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Old 04-08-2007, 06:43 PM
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Default Painting the "Camaro" on the rear tail light panel

I wanted to fill in the word "Camaro" with black paint on the rear tail light panel of my car. I then saw that Ecklers Camaro sells letters with self stick tape. The description is:

Camaro Letters, Rear, 1993-2002
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I thought paint would be nicer, but this I could do without having to leave the car at a body shop.

Has anybody used them?

Does the "reflective" at night look like rice?
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nope

i got reflective ones
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Have you been living under a rock? You have 8000 posts and you've never seen this! Haha just kidding

I've had 4 different sets. Black, silver, extreme high metallic silver, and chrome.

I suggest going with brent franker though. Unless you don't know how to put stickers on, you won't have any problems And he'll replace them if you have any problems
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Tons of companies sell the camaro letters for the rear panel. I have mine in black non reflective, bought on ebay for $6
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I had some black vinlys but I just put some acrylics from RKsport on and I think they look awesome. They fill up the whole area and are kind of "puffy" instead of just being stickers. Don't feel too bad, my buddy had a quote from a paint shop and was ready to take his car in but luckily I told him about stickers and saved him some money.
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you dont need to drop the whole car off though, you can just take the panel in.
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Yea there are the stickers everywhere.. I have chrome ones myself and love them!
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The polished stainless steel inserts for the back are totally kick ***. Someone on here sells them, forgot his name though. Their stuff is top notch. Looks GREAT on my car, day or night.
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MUFFINBUSTER FTW on ebay
Old 04-09-2007, 03:03 PM
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you can go a step beyond the stickers and get real metal fill ins as well. or even carbon fiber. You can get metal ones in brushed or chromed. Seriously, you have to be new to the board!!!thats funny
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i had mine painted in but i wouldnt recommend doing it, i had a friend do it and he said it was a pain in the *** and that i was like he didn't know how difficult it was to tape up or he woulda charged my *** for it lol. point being you gonna pay a good bit i think for the labor involved
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Have you been living under a rock? You have 8000 posts and you've never seen this! Haha just kidding
I'm generally into speed. When it comes to appearance, I'm just a
The previous car was totally stock looking, and washed twiced a year, whether it needed it or not.

Thanks for the e-bay heads up. Is Brent Franker a member/sponsor? PM me the contact if he's non-sponsor.
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Originally Posted by Ragtop 99
I'm generally into speed. When it comes to appearance, I'm just a
The previous car was totally stock looking, and washed twiced a year, whether it needed it or not.

Thanks for the e-bay heads up. Is Brent Franker a member/sponsor? PM me the contact if he's non-sponsor.
It's totally cool! There are a lot of people like that and totally understandable.

Brent Franker is awesome to deal with and is a sponsor. Here's his website:

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/vinyl/vinyl.htm
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i did the sticky letters instead of it getting painted
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Originally Posted by mycamaroSS
MUFFINBUSTER FTW on ebay
+1 on that comment. got 2 sets from him a week or so ago. went from black vinyl letters to the stainless steel ones cause i did the berger panel mod on my car
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Brent Franker is awesome to deal with and is a sponsor. Here's his website:
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/vinyl/vinyl.htm
UPDATE:

I just did this on Sunday. Easiest mod I've ever done and dirt cheap too.
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