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Old Oct 8, 2002 | 11:31 PM
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82-84 ground effects

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Old Oct 9, 2002 | 04:33 AM
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Leave it all on!!!!! They look ugly as hell without it.
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Old Oct 9, 2002 | 12:33 PM
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it would look exactly the same as an 85-87 with no gfx. you would have to fill in all of the holes, plus you would have a problem with the front and rear bumpers. for the rear, you would have to get a non gfx bumper, or deal with the fact that it sticks out and hangs over where the rear quarter gfx were. the front end, you would also have to get a non-gfx front end, leave the front spoiler on, or take it off and have it look obvious that it's missing a piece. If you're really interested in doing this, I have a non-gfx rear bumper in great shape, and a front end that could be fixed.
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Old Oct 9, 2002 | 10:09 PM
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Personally.....I think the base Camaro looks kind of ugly....it sets up all high and the front nose...u...g....l...y....they just don't have that low agressive stance....My favorite ground effect package is the 91-92 RS/Z28's....the look bad as hell. But these are just opinions......so guys with the standard Camaro's...please don't get mad....after all....if it's a Camaro....it's the best!:rockon:
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Old Oct 9, 2002 | 10:24 PM
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wild.,,, sounds like i better leave it all on, i dbout all that ABS weighs anything anyways. not like im gonna notice any weight loss by rmeoving it all

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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 09:45 PM
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Originally posted by EvilCartman
Leave it all on!!!!! They look ugly as hell without it.

I think It looks cool with just the Z28 nose and no GFX, its something different …
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 09:54 PM
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base 84 camaro (yes it is a p.o.s.... ugly, if you see it that way, is just a bonus...)
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Old Oct 10, 2002 | 10:09 PM
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I always hated the 82-84 base camaro nose. Here is Pic of the 85-87 base camaro nose.
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 12:05 PM
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hey wow the Z28 nose fascia with no body ground effecyts does look prety neat, hmmm
makes it kinda sorta in a way look more like the second gen style, at least to me anyways.

hmmmm !

anyone got a closer shot of a Z28 with some/most of the gfx removed ?

bj350hp does yours hve the rear quarter effects on still ? i cant hardly tell, thanks!
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 01:23 PM
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Originally posted by Fast68
hey wow the Z28 nose fascia with no body ground effecyts does look prety neat, hmmm
makes it kinda sorta in a way look more like the second gen style, at least to me anyways.

hmmmm !

anyone got a closer shot of a Z28 with some/most of the gfx removed ?

bj350hp does yours hve the rear quarter effects on still ? i cant hardly tell, thanks!
Actually thats not my car, but that camaro is just a base camaro with the 82-84 Z28 nose, so it's got the base camaro Rear Bumper. If you take off your gfxs you're gonna have to get a base camaro rear bumper and take off the side GFX on the rear quarter panel. Getting a base camaro bumper is not hard, just go look at some junk yards. I'm sure that they well have a base camaro or 2

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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by bj350hp
But geting a base camaro Bumber is not hard just go look at some Junk yards im sure thay well have a base camaro or 2
very true, hehe, i just had an 84 firebird S/E i could have taken rear one from, but i let the car go to scrap, but i dunno if it would have fit on the camaro., hmm.. oops.


wil 85-92 rear bumper covers fit/work on 82 84 ?

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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 03:33 PM
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anyone got a good pic of a base camaro rear lower quarter panel that shows how the base bumper cover looks ? are they actually shorter in height than a Z28 one or just different design appearance and same size ??
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 04:26 PM
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heres a nice in ur face shot of the 82 z28 gfx.
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 06:11 PM
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need pic of rear side wraparound part of the rear base camaro style of bumper cover, for comparison to gfx style purposes.


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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 06:20 PM
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Originally posted by Fast68
need pic of rear side wraparound part of the rear base camaro style of bumper cover, for comparison to gfx style purposes.


thanks
Ah i can do that lol
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 07:31 PM
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thanks!

so is it just an illusion that gfx rear covers are taller than base ones ?


it looks like- by unbolting my last gfx piece in front of rear cover- i should have damn near the same appearance as a base camaro back there ? not much different at all really from what i can tell by looking at pics and inspecting closely on the 84 Z28 out here. my rear bumper cover comes dow to bottom of rear quarter panel and stops at the tail of it also just like it seem the base one does in the above pic, wouldnt have much of a different appearance at all if i rmeove my last gfx piece and retaiend use of the Z28 bumper cover.

or am i missing something ?



