I am thinking about undertaking a project for my camaro by making the back end look like a newer vette with lights and everything. I was wondering if anyone has tried this before or if anyone knows how I should even start! I was going to get it made from fiberglass. I am also going to be putting on a low-rise spoiler. I will also run the exhaust to the middle and run dual tips on each pipe. I have been toying with this idea for about 2 years now and I think this next tax return season that I will actually do it. ANY THOUGHTS??

 

i think your f*in nuts,
go for it,that'll be badass if you can do it. id think it could be done,might be a lil tricky molding it to the rear quarter panels. but if you can do it,more power to you. i always think its cool when ppl try new ****.go for it man:hail:

 

That is actually my next project on my car once the chasis and roll cage is in this month.

I'm going to cut the bumper and and honey comb out and cut a section out and push it back in. next going to make a mold and make a fiberglass piece to fill in the quarters and back panel. Only major diff I'm planning is maybe retaining the stock tail lights but pushing them out to sit flush with the new rear section.

 

Yeah I know that it sounds alittle nuts but I think it would look awsome!! Once that is done I am getting my car painted black with red SS stripes and purple ghost flames down the sides I already started putting in a custom sound system done by me of course. Well it will be a long road with this camaro...basically it is in really bad shape. It runs and everything works but it needs new paint, carpet, and a headliner. So far I replaced the seats with 30th ann. seats, dropped a 350 in it and some other slight things also. Anyone else have thoughts on this project?

 

sounds cool,ive painted alot of cars now, and if i were you i wouldnt do stripes and flames... might be a little to busy. if u do the stripes on the hood,do the hockystick sripes on the sides, but i dont think stripes and flames mix, but i could be wrong, good luck

 

Thats an awsome job you did on that camaro CamaroStud1988! How much should a custom job like I was talking about (minus the stripes) cost? I live in NC right now but in Jan I will be moving to Georgia. Where are you at in these great United States? THANKS!!

 

check out http://www.poorformance.net/zr1/vettelight.html

 

That link was cool, I did not know anyone made a kit like that. But I still want the full package. Reverse lights, center exhaust, you know, the works!! Thanks though!!!

 

heres one that someone did, the vette back end, i think its a bit older vette, and its nto center exhaust, but just tryin to give you an idea?

 

guess i should add the picture, lol

 

Sounds like a tight idea! Go for it man..Let us know how it works out.....yea that last picture...that guy damaged that car in my opinion .... I would die if my car looked like that ...mykx...you bought the body kit!! :hail: that will be the best $995 you spend ...didnt it come with the front and rear bumber/extentions??? or is it just the front and rear pannels...red johny...you can do anything with a car or truck..but the crazier and coole the idea the harder and more expensive Good Luck!

Matt

 

It comes with the extensions for the front nothing on the rear. But I'm going to go a different route. I've cut the nose down the center and added about a 4inch drop to it and opened it up kinda like the newer noses on some of the compacts. I'm in the process of making the old modified nose into a mold to fiberglass a new one and possible sell them in the future. On the rear I was going to block it off and go with the vette look like I said earlier.

No reason to have the car look life everyone elses that bought the same body kit as me. Need to do something to stand out in the crowd

 

nice..show me pics when you done

 

ok if you are trying to make the whole rear end look like a vette, don't do it. There was a camaro that had this done in a apt complex i lived in and although the quality of the work was good, it just doesn't go with the rest of the car. The Vette is more curves and sexiness, the camaro is more angles and mean looking. the 2 don't mix.

 

I know what you mean about the two not mixxing but I think It would tie in well when I add the low-rise spoiler and If I can get the angles right on the sides I think it would blend in well with the rest of the car. I am going to be using the salad shooter rims on it too to give it a newer look but I was thinking of takeing the rims for either a powder coating or a cromeing I do not know which yet. Also I got the areo ground effects kit which will be going on right before paint. One last thing would be putting louvered cuts right behind the front tires I cant remember what they call those. I think it would look pretty good.

 

I just need to get my chasis mods done then start on the body. I'll sit down and draw it up when I get to that point and see what it looks like. I think it will work with my wide body kit. The body isn't as boxy looking any more and the vette look might fit it

 

get someone to foto shop shop it first

 

Ya i will head into there now and ask for someone to photoshop it for me..then i will post the result picture here.

Matt

 

The Iroc's rear end has (to me) the best look compared to
any other car within those years ...

