K, so in all of my recent photos, it's easy to see the newly aquired blemish I have on my front valance (due to not driving the car for months and then pulling into a parking spot a little too far).....was wondering if maybe I should do the 'wide mouth' mod, like in the japanese car....what do you all think? (click link for pick of the car Im talking about)

 

it's just so right.

i say go for it.

 

Agreed.

 

ooooh candy paint..... I say go for it. If my car wasn't black already I'd do it

 

I think it looks fine either way and I think I lean a little more toward keeping it how it is (but fixing the blemish, of course).

 

pretty tought to match the candy though....but it's in a low, less 'seen' spot, so Im sure it wouldnt be too hard to make it look close....plus if you notice in the pic of the orange maro...his doesnt go all the way down, it stops right about where my blemish starts....Ive got some time to think about it, I have a clutch to replace .....just thinking of some ways too add a little more varied color.....thought about the headlight pockets too, just want some more black with the candy, but not about to do stripes

 

I say go for it man, just won't look right though without the buckets.

 

i usually don't like our cars without the buckets painted black, however, i do like yours.....it would look great, but not necessarily better....and go ahead with the ground effects. i think it would look just different enough and still look good!!!

 

might not be perfect, but heres a little visual...

 

that pic has bad lighting since it was taken at a distance, maybe try photoshopping this one

 

 

I love MSpaint!

 

I don't like it. If it were some sort of aftermarket front fascia, that might be different. I think it looks kinda like an autozone mod. For a car like yours that is so clearly top notch, I think it'll look cheap.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't do it either.

However, one thing I would do, is get rid of that rake that your car has.

Cut 1/4-1/2 a coil off the rear springs. It would look 100% better.

Oh, and if you are going to do anything with your GFX, I say 91-92 GFX FTW.

 

well, if it were me...I would try my best to re-match the paint. The black looks alright....but it really doesn't do the justice with the rest of the car....kinds of cheapens it some. Everything else looks awesome

 

just clean up what you've got, and don't let the curbs bite you again!

 

 

don't feel too bad. I have to get that same piece repainted after the tow truck guy wenched my car up his ramp and flexed the hell out of it so now it is all spider webbed. you have given me an idea though. thanks

 

Absolutely not.

 

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proper edit

 

nope, dont do it.

 

do it man , it looks awesome on a ps and ive been waiting for someone to do it . Go for it and i think it will look sweet .

 

I say do it if the paint is already messed up, youll never know until you try, or photoshop.

 

Stupid little animation

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Camaroguy18: Can you find a good picture on the internet of the mesh you have on your car? I can put it in the grille area so you can see how that looks, and/or i could extend the normal camaro grille (the center black divider) so that it fills the bigger space (but retains the stockish design)

 

please dont do it....

it would only look good if you have more front chin spoiler under neath it....

like this... need to add more material to the chin

 

you'd need the 91'ish gfx up front since its a different design, you can already see the shadows cast in your pics of where the body lines are of your 85'ish gfx so that's where you'd want to black it out if you did it like 91'ish wise its not going to look right on thos 85'ish gfxs IMO....

 

IT would look real nice with a pretty front mount intercooler setting right there

 

alright other then doing this with a front mount lol i say dont do it...

Honestly i dont think it looks better then stock? I mean i dont see really whats to like about it, stock looks great in my opinion. Dont get me wrong im all for custom work/mods and i think some members do great work but this mod im just not feelin it.

One of the jap's cars had this right? could someone link me that pic again i forgot what it had looked like.

Oh and what NFS said if you do decide to do this definently a change over to the 91-92 gfx would help compliment it.

 

I'm usually all for the 91-92 ground effects...but for this car...I'm really not sure if the style would fit in. This car has a really slick design...form the wheels, to the shaved handles, door locks, and antenna....if the 91-92 style where added...it would just take away part of the slick style to the car. I mean..look at this...the more I look at it...the more I would just repaint the front ground effects:



Either way...it's a bad *** 3rd gen, definently one of my favorites.
and damn I want those wheels

On the other hand...I'm sure you've been told this many times...I would consider painting the headlight pockets black semi-gloss...just to tie it all together.

 

well I gotta admit that I didnt even realize the original car with this mod had the 'aero' gfx'....and I think some of you are right, in that it wouldnt look right since the 85-90gfx arent as long. For that reason, Ill have to see about matching the color, but dont really want to go to a shop to touch up a ding (dont want to think what it'd cost just to touc hthat up)......if I want some more black, I think I should just do the headlight buckets black.....but what would look better, semi-gloss of gloss?

....oh, and I really dont think the rake is all that bad anymore....besides, I heard something about the rear springs on the prokit couldnt be cut because of how they're coiled (it'd mess them up or something)....any truth to this?

 

I like your rake man, leave it. It's original and gives it an aggressive stance.

