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bigz28man
10-05-2012, 03:35 PM
I know this thread will go no where, but i have to get this off my chest. So i decieded to take the newer car to point today. So as I'm heading to work, and driving down Arnold avenue and i see this purplish blue 93-97 camaro. Seen that it had a SS hood on it, ok thats cool, look on the fenders and I see SS chrome badges, no SS spoiler, 1 exhaust pipe and the same chrome SS badges on the berger panel. Salad shooter wheels......come on, I cant stand when people do crap like this. Calling your car something its not. Well anyway thats my 2 cents had to get that off my chest.
LTb1ow
10-05-2012, 03:44 PM
All 4th gen SS are just rebadged Z28's, so you hate your own 02?
WildBillyT
10-05-2012, 03:48 PM
I know this thread will go no where, but i have to get this off my chest. So i decieded to take the newer car to point today. So as I'm heading to work, and driving down Arnold avenue and i see this purplish blue 93-97 camaro. Seen that it had a SS hood on it, ok thats cool, look on the fenders and I see SS chrome badges, no SS spoiler, 1 exhaust pipe and the same chrome SS badges on the berger panel. Salad shooter wheels......come on, I cant stand when people do crap like this. Calling your car something its not. Well anyway thats my 2 cents had to get that off my chest.

Yeah.............

If it ain't on a Berger car, it ain't a Berger panel. It's a tail panel, like it has been for decades. The "Berger Mod" is to black it out, neglecting the fact that a blacked out tail panel has had significant meaning on muscle cars since the mid 60's. Maybe even earlier. Way before the 00's when Berger Chevy did it.
coolmanvette75
10-05-2012, 03:51 PM
I know this thread will go no where, but i have to get this off my chest. So i decieded to take the newer car to point today. So as I'm heading to work, and driving down Arnold avenue and i see this purplish blue 93-97 camaro. Seen that it had a SS hood on it, ok thats cool, look on the fenders and I see SS chrome badges, no SS spoiler, 1 exhaust pipe and the same chrome SS badges on the berger panel. Salad shooter wheels......come on, I cant stand when people do crap like this. Calling your car something its not. Well anyway thats my 2 cents had to get that off my chest.

Yea Ive seen this car by my house a few times. Its a V6 and I think a chick drives it
bigz28man
10-05-2012, 04:02 PM
I know SS are re badged Z28's but that is done as an OEM "option" . All I'm saying is i cant stand when people just slap badges on a car and call it something it was never intended to be. Reminds me of this guy that put zr1 badges on a c4 vette. I asked him about the car, he goes on to tell me it's not a zr1 , I then begin to laugh.
LTb1ow
10-05-2012, 04:03 PM
Don't you have V6 ground effect packages on your cars...?
bigz28man
10-05-2012, 04:13 PM
I have a gfx kit on the Z but its a after market kit . Its neither a replica rs kit nor oem rs kit. I didnt post this thread to butt heads with anyone, all im saying and wanted to say i cant stand when people do things like that. To each his own, its just my opinion thats all.
LTb1ow
10-05-2012, 04:16 PM
All I am saying is you are making something else out of a Z28 and a SS, so why is what you are doing better than what someone else does?
bigz28man
10-05-2012, 04:31 PM
I understand your point, and thats does make sense, i was just annoyed seeing this and I figured I would share.
WildBillyT
10-05-2012, 04:34 PM
Yeah, def. sounds like much more of an intentional/blatant fake.
NjbadSS
10-05-2012, 04:40 PM
I agree, it annoys me too. I love seeing guys put ws6 badges on their base ws6 or stang guys with cobra badges on their v6 or gt model. I understand 4th gen ss camaros started as z28s and are registered as such, but a z28 with wing and hood still isn't an ss. Run the vin and it will be missing something, and resale still won't be as high as the ss, even with the hood and wing, still not a super sport
WildBillyT
10-05-2012, 05:11 PM
I agree, it annoys me too. I love seeing guys put ws6 badges on their base ws6 or stang guys with cobra badges on their v6 or gt model. I understand 4th gen ss camaros started as z28s and are registered as such, but a z28 with wing and hood still isn't an ss. Run the vin and it will be missing something, and resale still won't be as high as the ss, even with the hood and wing, still not a super sport

I guess you mean T/A here. And VIN does not denote SS, it denotes LS1 for federal purposes. But RPOs do what you say, they list the true background of the car.
MyFirstZ
10-05-2012, 08:34 PM
So you can have gto clones, late 60's "ss" and whatever else but can't have a late model ws6 or ss

My ss is a clone, bought it that way. To anyone who has seen or will see it would have no idea. It looks identical to an ss that had the oem gfx added. Which I prefer and glad I didn't have to pay to have it added.