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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 09:01 PM
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The bumper is indented where the GFX should be, so it's not coming out of the Bumper, it's going in.

Take a look at this pic, you can kind of tell that its indented. It's not a great pic. Best thing i can tell you is go to a junk yard and look at a base camaro Rear bumper, or if you see one around town stop and look at it.
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 09:04 PM
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And here is the bumper you have.

Like I said these pic really don't help you, you have to see it for yourself to know what I'm talking about.
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 09:21 PM
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Originally posted by bj350hp
Actuly The bumper is Indented Where the GFX should be So its not Coming out of the Bumper its going in

Take alook at this pic you can kind of tell that its Indented. But its not a great pic so best thing i can tell you is go to a Junk yard and look at a base camaro Rear bumper Or if you see one around town stop and look at it
!! if that car was hardtop it would be what mine looks like, i never saw one before besides mine lol same color scheme, interior, wheels, etc hehe
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 09:34 PM
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hm very interesting, yeah i think im only gonna be able to understand this by seeing base model in person, hmm

the bumper covers are all same heght from bottom edge up to to the top side of them, right ? it looks like they would have to be..



im thinking iit stil may not look horrible if the front and rear bumper cover gfx pieces were left intact and if the rocker panel and door bottom pieces were removed., hmm.,


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Old Oct 12, 2002 | 01:32 AM
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just a pic of my 83 sc front end...
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Old Oct 12, 2002 | 09:28 AM
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Originally posted by fast83camaro
just a pic of my 83 sc front end...
howcome your parking lamps look so narrow and tall to be 82-84 ones ? dont tell me there were also different parking lamps made in same years also ??

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Old Oct 12, 2002 | 09:55 AM
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Originally posted by Fast68
howcome your parking lamps look so narrow and tall to be 82-84 ones ? dont tell me there were also different parking lamps made in same years also ??

Haha, yes everything is different. 82-84 Z28 nose had different ones, 82-84 base camaro different ones, and the base camaro 85-87 nose had different ones. The only parking lights that where same are the 85-92 GFX cars. They used the same parking lights from 85-92

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Old Oct 15, 2002 | 12:42 PM
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wierd, so only real way to know if a car is 85-up or not is by taillights, then hmm., damn.

whats an SC considered to be ? base ? sport ?

what about berlinettas ? base ?


as far as front noses are concerned*
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Old Oct 18, 2002 | 03:27 PM
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Sport Coupe is considered to be the base model, then the berlinetta, then the RS in the later years, Z28, and of course the Iroc-Z.

But, I consider the SC to be the best for racing, mainly because it was not as well optioned, and didn't have ground effects so it was lighter.
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Old Oct 18, 2002 | 04:37 PM
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Cool deal, that straightens it out pretty well


thanks

Originally posted by fast83camaro
Sport Coupe is considered to be the base model, then the berlinetta, then the RS in the later years, Z28, and of course the Iroc-Z.

But, I consider the SC to be the best for racing, mainly because it was not as well optioned, and didn't have ground effects so it was lighter.
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Old Oct 19, 2002 | 04:00 AM
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and heres the bumper you have

but like i said these pic really dont help you have to see it for your self to know what im talking about
Wow, someone actually saved a picture of my car lol
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Old Oct 19, 2002 | 08:09 PM
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Wow, someone actually saved a picture of my car lol
haha! I like your car man, its clean, just the way I like camaros.

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Old Oct 21, 2002 | 05:47 PM
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I always liked the look of third gens with ground effects, because
it gives the illusion of the car being lower to the ground. However,
those are some nice looking sport coupes in this thread.
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Old Oct 21, 2002 | 05:52 PM
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Hey nazzz28, those 91-92 Z28/RS rims look good on your Z! Never seen an 82-84 style with them...and I like it!
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