I have a 1984 z28 .Where the plate would go i would like to cut it out all of it .

 

WHY ???? (creative use of duct tape ! )

 

i wouldnt. just my 2 cents

 

What would be the purpose of doing that?

 

I'm sorry for being rude, but please for the love of everything sacred, stop thinking up crazy ways of changing the look of your car

In other words, I personally think it would look silly.

 

I think Ive seen it done, but they leave the bottom trim (front spoiler) alone. not quite my style.

 

I think from the front of your car it would look like a rice burner. You know ,with one of those stupid a$$ body kits on it.

 

Why would you tear up a perfectly fine 1984 z28 front bumper?????? the 84 styling in my opinion looks the best out of all the third gens.

 

Despite my agreeing with the "Don't do it." crowd, I'll actually give you an answer.

The big steel bumper support will be exposed, and it only has 4 studs with nuts on each end. You'll either have it exposed, or hafta cut it to, then make new mounts to hold the centers in place. THEN, the urethane of the front bumper body will be floppy, unless you make new supports to attach it to.

If you go for it, I hope your fabrication skills are up to par. Otherwise, you'll get halfway through, give up, then be looking for a new bumper cover. Which I currently have a spare to sell, so I say go for it! When/if you give up, PM me. I'll sell you mine.

And if your 84 has the aluminum front bumper support....Don't cut that rare, desirable item. Sell it & get a steel one to cut up.

 

Did you happen to notice the previous headlight modification? If that's an indicator, the fabrication skills aren't there.

 

I didn't. But your skills aren't there, don't try. Fabrication I did for years. I can do metal, but the urethane I'm not so sure about even trying!

 

 

what is going on with the headlights in that picture? is that i high-beam cover? somthing for aerodynamics? oy ya and back the original question....no, you should not cut the plate mount out of your bumper

 

What are your actual plans after you cut it out? Just to leave a hole there? Or did you have something else planned?

Right now, I'm thinking you should leave it alone.

 

Put like a diffrent cover in there maybe mesh or a tilted desigh .If i though my idears were the best i would just do them and not ask ? I thank any one for there in put

 

dont take me as being a hacker or just trying to wreck a good thirdgen i just like to think out side the box .I have more plans after taking out the lower half some times i think people on here will only accept little body mods .I planned on adding mesh maybe puting the lower part back on . and i quess you don't want to see the mod for the lower half but here

 

I am not trying to be rude, but I think if you want to learn a usefull skill, and make your car look nice, I would worry more about a new paintjob. Get a good set of HVLP guns, and there are all kinds of online merchants that sell cheap auto paint that is pretty good.

From that picture you posted, the car looks pretty straight. With a nice paintjob it would look awesome I love the 84 z28 body style. But if you think you can keep cutting pieces of your car out untill it looks good - by all means its your ride man do what you want.

Oh BTW you might be interested in some of those "nice body kits" that was posted a while ago.

 

He may already know how to paint, or has a buddy who does. But paint wasn't even part of the question.

Body mods,then paint!

For the rear bumper, since I have a Firebird, I wanna swap in a 4th gen WS6 rear bumper center section, with the exhaust notches.

I had a good pic of it on a 3rd gen with the 4th WS6 center section, but my hard drive crashed a few months ago ad I lost it.

 

Yea my planens were to do all the fabing then paint the car .I would love to see those pics of you find some .I am also doing the trans an shaper hood i piced up the whole set up for it just waiting for the summer.Then ill go tho with it all

 

i wanna cut my bumper inserts out and make it forced induction, would go real well. (i have the same bumper as slow_90firebird) and i just wwanna cut out the black bumper inserts, What do think about that?

 

No need to cut to get "forced induction". You can use the fog light openings for induction, with only minor inside trimming.

 

well what kind of trimming do i have to do.

 

Looke here for lots of stuff you can do.

Scroll down, and you'll find 5 articles on doing it.

In particular, I was referring to this one .

 

or you can do what i did....you just have to be really good at fabbin up stuff...and you have to cut the rebar up and get rid of the latch so you do need hood pins....so yeah if you like hack away and if youdont....then dont copy me....

 

Thats one nice ride man but what you did makes that car stand out on the side of Camaros .Thats why its bada$$.I think when i do start cuting awayand people see a finshed product some will like and some may not .I see some guys on here saying they want there Camaro to be DIFFRENT well so do i.Ive had 7 camaros and just reallized i want a diffrent looking one.Thanks for the reply.

 

If you can do a nice job like charged350, I will admire you. But for some reason or other (maybe your headlight eyebrows) I just picture two big hacksaw cuts down the bumper, and the paint looking even worse, and a bunch of metal showing and the radiator.