If I was a collector and trying to sell it for something its not that's different.

Just think of it as a form of modifying. Everyone has there own taste. I wouldn't want a stock looking camaro, not my cup of tea. To plain, an ss is much better including the badging.
3.4 grape of wrath
10-05-2012, 08:41 PM
I guess you can't blame the v6er for wanting to be a SSer. And no it wasn't me.
1320B4U
10-05-2012, 08:42 PM
Unfortunately, this is for every car make, people think if they put the badge on, it automatically makes it 'that' car...then when they go to advertise it for sale, its an original one...

chevy- ss emblems on anything
ford-svt or cobra emblems on anything
toyota-trd emblems
honda-'si' emblems or vtec
nissian-gt-r
Mike
10-05-2012, 10:50 PM
Not yours who cares
bigz28man
10-05-2012, 10:53 PM
All i really wanted to say was dont call your car something its not. If you have v6 but love the look of an SS or the better suspension of a Z over the v6 mod it, but please leave the badges off. I mean im not going to put ss badges on my Z . It my be faster and handle better than a SS of those years, but its not one.
Mike
10-05-2012, 11:32 PM
All i really wanted to say was dont call your car something its not. If you have v6 but love the look of an SS or the better suspension of a Z over the v6 mod it, but please leave the badges off. I mean im not going to put ss badges on my Z . It my be faster and handle better than a SS of those years, but its not one.

Ok. But still, nothing worth "needing to vent"
NjbadSS
10-06-2012, 01:02 AM
I'm still with you, if you want a ws6 or ss camaro that badly, buy one. It almost reminds me of fake military imposters. Don't join the military but try pulling off the badass uniforms. Lmao...silly comparing the two but almost similar.
sweetbmxrider
10-06-2012, 08:52 AM
I think I see that thing on lake ave in bay head parked on the road. I don't really care either way with badges or not, its just some double sided tape :lol: Its a form of flattery!
LTb1ow
10-06-2012, 09:10 AM
I think I see that thing on lake ave in bay head parked on the road. I don't really care either way with badges or not, its just some double sided tape :lol: Its a form of flattery!

Don't you drive a v6?
V
10-06-2012, 10:09 AM
Im gonna put camaro badges on my dodge ram because i just wired up the camaro window switches in it. im just glad i can open the windows without jumping wires now.

but seriously, my ram has "Ram 1500 v8 magnum" badges just cause they were on the replacement doors. plus my bumper is an orange sport version. i like it better, needed one, and got it free. So basically im making the truck look like a 2001 1500 Ram Sport. but its really a 2500 HD diesel.
LTb1ow
10-06-2012, 10:14 AM
Since Paul mentioned diesels, I will agree with BigZ28 man on this.. friggen stacks on gassers.
The_Bishop
10-06-2012, 10:27 AM
Since Paul mentioned diesels, I will agree with BigZ28 man on this.. friggen stacks on non-18-wheelers.


Fixed that for you. Just because you burn diesel does *not* make you a Peterbilt. :laugh:
V
10-06-2012, 10:37 AM
Fixed that for you. Just because you burn diesel does *not* make you a Peterbilt. :laugh:

...but i have a Cummins engine...


lol
Tru2Chevy
10-06-2012, 10:48 PM
Just imagine if you paid a premium to rent a new Camaro SS and discovered shortly after setting off with it that it was a 2LT instead:

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2012/10/hertz-rented-out-a-chevrolet-camaro-v6-badged-as-ss-model/

http://jalopnik.com/5949422/did-hertz-put-ss-badges-on-a-v6-camaro-and-rent-it-out

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253578

(All the same story, just different links)

- Justin
V
10-07-2012, 01:12 AM
haha very nice, maybe someone rented it and swapped the motor out for their old v6, jk
deadtrend1
10-07-2012, 07:46 AM
haha very nice, maybe someone rented it and swapped the motor out for their old v6, jk

Kinda like the old hertz GT350s? Lol
sweetbmxrider
10-07-2012, 08:15 AM
Don't you drive a v6?

Yes, yes I do!

Im gonna put camaro badges on my dodge ram because i just wired up the camaro window switches in it. im just glad i can open the windows without jumping wires now.

but seriously, my ram has "Ram 1500 v8 magnum" badges just cause they were on the replacement doors. plus my bumper is an orange sport version. i like it better, needed one, and got it free. So basically im making the truck look like a 2001 1500 Ram Sport. but its really a 2500 HD diesel.

Remember when you had that fake import camaro? You loser! :lol: