It&rsquo;s always fascinating how some cars come about.&nbsp;The Roadster Shop is known for churning out some of the&nbsp;baddest&nbsp;and hottest performing customs in the country, but typically the cars they transform fall into the &ldquo;classic&rdquo; category. A couple of years ago they were invited to partake in a GM SEMA car program. A rendering was submitted of a fifth-gen and ultimately GM chose them to work over a new Camaro ZL1.&nbsp;As Roadster Shop&rsquo;s Phil Gerber told us, &ldquo;We wanted to take a car that was regularly customized today and give it a new twist that we hadn&rsquo;t seen before. There&rsquo;s a lot of bolt-ons for fifth-gens, but they only go so far. We saw other areas for enhancement and had different ideas when it came to commonly customized areas like the rear spoiler and rockers.&rdquo; But they wanted the car to perform as well as it looked so they hit up some of the best parts companies in the country.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/6047/250148/59fb0ecef0e71/1509625595_loc.jpg"" owidth=1643 oheight=991" style="height:362px; width:600px" />Roadster Shop rolled with the modern vibe of the 2014 ZL1 by using matte carbon fiber extensively in the build. This included the front splitter, carbon roof panel, and carbon trunk lid. There were other items they wanted to address, not available through the aftermarket, so Roadster Shop made their own. Custom touches like carbon-fiber quarter inserts, fabricated aluminum side rocker trim, aluminum low-profile air gap spoiler, one-off billet ZL1 emblems, and custom graphics were just a few of their subtle yet striking changes.For suspension, the already capable ZL1 chassis was supplemented with double-adjustable&nbsp;Penske&nbsp;coilovers, which&nbsp;help&nbsp;drop the stance 1.5 inches, teamed with&nbsp;Hyperco&nbsp;springs. The brakes were swapped over to a Brembo Gran Turismo kit with Type 3 rotors and monoblock six- and four-piston calipers. Rolling around these upgraded binders are a set of monoblock, matte bronze Forgeline GA1R 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels wrapped in Pirelli P Zero Rosso 275/25R20 and 295/35R21 rubber.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/6047/250148/59fb0ecef0e71/1509625600_loc.jpg"" owidth=1649 oheight=1057" style="height:385px; width:600px" />The engine may look fairly stock but it was worked over with a Lingenfelter 630hp performance package that included a 2.55-inch blower pulley (taking&nbsp;boost&nbsp;to 12 psi), ECM&nbsp;reprogram, and a high-flow air intake to feed the beast plenty of&nbsp;atmosphere.Originally built to show off at the annual SEMA show, the Camaro has since made it to many a track day, including some of the Optima Ultimate Street Car events, so it&rsquo;s nice to know that this car wasn&rsquo;t built to be all sizzle and no steak.

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