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Old Dec 28, 2002 | 12:43 AM
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Auto Ventshade Blackouts

I've got to say...I love the look.. Blackouts look AWESOME on Camaros, especially the taillights... BUT, purchase them from another company if possible. Auto Ventshade blows donkey. I've gone through three packages of headlight blackouts by them. The first, they were scratched..the second, they were cracked.. And the third, they were WAY too large..I don't know how they expected them to fit neatly around those openings. AND they were scratched and cracked IN THE BOX, unopened!

I got the taillight blackouts from them and installed them. No scratches or cracks, but the right one is tinted darker than the left! That's right! So now all my lights look 20% brighter on my left side!

I will never buy from them again. TERRIBLE products.
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Old Dec 28, 2002 | 12:50 AM
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mark them off my list..
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Old Dec 28, 2002 | 09:58 AM
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Yeah..they're very poorly manufactured, ALTHOUGH they do look wicked cool. But like I said, I'd buy them from another company if possible.
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Old Dec 28, 2002 | 08:57 PM
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try GTS
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 12:45 PM
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i thought gt styling (GTS) went belly up or stopped making products for camaros or something, i was under the impression that Wade was the only company that had us covered.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 01:05 PM
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Wade...got their website? I've never heard of them...
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 01:36 PM
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Originally posted by Nixon1
Yeah..they're very poorly manufactured, ALTHOUGH they do look wicked cool. But like I said, I'd buy them from another company if possible.
Don't care for the stickers but your car looks sweet... I love the color! The color with the blackouts looks cool... do you have any more pics of your car?

Here's my GTS blackouts:



I'm not sure how they are supposed to mount (mine were on there when I bought the car from the previous owner), but he has them on with velcro... I love the look of the blackouts except for at night you can see the velcro strips. I don't think it's how they're supposed to be though so I wouldn't sweat it.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 01:42 PM
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Nobody likes my stickers...I've gotten more heat on this site for those than for ANYTHING else. I just look at it like this..I'm doing advertising for good companies/products...and also, the Moroso sticker covers a big crack in my bumper, and the Dynomax sticker covers a dealership painted-on decal. Well, here's another photo of the front.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 01:43 PM
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Here's the rear...BEFORE the blackouts, stickers, and performance exhaust..BUT it shows the louvers I have sitting in my garage. I can't decide whether I want them on or off.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 02:51 PM
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I've got the GTS ones, don't know if they still exist...
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:17 PM
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yea i bought the autoventshande covers for the front and i didnt even put them on the car becuz they looked stupid so i sentthem back the next day. but i bought my taillight covers off of a guy on this board for 50 bucks and there GTS. u can still find the GTS headlight covers, and taillight covers, just need to look in the right places online. i got a brand new set of front covers i just need a new nose becuz mine is warped for being 20 yrs old.


edit: oh yeah how do u get the GTS letters of the covers?
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Old Dec 31, 2002 | 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by 1982chevycamaroz28
edit: oh yeah how do u get the GTS letters of the covers?
They were just little stickers on mine. I just peeled them off and scrubbed them down good to get the sticky $hit off the blackouts.
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Old Dec 31, 2002 | 08:32 PM
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I use to have GTS headlight covers till a bird hit one and broke it. They wouldnt cover it under warrenty since GTS was bought out. I then talked my perants into getting me another set from Wade which I found in the Jegs catalog. I got the tail and headlight ones, the headlight ones are exactly the same as my old GTS ones and the tail ones look sweet as hell
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Old Jan 2, 2003 | 12:40 AM
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Originally posted by ontogenesis
i thought gt styling (GTS) went belly up or stopped making products for camaros or something, i was under the impression that Wade was the only company that had us covered.
Yes, GTS went bankrupt in the spring....
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Old Jan 2, 2003 | 12:50 AM
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meridius....so the Wade headlight covers fit good? Those Auto Ventshade ones have like 1/2 to 1 inch of extra material on either side..I could trim them up but I'd void any sort of warranty so I said the hell with it.
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Old Jan 2, 2003 | 04:40 PM
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they seem to fit alright for me now thats not to say someone else may have a problem with them but I think they are the exact same things as my old GTS ones.
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