hey camaro drivers
09-22-2005, 04:16 AM
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hey camaro drivers
how are you guys and gals??? i know i am new to this project camaro! and i enjoyed this and so i wanted to ask about customize on my Z-28 i own a 84 and i recently took the fins off and installed new 90-92 wing on it and wanted to custom vertical door and i have searched so many sites and couldnt find a thing!!!! since i know these 3rd gen camaro have big door and i'm afraid to open the door in the parking lot and bang on other cars and hard time getting out and getting in so i thought why not vertical door ???? and other thing i want to beef up my suspension with strut towers and put polyurthan bushings and mounts and rolls on either 18 or 20 inches rims w/ low profile and custom made ground effect without having to lower the car... and wider fender (as widebody) and thought about making one piece fiberglass top instead two glass tops and wanted to paint it all black with limo tint window and blackout tail light and h eadlights what you guys think?????? any suggestion would be help ful oh last thing i wanted to put two big turbos in it hehehe
09-22-2005, 12:49 PM
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do you have an extra $10,000+
09-22-2005, 02:18 PM
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Why dont you just park in the back of the parking lot like everyone else? you dont have much worry about opening your doors into people
09-22-2005, 02:49 PM
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doing the lambo doors on a third gen is completely custom (I think) and expensive, not to mention a bit dangerous (that door is heavy, it falls while your under it your toast) strut tower brace is nice if you do auto cross, but not needed really, especially if you go with 20's those will negate any benifit of any suspension upgrade. you have t tops and want a targa top?If so don't do it, the roof is structural (there's a reason gm never built a 3rd gen convertable they were all aftermarket and had horrible flex)
09-22-2005, 04:01 PM
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money isnt everything , it how u earn it. about the vertical doors could it possible to use hyd. pump? to control the opening and closing? and Archemede so u suggestion me to go with 18" rims?
09-22-2005, 04:17 PM
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at the largest (18's still hurt performance) a hydralic pump is possiblem but really overkill, some linear actuators should be able to do it (it's still a pain to get in from what I have seen)
09-22-2005, 04:40 PM
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Well, I'll go ahead and be mean and say that your an idiot for putting vertical doors on your car and use the excuse that your afraid of smashing the door into someones car. Everyone who owns one of these cars, if they really care about it, park at the back of parking lots.
09-22-2005, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by TA4U2NV
Well, I'll go ahead and be mean and say that your an idiot for putting vertical doors on your car and use the excuse that your afraid of smashing the door into someones car. Everyone who owns one of these cars, if they really care about it, park at the back of parking lots.
09-22-2005, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by archemedes
and then hope that the idots cutting through don't ram into teh car (I have seen a half dozen cars clipped at the back of the parking lot)
09-23-2005, 06:29 PM
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if u wanna do lambos, they do make struts that will hold those doors up.... they are like $120 a pop...... but if u lambos on a 3rd gen i will hunt you down and give you an atomic wedgie..................20s on thrd gens are just ugly.... 18s are even pushing it..... and you wanna go widebody???? ive seen the 1 widebody kit but i forgot who makes it... its ugly though..................... i dont mean to sound mean but you ideas sound like you wanna rice out a 3rd gen...... maybe u should get rid of your camaro and buy a honda............... just my 2cents
09-23-2005, 08:54 PM
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20s on a camaro are ugly Lambo doors body kit ahhhhh Under the hood man!! 10K can have that thing haulin
09-24-2005, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by PHDcamaro
if u wanna do lambos, they do make struts that will hold those doors up.... they are like $120 a pop...... but if u lambos on a 3rd gen i will hunt you down and give you an atomic wedgie..................20s on thrd gens are just ugly.... 18s are even pushing it..... and you wanna go widebody???? ive seen the 1 widebody kit but i forgot who makes it... its ugly though..................... i dont mean to sound mean but you ideas sound like you wanna rice out a 3rd gen...... maybe u should get rid of your camaro and buy a honda............... just my 2cents
09-24-2005, 12:52 AM
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OK- to all those who have posted so far this is general to all-
I believe this site is called 'Project Camaro', yes as a matter of fact I think I read that somewhere. Someone new comes here and says 'Hey, love the site and such, here's my ideas..' and about all we can come up with so far is how you all think that 20's on a camaro are ugly and that vertical doors are a waste.
I say- Go for it. You want to custom make your own 'lambo style' doors go for it. You want to convert your t-tops to targa, again nice customizing. 20's aren't my cup of tea so much, but again it takes some customizing to get them to fit. The widebody could be interesting as well.
I'm sorry to come across as talking down but anymore it seems like unless someone is part of the 'group' then just about any ideas they have are dumb are and a waste of money.
Since no one else has said it yet-
Welcome to
Even though it didn't seem like a nice welcome some good info can be found on this site. In the future keep your ideas to yourself unless they involve doing what everyone else has done if you don't want to get them shot down...
I believe this site is called 'Project Camaro', yes as a matter of fact I think I read that somewhere. Someone new comes here and says 'Hey, love the site and such, here's my ideas..' and about all we can come up with so far is how you all think that 20's on a camaro are ugly and that vertical doors are a waste.
I say- Go for it. You want to custom make your own 'lambo style' doors go for it. You want to convert your t-tops to targa, again nice customizing. 20's aren't my cup of tea so much, but again it takes some customizing to get them to fit. The widebody could be interesting as well.
I'm sorry to come across as talking down but anymore it seems like unless someone is part of the 'group' then just about any ideas they have are dumb are and a waste of money.
Since no one else has said it yet-
Welcome to
Even though it didn't seem like a nice welcome some good info can be found on this site. In the future keep your ideas to yourself unless they involve doing what everyone else has done if you don't want to get them shot down...
09-24-2005, 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by FORCE_FED_Z
I'm sorry to come across as talking down but anymore it seems like unless someone is part of the 'group' then just about any ideas they have are dumb are and a waste of money.
Originally Posted by FORCE_FED_Z
In the future keep your ideas to yourself unless they involve doing what everyone else has done if you don't want to get them shot down...
09-24-2005, 10:45 AM
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in my mind there are things you JUST DONT DO to an fbody...... im all for customizing and trying to do something different but theres a line between different and just plain stupid..... i didnt mean to hurt the guys feelings, but i just gave out my opinion...... and as far as staying "mainstrean... mainstream my ***.... in the camaro world there is no mainstream.... people are always being creative.... just look in some magazines, theres always cool new crap being made... so somebody gotta be thinkin outside the box..............