Roadtrip in Victory Red Camaro SS w/ cloth interior! (Captured Test Fleet Car)

[ArcAngel]

on the red its ok im just worried about the lighter colors

[ZombieEatsYou]

Originally Posted by ArcAngel

i actually am curious how the black roof stripes will look on say yellow because if i decide no RS then i might have to change the color?

there are no stripes on the roof (or do you mean the moulding?)

[Txturbo]

Originally Posted by tredts

They sell universal HID kits for around $100 a bulb with all the wiring on Ebay or just do a google search. I have alot of friends that converted their bulbs to HId's for under $200. My buddy has an Avalanch with HID headlights and HID fog lights, he lights up the road! He did the whole thing himself for around $350 and that is 4 bulbs and wiring. Thats how my Camaro will be no RS for me. But the hailos do look nice!

yes....and they aren't legal because they aren't DOT approved. The legal kits are closer to $1000.

[King Mouse]

What are the moldings that are painted on the RS? Are they just black on the non SS?

Thanks

[trm0002]

Originally Posted by King Mouse

What are the moldings that are painted on the RS? Are they just black on the non SS?

Thanks

Go to page 1 and look at the 8th picture down (after the videos) that shows the front view of the car. See the 2 black moldings running along the roof front to back?

[King Mouse]

Trm0002 Thanks. Are they held on with adhesive?

[trm0002]

Originally Posted by King Mouse

Trm0002 Thanks. Are they held on with adhesive?

I would sure think so but can't confirm.

[King Mouse]

Thanks for the info. I might try painting my own along with a few other things.

[trm0002]

Originally Posted by King Mouse

Thanks for the info. I might try painting my own along with a few other things.

Just be careful with your thoughts. Yellow for example is a PITA to match. Even from the factory my rear wing on the GTO didn't match the car...

[King Mouse]

Got IOM...Its gotta look better than black plastic. I have a few paint jobs under my belt. I can match pearls or metalics pretty well, its the candys that are hard to match and fix. I've had a few white diamond caddys where the paint on the plastic and metal parts were two distinctly different colors. Oh well....still better than black plastic.

[ArcAngel]

yea im leaning towards the rs now I might have to get the 1SS though

[Captain Awesome]

Originally Posted by Txturbo

yes....and they aren't legal because they aren't DOT approved. The legal kits are closer to $1000.

Not to mention that the $100 kits don't have high/low beams in cars with single lamps on each side. This is done using a motorized adjuster that aims the lights high an low by moving the lens, the bulb, or sometimes moving a refelctor shield near the bulb.

The general thing I heard about these cheap kits is that they act as high beams all the time and you have to crank the adjustment screws way down to keep people from constantly flashing their high beams at you for blinding them, and you have to live with the fact that you no longer have high AND low beams.

Also remember that you'll get HID colored light coming out of a regular reflector and bezel. With the lights off it's going to look the same as any other non RS. There's no way in heck you're going to get a projector beam lens and the halo ring lighting in a $100 kit.

The complexity of the system means it should be quite some time before you see a real working and cosmetically correct aftermarket solution, and it will probably cost $500 or more.

You might get lucky and find a wrecked RS in a junkyard in a few years and be able to salvage them from there.

[tredts]

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

Not to mention that the $100 kits don't have high/low beams in cars with single lamps on each side. This is done using a motorized adjuster that aims the lights high an low by moving the lens, the bulb, or sometimes moving a refelctor shield near the bulb.

The general thing I heard about these cheap kits is that they act as high beams all the time and you have to crank the adjustment screws way down to keep people from constantly flashing their high beams at you for blinding them, and you have to live with the fact that you no longer have high AND low beams.

Also remember that you'll get HID colored light coming out of a regular reflector and bezel. With the lights off it's going to look the same as any other non RS. There's no way in heck you're going to get a projector beam lens and the halo ring lighting in a $100 kit.

The complexity of the system means it should be quite some time before you see a real working and cosmetically correct aftermarket solution, and it will probably cost $500 or more.

You might get lucky and find a wrecked RS in a junkyard in a few years and be able to salvage them from there.

On my buddies Avalanch he still has the standard high beams that came with the truck and he has his HID's set to a normal hight that isn't obnoxious. I do agrree that with out the RS they won't look as cool as the RS with halo's and if that is what your after than you will need the RS. But swaping regular bulbs to HID is really easy and cheap, I have atleast 5 friends that have converted their cars to HID's and still have high beams. DOT approved.... In California that isn't a problem I guess....? Every other car on the road is a 1995 Civic with HID's and they sure as heck didn't come standard them.

[UCF w00t]

Sorry if this was posted before but it appears these were taken by SSmoke's buddy. I don't think anyone linked them before. Definitely some shots I had never seen (gas cap, VIN + part tag, etc)

http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/b...aro/?start=all