Got the new leaf spring brackets painted. Ready to assemble the suspension over the winter!
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10/10/2025 – Update
Leaf Spring Brackets arrived! Just in time to paint this weekend!
10/5/2025 – Update
Got the firewall resprayed and the subframe touched-up this weekend. Pleased with the results. The firewall had a mixture of Gloss and Satin. I scuffed and re-sprayed with Gloss. Looks better now. Also got the leaf spring perches scuffed, primed and painted. Realized I still needed more parts and got those ordered which will also need to be painted. Trying to make the most of the weekends before winter arrives along with other fall priorities!
Ordered these, will need to paint once they arrive:
9/30/2025 – Update
Yesterday I found out my Inner tie rods are expected to ship in 6-8 weeks… ugh. Still on tract to touch-up the subframe, firewall and leaf spring perches this weekend. Was hoping to paint the new suspension parts before the cold weather sets in, might not happen!
9/27/2025 – Update
Steering linkage parts arrived. Realize it was missing the Inner Tie Rods, so ordered a pair of those below:
Ordered:
Got some garage time in today. The Firewall was painted with 2 different types of paint (Satin and Gloss), so I painted a small piece of metal to verify the color I had on hand (Gloss). So then I cleaned the firewall and subframe, then feathered the paint lines on the firewall and scuffed it to get ready for a respray. Still need to hit a couple spots on the subframe which I hope to work on next week, then hopefully next weekend paint the Firewall and subframe touchup, then the new suspension parts and new leaf spring perches which are EDP coated. Once those are painted, I will be set to work on all my suspension parts over the winter!
9/24/2025 – Update
I know, updates and garage time has been sparse. Need to do some work on both the blog and Camaro. In Fall winter prep mode now. The goal is to tackle the suspension this winter as I should now have all the needed parts. I need to paint the leaf spring perches before winter, so I can mount them. I recently drove to the cities to pickup a set of 5 tires to temporarily use until I get the desired wheels later. 5 wheels for $55 and gas. They hold air, so that is all that matters. Once I get the suspension together, I can mount these and move the Camaro around easier.
I also ordered the following kit. If you are not using AI yet, you should. Took a picture of my original parts, got the name and did a search and found this which should be here Friday:
Hope to make some more progress Saturday while the weather is nice!
5/7/2025 – Update
Received the last of my Hotchkis order. This weekend looks to be ideal for getting some more project time done. Will post progress after this weekend!
5/3/2025 – Update
Worked on the blast cabinet. Finished installing the new upgraded gun on it. I think I also have the ventilation for the attached vacuum figured out. Ran to Harbor Freight to get more glass bead media for it too. Both tomorrow and next weekend look to be nice – hope to get some misc painting done on some of the smaller parts. My Hotchkis front sway bar is on its way, but might be later in the Fall when I work on that as the painting in the warmer weather takes priority. I also have some work to do to update this blog as well, but not when it is a nice day like today! Also been playing with AI and asking a few car related questions – I have yet to stump it and is much more efficient that using Google searches – let the AI do that work and summarize it!
4/21/2025 – One More AI vid
4/21/2025 – Update (AI generated)
Been playing with AI Generated videos and images – more to come. Video has no sound and there are small flaws with each which could be cleaned up with more effort – send me ideas and thoughts if you want to see more like these!:
