78 Camaro customization

[Bal1]

So, I recently came into ownership of this 78 camaro LT.
I'm looking to make it nice, and clean.
Looking good, but cheap to drive.
You know?
So here's what I want do:
Cherry red, metallic paint.
White ice white stripes going down the entire length of the car, stopping at the end of the hood, and the end of the spoiler.
With that, I'm looking at 3 inch flowmasters
17 inch american racing torq thrust IIs
Black on black interior
With a red, digital dash cluster.
Different exhaust tips (undecided)
Push to start
Blue tooth
A new stereo system, and speakers of course.
A cowl induction style hood
Red interior LEDs
Tinted widows
Hoping to find one piece aluminum window louvers, those will be flat black.
Halo headlight mod (red LEDs)
My main concern is the digital dash cluster.
Has anyone ever done this to a second gen?
Or have Video of it done?
I've yet to see one, and I've searched a bit.
I'm looking at the intellitronix create your own dash set up.
Any help, or input is appreciated, thanks!

 

[wretched73]

I'm confused with what you want. Seems like you wanted this to be cheap but you are going to deepest the car??

Honestly find and fix any rust. I know there is a t least a few rust spots just itching to rot through. That's just how it is when you buy a classic car

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[Cheeny23]

you want a digital dash, go with dakota digital then

1970 - 1981 Chevy Camaro Digital Instrument Cluster



and no to the halo headlights. 2nd gen camaro doesnt deserve that. go buy a civic for that lol. but with the plans you have, if you want it done with good quality, it wont come cheap.

 

[Tylers88]

Instead of halos maybe get find a new set housings and do an evil eye

 

[Huck]

Agreed with everything everyone else said. This won't be cheap, cars period are not cheap let alone restoring/hot rodding a classic. But like Chris said, find and fix the rust first and formost. That'll just ruin anything you do down the road if you don't get it now. Those cars are notorious for rotting around the rear window, trunk pan, quarter panels, bottom rear of the front fenders and all 4 wheel arches. We sell a shit ton of that stuff all the time at work.

Best thing you can do if you have a space to commit to it, go ahead and tear the whole car down to a bare shell. That way you can see what you're working with before you start

 

[wretched73]

Agreed with everything everyone else said. This won't be cheap, cars period are not cheap let alone restoring/hot rodding a classic. But like Chris said, find and fix the rust first and formost. That'll just ruin anything you do down the road if you don't get it now. Those cars are notorious for rotting around the rear window, trunk pan, quarter panels, bottom rear of the front fenders and all 4 wheel arches. We sell a shit ton of that stuff all the time at work.

Best thing you can do if you have a space to commit to it, go ahead and tear the whole car down to a bare shell. That way you can see what you're working with before you start

Seriously. All of this. Once you have a solid foundation.... Because you tore the car down and saw that solid foundation.... Your plans to make the car whatever you want will take off. I had a 1983 camaro that I was going to restore. I dumped tons of money into it and had to scrap the shell because it just wasn't worth fixing. The rockers and passenger side quarter panel were replaced. Then the floor boards had to be done, then the final straw was the "frame rails" that run from the front bumper to the firewall were rusted from the inside and would need replacing.

TLR; Don't blow your money on a car that may potentially be rolling scrap metal.

 

[Bal1]

Everything is nice and sound actually
If it wasn't, then that would be my main focus
I have access to a full metals, and body shop.
So, avoiding labor, by doing it all myself, makes it fairly cheap.
2nd gens look very clean with the halo mod.
I saw a 77 iroc (I think) with red lights, looked very nice.
Thanks for the insight though.
I keep hearing about to Dakotas, I'll have to check them out.
I like this forum a lot so far, I'll have to get on more.
Thanks again for all the input!

 

[Huck]

Well that's great you know it's solid. In that case, keep on rollin with it! Looking forward to seeing the progress!