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Monte Of The Month -- May 2012 Monte Of The Year 2012 Monte Of The Month -- February 2017
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Utah
Posts: 4,903
Well you do have a very clean looking 18 year old Monte carlo SS. You have it for awhile or a recent acquisition? Is the rear duck tail spoiler the standard one or ? It just seems a bit taller than normal ones, but then I have not seen my Montes in months, always under a dang car cover... Looking good hollywood!!
Thx for the kudos. Bought in 2009 with 25k on the clock. Now has 999918. Came with the winners circle package which includes the NASCAR type spoiler, stripes on the sides, machine etched wheels, and chrome tailpipe tips.
Mods added were the GMPP handling package, bigger sway bars with urethane bushings, urethane sway bar link bushings, front and rear strut tower braces, and solid rear lower control arms. Drilled and slotted rotors with ceramic pads.
Monte Of The Month -- May 2012 Monte Of The Year 2012 Monte Of The Month -- February 2017
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Utah
Posts: 4,903
Originally Posted by Joe Thomas
Thx for the kudos. Bought in 2009 with 25k on the clock. Now has 999918. Came with the winners circle package which includes the NASCAR type spoiler, stripes on the sides, machine etched wheels, and chrome tailpipe tips.
Mods added were the GMPP handling package, bigger sway bars with urethane bushings, urethane sway bar link bushings, front and rear strut tower braces, and solid rear lower control arms. Drilled and slotted rotors with ceramic pads.
That is frikin awesome then, cool that you have a well rounded out Monte SS build. You are definitely in for the long haul with your Monte, seeing how you have had it 14 years. It shows, in that you know so many of the finer details, spent money for quality GMPP parts, well done! So I still wonder if the spoiler you have is different than the standard SS style. There were some that had a variation of the rear spoiler, and they always looked more racey pro type of appearance. I never knew which ones had them, but there were never very common. Your Monte has to handle like a dream with the suspension modifications you invested in. I always thought the factory suspension rode very well, but the right aftermarket mods really let them corner effortlessly. So hell, you have a sweet Monte SS for yourself there chief!
There were two factory spoilers available, the "surfboard" flat style and the NASCAR version. I believe the NASCAR style only came with certain trim packages. Jeff Gordon version and others.
Off topic but here's my wife's ride.
Last edited by Joe Thomas; 06-05-2022 at 12:17 PM.
Forgot to mention, also replaced upper intake manifold with the Dorman piece to prevent the egr tube melting the oem manifold. Also lower manifold gaskets.
06-03-2022, 07:33 PM
