this thing right too...

I hope you can get it up and running again soon.