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1987, black, boom, camaro, chromabase, code, corvettes, dupont, gray, hugger, orange, paint, pepper, pipes, ppg, side, ss, yellow

Important/Useful :

What Color to Paint!

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Rabbitt on 10-08-2004

06-20-2021 01:29 PM
by rearview

515

274,934

3rd, 4th, 5th, body, camaro, car, console, fit, fourth, gen, generation, install, interior, shocks, wheels

Important/Useful :

4th Gen Interior/Exterior compatibilty List

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Zepher on 01-28-2004

01-01-2023 09:59 PM
by bholmes

312

215,954

1989, 20058035, 20464563, car, door, formula, gm, gm20262500, mercedes, part, rattles, stop, striker, top, window

Important/Useful :

Window/Door Rattles--Observation and Pics

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JamesC on 08-06-2002

06-11-2016 06:24 PM
by overide

156

105,789

1990, 1991, 91, camaro, dealership, exhaust, fix, fuel, gas, recall, replace, rs, smell, tank, trans

Important/Useful :

Gas Tank Recall...Read if you have a 1991 Camaro RS.....

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Psycho_91Camaro on 11-21-2005

04-21-2019 03:36 AM
by Doogs

265

81,760

4th, 93, ac, camaro, cluster, corsica, diagram, dummy, firebird, gen, green, hood, sensor, vents, white, wire, wiring, z28

Important/Useful :

4th Gen Wiring; Good Progress + Info!

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tpiroc on 03-15-2004

04-01-2010 07:40 AM
by Jekt

232

68,510

3m, 8115, bumper, corvette, epoxy, fixing, fuser, fusor, hoods, icar, plastic, procedure, repair, repairing, sems, urethane, warped

Important/Useful :

Let's take the guesswork out of plastic repair!!!!!!!

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KEVIN G. on 12-16-2004

01-31-2020 06:35 PM
by KEVIN G.

89

62,117

Normal Threads

17x11, 335s, camaro, collar, column, hogan, hurst, intakes, mcguard, phase, restoration, steering, ttop, vintage, weatherstripping, woodlands

Phase I done, Phase II-interior almost done, and now Phase III-drivetrain (454 LSX!)

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Neil on 09-07-2006

12-03-2013 07:07 PM
by TIMMYS89GTA

2,141

354,061

auto, average, bar, car, chevelle, classic, cost, door, fix, panel, panhard, price, reupholster, reupholstery, seat, seats, upholster

How much does it generally cost to have seats reupholstered?

JLP on 03-31-2004

01-31-2013 05:51 AM
by 92camarodude

27

351,216

45, auto, car, gnats, grinder, gunmetal, heavy, job, laying, paint, paintjob, price, removing, rustoleum, strip

The ULTIMATE budget paint job (pic heavy)

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FYRCHKN on 10-19-2009

05-07-2020 07:18 PM
by gscroll

355

291,755

249, 24999, ambassador, car, cheaper, job, jobs, maaco, maco, paint, painting, peeling, photos, pictures, price, sales, sucks, tax, total

Maaco paint... 249.99.. Whoever says maaco sucks is lying.

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Jammin'Trey on 03-30-2010

02-23-2020 01:51 PM
by Drew

50

172,552

1985, 4th, 700r4, barstool, body, fbody, fiberglass, flexplate, gen, lightweight, racer, reduction, thirdgen, trans, weight

The Weight Reduction Thread!

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NEEDforSPEED on 02-12-2005

04-08-2023 06:52 PM
by LB9GTA

612

172,527

91, body, camaro, car, cost, fix, floor, gen, pan, panel, pans, repair, replace, reputable, rust, shop

How much to replace a floor pan???

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89_RS on 10-30-2011

01-17-2015 04:53 PM
by GregLobb

98

143,877

1984, 1987, 28, 89, body, fbody, firebird, kit, kits, pictures, pontiac, stroker, v6, wide, xtream

firebird body kit

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87bluebird on 03-13-2010

05-26-2022 12:46 AM
by C98

138

127,744

2000, 91, 95, article88, camaro, car, corvette, firebird, install, installation, installing, motor, regulator, repair, tech, trans, window

Window motor install.......THE EASY WAY....the tech article is bogus!

