Contemplating removing ground effects
 

Like it says I have been thinking about removing the ground effects

The car was hit by some road debri and destroyed the front bumper and one rocker panel. I already was cut the check from insurance and waiting till the 7th before it goes into the shop.

I just haven't decided if I want to remove the rest of the kit.

For those that have done it anyone have a close up of the rocker after removal.

What do you guys think. I do like the clean look of the no gfx.

Cost I'm hoping it would be the same as repair and repainting a used rocker and front gfx


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...170840_482.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...170917_911.jpg

Here is the car before

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...o/P6190305.jpg

Random picture of another camaro without it

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...2RapidFire.jpg

These are the holes that will be left after removal of the rivets for the brackets that hold the gfx on

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...0817001535.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...817001535a.jpg

I'd leave 'em. It ain't like they are some cheap looking ricer mod. They go well with the lines of the car and look pretty tough.

Fix it

I like the ground effects

Could not have said it better myself. Keep em.

Totally keep them. Don't make it to look like a 6cylinder model as the 4th gens weren't too indistinguishable from each other. Yours looks unique and nice..worth fixing it.

If it puts money in your pocket, that certainly would help with the car payments :)

Live without it for a bit & make up your own mind after a couple months/if the missing GFX piece you're looking for becomes available.

That s actually a good compromise

Ditch em.

i agree. you could take them off and live with out them for a few months (as long as you dont mind the holes in the panels) and if you dont like it you could put them back on. i honestly think you'd have a beautiful camaro either way.

Remove em, I do not like the look.

Definitely keep

keep em, like bob said, they actually flow with the car

Did it ever occur to you the piece of metal was on 287 sending you a message? In all cases not, but possibly a change could be in order. Lose the GFX step up to the plate and spend some of that nut in your pocket on a CME and rear valance, but have the valence blended into the bumper so it looks like it should have been made, all one piece. Followed buy polishing the edge of the tips till they look like chrome, to compliment the lip on your wheels. IMO the finished height of the bumper just looks too high off the ground compared to the level of the rockers, the rear valence makes the side profile flow alot better. Also if its not done already fill in your berger panel with some filler and a fresh coat of SEM Bumper coat paint and enjoy. Do you really need " CAMARO " blazed across the back of your car at this point?:wink:

I must be the only person that doesn't like the look of a CME...

And its a tail panel!

must be, or maybe your wallet dont

It's different, and goes with the car. I say keep it. You obviously liked how it looks.

I know I, for one, don't like the CME and wouldn't get it if I won the lottery. Besides, it's the internet - everyone's a millionaire.

I say ditch them but as others have said, if you like them then that's all that matters. They look a bit tacked on in the front and would better smoothly integrated into the front bumper cover.

Edit: I do love the CME though.

I do like the CME on that black one you have pictured a lot !

I agree with don

My whole reason behind this was I've had the car 4 years with no change to the outside and half of the kit will be removed during body work anyway

Thought maybe its time for a change

?

My wallet is just fine with spending money

+1 for no effects

I like the idea of removing them for the time being, just to see how you like it. If you use small black rubber plugs in the rocker panel holes to keep dirt/debris out, you wouldn't even notice them from more than a foot away since it's low, and already black. Doesn't cost you a dime to try it!