If you can get a side marker that mimics the same shape as your reflector that u used to have up front... that is clear with a clear bulb that shines yellow when activated... then cool... otherwise take the badge off, and do it in black chrome or a brushed finish without the black to match the wheels.... just a few ideas...

 

Thats sick... never seen one flipped like this!!! I love that front lip...

 

I hate you!!

 

I agree, and if it was cheap/easy I'd do it, but that's a good few hundred in body work.

 

this car right here is my favorite one i've seen. The wheels are the same ones i've always envisioned putting on here

 

^ That, is hot.

 

CL... that is sweet...and I see the side marker lamp too... plus those meats would let you ut all that HP on the tarmac where it belongs!!!

BTW... that front end on yur GTO is $ bro!

 

if I had to choose Id say badge Scott....fo sho.

Wish it didnt have holes behind it. shaved would be the way to go


maybe even black chrome it

 

There's a car in that first pic? Huh.

CL - I'd debadge and patch the holes...putting in the light would be plan B...plan C, leave the badge.

Jaber - you made the GTO look good...impressive.

 

those wheels are nice.

 

I'm hardly ever crazy about gold painted rims. about the only car that can 1/2 way pull it off is last generation WRX Sti. i don't mind black or silver or chrome. but gold is just however the chick standing there

 

ya, if there was no hole, it would have been off the day I got it just like the other badges that came off on day one that didn't have holes behind them

 

That's what 99% of people said when I had black/bronze wheels.....2 years later it was the rage. Gold is picking up at full force!!!

 

that's what i was thinking. just debadge it.
DEBADGED>either
light>badge

 

I have gold rims on my CL and everyone thinks its pretty hot

 

Gold looks good on black, white, red and blue cars. Some silver cars can pull it off.... any other color and gold will look funky.

That blue GTO is sweet though.... does the CV8 come with a CF rear valence? I'm normally against any unpainted CF on a car, but that's better than the G T O that's on there, plus the CF looks great with the smoked tails. You don't have the G T O valence still, do you?

 

I would go with the badge. I'm not a fan of the light.

 

badge or shaved > light.

 

No, the guy who owns that car made that rear for himself. I'm actually thinking about seeing if he'll do one for me... I do have the GTO valence still...but painted a dark black

 

keep the badge over the light.

 

I would either put the side marker on or shave it since you have the Holden front. What badge do you have on the rear? Holden or Pontiac? I don't think it looks right with the Holden front and Pontiac everything else.

 

I agree, I don't think it looks right. Unfortunately I do have the pontiac logo on the back. I had wanted it completely shaved but had some miscommunication with the body shop when they did the work...and they did work for me for free so I didn't want to push it.

That said....I WILL NOT put the holden emblem on the back because it's very gaudy to me.

 

sidemarker fo sho.

 

Not feeling the sidemarker.

I'd either leave the badge... or maybe paint it body color as was mentioned earlier if you don't want it to stand out.

 

I think the badge is too tacky, looks like da Judge... Filling and matching the paint would cost a small fortune - money better saved toward a maggie or wheels . Lights are $90 and add to the WTF factor.

I have the Monaro front too, and you can always spot the car people - they do a double take. With the badges, they eventually go - "Oh... it's a GTO..."

Badges? We don't need no steenkin badges!

 

just got back from AUS this week and i like the look of the Monaro even though it is slight differences... i say yes to the sidemarker...

 

Hemhaw, who did you order from? How was the install?

 

I'd keep the badge. The side marker reminds me too much of the jdm scene. Plus with your other turn signal already on the side of the bumper looking to be the same size, it'd just be too much I think. Personally, I don't think it flows together.

 

FYI cocoa, I no longer have the side marker on my front bumper, that went away when I got the new front bumper

 

In that case, then it'll look good. Just spray paint it orange. You can get those tail light spray paints at Super Autobacs. Nowthat will look good. But only if it's orange. I don't like the clear ones...looks too cheap.

 

I got mine from an Aussie on Ebay, but it wasn't really any cheaper than JHP.com. You can also try Sean Beatty at Hunter Holden.

The install wasn't bad. Solder on 4-5 feet of wire onto the pigtails, shrink wrap and tape.
After removing the badges and getting all the goo off, Run an electrician's fish tape (maybe a coat hanger)through the hole, up over the fender liner and back down to the ground.
Tape the bulb connector to the end of the fish tape and pull it through. The actual fixtures just snap into the holes.
To connect the other end you have to splice into the wires going to the turn signal connectors. That means pulling the battery out on one side and moving the airbox temporarily on the other.

The whole deal took me about 90 minutes.

PS - Cocoa - The Monaro bumper doesn't have the sidemarkers in it like the Pontiac bumper. It's definitely ricey if you wire them up to be on all the time, less so if they are only on with the flashers (IMO). Also, the bulbs are amber.

 

you know what, you've got an idea. I've always hated clear corners (noticed I like you never put them on my first gen, pretty much refused)


I think it may look pretty good painted orange.....only problem is I'm not sure I want to do a $90 "test" as i'm a cheap bastard.


Anyone photoshop?????