View Poll Results: Is it right to put SS badges on a z28
Yes, hood, spoiler, suspension is done, throw on badges
98
17.66%
No, the VIN still doesn't say SS, so it's a z28
457
82.34%
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Throwing SS Badges on a Z28, wrong or right
Cop Car, you are correct. All SS's are Z28 because they have the Z28 RPO code, but Z28's are not SS's because they lack the WU8 RPO code.
So, it would be correct for an SS owner to slap Z28 emblems on their car, but posing if a Z28 owner slaps SS emblems on his car.
Damn, this is a PERFECT example of a badass looking Z28 with retro emblems, nice work!
So, it would be correct for an SS owner to slap Z28 emblems on their car, but posing if a Z28 owner slaps SS emblems on his car.
Damn, this is a PERFECT example of a badass looking Z28 with retro emblems, nice work!
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From: kyle texas
HMMMMMM! I have a Z28. I can see both sides. I guess to each his own opininon. My car looks fantastic to me the way it is now. I have contemplated getting an SS hood. I do have chrome Z06 wheels on it. Does this mean I am a wanna be Z06 vette? I think bottom line if you like it than nothing else matters.
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Cop Car, you are correct. All SS's are Z28 because they have the Z28 RPO code, but Z28's are not SS's because they lack the WU8 RPO code.
So, it would be correct for an SS owner to slap Z28 emblems on their car, but posing if a Z28 owner slaps SS emblems on his car.
Damn, this is a PERFECT example of a badass looking Z28 with retro emblems, nice work!
So, it would be correct for an SS owner to slap Z28 emblems on their car, but posing if a Z28 owner slaps SS emblems on his car.
Damn, this is a PERFECT example of a badass looking Z28 with retro emblems, nice work!
I like the retro embelems...they look great!
The Z28 has a Fantastic racing heritage. Moreso than the SS ever did.The SS tended to be more effective at the strip and on the street.
I don't think anyone should think a Z28 badged vehicle lesser.
I do not like the SS hood personally but think the spoiler looks agood deal better on the SS.If I get this Camaro I'm looking at I'll be putting an SS spoiler on it and keeping the Z badges.
I don't think anyone should think a Z28 badged vehicle lesser.
I do not like the SS hood personally but think the spoiler looks agood deal better on the SS.If I get this Camaro I'm looking at I'll be putting an SS spoiler on it and keeping the Z badges.
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From: Top of 4th Gear; Plano, TX
Originally Posted by Cheatin' Chad
I do not like the SS hood personally but think the spoiler looks agood deal better on the SS.If I get this Camaro I'm looking at I'll be putting an SS spoiler on it and keeping the Z badges.
SS emblems do not matter to me and here is why i feel this way. What Yenko done on the 67-68 Camaros was he ordered SS 396 cars, removed the 396, and installed a 427 and his own emblems and left the SS emblem on the car. The cast iron 427 was never an RPO option for an SS Camaro. It became an option in 1969 via Central Office Production Order, but it could not be ordered with an SS package. Notice the picture of the 1969 Yenko Camaro and its lack of SS emblems. Dick Harrell and Fred Gibb also did the same thing with their Novas. The ordered a factory SS 396 car, and of the 50 they ordered, around 12 of them got a 427. Yet the SS badge remained. So, is this posing, since a SS 427 was never an option for a Camaro or Nova? Whats more significant? The SS emblem or the car's heritage coming from a high peformance dealership? As far as value goes, certain 67-69 Camaro SS models will bring a lot more than a factory 67-69 Z/28. A 375 horse 396 L-78, 375 horse aluminum head 396 L-89, as well as the C.O.P.O. Camaros, and dealer prepped 427 Cars. There are a lot of SS cars that aren't camaros, that will bring alot more than camaros. The Novas are very pricey now. A very nice L-78 SS 396 nova will bring 80-100K, 1968 427 Dick Harrell novas bring a good deal over that and the 1969 Yenko 427 Nova's have been estimated at $500,000.
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1968 Harrell/Gibb Nova
Your example contradicts most of the statements made earlier in this thread. The Yenko SS 427 is still an SS vehicle, it just had an engine swap from a dealership. Its rare because of that fact, not because it is an SS. But, the vehicle itself is still a true SS. The 69 Yenkos were built starting out with base model cars, notice they didn't slap "SS" on those. THAT would have been posing, but I guess Mr. Yenko knew that you shouldn't put SS badges on non-SS cars back then too. So if anything, your example legitimizes the fact that vehicles that start life as an actual SS are always an SS, while cars that didn't start as SS (like the '69) weren't transformed into SS's by Yenko.
As for high-end collectible cars, there are plenty of examples of those. But we all know that is based more on rarity and having desirable options. We are only discussing your 'typical' SS vs Z28 here, since that is all that 4th gens are.
As for high-end collectible cars, there are plenty of examples of those. But we all know that is based more on rarity and having desirable options. We are only discussing your 'typical' SS vs Z28 here, since that is all that 4th gens are.
