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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:02 PM
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I'm about to purchase a set of 1995 Z28 black leather door panels for my 2000 Z28-(mine are cracking and are cloth when i have leather seats). does anyone think there will be any install problems? i would imagine they would fit because i doubt the door panel design changed much from lt1 to ls1.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:09 PM
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I wouldnt be surprised if clips and such didnt line up, I'm sure someone has tried it though
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:12 PM
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You can swap any interior from any model 4th gen into any other 4th gen. The clips, bolt locations, etc. are exactly the same on all models, Camaro or Firebird.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:20 PM
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I could've sworn when people would switch their Camaro door panels to Trans Am panels that they wouldn't line up or they had to do something custom to make it work
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by meissenation
I could've sworn when people would switch their Camaro door panels to Trans Am panels that they wouldn't line up or they had to do something custom to make it work
The door panels fit. It isn't a bolt or clip spacing issue. Trans-Am door panels have a slight angle at the front of the panel where the door panel butts up against the edge of the dash. Camaro's don't have this angle. If you put a set of Trans-Am door panels into a Camaro, there will be a slight gap where the door panel meets the end of the dash. It's an issue of cosmetics rather than compatibility.

Since he's swapping a Camaro door panel into a Camaro, this won't be a concern for him.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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...d'oh my bad, duh didn't notice the camaro to camaro part.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by thesoundandthefury
The door panels fit. It isn't a bolt or clip spacing issue.
Wrong the TA/Firebird have different mounting holes than a Camaro. You have to do some mods to make them fit. The Camaro door panels are the same from 93+
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:22 PM
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thanks guys, i hope to be getting it installed this weekend for about 50 bucks for both panels. it should really make the car a lot nicer. I'll be one of the few 2000 z28's with all leather! thanks again.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Z95m6
Wrong the TA/Firebird have different mounting holes than a Camaro. You have to do some mods to make them fit. The Camaro door panels are the same from 93+
I've personally done this swap on the first 4th gen Camaro I owned. The Trans Am door panels bolted right up to the Camaro doors. I dunno what you're talking about.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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The colors will be different.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 07:30 PM
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they will fit

this may sound weird, but my dad has a sixer and he got hit fromt the side, they had to replace the door and they put a 95 door on there, and the 2002 inside door panel, it all fit up snug.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 09:25 PM
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yes, colors my son, colors will be diffrent
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by thesoundandthefury
I've personally done this swap on the first 4th gen Camaro I owned. The Trans Am door panels bolted right up to the Camaro doors. I dunno what you're talking about.
So have I and many other people. The trans am door panels have different mounting points then the camaro. My buddy's 97 is the same way.
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 12:37 AM
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Ok, I did my research so I knew 100% what I was talking about before I went and debated this further.

The mounting points on a 94 Camaro do not entirely match the mounting points on the Trans Am. You have to cut them off.


To make the new panels fit you'll have to cut off the three tabs that stick out as the mounting points for the TA panels will be different. You can see the arrows here pointing to the newly created holes where the old mounting points were. To make the new mounting points simply place the panels on and drill the new holes right through the door panel.
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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just for the record i am swapping my 2000 camaro panels for 1995 camaro panels. so from what i gather this will be a simple job.
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by drummydummy
just for the record i am swapping my 2000 camaro panels for 1995 camaro panels. so from what i gather this will be a simple job.
Should be a direct swap as many have said, the only issue would be the color as I have stated.

The early year the interiors were "Graphite" a darkish grey, in 2000 and up the interios turned to "Ebony" and were virtually black.
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