I wouldnt do it ..

The shapes wont blend in perfectly ..

The money you spend on the conversion could be used to
mod the drivetrain and such ..


Good luck if you do

 

who cares what we say do what you want

 

please just don't end up with something like this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting

 

OMG!!! LMAO!! What is that!!! That is so G*Y!!!..He spent way to much money on that thing to make it look like that!!!...It wouldnt look as bad if it didnt go over the rear wheel well...Lol bid ended ...No 1 wanted it..Lmao thats funny. If it was longer and more pointey it would be a Bat mobile!!..He has Those honda lights in the back..AAAAAAAhahahahaha ...I would call that thing.........(quiet drumroll in the back round)...............


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pimp could u please take of the retarded part of your sig. i take offense when i see it.
kinda childish isnt it

 

I had to shiver when I saw that "thing" on ebay!! What was that guy thinking? I know mine will look ALOT better than that!! I already have my mind set that I am going to go through with this next year I just wanted to see what some of you might think of it. Keep the comments coming and thanks!

 

which paint job are you tlaking about johnney? the flame paint job on my 88? it was a quickie.. but supplies are aroud 300 and +.. a shiop will charge you out the *** for labor, tahts why i do it myself.

 

I was thinking of just black with ghost flames (flames kinda like yours) but I know I can not do this myself! Its not that I dont think I can but rather Time. I just dont have enough to do the stripping, sanding, primering..ect..ect. I wish I had the tools at least then I may have given it a shot. Oh well, I am still young yet right? (27) Thanks!

 

yeah,lol,im 20. its really not ahrd to do,aslong as u take ur time on the prep work. flames arent to hard to tape out.

 

Looks like he was trying to figure out how much crap he could stuff on it before he ran out of room.

Here's the *** end of my camaro without the bumper or anything, it's shaped similar to the vette. Not sure if the body lines would look ok though with the vette rear.

And Camaro Pimp, that pic in your sig is in very poor taste. Please remove it.

 

double post

 

Here we go

 

the pic isnt to nice,but i still think its funny.lol
i think the corvetter rear might look cool, im sure till be different. i guess we'll see..

 

OMG!!! Sry people...I posted a request for the photoshop of the side and back of a camaro with the corvette body...and someone made me pic of only the lights being corvette lights...still trying

Matt

 

See the lines on the striped bumber pic? Thats what I am going for! Just imagine those v shaped sides with a flat rear corvette end. I think it would look kinda futureistic! Well I think it will either be a car you will love or one that you will hate. Hopefully more on the love side! Well, I guess we'll see!

 

show us the photoshop anyway

 

Still waiting for the photoshop

 

a firebird with a corvette rear would looka lot better since the front end is rounded. but id like to see the photoshop of it anyways.

 

here is what I did on photo shop.I just got photo shop yesterday never used it before.So don't make fun of it. But u get the ideal of what it would look like on a firebird.Ithink it looks pretty cool

 

here

 

whats up with that car?

 

I like the look of that. Since camaros and firebirds have darn near the same lines I think it would look great in the end when I do the corvette rear. Great work with the photo shop! I know it does look alittle choppy but you can really see what it would look like finished. THX

 

looks like you widdled a car out of wood and spray painted it with krylon lol

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...=corvette+rear

that thread has pictures of a firebird with a better photoshop of a vette rear

 

is that real or photo shop thats what i ment if its real it will look really cool

 

photoshop...

 

ive always loved the ida of non visible bumpers (roll pans and such) i think bumpers look so out of place and that photochop of the red bird looks incredible.........would LOVe to do it. just not much room back there.

 

Any Ideas on what I should use for material? I was thinking fiberglass but I heard its hard to mount something that big. Bondo is deff. out of the question. Thanks

 

i've been having the same ideas here, putting some C5 tails on the camaro. still not to sure what to make it all out of, will probibly just end up using some sheet steel. any one know what gage metal they use for the body?

 

i wanna seee the damn pics were are they already

 

also, waiting for pics.. can't wait

 

Who are you guys waiting on pics from? There was a photoshop one done about midpage. Again if anyone has any idea on what I should use for material please let me know. THX

 

Why not make a mold and use urethane, like what the factory uses? You can buy it buy the gallon IIRC. It's a two part epoxy. That way it's still flexable enough to take the brunt of shopping malls without completely ruining the paint job.