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i apologize if this is a repeat thread but i looked and couldn't find what i was lookin for.
i'm tryin to find the tail light panel that is smooth and doesn't have the camaro letter indents. i'm considering some retro ss badging but can't find the panel.
http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w...84/Berger2.jpg
i'm thinkin i might just have to fill, sand, and paint it myself.
the panel is not available. You need to fill in the letters.
that's kinda what i figured. thanks!
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I did the same thing, bought a junkyard piece so I could keep my original and had it filled and painted.:yup:
that's exactly what i had planned on doing...just buy a cheap one and do that one the way i want it so i can keep the stock one just in case. i have very limited experience on body stuff so we'll see how it goes. yours turned out real good though! nice work!Quote:
Originally Posted by SSTODD
Before I sold my SS Camaro (2001) I looked into doing the same mod, talked to my body shop guy and he was going to do it, but a little reluctant about how well the body filler (read Bondo) would hold up over the years.
It apparantly doesn't hold well to fiberglass, and with the vibration, and the usual wear and tear he thought it might start to crack.
It doesn't matter now I guess because I sold the car before I ever got around to doing it. It's a super clean look though! I was going to fill in the keyhole too.
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Originally Posted by SSTODD
thats got to be one of the most badass custom mods ever
When are you going to flip the SS around to make them correct?Quote:
Originally Posted by SSTODD
Im not real sure if your joking or not, isnt that the way S's are supposed to look?Quote:
Originally Posted by 9t8z28
No, they are upside down. The S is larger on the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikito
Yes, the S's are upside down.
I couldn't figure out what it was about that SS but something looked different, guess that's what it was.
Good eye.
oh ok, flip them upside down, when you said flip them around i thought you meant so the S was facing the opposite direction
The mod was done by a bodyshop and he milled out the "camaro" letters before filling the area to stop any possible shadowing of the letters showing. He also used a filler that is compatible with the material of the panel. As for my friends and the emblem?:bat: I really need you guys to come to Michigan so we can measure the top and bottom together. This emblem is exact from every angle and is from NPD (National Parts Depot) off a 60's Camaro.
what body shop did you take it to if you don't mind me asking?Quote:
Originally Posted by SSTODD
Ford rd. west of Newburgh in Westland/Canton? maybe. Called Knudsen Bros. I think.
man i might have to see that mod in person. lol.
chris
okay i know what you're talkin about. yeah it's in westland. thanks. they did a bang up job on yours.
wow were are all these Michigan members coming from, lol. haven't seen any of you on the road.
well mine hasn't been around hardly at all...i've lived out of state for the past 5 years but i'll be back in march. anyone know if there any fbody clubs in michigan that get together or anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by 00camaro16
What year car and from what body panel?Quote:
Originally Posted by SSTODD
im interested in that answer too. i want to go to some Michigan f-body get togethers this yearQuote:
Originally Posted by thisisthewayilive
are you on mifbody.com? i just started messing around on there lookin to see what's going on next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by 00camaro16
i check it every so often. it looks like we are all pretty close. i heard couple westlands which is only bout 30 min from ann arbor or so.
i think a spring meet and greet is in the works
Yes, mifbody has a meet-n-greet at Kensington metropark and I went this year. They had the 5th gen prototype with the GM guys there.
69' TAIL PANEL DECK LID CAMARO SS per the catalog p/n: C-12182-6 for the rear, for my front grille I don't remember the year CAMARO but it had the right bend shape to match the billet grille. I will see if I have the box still.Quote:
Originally Posted by 9t8z28
HA!!! so it took me 2 years to post the results of my little project but i finally got them up.
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