The Official Sixth Gen Camaro Thread!

[CALL_911]

Is there a way to dechrome it? It's the only thing I think I'd change about it- way too much chrome and I really don't like those LEDs on the front.

[MrH]

There's a lot of chrome.  I feel like the dechroming would be a project spanning multiple years

Actually, I think Australia sells a lot of piano black trim, but it's really expensive.  I'd honestly just take it to a shop, identify everything you'd want to get power coated, and see what it would cost.  I'd remove all the trim myself, bring it to a shop, then reinstall it all.

[veeman]

Yeah, the 20% off sale requires delivery to be taken by July 8th. If the price is ~10k high its a much tougher decision, and I'd probably just stick with my S4 in that case.

Ahhh, now I understand your rush. 

BTW, I think the chrome looks fine  

[FlatBlackCaddy]

There's a lot of chrome.  I feel like the dechroming would be a project spanning multiple years

Actually, I think Australia sells a lot of piano black trim, but it's really expensive.  I'd honestly just take it to a shop, identify everything you'd want to get power coated, and see what it would cost.  I'd remove all the trim myself, bring it to a shop, then reinstall it all.

Yes, I'd power coat it, power coat the shit out of it.

Really though, none of this "chrome" is actually real chrome on real metal. It's probably vacuum metalized plastic chrome.

SJ, if you really didn't like the chrome then I'd use some plastidip(TEMPORARILY, to judge effect, otherwise it's garbage) to matte black out what you would want to change. If it looked good, then actually removing the pieces, prepping them and applying a exterior black trim product(SEM makes a nice OEM look trim black, good product) would do the trick.

Probably wouldn't be all that hard, be a saturday project.

[MrH]

Yeah, I don't know what's plastic and what's metal on it.

Some guy replaced all the interior trim with black piano trim from Australia.  Looked great.

[68_427]

I LOVE the metal interior trim.  There is a such thing as too much black.  As for the outside take it to a place and just have it wrapped black, or brushed aluminum, or black chrome etc.  That way it's reversible.

[12,000 RPM]

Yea with the deals they are offering on these things getting a wrap is not a bad idea at all

[CaminoRacer]

Or just leave it be. having seen a few in person it's not a glaring issue at all

[SJ_GTI]

IMHO the car looks much better (re: more aggressive) in person. IIRC some of the chrome was removed in either 2015 or 2016 as well. I doubt I will change anything cosmetic in the near term. I will need to spend some money to get winter wheels/tires so that is ~2k in expenses coming in a few months anyway.

[12,000 RPM]

I wonder if steelies will fit. These look like Caprices too. Cheapo wheels and you will be able to part highways like Moses did the Red Sea

[FoMoJo]

IMHO the car looks much better (re: more aggressive) in person. IIRC some of the chrome was removed in either 2015 or 2016 as well. I doubt I will change anything cosmetic in the near term. I will need to spend some money to get winter wheels/tires so that is ~2k in expenses coming in a few months anyway.

Did you get it?

[SJ_GTI]

Did you get it?

Not yet. Issue is the local dealer(s) only have automatics, I want a manual transmission. I am supposed to get a call later today to get an update on progress. The issue, as I understand it, is whether this dealer has something in stock that another dealer will want.

[giant_mtb]

I can spread my hand and touch the dashboard and ceiling at the same time. 

That is so incredibly bad.

[GoCougs]

So I've seen quite a few new Camaros IRL, and I have to say, as an enthusiast and aficionado, even I have to look twice and look hard to notice the difference between the 5th gen and 6th gen, which means most who see the new Camaro can't really tell a difference. The Mustang OTOH of course looks totally different, and I have to say, the looks have grown on me, at least the GT350 with its nose not so blunt. The ass is still too wide, but the proportions definitely stand out WRT the Camaro.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Same here! It's just too similar to the Updated 5th Gen!

[Vinsanity]

Same here! It's just too similar to the Updated 5th Gen!

Supposedly Camaro owners actually like feeling cocooned in their cars...according to the designers at Chevy, at least. So the bunker-on-wheels feel is officially a Camaro thing now, I guess. Shame, that chassis is supposed to be a masterpiece.

[SJ_GTI]

I was surprised how big it looks in person. I think it is technically about the same size as my car, but it looks a lot bigger in person. Maybe its the long hood...?

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I was surprised how big it looks in person. I think it is technically about the same size as my car, but it looks a lot bigger in person. Maybe its the long hood...?

It looks a LOT smaller to me! Especially when parked next to a 5th Gen.....

[12,000 RPM]

I was surprised how big it looks in person. I think it is technically about the same size as my car, but it looks a lot bigger in person. Maybe its the long hood...?

It's as long as an E39.... but as small inside as a BRZ....

And it's not like the E39 was snub nosed..... it just doesn't make sense to me

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

It's as long as an E39.... but as small inside as a BRZ....

And it's not like the E39 was snub nosed..... it just doesn't make sense to me

All three Pony Cars have always had long noses! it take room to stuff a big V8 in the front of these things!

[MX793]

All three Pony Cars have always had long noses! it take room to stuff a big V8 in the front of these things!

E39 came with a V8.  Also an I6, which is longer than a V8.

[CaminoRacer]

Doesn't have the awesome seating position and view over the hood though.

The further back you sit, the more fun it is to drift

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

E39 came with a V8.  Also an I6, which is longer than a V8.

I was reffering more to the older models that these new cars are designed after. You guys act like these cars are the same size as a 65 Caddy! Do we really want these cars to have front overhangs the same length of a Civic?

[Raza]

I was surprised how big it looks in person. I think it is technically about the same size as my car, but it looks a lot bigger in person. Maybe its the long hood...?

It's because despite being the same physical size as your car, it has roughly four times the amount of body panel surface area, owing to the revolutionary lack of any windows.

[MrH]

It looks a LOT smaller to me! Especially when parked next to a 5th Gen.....

Yeah. 5th gens looks huge. But the new 6th gen

[12,000 RPM]

I'm feeling like you sit as far back in an E39 as you do in a Camaro though... if not very close

Do we really want these cars to have front overhangs the same length of a Civic?

Yes...older Civics

[SJ_GTI]

It looks a LOT smaller to me! Especially when parked next to a 5th Gen.....

When you mean smaller, you mean versus the old Camaro I assume. I was speaking in more general terms

I think I was expecting something ATS sized, but it seemed more CTS sized (but without the backseat).

[CaminoRacer]

I'm feeling like you sit as far back in an E39 as you do in a Camaro though... if not very close




Yes...older Civics

Nah, look at the distance from your butt to the rear axle. It's much closer in the pony cars.

[12,000 RPM]

Hip point seems centered between the front and rear wheels. Plus that doesn't explain the Camaro's tiny ass trunk. If the front seat is further back it's not that much further back.

[MX793]

Driver is sitting 2/3 of the way back in the Camaro versus right at or just ahead of the center point in the Bimmer.

Also, when scaling, the Camaro is wearing 20" wheels.  I think the Bimmer is on 17s.