You could always do this...




(Can't say I'm a fan of that hood, though)

 

Thinking out loud here...

The Pontiac symbol looks even worse on that. I'm seeing that the upper grill insert is actually three pieces. What are those three pieces (I'm hoping like hell for the grill material, the plastic piece, and the actual emblem so I can do the grill mesh only and leave the plastic and the emblem off). Its not that I dont like the Holden emblem, but that black GTO without that upper grill looks menacing. Adds a little more edge to it IMO.

Damn you and Tony. I really got to looking at the Holden front end and now the Pontiac front end just looks retarded to me. I sent JHP an email. The new wheels are here, King springs are going on next weekend, that'll have a good bit of the appearance done. Past that it looks like just the little nit-picky things involved with the conversion.

Would like do to the Monaro conversion minus the plastic and emblem (might do them anyway depending on what the three pieces of the grill consists of), clear side fender markers, Holden emblem in the rear to replace the arrowhead, shave the PONTIAC and the 6.0 emblems, and get the Holden lower bumper cover and paint it satin black. I'll either leave the stock spoiler or use the TopShelf spoiler delete kit I have temporarily until I decide on which spoiler I want to go with (most likely the Gravana duck tail spoiler, looks so nice the more I look at it and that orange GTO really sold me on it).

 

Unfortunately, it ain't that easy. The grill mesh piece has the bar made onto it, then the bar overlay goes on that, and then the emblem goes on it. The way the overlay is made, leaving the emblem off leaves a funky looking round spot with recesses in weird places, the overlay could be left off, but the attaching points are then visible. It's hard to explain, but it pretty much rules out using the upper grill without the bar and emblem. Unless you get a Pontiac emblem like the car above and adapt it.....

This isn't the best pic, but you can see some detail of the crossbar.

 

Guess I'm stuck with the front Holden symbol and the matching rear one. Thats OK. It doesn't look bad, just like it better without it. I'd leave it off and possibly try to add some grill material myself but I dont know if I care to tackle that or not. Leaving it completely off looks great in that picture but might look too "unfinished" in person.

One thing I do know, the Holden lion looks alot better than that arrowhead. Plus the finish will match my polished wheels nicely so that is one plus. But then I cant just stop at the front and rear emblems and the outside GTO stuff. I'm too damn picky for my own good. A steering wheel emblem and new door sills are musts too.

 

Yeah, I know what you mean.... http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62788

 

hehe.. well.. if you only know what Emblem i've removed.. you might Filp... in the Middle East we dont have Holden.. they sell it as a Chevy... i didn't really remove the Chevy logo coz i don;t like the way it looks.. i just need more Air flow for my SC to breath...

I dont like the whole fromt end on the GTO.. the fog lights are so big.. and the grill is TOO MUCH...

 

I like it.