ive always wondered what it would look like to have "CAMARO" sunken into my rear bumper like the (forgive me) mustangs have. seems like it would be fairly easy to pull off just cut out the lettering and put a sheet of the bumper material behind it anyone know where i can find of pic of it?

 

i have an 86 s/c , thats what it has . the word camaro with a small bowtie on the right . same with the GFX , but just camaro no bowtie . mine are silver/gray . anyway they are out there , think there may be different colors . i believe i have also seen red . good luck .

 

im talking about the full length of the bumper and its actually made into it not the badges
like this:

 

I wonder if you could do it with a sandblaster or something. Just to cut into whats there, not go all the way thru. A good stencil, a steady hand and a dremel tool could work too.

 

No. The urethane bumper cover is about 3/16" thick. The only way would be the cut thru it, then glue a backplate behind it.

 

But if you went an 1/8th inch in and left some of the old bumper it would be smoother. Then glue a reinforcement piece behind it. Or even just do a reinforced patch with some urethane repair adhesive and glass cloth.
If you did cut clear thru you could do a plastic repair on the back using a piece of a bumper and then smooth the letters with your finger before the adhesive dries, and try to sand it to a uniform thickness and shape. It would eventually crack around the edges though, being such a hard line. Still ... I'd give it a try.

 

This may not be exactly what you want, but you could have the letters airbrushed back there and it would be 90% passable to everyone who saw it. You can airbrush a relief type of lettering that looks 3 dimensional. Just a thought!

 

You could make it smaller, like the Firebirds got

 

i wasn't really planning on doin it i was just wondering how it would look then decide if i would or not lol

 

bigbirds suggestion sounds like the most logical to me anyway.
Besides,where would you find a urethane bumper section already done with
CAMARO ?unless you planned on puting MUSTANG ?
If you want camaro I guess you could find a letter from several different cars however it might look like this instead
cAMaRo
on top of lots of time and filler/fiberglass!
If you want to do it,I would also say just have it airbrushed.

 

that sounds pretty cool in my opinion. I know what you mean with the backing plate. Doessn't sound to hard either. If i had one more spare rear bumper id give it a shot. Id need one for the extra backing plate. If done right it could look pretty awesome. -Matt

 

what about that section between the taillights on fourth gens, whats that made of? could it be plastic welded into one of our bumpers?

 

hmm idk but it would be cool to have like "CAMARO Z28" kinda how the mustangs have "MUSTANG GT"

 

you could also get the chrome(or what ever color u want) inserts that go over the "CAMARO" on the berger panel on forth gens and try them out. except it would be uplifted instead of engraved

 

isn't that 4th gen piece like a hard plastic similar to the plastic on taillights?
If so,I don't think it would mold into a urethane bumper very well.Besides,if it did work,it would only cover maybe a third of the cover in the center (barely passing the license plate on each side) weren't you looking to cover the entire bumper like the mustang?

 

good point being so small it would look kinda silly lol but yeah i was thinking somewhere along the proportion of the mustang

 

yeah,nice idea and i think it would look sweet!
I just think the airbrush idea would be better than trying to fab,cut a piece out of a urethane bumper.
Overall,I think the airbrush art would run way cheaper than misc. cut up bumpers all over the garage without a finished product.

 

thats probably how it would end up lol when it comes to fine cutting and stuff like that im not a patient person

 

yeah,same here!I guess you're gonna throw this idea on the back burner huh?

 

right now im in the middle of building a 350 to swap in and im hoping for paint in the spring. ill see how i feel about it when the swap is over

 

whatcha building for the motor?Carbed?

 

Maybe the owner can give you more info on his. I can't tell if it is just lettering on the bumper, or embedded lettering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn5clASTajo

 

looks to me that he bought a 4th gen "camaro" lettering that is used to accent the word on the back. SO my idea is that instead of sinking the letters in like mustangs why not sit them out and paint them to match?

 

4 bolt main 350 4 bbl. and that guy looks like it was maybe painted on or the fourth gen letters but to be honest it looks good i may end up buying those fourth gen inserts anyone know how thick they are?