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CustomX on 04-02-2004

02-04-2023 12:28 AM
by beriov

260

118,693

82, car, chicago, find, fuel, ghetto, ill, junk, kit, lowering, parts, pump, s10, thing, yard

What is the most ghetto thing you've found done to your car?

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88TransAmFreak on 05-18-2009

09-05-2011 07:31 PM
by Krik

974

117,007

1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 86, 90, camaro, camaros, conversions, gen, houston, led, signal, turn, z28

The start of my LED conversions

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cdoyle on 09-16-2007

09-10-2017 09:29 AM
by cdoyle

374

115,665

1995, 373, 81, billet, camaro, chevelles, convertible, cutlass, gears, irocz, lites, pics, put, repairing, specialties, street, tops, z28

Did u have a Thirdgen in highschool?

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IROCME on 07-13-2007

04-07-2017 11:56 AM
by Griffin92rs

1,192

102,990

1988, 1991, 350, 4th, 85, 89, camaro, car, chevrolet, engine, gen, member, thrid, weigh, weight

How much does YOUR car weigh??

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firechicken76 on 08-27-2009

01-24-2022 03:01 PM
by McLovin1181

140

86,162

180, 91, bumper, camaro, flexible, front, grit, long, modifying, paint, prime, primer, rubber, sand, scratches, sem, urethane

How to sand front bumper? what grit?

Piston454 on 01-08-2011

01-15-2011 01:46 PM
by Piston454

23

83,768

2010, 3rd, camaro, driving, fl, ford, gainesville, gens, girl, girls, hot, jacksonville, pink, pumps, sexy, stripes

Hot pink thirdgen, For the girls!

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tdub197 on 08-11-2010

06-18-2011 07:05 AM
by jtsk

386

79,645

body, bondo, bumper, bumpers, epoxy, glazing, hair, plastic, price, putty, repair, spotting, supply, tiger, work

Bondo for plastic bumpers?

slow_90firebird on 01-28-2008

02-06-2008 07:58 PM
by TheMutt

15

72,974

1987 IROC- Z Restoration (Start to Finish)

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Goodolboy0404 on 06-17-2015

02-20-2021 08:15 PM
by Goodolboy0404

238

72,694

1988, 1992, 3rd, appeal, camaro, camaros, corvette, corvettes, engine, firebird, firebirds, gen, girls, girly, put

Poll

Firebird vs. Camaro which do you prefer?

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JimRockford on 03-19-2011

02-18-2018 10:08 AM
by Linson

351

72,481

3rd, 4runner, accord, bb, camaro, car, color, cost, gen, generation, gun, job, jobs, paint, repaint, rustoleum, shot

Rustoleum 40 dollar paint job

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Lo3 maniac on 09-24-2012

03-28-2016 07:26 AM
by cosmick

319

72,325

buy, car, carolina, cars, free, missouri, north, places, rust, rustfree, southcarolina, state, states, vehicles, worst

Best state to buy rust free cars?

jprix on 08-12-2010

08-24-2010 10:21 PM
by 92RS702

23

72,077

adhesive, adhesives, area, automotive, cement, chicago, contact, fabric, headliner, headliners, long, orleans, spray, target, up, upholstery

Good spray adhesive for headliner??

91TealRS on 06-27-2001

08-22-2017 02:01 AM
by Stephenforeman

30

71,797

auto, automotive, booth, cheap, cheapest, exhaust, explosion, fan, fans, filter, motor, paint, painting, proof, shroud

Cheap exhaust fan for makeshift paint booth?

