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Old 10-17-2010, 04:22 PM
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so was lookin at pics of the Sunoco Camaro and liked how the grille was recessed back, so i decided to try it out. (Im not done yet but heres the first stage). i cut out the "Camaro" part and the styrofoam behind it, trimmed my grille a little bit and for now its just pushed in there. i will be filling in the bottom part and making brackets to support the bumper. Im gonna work with my body shop guy about building the lip like the sunoco camaro too.

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Old 10-17-2010, 04:24 PM
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Looks good so far! Good job.
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i think the portion that had to be cutout makes it look chompy right now, but the actual recess of the grill and the lack of crap behind it looks good. When do you think youll be done with it?
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not exactly sure at the moment (due to weather) hopefully soon though. well at least on the recess part, not sure on the lip part.
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Good work! I'm looking forward to seeing more!
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Nice project!! Lookin good so far!

Cant wait to see the finished product!
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Looking good so far.

I always admired the look of the Sunoco camaro as well,
I just wonder what grille was used in it?
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^a grill that they designed and made for the car, just like everything else on the car: widebody, spoiler, bumpers, hood, etc...
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u may be able to get a scrap bumper for fill pcs...then have body shop with plastic welder put in place.. smooth an paint...looks very nice so far
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Looks sweet!
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didnt realize this got bumped recently. thats my old screen name and heres how it turned out. i never got to get it painted cause i lost my job and had to sell the car.

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Wow that ended up looking real good! Hope all is well now also, looks like your pissing off the Ford side now lol
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more camaro owners need to do this, its way better looking then the factory or any other bumper mods I've seen here.
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Originally Posted by silverWS.6
Wow that ended up looking real good! Hope all is well now also, looks like your pissing off the Ford side now lol
i figured ive already pissed off the rotards, now its time to **** off the Ford fan boys. its actually kinda funny cause ive had several people say my 5.3l looks like a ford motor.
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