I never thought Id see the day a 3rdgen would look like a ***** http://www.k1-styling.sk/default2.htm man I can't believe it

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1988 Sport Coupe 305 TBI
K&N
Flowmaster exhaust


Daily driver:
1988 K1500 5.7 4x4 shortbed flowmaster cat-back gutted cat.
AOL: RyanNH84

 

wow im suprised you've never seen that mentioned on this board.

 

OH say it isn't so! Why must people be so EVIL? WHY????

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86 Camaro SC

 

FYI ... Rice is when you modify your car to LOOK fast but in reality it is slow. I dont know how you can consider that rice when it goes on a 3rd gen camaro ... even with a stock 5.0ltr, its faster than majority of the stock cars on the road. Ok, so yeah it completely changes the look of the car ... to more of a european or japanese look, but is that really bad? I think that kit is great ... something that really stands out thats built on a platform we all love and love to modify ... 3rd gen fbody's. Maybe the kit might not be for YOU, but that dosnt mean you gotta put it down.

Personally, I really like that kit. I'm not too happy about the rear end of the car, but I plan to change the taillights anyway. Its gonna be a while before I would drop 6k on that bodykit, but yes I do plan to get it. Before I put on the kit, I want to make sure it can back up the looks ... turbocharged lt1. Yes, it will be a while hehehe. I know before the end of the year I'm going to have the K1 interior kit in my camaro.

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--- Current Daily Driver ---
Maroon 1989 Camaro RS - Crappy 305 TBI / Auto
Hypertech Stage 2 Chip (and 160/ThermoStat)
2.5" Pipes, No Cat, Flowmasters (Dual)
GT Grant Wheel, %5 Tint all around, 50% on windshield

--- Next Project ---
1992 Camaro z28 - 5.7ltr / Auto
6 speed swap, engine internals, turbocharge, SCCA!!!!

 

They make that kit look really good in those pics at least. I've seen pictures of one at a car show in CA however. Either the guy that put the kit together did a really lousy job, or it has horrible fit and finish.

 

I would have to see it in person to make a better assessment. But based only on the photos, I wouldn't mind taking it for a spin....considering it also has the speed to match.

 

LOL

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89 RS

STILL Looking For:
87 IROC-Z28 350 TPI

 

IF YOU WANT YOUR CAR TO LOOK JAPONEZE WHY IN SAM HELL DID YOU BUY AN AMERICAN CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE?????????? you should have simply bought a japoneze car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now I'M NOT SAYING that anything you do to your car is rice, but C'MON.....GET REAL

this is almost as bad as when people make their vette look like a testarossa...........nah........ITS WORSE

 

I saw one of those. It was hideous, but I'm sure it depends on the intellect (and budget) of the builder. The one I saw had all of the panels held on with RTV, still had the stock camaro interior except for 2 red stripes painted onto the top dash pad, and had the 2.8 under the hood. And they had a writup saying that it was worth in excess of $35k. What a major piece of **** car. I'm sure that they're not all that way, but seeing that one left a major sour taste in my mouth.

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The IROC Homepage
<A HREF="http://www.rit.edu/~jli4307/camaro" TARGET=_blank>
View the restoration of an 85 IROC</A>
"I didn't know a bored out Ford could go so slow" -Shenandoah

 

People who keep mentioning camaros look like rice should just "GET A LIFE"

 

umm... that kit really does...

It gives it a honda feel.



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91 Z28
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60' - 2.098
1/8 - 9.137 , MPH - 76.21
1/4 - 14.213, MPH - 97.55

Mods: SLP Exhaust, umm...nothing else..sorry

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HAHAHA!! Look its the Honda Camaro AWD 1.8L TT putting out 112HP!!!!!! VTEC has done it again! That body kit is a joke! It doesn't make it look mean, it doesn't make it look like a muscle car, it doesn't make it look like an exotic car, it makes it look 110% PURE RICE! Those headlights even look like they came right off a new civic or a honda prelude. For the price you could make your car look so much better and be so much faster. Get yourself a nice built 355, 17" chrome rims with some nice wheels, 4" cowl hood, and an amaizing paint job and your car would look 10x better than that POS and it would be even faster with the extra money you could use for engine work.

