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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 01:42 PM
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I think this is pretty sweet. What do you guys think. i haven't seen any other body kits for our cars.

Sorry about using the url, still tryin to figure out how to add a pic

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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 01:53 PM
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I think it's horribly tacky and makes the car look like a bloated early 80's can-am racecar reject.
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 02:51 PM
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Originally posted by Jim85IROC
I think it's horribly tacky and makes the car look like a bloated early 80's can-am racecar reject.
Come on Jim, don't hold back....tell us how you really feel.


Here is the Firebird version of that same kit. I think its pretty interesting. Probably wouldn't do it to my car but I think its retro looking.
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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If by "retro" you mean, "I wanted to be a racecar driver but can't afford a real race car because my house needs new tires", then I agree completely.
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 03:42 PM
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It looks like a gas powered R/C car, in my opinion.
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 10:26 PM
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It looks like a gas powered R/C car, in my opinion.
true dat
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Old Jul 30, 2003 | 10:46 PM
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Originally posted by Jim85IROC
If by "retro" you mean, "I wanted to be a racecar driver but can't afford a real race car because my house needs new tires", then I agree completely.

Hahahahah.


It doenst look half that bad on a camaro, but on the firebird... yuck.

You have to admit though, comapred to Tojan, or Evoluzion. It is defintly the better of the "off the wall" body kits.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 05:23 PM
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I WANT THAT FIREBIRD HOOD!!! I e-mailed them about the hood and they never e-mailed me back. I want that hood and I want to fiberglass a Viper GTS hood scoop. I had a post about it. I think it looked bad ***. But that's just the hood tho. As for everything else....
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 05:54 PM
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i sorry, but that has to be the ugliesy damn Camaro that i've seen. the body lines aren't at all clean...the problems i have with it are near endless.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 08:50 PM
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I think if it was molded into the 91-92 Camaro, differet hood, no louvers, different wheels, and different stance and it would look cool. But I would never do it.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 08:56 PM
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i think that would have been THE shiznit in the 80s...

but today it just looks kinda... i donno, tacky in a 80s ish kinda way..

not punkey bruster tacky.... but more of a "is He-Man really gay?" tacky
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 09:12 PM
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My explanation is the guy got a 4th gen rear and wanted to keep his 3rd gen wheels. So he modifys the body to make it look better then the tire sticking out.
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 09:16 PM
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i am all go for body kits, but that kit is just nasty!
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Old Jul 31, 2003 | 11:09 PM
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No. Body kits = imports. Our cars are sexy enough.
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 09:44 AM
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I usually don't go for body kits, and granted the hood on the camaro is junk (I don't care for the turbo hood scoop), but look at the tires that you could fit under there. I'd like to see someone with those tires have problems with getting hooked up off the line.
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 09:50 AM
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I do have to admit, the transition between the doors and fenders could be smoother, but the idea isn't bad
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 01:10 PM
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Oh. That one again.

Eh, still don't care for it.
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 01:53 PM
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The hood is what really looks like total pants. Otherwise, the widebody stuff is not all that bad... I mean have you seen that 4th gen Penske Camaro that GM did... looks freaking bad a$$.
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 08:00 PM
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Originally posted by Jim85IROC
I think it's horribly tacky and makes the car look like a bloated early 80's can-am racecar reject.
LOL

they way you voice your striaght out opinions are priceless.

i agree, its not my style, but to each his own. hehe
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 09:47 PM
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Y'know, if it wasn't for the fact that it looks like 200 lbs of Bondo packed onto those fenders, it wouldn't look half bad...
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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 10:52 PM
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I've always been somewhat of a fan of the widebody kit for the Camaro. But the picture and everything else on that car makes it look like ***. Different hood, rims, and spoiler would be first. Then get rid of the hatch louvers and headlight blackouts. Drop the car an inch or two and I think it would look badass.
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Old Aug 2, 2003 | 10:44 AM
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A nice wide-body kit for a thirdgen would be awesome.....if someone would do it right so it looks good and not tacky like the ones posted here.
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