Interesting.....

I've never seen a notchback-style hatch on a 4th gen. Your car?

I think with the way 4th gen tail lights bulbs, it doesn't work as well.

 

OMG thats SOOOOOOOOOOOOO sick!!! I LOVE it! Suspension is up next i think! Yes its my car, my 96 WS6. The hatch is an aftermarket glass replacement that i molded onto my stock hatch. Most people just attach it like glass but i had to have it blended. Its called the RK Sport Sportback http://www.rksport.com/main/part_det...mdid=1&catid=4

Here are some more of my car, if you're interested




And back to topic a little, thought you might all like to see a Callaway 4th gen, which had a flush rear and IMO is the best looking Camaro ever from the back

 

I agree, too bad the front end is horrible. I do like it better without the fender and 1/4 panel vents. Too bad callaway didn't go for the clean look. The images were photoshoppped pretty quick I see.

 

Looking around the rear of the rear lights on the Callaway Camaro, you can tell that the bumper cover goes out, then down. They obviously couldn't go straight down, but had to go outwards some first, then down to provide room for a crash impact cushion under the bumper cover.

 

Photoshopped? LOL try Ms Paint!!! lol yea if i had it id shave the vents.

 

looks like a porsche 928 from the rear

http://www.cartype.com/pics/4112/ful...e_928_lars.jpg

 

back on the the topic of a third gen with a shaved rear bumper. i agree that the stock bumper sticks out way to far
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but i don't think a rolled rear pan/ flush rear bumper look would work
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there would be no place to put an absorber like the stock egg crate thing

or even a mustang foam absorber

im pretty sure its illegal to remove the absorber. and if you use an absorber like the mustang one you will still have a small lip. but not as big as stock probably just a couple of inches inches like this

this is actually the look i like best. what i was wondering about is are there any better choices for absorbers than the mustang. and also could you just cut down the stock bumper or would you have to make a whole new bumper out of fiberglass. i remember reading a thread on fiberglass forums where a guy shortened the bumper on, i think, a Buick, he made fiberglass mold of the stock bumper then cut the mold to achieve the desired look. then used the mold to create a new bumper that didn't stick out so far. would that process work to shorten one of our bumpers.

 

Im not a fan of notch backs, but I think that would be the only way to pull off a flush rear on a 3rd gen. If you can photoshop a notch on the above red 'bird, please post, Id like to see.

 

its not the greatest photoshop ever but here you go
stock
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small lip
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flush rear bumper
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looks too much like a Fiero to me

 

 

A Fierobird! If you like it, great, but I'm not feelin' it. But then, I've never cared for the notchbacks to begin with.

 

i agree it don't look right with the notch normally i like notchbacks but after i chopped one on that car it didn't look rite to me either. but i do like the way it looked with the small lip and regular hatch.
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I like this look, kinda reminds me of a corvette. I wonder how a 91-92 camaro with the aero wing will look with a shorter rear bumper. This looks very slick though!!!

 

It actually turned out kinda cool IMHO. Not my taste, but that dude has mad fab skills!

 

a guy in newark NJ has a grey camaro with the same rear bumper... i remember bc i did a double wicked head turn when i saw it... i was like wtf!? lol. didnt look bad just weird

 

First time Ive seen this pic, and I agree...mad fab skills. BUT the rear hatch/trunk area looks like an 05 Mustang with some Corvette/Supra tail lights. Maybe if the tail lights were frenched in, it wouldnt look as bad...
My 2 cents

 

its an 09 mustang roof if i remember rite and hsr tail lights. hsilived is wicked talented, and has done a really amazing build thread on this car that is now over 90 pages.

 

Tell him to join the forum.

 

hsilived is a member on here but he didn't post his build thread over her cuz alot of camaro owners are purists that don't usualy apreciate this kind of work. and i agree that there are alot of stock ***** on this site but thats just the way people are. if you want to see his thread go to fiberglassforums.com. its over 900 posts long but its very interesting to read. you have to register to that forum to see it tho. after i get a another vehicle to drive i am gonna try and build a custom bumper similar to how hsilived did. but before the bumper i am gonna practice fiberglassing on a few smaller things like spoiler and interior pieces. wont be much longer tho my birds about dead.

 

He should post more often anyway.

The thing with fiberglass bumpers though.If you ever run into something or get rearended.The fg would shatter/crack too easy.Maybe adding some plastisizer or something.

 

whats plastisizer?
thats my bigest concern about making a fiberglass bumper. but i figured i could make a mold of it so i could easily make a new one if the original got damaged beyond repair.

 

Just a made up word, basically it means adding something to allow the fiberglass to flex w/out cracking so easy.Much like they do for paint on bumpers.

 

It looks a lot better in paint than it did in primer. The rear hatch conversion doesn't look as drastic now. I actually kinda like it. I wish he'd had done something with the front end though.

It ain't camaro owners, it's 85% thirdgen.org members. If you think it's just a camaro thing, go check out threads on redraif's car.

Btw, here is a direct quote from that thread by hsilived:
http://www.fiberglassforums.com/show...tock#post77882

Mathius