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cornerspeed92 · 07-14-2015, 01:15 PM

So i had my roll bar installed and didn't notice this right away. When i was checking things out saw this, i am so bummed. I went back to the shop and they said they will have to remove the roll bar and replace this piece. I dont want my car torn apart again. We talked about making a piece, powder coating it, even entertained buying a new panel and just cutting out the front part and putting it over the damage since no one will ever see the back of it. They are a stand up company and going to do what ever needs to be done, like i say, it's me that doesn't want my car torn apart again.Please share with me some of your ideas gentlemen. Thanks

snarky · 07-14-2015, 01:18 PM

install hazard. i'd just let it go. no ragrets.

MrChrisLS3 · 07-14-2015, 01:19 PM

Looks to me that you have two choices. Live with it as is, or if you want it done right, let them do it right?

gajagfan · 07-14-2015, 01:20 PM

I get how you are bummed. I went through a similar deal when putting a welded in bar in our '69 back in the late 80's. There comes a point when a car crosses over a line to where function is much more critical than esthetics. Many race cars are sexy from a distance, but not so much up close. Sorry for this, but I think you get what I am saying.

cornerspeed92 · 07-14-2015, 01:25 PM

Yes, you guy's are all correct, and i get it. I was just throwing out this issue to see what ideas come this way if logical to cover up, thanks again.

wayne watson · 07-14-2015, 01:27 PM

Glad mines not a race car

xrivera91 · 07-14-2015, 01:39 PM

Call me crazy but I'd probably cover it in a vinyl wrap or sand/paint. Some people might disagree but little thinges like this drive me nuts so any idea is better than nothing.

CamaroinCLE · 07-14-2015, 02:06 PM

Find a local Machine Shop that can custom cut Aluminum covers. light weight and good looking

maddoggyusa · 07-14-2015, 02:07 PM

I think that is an EASY FIX!

All you do is remove the seatbelt D-ring bolt (prolly be a large torx) and that cover pulls off. Buy new one... snap in place... re-install D-ring. I think you have enough room to replace it... it just has push pins that snap into place.

If necessary, you might need to detach the seatbelt anchor to fish it through the trim. that should be somewhere on side of seat. But looking at some photos, I don't think you need to do this.

c5Legend · 07-14-2015, 02:33 PM

Put a sticker over it

KR4545 · 07-14-2015, 03:43 PM

spray adhesive and fabric?

TIREKLR · 07-14-2015, 03:56 PM

That's the kind of stuff that makes me not sleep at night haha I am so OCD ....I would have to replace that panel!!!

Fred 6528 · 07-14-2015, 04:01 PM

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Fireman124 · 07-14-2015, 04:01 PM

At a minimum have them get the new panel and then you have it. Go with other ideas and check with an upholstery shop and see what they can do. You can always change the panel if you don't like what the upholstery shop does.

07-14-2015, 01:15 PM	#1
cornerspeed92 Drives: 2013 1SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,188 View My Garage	It cant be fixed...ideas please gentlemen. New idea So i had my roll bar installed and didn't notice this right away. When i was checking things out saw this, i am so bummed. I went back to the shop and they said they will have to remove the roll bar and replace this piece. I dont want my car torn apart again. We talked about making a piece, powder coating it, even entertained buying a new panel and just cutting out the front part and putting it over the damage since no one will ever see the back of it. They are a stand up company and going to do what ever needs to be done, like i say, it's me that doesn't want my car torn apart again.Please share with me some of your ideas gentlemen. Thanks Attached Images __________________ Last edited by cornerspeed92; 07-17-2015 at 03:36 PM.

07-14-2015, 01:18 PM	#2
snarky ultracrepidarianism Drives: '14 1SS/RS/1LE/NPP '18 Accord Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: where folks drive like shit Posts: 1,297	install hazard. i'd just let it go. no ragrets. __________________

07-14-2015, 01:25 PM	#5
cornerspeed92 Drives: 2013 1SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,188 View My Garage	Yes, you guy's are all correct, and i get it. I was just throwing out this issue to see what ideas come this way if logical to cover up, thanks again. __________________

07-14-2015, 01:27 PM	#6
wayne watson Drives: 2014 camaro ss ,1967 chevelle ss, Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: loganville Posts: 1,209 View My Garage	Glad mines not a race car __________________

07-14-2015, 02:07 PM	#9
maddoggyusa Drives: 2013 Camaro Dusk 2SS/6 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,586	I think that is an EASY FIX! All you do is remove the seatbelt D-ring bolt (prolly be a large torx) and that cover pulls off. Buy new one... snap in place... re-install D-ring. I think you have enough room to replace it... it just has push pins that snap into place. If necessary, you might need to detach the seatbelt anchor to fish it through the trim. that should be somewhere on side of seat. But looking at some photos, I don't think you need to do this. Last edited by maddoggyusa; 07-14-2015 at 02:21 PM.

07-14-2015, 01:19 PM	#3
MrChrisLS3 Drives: 2018 1SS M6 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Houston Posts: 2,617	Looks to me that you have two choices. Live with it as is, or if you want it done right, let them do it right?

07-14-2015, 01:20 PM	#4
gajagfan Drives: 2013 1SS 1LE Black - Std Exhaust Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Brunswick, GA Posts: 3,622 View My Garage	I get how you are bummed. I went through a similar deal when putting a welded in bar in our '69 back in the late 80's. There comes a point when a car crosses over a line to where function is much more critical than esthetics. Many race cars are sexy from a distance, but not so much up close. Sorry for this, but I think you get what I am saying.

07-14-2015, 01:39 PM	#7
xrivera91 Drives: 2015 Camaro 2ss Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: 07002 Posts: 1,165 View My Garage	Call me crazy but I'd probably cover it in a vinyl wrap or sand/paint. Some people might disagree but little thinges like this drive me nuts so any idea is better than nothing.

07-14-2015, 02:06 PM	#8
CamaroinCLE Drives: 2014 CRT LT Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Cleveland Posts: 151	Find a local Machine Shop that can custom cut Aluminum covers. light weight and good looking

07-14-2015, 02:33 PM	#10
c5Legend Camaro5 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: WA Posts: 1,155	Put a sticker over it __________________ My Build '11 Chrysler 300 Limited / '10 Camaro 2LT

07-14-2015, 03:43 PM	#11
KR4545 Drives: 2012 2SS Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: NYC area Posts: 304	spray adhesive and fabric?

07-14-2015, 03:56 PM	#12
TIREKLR Drives: 2015 zl1 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 308	That's the kind of stuff that makes me not sleep at night haha I am so OCD ....I would have to replace that panel!!!

07-14-2015, 04:01 PM	#13
Fred 6528 Drives: 2011 ss Join Date: May 2013 Location: va Posts: 983	[ATTACH][/ATTACH] Attached Images

07-14-2015, 04:01 PM	#14
Fireman124 Drives: 45th convertible ss Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Illinois Posts: 108	At a minimum have them get the new panel and then you have it. Go with other ideas and check with an upholstery shop and see what they can do. You can always change the panel if you don't like what the upholstery shop does.