As for the widemouth mod, I'd leave it as is. It looks great already. Get it touched up and rock a front end bra while you're driving it around to protect that purdy front end.

 

If you like the look then do it. I personally like the look, but I'm not going to be doing it to any of my cars because I dont think the look matches my other plans for the front end (both of which include aluminum which throws off the blackness). I think the reason some people like the look of the "wide mouth" paint scheme is because it makes the opening in the middle look bigger, and to some this makes it look more aggressive. I personally think it looks more aggressive. You're rocking the black grille so it would match well. I think it could still work with the pre 91-92 GFX, just the black part would have to be smaller because the lip is shorter. You wouldnt want the black area to be too close to the edge of the front lip, might give it the appearance of being flimsy. Its your car so its up to you, I say go with your gut feeling even if its different from what you normally see.

I would also second the idea of lowering the rear and leveling out the rake. The rake you have might be contributing to the front lip sitting lower which causes it to scrape. Leveling it might not totally prevent any further scratches, but it'll help. I've never been a fan of the black headlight pockets, I prefer body color. But again, its your car not mine so you should do what you think looks best.

I would also like to throw out the idea of getting a second set of Lexan t-tops and having the Lexan set painted to match the body color while you're at the body shop getting the front lip re-done. Body colored t-tops give it a hardtop look at a glance, you could switch back and forth between a hardtop look or a t-top look at whim. Just an idea hehe ...

 

if you look closer in the pic up there the of that mod, they just painted the front skirt black, not really much of a mod, its just painted.

 

we're aware that its just paint....but it's still a modification to the car


Crazy: any pics of someone with painted t-tops....I dont know that Ive ever seen it done....I doubt I'd do it either, but Im just curious to see how it looks

 

since we're on the subject.....




are you planning on painted your headlight pockets, or are you going to leave them as they are?

 

I wouldnt do it. I love what you have done with your car.

 

this is just my opinion, great color and all, the only thing i would do to that car is lose that spoiler and that hood does not go with a camaro, it needs a cowl or ss hood, but the rest is great.

 

from looking at it again while I'm awake It's going to have to be touched up anyway regardless if you use the black or not it's at the very bottom....

 

.....soooo basically redo the entire exterior


as for the headlight pockets...they may be the solution to adding more black to the car...Im still torn on the idea though

 

black like the grille

 

that does look awesome. Now just to find out how much to match the candy. That's the only reason I'm staying away from a candy paint.

 

Thats the best photochop Ive seen for the headlight pockets on my car...I think you just changed my mind

 

yah, you should soo do those headlight pockets in black.. make sure u do it and cc it.. give it some awesome shine to shine with the kandy

 

Here is a photochop of both the black buckets alone and the black buckets with the fron clip painted.




My opinion, if you are really wanting to add black do the buckets only. Other than that don't touch it.

 

nice photoshops...id definently do the headlight buckets black...needs it cause the grille is that way. Id either paint the grille body color and keep the headlight buckets body color or paint them both black.

And as for the bigger grille...its whatever i mean the photoshop doesnt look bad but it looks way to minor of a mod to fuss about whether or not to do it, its not gonna ruin the look at all if u wanna try it i say go for it.

as for the 91-92, i think it needs it, even though i dont like the hood, the 91-92 gfx would compliment the nostriles.

If he had a cowl def keep the 85-90gfx.

I mean then we talk the 5" spoiler, thats part of the sleek design, but then you got the hood up front lol. Its too much thinking for the gfx its kinda of a toss up.

But get this, nothing your decideing whether or not to do to the car wont ruin the look of the car at all so do what you gotta do.

Oh and please keep the rake, it looks really aggressive i like it alot.

 

any word on cuttin abit off the eibach rear springs??? my car sits like that too, and i would like to level it out. i think it looks abit better that way.

 

NO, take off the gfx and reshoot it, in my opinion your car is perfect...(from a never seeing it in person perspective) I dont like the wide mouth look, i dont think the color would look right,

I hear ya, only driving the car a few times a month can be rough when parking, thats why i back mine in at teh farthest spot i can and if i'm at like 7-11 or something, i'll park along a curb away from stuff like blacks and curbs

 

can't match kandy paint jobs... so if he touches up the scrapes, they may be low enough to not notice the slight difference in shades.. but if he does the whole front GFX, you would DEFINATELY notice that

 

well after going over several of my photos and then finally seeing a photoshop of the 'black eyes'....I think Im sold on the idea....as for the grille mod, Im gonna have to admit that it wouldnt look as good on the 85-90 gfx as it would with the aero ones....reason being that the aero gfx are bigger, and give off better lines....so I think Ill have to look into touching it up

.....as for the rake, Im not gonna mess with it....if anything I feel my front sits too low for prokits, and thats creating a more dramatic rake than anything.....the stance will change if/when I decide to put it on air