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Old 12-15-2009, 06:31 PM
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You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....



Yes.. The grille is from a 2008 Chevy Silverado pick up truck..

"1989 iroc-z Camaro with a 2001 ls1 out of a ws6 t/a, with only 30k on it. i pulled it apart when i got it, and everything still looks new, JBA shorty headers with 3 1/2" exhaust, sound great! speartec ECM and harness, 700r4 tranny, all the bearings in the front end rebuilt. 8" disc brakes up front and 12" rotors and aluminum calipers on the back. interiors nice has newer camaro seats in it. PL PW T-tops. the front end is custom, its a 08 silverado grill that i fabricated on myself. I drive the car everyday without any problems, drives straight as an arrow down the highway at 75mph, i have been checking the millage and i have been getting 21 mpg mixed town/highway. Just get a hold of me if you want to know more, i will be happy to answer any questions. 217-341-7768 Daniel"

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I was browsing on a classifieds site when I saw this, looking for some decent black IROC's, you know, for a bit of inspiration. Since I am stuck, I do not know what color to paint my IROC, black, or resprayed in Ultra Blue Metallic. Then I came across this thing.
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

you are correct , i don't believe my eyes . ???
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

I know, it's horrible. I still can't believe someone would degrade a Third Gen that bad. Especially them wheels, the wheels look far more horrible than the Silverado grille.
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

I'm so glad I hadn't eaten dinner, before seeing that!

While it IS ugly & hideous, I gotta give them credit for doing such a clean install.
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isnt it lateearly for you not to be eatin already? stephen?
i do not think it looks that bad, if it was painted black to match the car it would look better imo......
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

This showed up on here a few months ago. It's not exactly my cup of tea, but it looks like a very clean job. A few tweaks here and there and it could look pretty good IMO.
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

Originally Posted by toxik IROC
isnt it lateearly for you not to be eatin already? stephen?
i do not think it looks that bad, if it was painted black to match the car it would look better imo......
OK....Technically it could be classified as breakfast, since I haven't eaten at all today.....
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

man is he still trying to get rid of that
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

Well while I don't really like the look of it he did a great job. If we could find another front end that would look good on our cars and have someone that does as good of a job as he did make it that would be pretty cool
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

There's Custom,......And then there's OVERKILL!

The Tires & rims give it the "StinkBug Stance"!
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

Originally Posted by toxik IROC
isnt it lateearly for you not to be eatin already? stephen?
i do not think it looks that bad, if it was painted black to match the car it would look better imo......


i thin the same thing too if the grille was black with some black rims i think i would like it a 1000 times more i like it and if i had nothing else to buy i would probably settle for that i would buy that as my first pick though and sadly i dont think that would pass an inspection in jerz where would you mount the front liscense plate
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

if it had compisite headlights on the sides of the grill it would look good....maybe
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

Originally Posted by TPI TERR
man is he still trying to get rid of that
I think he'll be trying for a while...
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

Originally Posted by gregsz-28
I think he'll be trying for a while...
You've got that right. Like Stephen said, he deserves the credit for such a clean install, but when something's ugly, it's ugly.
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

lol hey theres not a whole lot we can do cosmeticly to our maros so this guy gets credi for thinkin out the box imo. although had i gone through it i would have slanted it back a tad to make it more car then flat -nose truck
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

You're correct, there isn't a whole lot, due to not much aftermarket support. As far as extreme body mods, and thinking out of the box, this '10 style body for Third Gens wins, even though I do not like it.



There was also another completely custom Third Gen I've seen before, it resembled a NASCAR stock car, all it really had is the stock car style rear though. Just imagine a black Third Gen with this rear.

God I would love to own one of those.. Number 6 too, just like in the picture, it's my lucky number. Cheesey, huh?

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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

haha I posted this on EPFBA.org back in August... At least it has an LS1 in it

http://www.epfba.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3343
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

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haha I posted this on EPFBA.org back in August... At least it has an LS1 in it

http://www.epfba.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3343
lmao that indeed makes up for any exterior flaws lol
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

The only way to improve that thing in my eyes is to either replace that butt-ugly grill with one from a F0rd or D0dge truck... Other than putting the front end that SHOULD be on there back on there.

And I agree this guy is going to be trying for a LONG time before he sells that thing... It's an insult to EVERY generation of Camaro...

PS... I like that late-gen concept above. Too bad there isn't one for the Bird. :sniff:

:edit: And still, the question remains: How in the world can that guy possibly see at night?
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

Originally Posted by Maverick H1L
PS... I like that late-gen concept above. Too bad there isn't one for the Bird. :sniff:

:edit: And still, the question remains: How in the world can that guy possibly see at night?
Check out the grille, you can see a few lights behind whatever he used, looks like chicken wire?

There probably will be something like this for the Third Gen bird's, if enough people show interest. There's already an actual running and moving Trans Am concept, built with a Camaro of course. Personally, I have always loved second and fourth gen birds, far more than Camaros. The Camaro's styling is just so ..blah.

Then there's the sexy 2002 Trans Am! One of my many dream cars..

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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

i think it looks kinda cool, it makes me thing of something you would see in a 80's future action movie
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

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Check out the grille, you can see a few lights behind whatever he used, looks like chicken wire?

There probably will be something like this for the Third Gen bird's, if enough people show interest. There's already an actual running and moving Trans Am concept, built with a Camaro of course. Personally, I have always loved second and fourth gen birds, far more than Camaros. The Camaro's styling is just so ..blah.

Then there's the sexy 2002 Trans Am! One of my many dream cars..

Yeah, I can see the lights... Still, wouldn't the grill hamper diffusion of the light to pretty much straight ahead instead of towards the road (so he can see the lines)?

Also, I kind of thought that pic was just a concept drawing... I saw that months ago on here or somewhere on the web. Still hot. I prefer the look of the 93-97 Birds and the second gens, but I still crave an 81 Z...
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

looks 5th genesce.

maybe with even more modding it could be acceptable.

but very clean though
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

here's the real deal... love it...

http://www.transamdepot.com/phoenix-trans-am.cfm
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

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here's the real deal... love it...

http://www.transamdepot.com/phoenix-trans-am.cfm

i forgot what magazine it was, but i saw an article on some guy and he made a transam out of a camaro, looks pretty sweet too. it may be the same guy
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

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i forgot what magazine it was, but i saw an article on some guy and he made a transam out of a camaro, looks pretty sweet too. it may be the same guy
it is. i saw the same mag, and looked up the website listed in the article.

either he has more than one car or he made slight changes... the pics in the mag were even better looking
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the trans am concept needs t-tops!
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

While its a clean install and gotta give credit for trying it, Im going to say NO to the grill and the wheels.
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

i think this gives the same feeling as crawling around inside and looking at junkyard camaros, then sitting in yours after
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That is hideous!
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just threw up in my mouth
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i'm not a fan of it but the guy dose clean work
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

You get originality points thats for sure, but cosmetically meh.
I mean it sets you apart from a normal camaro, neither good nor bad.
For the real killer i'd put some new lights in it on the sides of the grill.
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What in the Wide,Wide world Of sports....
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Re: You will not believe your eyes when you see this.....

Definitely looks odd. The front end just drops straight off. that is the main thing, I agree maybe if it had been installed at an angle, tilted back at the top it would look better. Definitely not my style. Depending on the asking price it's might be worthing getting it for a driveline swap.
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