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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 10:34 PM
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thinking bout paintin my camaro panel black with chrome camaro letter inserts wat u guys think???

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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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black berger always looks good... do it! semi-gloss black looks killer

heres mine... pewter with body color inserts:
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 10:57 PM
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that looks really good yea i guess ill paint it
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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i think the berger panel looks the best on the silver camaros, i have a red z and idk i just think it would look very out of place
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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were can i get the berger panel???
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 01:06 AM
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also if i was to paint my stock one black how can i keep the bowtie and the ss letters same place were they were before? after its painted
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 01:43 AM
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you are most likely going to have to take them off and reapply them with 3M double sided tape
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Old May 10, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ssick1
also if i was to paint my stock one black how can i keep the bowtie and the ss letters same place were they were before? after its painted
have a friend help you put em on with you, that way you can have a spotter to make sure you have them level and in the right place
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I hope you've painted it by now, but if not my suggestion is to use Duplicolor low gloss with the chrome inserts!
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