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Karsten
86 IROC-ZZ4... too much to list.

 

LOL, I agree!! That was a good post dude!!

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89 RS

STILL Looking For:
87 IROC-Z28 350 TPI

[This message has been edited by IROCZTWENTYGR8 (edited July 29, 2001).]

 

Read my post in the 'Am I going Rice?' thread. Maybe then you might begin to understand why someone would want to put that kit on their car. And just to let you know, when Im done its not gonna be a AWD Honda Camaro 1.8TT pushing 112hp ... its gonna be a 92 Camaro z28 5.7TT (LT1) pushing upwards of 600+ rear wheel horsepower with 17x9 in front and 17x11 in the rear (polished 3 piece lightweight aluminum), 13" big brake kit all around, beefed up T56, carbon fiber driveshaft, bulletproof rearend, complete SCCA oriented suspension, and that bodykit. So dis how it looks all you want ... i'd love to race you down @ the tracks after im done.

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--- Current Daily Driver ---
Maroon 1989 Camaro RS - Crappy 305 TBI / Auto
Hypertech Stage 2 Chip (and 160/ThermoStat)
2.5" Pipes, No Cat, Flowmasters (Dual)
GT Grant Wheel, %5 Tint all around, 50% on windshield

--- Next Project ---
1992 Camaro z28 - 5.7ltr / Auto
6 speed swap, engine internals, turbocharge, SCCA!!!!

 

IROCZTWENTYGR8
thanks .... I didn't mean to say **** any1 off but I'm saying I think that makes it look just like a honda or some *****. I got a camaro because I liked the look.. if I wanted it to look like those kits I would have gotten a geo and put the kit on that.

 

So would you also say that a 2000 Camaro SS with a full wings west bodykit is rice as well? Should those people just have gotten a geo metro and put a bodykit on it?

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--- Current Daily Driver ---
Maroon 1989 Camaro RS - Crappy 305 TBI / Auto
Hypertech Stage 2 Chip (and 160/ThermoStat)
2.5" Pipes, No Cat, Flowmasters (Dual)
GT Grant Wheel, %5 Tint all around, 50% on windshield

--- Next Project ---
1992 Camaro z28 - 5.7ltr / Auto
6 speed swap, engine internals, turbocharge, SCCA!!!!

 

don't know never seen ss with that on..I'm not a big fan of body mods.

 

Geez people. It's not a "body kit". It's a "kit car" that uses a Camaro as a foundation. Just like the thousands of kit cars out there that uses a Fiero chassis, or a Mustang chassis. It was never touted as anything but an Evoluzion. Some people enjoy building exotic looking cars, but maybe they can't completely fabricate a chassis or don't want to. Not everyone is equipped to completely fabricate a car from start to finish, so why not use another car to get the important stuff that's already been set up by experienced and degreed engineers out of the way? I can think of worse cars to base a kit car on.

I'm pretty sure anyone seriously building such a car, didn't start out thinking "I want my Camaro to look like this." I think they started out thinking, "I'd like to build a car like this." and purchased a cheap Camaro skeleton or even a complete car to serve as the platform.
There's a definite difference between those two mentalities.

 

I dunno if it's rice, but if I disliked the car enough to feel the need to accessorize it with cheap body panels, I'd probably consider buying a different car to begin with.



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The IROC Homepage
<A HREF="http://www.rit.edu/~jli4307/camaro" TARGET=_blank>
View the restoration of an 85 IROC</A>
"I didn't know a bored out Ford could go so slow" -Shenandoah

 

So is the basic train of thought here that people put bodykits on their cars or do body mods because they dont like the car? It just dosnt make sense to me. Why would anyone buy a car they dont like so they can spend thousands to put on a bodykit? Does that make sense to you? I'm trying to understand why everyone here is so dead set against bodykits or body modifications.

