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Old 12-21-2005, 12:25 AM
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These are some pics of my car with my panel painted, hope you enjoy! Thanks AW/whiteZ-28 for the info it really helped out alot.










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No problem, it looks great! Good job
Old 12-21-2005, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by AW/whiteZ-28
No problem, it looks great! Good job
Thanks!
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i like it, always have debated on doin mine, since my taillights are blacked out with niteshades. maybe i should....... decisions decisions
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looks pretty good man...if i were you i would use nightshades instead of blackouts though...i just learned the hard way that blackouts will melt your tailights
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Originally Posted by 1sicv6
i like it, always have debated on doin mine, since my taillights are blacked out with niteshades. maybe i should....... decisions decisions

I think you should! LOL...I'm thinking of doin mine like that but would like to see it done first.
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I think that looks real good. I have been debating on doing mine here pretty soon. What all did you do for yours? Any tips?
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My only suggestion is to switch from the GTS taillight covers to Nightshades as a few people have mentioned in the thread. A lot of people have had problems with taillight covers melting/warping their taillights from the heat buildup... the covers just trap and hold that heat in. It doesn't always happen to all of them, but just keep an eye on them just in case.

Otherwise, looks pretty good, the berger panel itself came out nice, I'm not much for them, but the quality is pretty good.
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looks really good but i would loose the blackouts other then that your car looks sweet...
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Originally Posted by meissenation
My only suggestion is to switch from the GTS taillight covers to Nightshades as a few people have mentioned in the thread. A lot of people have had problems with taillight covers melting/warping their taillights from the heat buildup... the covers just trap and hold that heat in. It doesn't always happen to all of them, but just keep an eye on them just in case.

Otherwise, looks pretty good, the berger panel itself came out nice, I'm not much for them, but the quality is pretty good.
yeah it took about a year and a half before my tailights got messed up but eventually they did
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Yea my tail lights melted also, but luckly my car was under warrenty so I got some new ones..
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Your car looks badass man
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Looks good! Tail covers need to go though it throws off the rear I think.
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Thanks for all the good comments, keep em' coming!

The blackouts have already warped my taillights, will they eventually cause my lights to melt all the way through??

Originally Posted by SlvrV6Camaro
I think that looks real good. I have been debating on doing mine here pretty soon. What all did you do for yours? Any tips?
All you need to do it is sand paper, primer, and paint. I used 220 grit sand paper to get all the clearcoat off, then rinse, next I sprayed 2 heavy coats of primer on it, then after the primer dries, you wetsand it with 600 grit sand paper very lightly, after that I sprayed 3 coats of Semi-flat black spray paint , if you need any help feel free to pm w/ any questions. http://projectcamaro.com/bergerpanel.htm has alot of usefull information also.
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Get some smoked corners.

Good looking car!
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Originally Posted by OOZ28
What type of lighting is that in the interior? Leds? neon?
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i would get some nice chrome lugnuts too
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Originally Posted by LS1SpeedAddict
What type of lighting is that in the interior? Leds? neon?
They are two 15in neon lights mounted under each side of the dash.
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Originally Posted by RemiSS2002
i would get some nice chrome lugnuts too
I've been thinking about it, but I was just gunna paint some covers black to match my rims.
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nice panel man!!! ......did someone say something about blackouts? ha, do whatever you want with your car man!



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