Project 3.4 Camaro on 09-24-2011

06-18-2017 01:51 PM
by harmonp

13

69,373

POST YOUR BLUE CAMAROS AND FIREBIRDS

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TkernIROC1986 on 01-20-2015

06-30-2021 04:38 PM
by nhgator

497

66,874

3rd, 86, 91, blue, boards, camaro, cluster, dash, firebird, gauges, gen, led, lights, marker, trans

LED Guages

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83Firebird420 on 04-09-2003

04-26-2010 11:22 AM
by vengetta82

294

66,665

application, booths, color, dust, homemade, mix, nason, paint, paints, ppg, sand, satin, singel, single, stage

Single stage paint vs. Base/Clear, for 1st time DIY'er

speedingpenguin on 02-24-2008

02-25-2008 12:03 PM
by 2fast4u92z

12

66,292

400, applying, auto, base, basecoat, coat, final, gen, grit, paint, painting, paper, primer, sand, sanding

final sanding grit before base coat?

jacobd101 on 02-12-2012

02-17-2012 07:11 PM
by gscz28

25

62,514

20, 338, 3rd, 84, boss, camaro, fbody, firebird, gen, iroc, ls1, murdered, trans, tricked, wheels, ws6

pics of murdered out third gens

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brad99 on 08-15-2010

02-05-2013 05:07 PM
by pwdbychevy

111

61,811

baer, bare, bed, bedliner, bedliners, car, liner, metal, paint, painted, put, require, scuff, truck, whats

Should I apply truck bed liner to bare metal or painted metal for best protection?

Project 3.4 Camaro on 08-04-2011

12-15-2011 08:13 AM
by nosajwols

11

60,765

1997, 8292, 92, body, camaro, fender, gen, header, kit, panel, top, wide, widebody, wider, z28

82-92 CAMARO WIDE-BODY FENDER KIT

Broc on 03-20-2008

04-27-2017 10:17 PM
by morrow

19

57,469

apply, cloth, fabric, fiberglass, fleece, hose, lauderdale, panty, polyester, regular, resin, shirts, sport, trac, type

Can I use any type of cloth with fiberglass resin...?

scauffiel on 02-03-2002

02-06-2002 01:46 AM
by Zepher

18

56,668

auto, body, build, car, iroc, make, making, plans, restoration, rotiss, rotisserie, truck, wood, wooden, woodenopeners

Building a wooden body rotisserie (pics)

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robguitargod1 on 05-31-2013

06-03-2014 08:54 AM
by robguitargod1

67

56,012

94, camaro, chip, cost, flames, job, jobs, maaco, paint, painted, prices, repair, rock, supra, supreme, z28

"Supreme" paint job from Maaco

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llvll4l2c91350 on 01-06-2006

01-14-2006 09:22 PM
by Tibo

56

53,692

83, car, clear, coat, convertible, firebird, gallons, gen, house, kolor, mustang, paint, quart, quarts, takes

How many quarts (or gallons?) to paint a car??

TomP on 03-27-2003

03-29-2003 10:01 PM
by 82camaro

10

52,069

1984, 3rd, 4th, 91, camaro, chevy, firebird, gen, generation, gta, louver, louvers, piece, rear, trans, window

Rear window louvers question?

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GreggymacZ28 on 01-19-2012

02-23-2022 08:16 AM
by topduarte

70

51,064

1986, 1988, 86, camaro, chevy, faces, gauge, gauges, outlineblack, pictures, rally, sport, trans, white, ws6

Check out the new gauge faces!

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Abubaca on 03-20-2005

10-20-2010 12:43 PM
by silentkillzr

287

49,862

1986, 1987, 50, 86, camaro, change, cylinder, engine, ignition, install, struts, swaps, trans, transam, tune

My 1986 Trans AM take a look...

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Bobby_80s on 11-21-2007

11-24-2016 08:44 PM
by KITT1983

445

49,563

bc, clearcoat, compared, deltron, flame, glasurit, global, laquer, metallic, mixing, omni, ppg, primer, red, valupro

PPG Omni paint line????? Any good???

