Coolwheels84

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I finally got some time on my hands and decided to swap my '84 sc front bumpter out for the '86 Iroc bumper that I've had for over a year. The '84 was custom made by the PO and I just never really liked it. I think it looks MUCH better and hope to have it and my hood painted by the end of summer. What'cha think?


New bumper getting sanded.



After an afternoon of hard work.



Old Bumper....For sale if anyone wants it.

slangdon

Very nice. Looks good. Where did you get the bumper and was it ahrd to install?

GTAwheelman

i think the old one looks pretty cool except the like split in the middle. if it didnt split there it would be awesome. any ideas how the PO did it? any pics of the backside?

Coolwheels84

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I parted out 3 camaro's last year and this bumper was on an '83 Z28. It was a new GM bumper that the P/O of that car had installed but never painted. It was in excellent condition. It really isn't that hard to install, just kind of a pain in the butt, especially by myself.

Yeah, the P/O had pulled up to far on a curb and damaged the middle part. It used to go all the way across on the bottom, but he cut it out once it got damaged. The lower T/A style airdam is fiberglass and attatched by some sort of resin with some reinforcement brackets. It's really solid. Too bad it got damaged, but it's easily fixable.
This is the center where it got cracked.

and a corner.


Another shot of the new front w/the lights on.

itsMikey

looks great..MUCH better than the PO's bumper now get it painted!

krzyz

looks good, what year side skirts are on the side of ur car?

Coolwheels84

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Thanks!! Hopefully by the end of summer.

Not sure really. The P/O added everything. '82-'84 I think...could be wrong though.

Aaron_SK

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Looks like 82-84 Z28 wheels in the pic.

Coolwheels84

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I think you meant the side ground effects right?

krzyz

got any side shoots with the new bumper on, how much of dose the frt lip hang lower compared to the sides?

Carlos773

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Looks good!

Brisk

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that was a strange looking front end, looks better now!

tkcaraudio

looks better now but i sorta liked old bumper(i like to be different sometimes lol)

Coolwheels84

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I don't but will take one this w/e

Thanks!!

I agree. I never really liked it that much.

I sorta liked it too and thought I could live with it until it got made fun of at a local f-body show (fbodygathering) last year while I was in earshot. Kinda ticked me off and I decided at that point that it had to go.

Ron U.S.M.C.

I can see were there was some custom work done to the 84 sport coupe nose piece and although its original and different the Iroc nose piece looks so much better. When I first bought my 89 Iroc it came with a Berlinetta bumper cover and a different color front fender.One of the previous owners must of had a little accident and pieced it together with what ever they could find I guess. No real damage . But as with you It simply had to go.

Coolwheels84

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Pulled the camaro out today and took some outside shots that show the new bumper vs. the old ground effects. I don't really see where it looks lower/awkward than the side ground effects. I do notice that when I changed the impact bar behind the bumper that I didn't bolt it down Level to the car and the foglights are lower on the passenger side, so I need to adjust that.

krzyz

kool thanks for the pics, yea it dont look so bad with the side ground gfx, car looks good.

Coolwheels84

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Np. It's the first time I've had it out of the garage in a few weeks because of a small coolant leak that I needed to fix. Saving $$ to have it and the hood painted now.

CamaroIROC88350

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Cool job man. I like the sanding job too!

885speed

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Looks good!
Now that I look at it, old gfx with the new front bumper actually matches up better than the newer style sides (referring to my sig. picture)

Ron U.S.M.C.

Looks great !

Coolwheels84

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Thanks again.
Painted the headlight buckets yesterday. Took a couple pics but might have to pull it outside to really see because of the bad lighting.

david068513

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Looks good man!