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Stop beating a dead horse
its still a CAMARO!!!
and its still a FIREBIRD!!
Formula's Trans Am's are a option not a model.
Camaros are Camaros there shouldnt be an issue..now if you have a V6 Fbody then you have issues lol
its still a CAMARO!!!
and its still a FIREBIRD!!
Formula's Trans Am's are a option not a model.
Camaros are Camaros there shouldnt be an issue..now if you have a V6 Fbody then you have issues lol
Last edited by 8GTOKLR; Feb 2, 2006 at 09:31 AM.
Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Your example contradicts most of the statements made earlier in this thread. The Yenko SS 427 is still an SS vehicle, it just had an engine swap from a dealership. Its rare because of that fact, not because it is an SS. But, the vehicle itself is still a true SS. The 69 Yenkos were built starting out with base model cars, notice they didn't slap "SS" on those. THAT would have been posing, but I guess Mr. Yenko knew that you shouldn't put SS badges on non-SS cars back then too. So if anything, your example legitimizes the fact that vehicles that start life as an actual SS are always an SS, while cars that didn't start as SS (like the '69) weren't transformed into SS's by Yenko.
Well, it's kind of the same thing when a trans-am gets a ram air hood and puts ws-6 badges on it.
Hell, if it's your car and you knew you could save a couple thousand just putting the extra stuff on yourself than more power to you but don't lie about it cause I'd be pissed if someone tried to overprice me a z28 and said it was an ss just becase they put on a hood, spoiler, and ss badges on it.
Hell, if it's your car and you knew you could save a couple thousand just putting the extra stuff on yourself than more power to you but don't lie about it cause I'd be pissed if someone tried to overprice me a z28 and said it was an ss just becase they put on a hood, spoiler, and ss badges on it.
Originally Posted by 67SS&99Z28
As long as they don't try to pass it off as a real SS I don't have a problem with it. I do agree with you that its not right to actually tell someone your car is an SS when its not.
I understand your angle regarding the specialty car issue, but is a completely different can of worms and somewhat irrelevant to the originally asked question. Hey, who started this crap anyway?
Originally Posted by MJK
Some Honda owner figuring that if they divide us,we will fall...
J/K to the thread starter,just messin'
J/K to the thread starter,just messin'
wow...
I say we just get them back type R stickers on all LS1 cars mwhahhaa
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From: Arlington TX
Originally Posted by jhug
On the other side, I was one phone call away from getting a z28 instead of my SS. I know as a fact I would have slapped a hood and spoiler on that bad boy. However, at the end of the day I would still call it a z28.
I agree, I plan on putting an SS hood on my car, but I'll never say it's an SS. LT1 Z28 hoods = fugly
i really dont think its that big of a deal. i mean i think SS's are cool cause of the look, not cause its faster (it really isnt) and not cause there are fewer of them. if you wanna put the emblems on the car after you do all that then do it. personally, i would put on rksports stainless z28 badges cause i like the way ppl will mistake your car for an ss till they see the sweet z28 badges.
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From: BFE
To the purists, it is TABOO,
But where is it written that you can't put this or that?
See some SS owners forget, an SS is a Z28-SS
So putting on a hood is OK, Tail wing is OK, but to complement it with two Ss, that is murder??
I think owners can do whatever pleases them, especialy if they like it.
Only a dumb *** would buy a clone and not know it is a true SS.
But where is it written that you can't put this or that?
See some SS owners forget, an SS is a Z28-SS
So putting on a hood is OK, Tail wing is OK, but to complement it with two Ss, that is murder??
I think owners can do whatever pleases them, especialy if they like it.
Only a dumb *** would buy a clone and not know it is a true SS.
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From: pittsburgh,pa
i don't think it matters really. the way i see is that all ss are fancey z28's. if they come off the assembly line as a z28, then thats what they are. just because slp cut a deal with gm to alter doesn't change the fact that the car is a z28. if someone(even slp) puts ss badges on a 93-02(96-02) its a factory gm z28. i seen a few brand new gto's on car lots that the dealer put judge badges on. does that make that car a judge???NO!!!! if you put ss badges on a z28, your just as bad as slp. not thats a bad thing.
OK I had a 98 formula and made it into a firehawk with everything cosmetically and it ran 9.70 @ 144. I changed everything in and out of that car . I have a 98 Z28 and i got an SS hood SS wing and SS badges. It too will go nines maybe even eights. I dont give a sh@# whether its a true SS or not ,it simply looks better as an SS. You can say that heritige crap all day long I dont care about the heritage I just like f bodys period.I would not sell it as an SS or say its a true SS, but that is how it is.You can call me a poser all you like but Ill kick the sh@# out of 99% of real SS cars. I always liked the way SS's looked and firehawks ,but couldnt afford the at the time I needed a car and bought them. When I did have the money I transformed them into my ideal car . A camaro is a camaro in my opinion .It is just a body for me to build up into what I see fit. Alright lets hear all the sh@# I get for this one.
