Car w/o ground effects to ground effects?
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Car: 88 Camaro S/C
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700-R4
Car w/o ground effects to ground effects?
So I have an '82 SC without ground effects, how easy would it be to put ground effects on it? I've noticed that the cars with stock gfx have a lip at the bottom for the ground effects, where a car w/o gfx doesn't have this lip. How will this effect a gfx install?
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Car: 1991 Z28 clone & 1985 Fiero 2M4
Engine: 305 TPI (In Progress, Camaro) & 2.5L 4 cyl soon to be 3.4
Transmission: 700R4 (Camaro) & Isuzu 5 speed (Fiero)
There are several things you will need, several posts on this subject do a on rocker panels and gfx.
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Car: 1987 IROC-Z / 1992 Corvette
Engine: 305 TPI / LT1
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I did this over a year ago. What you'll need: new\used front nose clip & rear bumper cover + rocker panels, door pieces and the pieces that go behind the rear wheel & front valance (spoiler).
GFX are different in years 82'-84' & 85'- 89' or 90' & 91'-92'. So make sure the ones you get are all from the same. The rear bumper already has the ground effect as part of the bumper. (I didn't know this & thought I'd have to buy it seprately, like the front).
Once you have all the parts, it's just a matter of drilling holes & putting them on. Easy way to mark for where the holes go is to hold pieces up to the car and mark with wax pencil, then take contact paper (sticky side facing out, toward car) and make a template of the gfx, including holes. Then put the contact paper on the car (because you marked where it is going on) & drill the holes. Contact paper peels right off, doesn't hurt the paint at all. And everything lines right up.
Good luck & be sure to post some pic's of your project.
GFX are different in years 82'-84' & 85'- 89' or 90' & 91'-92'. So make sure the ones you get are all from the same. The rear bumper already has the ground effect as part of the bumper. (I didn't know this & thought I'd have to buy it seprately, like the front).
Once you have all the parts, it's just a matter of drilling holes & putting them on. Easy way to mark for where the holes go is to hold pieces up to the car and mark with wax pencil, then take contact paper (sticky side facing out, toward car) and make a template of the gfx, including holes. Then put the contact paper on the car (because you marked where it is going on) & drill the holes. Contact paper peels right off, doesn't hurt the paint at all. And everything lines right up.
Good luck & be sure to post some pic's of your project.
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