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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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I have always liked the berger mod, but have always been lazy and never got it done. I even kept the panel from a time when I was hit in the back so I could mess around with it and still have the original color backup if I screw up (have had it for 3 or more years now) and still never got around to it.

A buddy finally pushed me to do it a couple of weekends ago. He helped me do the bondo to fill in the lettering since this was my first time messing around with it and I figured it would be a little more unique since most people just paint.

Anyway, here it is.





Pay no attention to the corner where someone decided to drive off after hitting the car in a parking lot last year, have to pay to get that one fixed.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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Looks nice! I need to do that too .. what did you use to fill the letters?
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Mean Green z28
Looks nice! I need to do that too .. what did you use to fill the letters?
Bondo. I had never done any work with the stuff before so a buddy helped me. Biggest thing I learned was Bondo absorbs paint different then the material around it, so it took a lot of primer to cover it up where it wouldn't show. There was still a section that if you get right up to it at a corner with the light just right you can make out part of the MA in the middle disappointed me when we were done painting, but after the emblem went on you could no longer make it out.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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Looks awesome!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Looks great
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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Looks Sick! Good Job!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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I really want one, but seems every pewter car has it, so I don't know anymore. Yours looks great though!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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I really want one, but seems every pewter car has it, so I don't know anymore. Yours looks great though!
Yea, the first thing my buddy said when we got it bolted up was "Awesome man, now you look like 75% of the pewter Camaro's out there instead of 85%!"

Thats the main reason why I wanted to fill the letters in. Not that it was hard to fill in, but most people would probably be a little more intimidated by it and just paint instead.

oh and if anyone is curious it's satin black instead of Flat Black.
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Looks great man!! Good job.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 01:21 PM
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i like it
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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that was the EXACT same way i wanted to do mine! Looks good!
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nice!
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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Looks REALLY good man! I did the same thing to my BBM 99 Z28 a few months back, only I used the 06-08 Z06 style Z28 emblems I found on eBay on mine:


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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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Looks good.
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came out good
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 10:07 PM
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+1 For Bergers
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looks sweet man! when you comin round again?
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Looks good.
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Originally Posted by PKC-Z71
Looks REALLY good man! I did the same thing to my BBM 99 Z28 a few months back, only I used the 06-08 Z06 style Z28 emblems I found on eBay on mine:


Great choice, I love it!

Thanks guys. It's been a while since I got the car out and did anything to her, so it was time to change it up a bit. Plan to take the nitrous off and get the money up for some gears before the Track in Charlotte opens up. Not tuned to run the juice right now anyway, so why keep it on the car.
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