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--- Current Daily Driver ---
Maroon 1989 Camaro RS - Crappy 305 TBI / Auto
Hypertech Stage 2 Chip (and 160/ThermoStat)
2.5" Pipes, No Cat, Flowmasters (Dual)
GT Grant Wheel, %5 Tint all around, 50% on windshield

--- Next Project ---
1992 Camaro z28 - 5.7ltr / Auto
6 speed swap, engine internals, turbocharge, SCCA!!!!

 

Jza
thanks I see your point.. still hate it but i see the point

 

"Holy hell, that thing is haneous!"
-unknown quote

 

I don't think its that we are dead set against body kits or mods,but we are into preserving the thirdgens for what they are.If you look at all the poles for favorite thirdgens it's usually the plain or close to stock looking thirdgens with a nice set of wheels that get the most compliments.But thats just an opinion so take it as you will.......

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92RS

 

Well at least you will have some impressive performance with that thing. Too bad people won't look at it and say "Wow I didn't know camaro's could perform like that!" instead they will look at it and say "Wow those imports are really coming along look at that one it ran a 11 flat I will be happy to race you once I get my heads polished and ported with bigger valves, 383 stroker kit and a 300HP NOS fogger setup. I don't plan on spending much more time in the 12's myself.

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Karsten
86 IROC-ZZ4... too much to list.

 

I have to totally agree,ive been doing a few little things to my Trans Am and im putting that kit car on my Trans Am cause i got a great deal on my car and i only paid $600 for it.I figure ill have an exotic looking sports car for about $6600 with a TPI motor smoking all the rice out there anyways.I like it because whether or not it looks a little rice,its something no one else has,thats not a car you see driving around everyday in NJ.

To see my Trans Am Click:
http://y42.edit.photos.yahoo.com/bc/...dir=/My+Photos

 

wow....i'm not the only one to admit to buyin a car for cheap and building it back up....but as far as the kit...if it is done right it could be a bad *** car

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1982 Camaro SC

 

I have to say I agree with 86transamTPI. I change stuff in my car because I don't want my car to look like everyone elses. Mine is a beat up old 91 and it is still a head turner. Most of my friends drive ricers because that is the trend. I love pulling into the parking lot and looking out of place. I know my car might not be the most expensive one out there but I know I could whoop them!! I like the evo kit for what it is and that is a euro style car with a GM heart.

 

Yoh, for all those "haters" out there i say BACK down, and respect the individuality of a car and its owner. Sure someone may not have the same style or forte as you... but that doesnt mean you have to go knocking. I've seen some SWEET rides and some PRETTY lame rides, and on both of these types the people that tend to own these vehichles are among some of the tightest people i know. Bottom line is, atleast the person is hardcore about their car, and the fact that they are driving a domestic. No wait thats not even the point, the point is they love their car. So, dont even bother bein all negative n ****. If you've got constructive critiscism sure go for it some tips/pointers by all means, but if all you're going to do is cut something down you're only making an *** outta yourself.

Oh, and by the way I dont like that kit But im proud they made it for the f-body and not something else, because it's another tribute to the vehichle a living legend... one which is about to soon die.

 

Sorry,but if you put that ugly *** body kit on an f-body then it is no longer a living legend,and might as well be considered dead!

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92RS

 

I am sure someone who has a perfect Camaro with no body damage would put this on their car. Get real guys (some of you), this is not a body kit, it is a damn kit car! The makers just thought that the F-Body platform would be the best to build over due to a few factors:

1: You can find an old POS 82 with rusted through body panels, crappy engine, bad rear end, blah blah blah, for a few hundred bucks
2: The aftermarket for F-Body bolt ons is pretty large, so making the car actually go fast isnt too difficult.
3: The suspension has capability way beyond what it is given to us stock, so the "kit" car will be able to handle with the best of the real euro cars.

Those are a few reasons I can think of why they chose to use the F-Body platform, anyone got any else? Would you rather see an F-Body frame got waste in a junkyard, or see it "restored" in the form of a kit car?

Also, how can you possibly call this rice? Rice is a car from Japan, its a figure of speach, and this car has absoultely no Japanese influence, it looks very European to me.

 

I'd rather see it in a junkyard

 

This has been beat to death and is going no where that will benefit Thirdgen.org.