96 Impala SS | lowering the daily

[SuperSport]

Yesterday I got my front sway bar from Hellwig! It's a solid 33.3 mm front sway bar, just a little different in the design than the stock one.


So this morning I got the car up in the air and installed it. A drastic improvement! I'm now driving a 4200 pound car with little to NO body roll. I can't wait to test all of it out on the track.

[hens]

i love those impala's
nice one. Keep us posted ;-)

[SuperSport]

i love those impala's
nice one. Keep us posted ;-)

thanks! i'll do my best

[brum]

Attaboy. Looking good. It'll be funny to see you autox this thing with a slippery wood wheel

Hope to meet you at an event this coming year.

[SuperSport]

Attaboy. Looking good. It'll be funny to see you autox this thing with a slippery wood wheel

Hope to meet you at an event this coming year.

lol i'm wondering if i should mention it's more of a sticky wood wheel

and yea hopefully i'll bump into you sometime

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Diggin this alot. Been following it sporadically... are there wheel plans so far? or just looking for performance only? either way, it's bad ass. wheel looks great!

[SuperSport]

Diggin this alot. Been following it sporadically... are there wheel plans so far? or just looking for performance only? either way, it's bad ass. wheel looks great!

Thanks! Wheel plans have been changing a lot, mainly based on random finds and money. However, I recently visited OE Wheels LLC and they have a set of staggared 17" ZR1 replica wheels from the 90's model that I REALLY like. It would be 9.5" up front and 11" in the rear, meaning I can run 315's in the back. I'd then run 2" adapters to really get a clean look from the side. In case no one's ever seen a pic of that wide a tire on an SS before, here's what it looks like:

This guy is running the same set of wheels and adapters i'd be using, just a different type of tire.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Love it!

[SuperSport]

Agreed!!^^

I got an email this morning saying that my carpet is going to be here tomorrow, so i stripped the interior to get ready. Sorry for the crappy cell pics, but I was in a hurry and it was cold!





Found some rust on the passenger side floor board. Before I install the carpet tommorow i'll sand it down and spray it with some rust to primer paint.

[SuperSport]

I got up early to sand off some of the rust with my dremel tool.


I actually decided to take the time to get the rust on the driver's side sill taken care of:


Once that was done, I used a hair dryer to heat up the metal panels, grabbed my rust to primer paint can, and painted:



Once the paint dried it had a flat finish like the panels so it worked pretty well!

Not more than 5 minutes after I was finished, the carpet arrived!




I unfortunately don't have any good pictures of the finished product at the moment, because I ran into a mechanical issue. Here's the video explaining what happened, and will also give you a glimpse at the finished product:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Lu3MzfR0o"]Help Me Diagnose! - YouTube[/ame]

I'll do a little more testing to confirm my theory but as of right now i'm thinking fuel pump.

[rice4life]

I don't know much about these cars, hope someone can help you.

Nice black carpet though, looks good with the black seat.

[BlueJ_Fish]

When you turn the the key to the on position. Can you hear the fuel pump?

[Skraight.]

Yeah when you turn it to the "on" position you will hear the fuel pump "whine".

And I cannot wait to get rid of that yacht steering wheel in my f-body. **** it so much.

[SuperSport]

I don't know much about these cars, hope someone can help you.

Nice black carpet though, looks good with the black seat.

Thanks! It looks a lot better in person, hopefully I can get some good pics in the next couple days.

When you turn the the key to the on position. Can you hear the fuel pump?

nope, the pump isn't priming anymore. these POS pumps are notorious for breaking

Yeah when you turn it to the "on" position you will hear the fuel pump "whine".

And I cannot wait to get rid of that yacht steering wheel in my f-body. **** it so much.

Yea i'm so much happier with this wheel, still debating on a MOMO but this is good for now.

And as far as the car goes, it's the fuel pump without a doubt in mind. Will be purchasing tomorrow, should be on the road thursday!

[milano_red]

Man I've been missing out here.

315's will look sick!