2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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Jester01
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2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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Bought a 2015 Caprice from Loveland Colorado in July. Has an engine miss. Ordered a DOD delete kit from BTR with a red hot cam. While I was saving up for the DOD kit I started on sound deadening the rear because I had to remove the plastic rear seats anyway.. ordered the seats and a center console out of a SS. Here is my progress so far.
Tomorrow I may start the rear diff swap that I bought the diff years ago but someone wrecked my 2011 Caprice before I could install it.
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Jester01
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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More pictures.
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Jester01
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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Even more pictures
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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Even more pictures
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EmpireState9c1
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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Work so far looks great! I'll be going down a similar path soon. Someone hacked a center console from an SS into mine that I need to fix, the way yours looks is definitely motivating!
Jester01
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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If you do it just follow all the instructions that the guys posted in so I wanted cup holders in my Caprice. He has some great advice and I did everything he suggested. The only thing I would add to it is if you want to keep the front mounts you have to cut a lot more than you think you do. That's why I had to test fit mine about seven or 10 times but the end result was way worth it. it is solid and looks good.
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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I also purchased the full connecting insert from ifp racing and that is the only way to go. It takes some shaping to make it fit well but the results speak for themselves. His pocket assemblies and switch blanks are a must in my opinion
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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Is that like a deer rack? Never seen one on a car before :shock: . did it come with it?
2011 Caprice PPV, former RCMP test vehicle, never put into service
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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Mooseman wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:57 am Is that like a deer rack? Never seen one on a car before :shock: . did it come with it?
Yeah, H0ly cow catcher, Batman!! That thing come from Mexico?!? That looks like the grill guards the truck drivers have on their trucks in central Mexico. They use them to push each other up the mountain passes. You can get 2-3 in a 'train' some places. Completely engulfed in black smoke, so when you go to pass them, you have no idea if you're passing one, two, or more, semis at once. :shock:
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Jester01
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Re: 2015 Caprice build so I don't mess up my 15 SS.

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You guys make me laugh. When I brought it home I took it to my neighbor's yard and they started drinking. My neighbor had the push girl off his Ford F-250 laying there and so his friend put it on the brackets for the push grill that are still on the car. It looks so good we had to take a picture. So as you can guess alcohol was involved.
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