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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by brynnda
he prolly has those seat coors on there, not to impress anyone, but to keep his leather in good shape. hell i have rubber floor mats in my car to protect my carpet, and im lookin for tan seat covers.
I figured. I have rubber floor mats to protect the carpeted floor mats, which protect the actual carpet .
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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WTF is up w/ those exhaust tips? Sorry just don't like 'em at all (they stick out too much IMO)
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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hmm, if ur askin for honest opinions - i'd say pick a theme and stick with it. looks like ur main theme is the dark/blackout, but the wheels arent helpin it..along with the badge. i'd just suggest u blackout the wheels, and if u can, maybe black out the 350 badge? ur paint looks like sex tho.. really an incredible job on the upkeep of ur paint!

as far as the interior goes - almost sex. just one thing i aint feelin - the paint, i think u shuld maybe pinstrip the blue on all the plastic. like, for instance, maybe paint a medium-thick blue pinstripe on the outermost part of the trim panels all the way around (including doors) as opposed to painting the whole piece. i think that wuld constitute definate sex. the seat covers - eh, they serve their purpose, an if they really dont bother u, then oh well.

i'm all for keepin wut u got (including the badge an everything), just...maybe change the color scheme up a wee bit. just my honest opinion dude. u really do have a beautiful car tho. major props for keepin her clean...and unique!
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Red99TA
WTF is up w/ those exhaust tips? Sorry just don't like 'em at all (they stick out too much IMO)

Umm, they are a part of the hooker catback, which is installed fully and correctly. i dont know why they would look wrong. maybe its the angle of the pics....
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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Hey Man, i'm love how the car turned out. I think you've got a good thing with the retro theme, but of course i am kinda bias on it.
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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less is better... it looks like you just did anything you could think of instead of thinking it through to begin with.
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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I like it, personally I'd nix the blue bow tie on the rear and the outside would look great. Re-think the interior and it'll be awesome.
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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Man, that car looks familiar... I don't know why though... oh wait:





Granted, I got rid of my Halos, but still similar all around:







Your Hooker tips are adjusted too far out though... Are your hockey stripes painted on?
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Oh, and for the record (in your defense) those V-Flags came on CAMAROS as well 1967-(68 or 69, not sure)... All one has to do is open the Year One catalog to see that...

I am still considering putting one on the driver's side of the Berger panel to balance it out...
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by DEMONBIRD
Man, that car looks familiar... I don't know why though... oh wait:




You Hooker tips are adjusted too far out though... Are your hockey stripes painted on?
thats exacxtly what i was thinking and yes tips are out way too much...quit being a baby
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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It doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks, he likes it and that's all that matters.
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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As far as i know, the tips are on all the way. i could be wrong. show me some pics of other hooker tips please....
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 99_Z_155
As far as i know, the tips are on all the way. i could be wrong. show me some pics of other hooker tips please....
ive seen a few people with that problem with the hooker cat back and they all have cut the pipe the tip slides on to so they dont stick out so much,you should prolly do that it look really tacky the way it is.
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 10:25 PM
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Not a Hooker, but I spent a day getting my Mufflex just right:





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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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I would be ditching the 350 emblems no matter how 'cool' they look. Nothing says 'I know nothing about my LS1' more than calling it a 350.
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bone324
But I wouldn't expect alot of positive feedback on this forum.
Originally Posted by 99_Z_155
Ain't that the truth? It's not an SS with torque thrusts, Corsa tips, an a perfect Berger panel

If you like your theme then thats cool and it looks good. But I do think you need some different wheels to match. Maybe some torque thrusts?
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Old Aug 8, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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do they make "346" badges?
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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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Opinions are like ********, everyone has one so take what I say with a grain of salt.

I dig the front grill. You went with a black grill and even though the bowtie doesn't match your paint, it shows a bit of nostalgia without going overboard.

The 350 badges stick out like sore thumbs on that nice dark paint and the motor is not a 350 no matter how many people refer to it that way. Fight the ignorance with correct badging, look at it as a way to educate the un-informed. Not only that but the the first thing that I see when looking at the front of the car is how far out the 350 badges stick out from the natural curve of the car. Even if you went with a 346 badge I would recommend going with something slimmer like a decal and matching it to the black hockey stripe that you've got. The blocky badges worked well on the front fender of classic cars, just not so much on the lines of a 4th gen.

I realize the flags emblems are nostalgic to the classic cars and that's where you are trying to go with your styling, but they do not go well at all just slapped on the sailpanel against the black paint.

You did a good job on filling in the Camaro lettering on the back panel and painted it up nicely only to slap a poorly placed Camaro badge and a big *** blue bowtie that's not even placed tastefully underneath the taillight. You have 5 different colors on the back on your car and that's not including the plate. It kind of looks like you just had a couple left over badges and decided to stick them somewhere instead of letting them collect dust in your garage or selling them to another member.

The exhaust tips do stick out pretty far (if you can see them clearly in the reflection of your bumper, it means that they stick out too far). One another thing about them, I thought the stagger tips should flow with the bumper (long ones on the inside and the short ones on the outside to follow the lines of the bumper).

Again, it's just an opinion.
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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 01:07 AM
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only thing not mentioned was hiding ur amp wires. not hard at all and would look 10x better.
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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 01:23 AM
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On a side note... I wonder how the Berger panel would look with the Blue Bowtie in the center (like the old CAMAROS)...
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