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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 10:56 AM
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Trans Am bumper

Does anyone know if the Trans Am bumper will line up with the Camaro GFX? I like the molded in liscence plate mount, and I am going to do soemthing different with the tailight area of my car and I don't want the liscence plate there.
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 01:53 PM
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The rear of a Trans Am is wider than the Camaro but you could probably do some fabrication and make it work.
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 02:53 PM
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i wanna do the exact same thing, anyone have any pictures of the process or tips?
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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Wider? I didn't think so.. really?
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 10:02 PM
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is the bird wider on the rear because of the b piller?(behind the side windows) on birds theres the line the wholeway along where on the camaro its tapered towards the back?, or just in general the birds a wider the from front to back
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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can anyone clear this up, i really want to put a camaro bumper on my TA but don't want to have to get one from the junkyard to find out, anyone tried this?
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 02:43 PM
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Firebird IS wider

Firebird is about 2" wider in the back. Like someone said above, anything is possible, it's just probably going to need a good deal of fabrication to pull it off.
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Old Mar 27, 2005 | 04:28 PM
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Re: Firebird IS wider

Originally posted by *F-BodyFanatic*
Firebird is about 2" wider in the back. Like someone said above, anything is possible, it's just probably going to need a good deal of fabrication to pull it off.
thank you, now i just gotta get to work...
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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does anyone know if the GFX will line up if I do get it modified...I suppose I could always mold something into my existing bumper...
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 06:02 PM
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If you're just trying to get the license plate mount onto a Camaro, carefully cut it out of a cacked Firebird bumper cover and bond it into the Camaro bumper cover. 3M, Fusor and others make adhesive for repairing bumper covers, or you could use one of the palstic welding kits (Eastwood has them; I picked up mine at a swap meet for about $30, its matco I believe). This won't be an easy project, but it should be far easier than making a bird bumper cover fit a Camaro. I haven't tried to modify a bumper cover like this (yet), but probably will soon when my time frees up a little more.
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