el camino low rider progress

Hulla, i just started workin on the camino and the reason i started this thread so soon is because all the painting is getting to my head :bloated: :bloated: so i needed a break
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srre so early, ill post some more soon
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ok i need opinion PLS. wat shuld i paint camino? i think it will look liek shit gold n orange, i was thinking white and gold interior gold and some white engine and then spraying the body gold?
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How about a Deep metallic Purple with gold accents throughout the body and frame? I would also do the frame the same color as the body if it were mine but it's not so I'll shut my mouth now. :)

u dont think gold would look pimpin?

I had a 57 El Camino w/a orange and gold flake paint job, It looked AMAZING!!(It was a lowrider w/4 switches):D

Originally posted by ChopinPorkChop
u dont think gold would look pimpin?
Dude it's a low rider el camino with gold wire BLING BLING rims!:smoka:
You can't more pimpin than that.

I think you sould put a SAS gt wing on it!:silly2: haha

Gold will be a bit too much but hey it's your model man experiment.
Good luck.:D

i wouldnt try gold ive seen 2 already and they look like shit. try a light metallic blue with a white n blue interior or go with orange metallic and a matching interior.

i built this car before and it pist me off that it didnt come with a v8:mad: i sold it to my teacher a week later

alred painted chassis, and engine gold? shuld i keep it like this then do like a metalic blue on body and gold n blue enterior?

I would paint it purple or a nice burgandy to set off the gold in this kit. I also would have painted the floorpan gold with a purple frame, or flat black with a gold frame. But it is all up to you :smoka:

ok i out some new rims on but the axle had to be sanded and shit, and ive decided to paint it a metalic purple with gold n purple interior,,, thnx for the suggestions
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help! i need to somhow find a way to connect the thin axle wit da rim cuz just gluing the two flat surfaces dont cut it
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and the only one i got to stay but it moves around
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looks good. Dont use those lowrider rims (gold one's) they loook wrong on that car IMHO

Originally posted by Vyacheslav
looks good. Dont use those lowrider rims (gold one's) they loook wrong on that car IMHO

They look good IMO. Any lowrider looks good with gold spoke rims.

Originally posted by SuPeRcAr_MaN


They look good IMO. Any lowrider looks good with gold spoke rims.
i dunno, i like the rims on last pics :smoka:

lemme get the rims on then ill take pic
i think the silver ones are gonna look sik, but right now im doing all custon inner wheels/spacers :/

Lowrider Car=Lowrider Rims:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Vyacheslav

i dunno, i like the rims on last pics :smoka:

They are nice, but they are something I would put on a stock El Camino. Like TURBO said: Lowrider Car = Lowrider rims. I think it will look good with the gold from too. :smoka:

WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i finally got them mounted.. took a long time so here it is

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lol lookin at the pic reminds me that i have a half empty ice tea! wohooo im happy

lookin gooooooood!

did you airbrush the chassis?

i no i LUV IT!!!!! i cant wait to see it in purple!!!!!

no i didnt airbrush the chasis, i brush painted it with Testor's gold

and btw could u help me? i have stock exhaust coming out the side but u cant see it so i want to make it longer... should i just take some of the tree(pretty much same size) and just throw a piece on? how should it be bent?

Hmmm...I think this went from a lowrider to a Hot Rod. :( :confused:

Originally posted by Silver82x
Hmmm...I think this went from a lowrider to a Hot Rod. :( :confused:

Exactly what i was thinking.:D

lol i know but it does look sxe!!! Right?:(

Originally posted by ChopinPorkChop
lol i know but it does look sxe!!! Right?:(

It sure DOES!!;)

i have a SXE camino and u dont!!!! :P
lol camper version
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Originally posted by Lownslow
i wouldnt try gold ive seen 2 already and they look like shit. try a light metallic blue with a white n blue interior or go with orange metallic and a matching interior.

Yeah I agree that it would look crap all gold, not many lowriders look good like that.


Originally posted by Lownslow
i built this car before and it pist me off that it didnt come with a v8:mad: i sold it to my teacher a week later

Really? I just chucked a 454 Chevy Prostock big block in mine :D

Lowrider Car = Lowrider rims

Not always. I think that wires look bad on any lowrider truck, wires being the only true lowrider rims.
Hey what are you going to do with those wires Porkchop? Its looking great so far though, I put the lowrider suspension setup in mine but I didn't make it the lowrider version, saving the wheels for a custom Impala. I think that black or red would look sweet on that as it is now.

Lowriders4Life ill probly just chuk em in a box see how they look on somin else... so do u like the deeps? i think it gives it a drag look and i think it will look amazing in a deep metalic purple.. ill put it thru photoshop and post it brb

Put the lowrider rims back on. :(

naw they are too small n e ways here is what photoshop produced :/
srre for the poor quality but i did it quik
wat do u think?
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Originally posted by ChopinPorkChop
naw they are too small n e ways here is what photoshop produced :/
srre for the poor quality but i did it quik
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wat do u think? you painted it in photoshop?
looks good :)

looking good.. kinda looks like that car from the movie "the mexican" haha

Now that you have the silver rims on it looks 100X better.
Not a big fan of low riders, but this model may just change my mind :D

Looking more like a hotrod now though:cool:

ill try not to let you down man
my project tonight is making big exhaust comin out both sides.. its gonna be rough since its ma first time but.. wish me luck

ChopinPorkChop, Why not go with the turbo setup for the car. I have the same kit and turned mine into a dragster. I think yours would looke killer with the turbo and the side pipes like you plan.

well if i want to convert to drag now, then there isnt a use for the hydros in the back...

ChopinPorkChop, I wasn't suggesting that you make your El Camino a dragster, I was saying what I am doing to mine. I was wondering how come you didn't opt to use the turbo that comes with the kit.

i knoe, i want it to be a drag, and i dont know y i didnt put it in in the first place but Out with the old and In with the turbo
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now theres a reson for the turbo hood :frog:

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haha, i also did side pipes but cannot show because i havnt glued them on because i want to paint body first and bla bla bla.. well i could show u but all they are are bent tree peices

The engine looks amazing. Nice job.

Looking good Porkchop but a V8 would be alot bigger, and better looking. Well if you don't find any models that you want to put the lowrider equipment on, I'll be glad to trade you something for them.

Metalic green d00d.

Look at the owners manual in an auto parts store for wiring diagrams and pictures of the engine compartment. THen get various hozes and wire sizes to make it look all good under da hood G !

Drill out the holes where the wires will route to , and do it before you complete the kit or paint the engine. it will be less confusing unless you need to have BLING BLING chrome. then add the prepainted parts and wires later, but drill first, then glue.