The Do-It-Yourself Forum is Now OPEN!!

Write-Up CONTEST!!
To celibrate the kick off the new Do-It-Yourself forum here on MonteCarloSS.com, and to spur some activity there, we've decided to have a contest for the best technical write-up! There will be prizes for the top three articles, as chosen by the membership.

We want to thank the following Authorized Vendors for supporting and contributing prizes to this contest: MikesMontes, Mac-Ink Customs and MV85SS Powdercoat Services. In addition, prizes will be available from website merchandise.

Contest Duration:
The Do-It-Yourself Write-up Contest will run from October 11th through December 31st, 2007 followed immediately by a poll of the membership to select the top three write-ups. The Poll will run from Jaunary 1st through the 15th, 2008. In the case of a tie for any winning position, a run-off poll will be created.

Eligibility:
Write-ups simply need to be submitted to the Do-It-Yourself forum to be eligible. They must be your original work, created between October 11th and December 31st, 2007. Write-ups must be Monte Carlo related and meet all other website, board and forum guidelines. Be sure to read the "READ THIS FIRST" post in the Do-It-Yourself forum before posting.

The Moderators and Administrators of MonteCarloSS.com have decided to exclude themselves from eligibility in this contest, however, you will see write-ups from them in the forum.

Contest Administration:
Although the final poll for the top three write-ups will be open to all members, decisions regarding eligibility, conflict resolution, and prize desemination will remain with the Moderators and Administrators of the site.

Prizes:
Prizes will be in the form of credit / gift certificates with a number of authorized vendors and site merchandise. No cash will be diseminated. Participating Vendors: Mac-Ink Customs, MikesMontes, MV85SS Powdercoating.

1st Prize: $100
2nd Prize: $50
3rdPrize: $25

Final prize make-up:
First Place will have first choice of the available gift certificates adding up to a value of $50, plus receive $50 worth of website merchandise for a total prize value of $100.

Second Place will have second choice of remaining gift certificates with a value not to exceed $50, augmented with website merchandise for a total prize value of $50.

Third Place will have third choice of remaining gift certificates or augmented with website merchandise for a total prize value of $25.

Current Gift Certificates: $50 from Mac-Ink Customs, $25 from MikesMontes, $25 from MV85SS Powdercoat Services. Additional prizes may be added as the contest progresses.

A HUGE "Atta-boy" goes out to the vendors stepping up and supporting this great contest! This will be a great asset to this community for many years to come.

Good luck to all! And looking forward to seeing the DIY's to start rolling in.

Thanks to the vendors! Let's see those DIY's, whatever they are!! Even if it is something simple for you, it may be insanely hard for someone else, so take some pics and post it up!

Just a heads up to the 8 people who have tried to post in the forum so far: We are having some technical difficulties with it. Either something is wrong in the software, or the users (us mods) are dumb. I am not sure which.

We are not ignoring you, we just have some bugs to work out.

Looks like a little OJT is required for approving posts. We'll cover this in the Moderator's forum.

Ok guys, when submitting a DIY post please put some time and effort into it. If you have said less than 3 sentences on how to change the spark plugs and consider it good, it is highly likely not to be approved.

List step by step instructions, pics are a plus for sure.
List parts needed. List tools needed for repair/mod.

Think of it as explaining to your friend how to do this repair/mod and they have never used tools or done car repair. We tend to take things for granted. A good DIY article is written for ALL levels to understand.

Hope this help clarify and good luck to all in the contest!

We have had some great write-ups so far but time to enter the contest is running out!
I know many of you have documented your upgrades here on the site, lets see them turned into a DIY article to help fellow members in the never ending quest of customizing out Monte Carlos..

I really outa put the overhead console in there. When I have a lil more time that is.