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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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all i want is a black berger panel, why does no one sell the berger panel. if anyone knows where i can get ahold of one it will be greatly appreciated. thanks
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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u gota paint it
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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i want to keep my original like it is just incase i want to change it every now and then, plus i have the camaro inserts.
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:22 PM
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Everybody here usually just make their own. If you don't want to paint it yourself, just take your filler panel to a local bodyshop and have it painted.

It shouldn't cost more than $100.00 to have it painted by a professional.


I don't think anyone actually sells a Berger panel.
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
i want to keep my original like it is just incase i want to change it every now and then, plus i have the camaro inserts.
If you want to keep your original then go to a junkyard and get one off a car that had a front end hit. There's a sponsor to the right that specializes in late model F-body wrecks.
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Richie Carbone
If you want to keep your original then go to a junkyard and get one off a car that had a front end hit. There's a sponsor to the right that specializes in late model F-body wrecks.
Just buy a spare one from a wreck if you want to keep the original. It'll cost a lot less than buying an aftermarket one.
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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yeah but there is one problem not to many junkyards around here and not to many people wreck f-bodys. around here they are owned by old people who drive slow. but i will try and see if they have any recently, also a 93-97 berger panel will fit the 98-02 models right?
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 11:34 PM
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Z28LS1camaroguy, you have a PM
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No one actually sells them because there's really no such thing. Every "Berger Panel" is actually just a regular one painted black. Either paint your own, have a body shop do it, or buy a spare off Ebay and paint that one.
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 08:46 AM
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They have them on Ebay every once in a while. Like stated above just buy a spare and paint it, its not too difficult.
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Richie Carbone
If you want to keep your original then go to a junkyard and get one off a car that had a front end hit. There's a sponsor to the right that specializes in late model F-body wrecks.
Who is that?
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i think he is talkin about tennessee auto used parts the sponser on the right with the trans am front end all smashed in. but i found a white berger panel on ebay for like 15 bucks so i think im set.
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
yeah but there is one problem not to many junkyards around here and not to many people wreck f-bodys. around here they are owned by old people who drive slow. but i will try and see if they have any recently, also a 93-97 berger panel will fit the 98-02 models right?
What part of Indiana? There's G.W. Pierce that's North of Indy on US 31. You might try there. They deal in late-model stuff. There's also a salvage yard right across the street from G.W. Pierce that I know has fourth-gen cars. They're visible from the road.

If that doesn't work, I'm sure the salvage yard vendors here would be glad to ship a panel to you. Or you could always go the ebay route.
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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yeah see i am all the way down by the ohio river, right next to cincinnati almost.
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
yeah see i am all the way down by the ohio river, right next to cincinnati almost.
Well that would be a little out of your way then

If I were you, I'd try the "mail order" route.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
i think he is talkin about tennessee auto used parts the sponser on the right with the trans am front end all smashed in. but i found a white berger panel on ebay for like 15 bucks so i think im set.
Uhm... a Berger panel doesn't come in white. The taillight filler panel (the panel that says Camaro between the tail lights) can come in any color. Berger Chevy, a car dealer here in MI, made high performance Camaros at his dealership, and would then paint the taillight filler panel flat black, put a "By Berger" emblem on the back, and tada Berger panel. These days, there's thousands of clones out there all running around with Berger panels, hell just look at this forum there's like 10 Berger panel threads all in the first two pages. In any case, for it to be a true Berger panel, it'd be from Berger Chevy with their emblem on it. Otherwise, it's just a knockoff.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 08:36 AM
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well thats just what people call it, and its white because its off a white camaro and i planned on painting it black.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 12:10 PM
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the berger panel are the flat black ones, if it's a different color or what not, then it's just a taillight fillter panel.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by meissenation
the berger panel are the flat black ones, if it's a different color or what not, then it's just a taillight fillter panel.

Who cares.

And the emblem that says By Berger is meant for the whole car, not just the panel.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 08:19 PM
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Well duh, but I'm just saying only the TRUE Berger cars have the "By Berger" emblem on them... To me a berger panel is like putting a z28 badge on a v6.
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