KBD85

so ive seen alot of talk about this, and i had a few extra covers, so i thought, what the hell lets see what it looks like. I realy like it!!! i modified only the front cover so when i paint my car im going to paint both this custom one and a realy nice original one incase i want to go back. I have a ton of photos of the whole process, but didnt know if i wanted to plug up the thread with over 100 pics. so if you would like to see some certain shots i may have them and i can post them if you want.

p.s. im new at this forum thing, im still learning how to set everything up

Ken

KBD85

just adding more pics

KBD85

OK, i think i may have this adding pic's figured out, heres more

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and a few more

KBD85

here are the last that i have sized for this thread. again if you want to see more let me know, i will post what ever is asked for...... what do you think?

Ken

KBD85

so here is some of the stuff i did to the impact bar. amazingly enough the camaro cover sits right against the impact bar, so i put the short angles under the side holes for suport, and bolted the center long one to the grile bottom and to the bar, fits so nice!

Ken

mjdavis68

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WOW ...at first i thought "what the hell?" But i dig it....Hey you could install some the the early 4th gen camaro headlights (singles) in where the 3rd gen camaro turn signals were? what you think?
Seriously its cool and will be awesome imo when its painted

KBD85

yes i actualy totaly thought of that, even for the peeps that dont want pop up head lights. or..... turbo intakes? hehehe

mjdavis68

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Yea man, make it your own!

KBD85

here is a shot of the bottom of the cover which had to be shortend by and inch and a quarter, and how it still fits the origonal side skirts.

KBD85

so here is the design im thinking of for the grill

khulsebus

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Interesting. Should turn out alright if all of the plastic welding is done correctly.

rusty vango

usually ,these things look like ....well sh$%. but im liking what you have done.apparently you know about math and geometry. which is key in these kinds of builds

KBD85

yeah ive done a thing or two in this field, i was in autobody for about ten years, then i changed course and went into design engineering. Im still quite a car buff and love my automobiles, so this is my time to be creative and have it be a hobby instead of a job. Thanks for the compliments!! it means alot!

Ken

T/Aperformance

Very interesting, Mostly I like what you are doing here, If it were me I would of lowered the camaro's turn signals down to where the fog light were on the Trans Am bumper. But its your design and looks good.

KBD85

Yes you bring up a good point, and one I almost did...sort of. I was going to cover the Camaro turn signal Ports, and leave the Trans Am fog light holes. From my mock up it took out the "tough" look, and looked sort of "sadish". You are right tho, it still looked good.

87_Injected

That looks interesting. Looking forward to seeing the final pics with it painted.

mjdavis68

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I hope this gets completed, if so i cant wait to see it

KBD85

Oh it's going to get completed. Had to go out of town this weekend. I will be doing finish work this coming week. I'll keep posting pics. It's been fun reading all the comments. Keep them coming!!

KBD85

I have extra rear bumpers too. Thinking of shaving it smooth like a Corvette rear end

KBD85

so, finaly back at it, had to work a long day at work, but i got out there in the shop. I turned on my red neck heater.. and started to put down the finnish filler. i hope to get it in primer this weekend!!!!! sorry the pics kind of suck, i usualy look at them to make sure they are good. but there isnt alot to see anyway, i just like to put up a pic or two.

KBD85

Well, i had an hour or so and got to play on the bird. I am almost done with the grill, so the first few pics are of the fitment of it, as you can see only half of the louvers are printed. the rest should be done today. I also got most of the filler sanded, and am ready to put down some finnish coats. For those of you who have not worked with rubber / plastic bumpers, it is a special type of filler you need to use for the flexibility. anyway, ask any questions you like! leave oppinions and ideas!! i love to hear what you think and what you would do otherwise. very interesting to me! thanks for looking and ENJOY!!!!

Ken

KBD85

more pics of the grill

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body working pics

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just a few more

punkmaster98

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Joe Tag

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Ironic, but I was just you tubuing and came across this frakenmaro. There's a great shot of it at 2:28.

KBD85

WOW!!! there was alot of work there, the front of these cars are not the same, (i dont think???) i wonder if he put a whole trans am front on there, or put camaro quarters on the back. Cuz the back of that is a camaro for sure! but yes that is a great shot of the front.

carattini

Love it you took the best of both front nose and make it a grate one...

KBD85

MORE PICS!!!!!!!!! so my boy had a pine wood derby i had to go to last night, yes we won! hehehe, anyway, i didnt get to do any work on the bumper cover, BUT i did get my grill all printed and put together. It looks realy nice!!! i think its going to look awesome in there, ill get some pics tonight of it sitting in place. but here are some shots of it now.

Ken

KBD85

a couple more

KBD85

OK... i couldnt wait till tonight. I ran home at lunch and put the grill in for a couple shots. It is so awesome!!!!!! i think anyway, how bout you guys??

KBD85

yeah i take alot of pics!!! heres three more.

KBD85

Well, this weekend i hope (crossing fingers) to get this in primer!! got the finnish filler on it last night, im sure i'll need a few more spreads as i start to work it. I took a few more pics of the plastic finnish cream.

Ken

carattini

That is going to be one bad as T/A

FSTFBDY

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perfect spot for a FMIC n turbo setup.

KBD85

I like your thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stealtht/a

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Which fender gfx will you use?

KBD85

I will be usuing the stock trans am one that came with the car. the bottom of that nose is actualy trans am, just the middle is from the camaro donor nose. it kind of seems like i changed it because i had to cut it off. The reason i cut it off is i had to shorten the nose by 1-1/4 of an inch at the ground effect level to meet the spot where i wanted the camaro nose fitting. After trimming out the extra i put it back in its factory location. I hope to put the sides back on today after some sanding and finnish filling and fitting. i will take some shots tonight and post them in the morning.

Ken

KBD85

alright, here we go, ive got pics!!!!!!!! So, i put the fender skirts on so you can see how its going to fit. I also got it all ready for primer. I hope to do that today. I am probably not going to paint the whole car anytime soon, still working on the motor im going to put in it, but i will be painting the front cover to see if i like the colors. So i guess for those of you who cant wait to see it painted you get kind of half of it. anyway, here ya go!!!!! enjoy

KBD85

more pics

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and more

KBD85

ok, last few. These are just a few of the backside so you can kind of see how i grafted the two together. Let me know what you think!!! and if you want to see any other angle of this project. I have hundreds of pics of it.

Ken

jensen73110

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That's gonna be hot when it's done. I already see a lot of '80s Ferrari there.

NCC-2569

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Wow. That DOES look kinda interesting. My first thought was "NOOOO", but I'm curious about how it will look in the end.

mmadden55

I liked it better with the Camaro center airflow director in there, but it does look cool.

KBD85

Yeah, are you talking about the place where the license plate went? That was a though call. I liked it there also, then I was like, I would get more air flow. I'm 50/50 on that. Thanks for the comments!! I love to hear what you guys think.

bj350hp

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Wow! Just WOW! I like it!

What type of filler did you use to graft the bumpers?

KBD85

Well, had some time today. I was able to get my flexible primer on. We will have to wait a few days for some pics now while i let it cure good and solid, you know we dont like shrinkage!!! i am going to be getting the hardware painted and get the colors im thinking of doing so hopefully in less than a week we can have more to see.

enjoy!!!!!

KBD85

just a few more