ArcticZ28

iTrader: (14)

I've contemplated taking off my RS gfx kit for a while, but I think I'm pretty serious this time. It has become faded (due to the previous owner not taking very good care of it) and looks a bit off (yes, i'm a damn perfectionist) from the rest of the car's paint which I keep up well. More and more I am liking the clean lines of a camaro without any kits on them. Plus, I hate having to worry about scraping it due to the car being lowered. I know there will be holes left but what I'm wondering is if they'll actually be visible enough for me to care. If anyone has pics of their cars after they removed em, that would be great too. Just give me some feedback on this (other than the usual "leave them on b/c it'll leave holes" response). I'm also entertaining the option of just getting it repainted so that it looks better, but who knows.

By the way, here's the link to some pics of the car:
http://community.webshots.com/album/127230874UAtXeT

LANDONZ

iTrader: (23)

keep it on there...The RS spoiler by itself just doesnt look good..Your car looks awesome with the kit. IMO

Lithium

iTrader: (47)

Leave it on, truthfully your car is one of the few cars that looks really good with that body kit.

ArcticZ28

iTrader: (14)

Argh. I mean I do like how it looks with the kit, maybe it's just the fact that the paint has become faded that makes me dislike it sometimes. I dunno

Ling_650vette

iTrader: (1)

I say repaint it, but w/ a tougher coating. The bottom will get chipped and scraped up but being you like the look of it, I say leave it up.

Dustin

iTrader: (13)

Man mine looks faded too, its like it doesnt have much of a clearcoat on it and i freakin hate it but the rub marks from where you take it off are going to look bad, thats why i just stick with it as much as i hate it.

ArcticZ28

iTrader: (14)

Sometimes I just stare at the front thinking it looks like a bottlenose dolphin... which isn't the intimidating look we all go for.

GoldenBird

I really don't think it looks too bad. :shrug: If I couldn't find a Camaro with that package, I was just gonna get a TA. Your car doesn't really look like a dolphin. I'm not trying to criticize your car at all, and I realize often with these cars pics do them no justice, but if anything is the problem I think it's the grill. Or maybe the combo of the painted grill with the gfx is what you aren't liking. I dunno, I kinda like the splash of black on the fronts of cars like ours. Here's mine, which is virtually identical so hopefully Lithiums comment applies to it too.

DopeFedZ

iTrader: (34)

IMO GFX looks out of place on a Camaro.

ArcticZ28

iTrader: (14)

Golden Bird - that could def be a possibility that there just isn't enough contrast on the front of the car. I was actually thinking about getting the inilet holes of the grill painted black to switch it up a bit. I think that may look a bit better.

Ling_650vette

iTrader: (1)

That'd look good artic. It'd give you some more contrast, and it'd match being the roof is black. Go for it. If you dont like it, its only paint.

Brett95z

iTrader: (-1)

Im with dopefed, ditch it and dont look back. Your car will look 10x cleaner without it.

ZmyHPandrun

iTrader: (2)

I must concur with dopefed and Brett. You lose the feel of the aggressive stance with the gfx. But this is only my opinion.

Loochy88

iTrader: (2)

just take em off and repaint em. gfx are fairly easy to paint, and it'd be a great way for you to learn if you dont know how to yet.


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also, a body colored grill (or just removing the black piece) would really set off your gfx.

02transhawk

I think if you took off the molding (very easy to do), it would clean things up alot there and would let the side skirts flow alot better with the rest of the body. But, I wouldn't take them off. They give the car a different look then the everyday camaro. My .02!!!

ArcticZ28

iTrader: (14)

Yea, I'm definitely going to be removing the side mouldings at some point. That might help a bit. We shall see. I might just have the shop that's going to repaint my gfx go ahead and remove them.