 

that is exacly what i was plannin on doing to mine. for two reasons. one more air to rad. second to mount the intercooler their for better cooling plus it should look good to. what color blue is that?

 

the pic i used was just somthing i throw out there they are not really on my car i fell in love with the projecter head light look.Iwas just sitting againstthe light for a snap shop. im going to be puting a new pic up soon a drawing i did.

 

Well here is some of my progress. Ill remove the metal behind the bumber soon just wanted to see the out come i was thinking of going the rest of the way but im looking to see what everyone thinks.

 

Well, it's not my cup of tea, but since you're going through with it, I think it would look best if the whole lower spoiler was removed altogether. With the remains of the spoiler on there, the "fangs" will just be to tall, IMHO.

 

wow welcome to third gen meets fast and the furious

 

LOL yeah, nice.

 

this thread is insane , don't know if i should laugh or cry . his bumBer ideaR IMHO is crazy . oh well , i think i'll have a BEER and mourn the loss of another 3rd. gen. .

 

Something has got to drive up the prices of third gens. There will now be one less original car around. That just made everyone else's unmolested car increase 0.0001% in value!!

 

ok i don't want to bring charged350 into this but what about what he did'nt every one though it was great i want to show progress and every one just trachs the idear huh well keep them coming.

 

I have to see this in person one day.

 

see what i mean maybe its just me .He did somthing like what im going for and it like im a retard .Please tell me sombody see this it is not the finshed product ,i have much more to do.

 

Randy,

Although I do not agree with the mod, you have my support. Stick to your guns and keep posting the progress.

Charged and Sam we really need to get together some time.

 

Were those eyebrows an actual "mod". I think if you work slow and take your time you could come out with a pretty good result but dont be a hacksaw take your time your working on a classic car and the price of third gens is sky rocketing right now...

 

If it makes you feel better, I don't like what charged350 did to that poor car's bumper either. I'm one of those people that generally thinks a stock third gen Camaro is perfect in each and every way. Looks, anyway.

 

I love the stock looking Camaro don't get me wronge i just wanted somthing diffrent and with a car that looked so good from the factory why no try to make a few good changes i don't really feel like i did anything that big i could get another bumber tommoro!

 

hay randy, chop that bitch up and do whatever you want to do to your car, you know why, because it is your car, but only one thing, take your time and push your fabrication to its limits, and then push it past them, dont cut time and corners. its not worth it, in the end it will be a waste of time...and if you dont like it in the end...get a new bumper and bolt it up...all i have to do to go stock is get a reinforcment bar and a bumper and a gfx and im stock as all hell...the latch bolts back up too...but if i was worried about stock looks, i wouldnt have shaved everything on the car do 4 motor swaps and painjobs and made everything custom...but hay thats just me man...

but i did it not for looks but for performance...runs cooler and better now...and it made more then plenty room for my intercooler plans in there...and if ppl dont like what i did...they dont have to....its my car...noone elses....and everyone is allowed to have an opinion.

 

i think it would be pretty rad if you got a turbo kitand stuck a nice big intercooler right there. i think it would look pretty sweet.
but if its just have it empty. it looks like a missing tooth when someone smiles.
you could also get some pretty nice looking Grilles for these cars as well
you could stick one of thos on after your cutting it up or something.

 

I planed on puta grill or somthing there with a forced air induction unit be hide that .I have plans it just isint finshed yet.Hey charged350 thanks for the support i believe in it your do what you want i just posted it so people on hear to see if somebody what ed to do the same thing just did'nt want to come out of the closet with the idear.I cant wait to finsh it and do the rear bumber boy them with have a feild day with that . .Thanks so far for the replys

 

I made my 87 GTA my own...4th gen front seats, 4th gen rear wing, 4th gen side mirrors,and plan more.

I've been chastised been cutting a 1st year GTA. Oh well...It's my car. If I wanna paint it pink, with green stripes & polka dots, so be it!

It's *MY* car, and I'll make it look like *I* want.

I don't agree with your front bumper mod, but I'm not gonna start making nasty comments about it. People use the internet as a shield. 99% of the nasty things people say over the 'net, they won't say in person. If people don't like things, they should just not say anything. It does NO GOOD to mouth off.

 

[quote=Stephen;3592268]I If I wanna paint it pink, with green stripes & polka dots, so be it!
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I would like to see that!!

 

[QUOTE=goomaan;3592281]Careful....I've been known to do things, just to **** people off!

 

i painted my car half blue wita wooden spoiler i made and some bight pink wheels
it was on a civic to lol

 

[quote=Stephen;3592286]I double donkey dare ya!!! That would really **** these people off

 

If at first you try and fail miserably ..... Burn all evidence that you even tried!