87transam5.7tpi on 03-04-2003

04-26-2014 01:06 PM
by Yenipenny

34

49,392

3rd, buick, camaro, car, fenders, filling, fix, gen, headlight, junkyard, nose, sale, school, shadygrady, skylark, spots, stl

Firebird w/Camaro styled fixed headlights

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Stephen on 01-20-2008

10-12-2012 09:01 AM
by musclecar70sfan

56

48,742

beam, beams, broke, broken, camaro, clicker, fix, gen, gm, high, highbeams, signal, stearing, steering, switch, turn, wheel

Broken High beam switch! How do I fix this?!

Xepor on 12-28-2001

09-16-2018 03:01 PM
by Tuned Performance

10

48,080

1984, 1986, 350, camaro, donor, floor, floorpan, floors, home, pan, pans, replacememt, replacement, thirdgen, trans

86 TA floor pan replacement, rust project

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firebird896 on 09-29-2009

02-25-2014 10:24 PM
by JCS94

200

47,716

3rd, 89, black, blue, custom, firebird, flake, gold, gwn, light, metalflake, painted, side, stripes, trans

My Black with blue pearl , with silver pearl stripes, and blue metal flake paint job

project89 on 03-11-2014

03-18-2014 03:12 PM
by project89

17

47,078

What is better 2:1 Clearcoat, or 4:1?

Kevman on 02-24-2009

02-28-2009 11:42 PM
by steve87ta

14

46,824

02, 2002, 2008, car, carlo, easy, grand, hiding, ideas, inside, monte, silverado, spot, spots, tough

Best Hiding spot in car I've ever seen...

neagan on 04-10-2006

04-17-2006 06:55 AM
by 88txiroc

49

46,815

auto, base, basecoat, basecoatclearcoat, car, clear, coat, cons, eastwood, nason, paint, peeled, pros, single, stage, tips, urethane

Single stae urethane vs base coat clear coat urethane

Part Timer on 03-23-2011

04-07-2011 07:56 PM
by 58mark

36

45,639

16, 16x8, 1979, 79, camaro, cars, iroc, left, p245zr50, side, size, stock, tire, tires, z28

Stock Iroc-Z Tire size...

19CAMARO85 on 07-07-2007

09-24-2010 11:37 PM
by deadbird

13

44,448

1987, 1990, 3rd, 91, camaro, cowl, custom, gen, hood, hoods, inch, iroc, rs, snap, z28

pictures of cowl hoods

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DiabolicalRS on 12-07-2011

08-19-2018 08:59 PM
by Purplecamaro92

63

42,435

1992, 2012, body, bumper, camaro, car, cost, decent, front, gen, good, job, paint, pay, repaint, rust, trans

HOW MUCH SHOULD A GOOD PAINT JOB COST?

RIZZ on 02-24-2012

09-25-2016 10:37 AM
by Arctic White 91 RS

22

42,315

car, equipment, freight, good, gun, harbor, hvlp, inexpensive, jobs, kit, pa, paint, painting, philadelphia, quality, results, sprayers

Harbor Freight vs. High End HVLP guns...what's the difference?

jb3829 on 01-26-2010

02-05-2010 02:10 PM
by irockid86

13

41,995

88, 89, 92, air, filter, fits, functional, gta, hood, hood85, trans, transam, vents, whats, years

Hmmm making 85-92 Trans Am hood functional?

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musclecar70sfan on 03-28-2011

03-01-2020 02:58 PM
by lb9 GTA

91

41,356

1990, camaro, column, focus, ignition, key, keys, lock, locking, lost, pin, steering, tp, unlock, unlocking, wheel, wont

Anyway to unlock steering wheel without keys?

Need4Speed1387 on 10-11-2003

10-12-2003 11:08 PM
by Need4Speed1387

12

40,707

auto, body, filler, filling, hole, holes, jb, jbweld, lead, metal, panel, repair, sheet, sheetmetal, weld

JB WELD as body filler?

The_Wraith on 01-10-2005

01-14-2005 02:48 PM
by 1983Fbody

24

40,380