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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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I saw some bumpers for c4's on ebay that covert to the c5 look. Has anyone tried these?
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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they have. You shouldn't.
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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the best c4 to c5 conversion i ever saw its the one GM made in 1997
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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the best c4 to c5 conversion i ever saw its the one GM made in 1997

LOL!!!!!
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 08:50 PM
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biggest plus that i saw with the c5 bumper was what sat behind it........LS1
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hey i'm loookin for a chrome 84-90 bumper
any of you ?
please ? WTB WTB !


oh dont worry,i'll adapt some old bumper to my 87
oh i can't wait to finish this project
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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chrome 84-90 bumper
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Calderone
hey i'm loookin for a chrome 84-90 bumper
any of you ?
please ? WTB WTB !


oh dont worry,i'll adapt some old bumper to my 87
oh i can't wait to finish this project

Sammy, what are you drinking down there?

Jim
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Originally Posted by Calderone
the best c4 to c5 conversion i ever saw its the one GM made in 1997
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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Although lots of people disagree, I don't think they're too bad appearance-wise if done well. What's the point, though? In order to do this, one pays for the parts, bodywork and good paint on top of pizzing away whatever value was left in his C4.

The C5 is the new C4... if you want one, get one.
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Never saw one that was done right not sure they can be
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Another thought; C5's really aren't much more expensive than C4's now. Obviously, a Crossfire doesn't cost the same as an '04 z06, but a friend of mine is looking at a '98 with 65k miles for $16,500, when I paid $15k for my '96 LT4.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Thanhs for the input....... It was just a thought.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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If you like it...do it

I thought about it because I think that it is unique but the kit and lights were more than I wanted to spend. You will get the same opinions here of any ground effects, spoilers, etc... because many feel that the cars look good as is. Yours is the only opinion that matters on your car though
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I've seen one and it was a real C5 bumper that was modified for a C4.

Looked stupid.
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Originally Posted by Calderone
the best c4 to c5 conversion i ever saw its the one GM made in 1997
If you want the C5 look wait a couple more years and buy a C5 in the $10K-$12K range. It will cost you less than your C4 plus the kit, labor and paint to get it installed right.
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Another thought; C5's really aren't much more expensive than C4's now. Obviously, a Crossfire doesn't cost the same as an '04 z06, but a friend of mine is looking at a '98 with 65k miles for $16,500, when I paid $15k for my '96 LT4.
damn you guys are lucky in the US, over in Perth Western Australia, i was looking at a few vettes and for a c4 88 coupe, (they were on special for) $19990, a c5 was $59990, and they even had a 67 427 vert for $119990, no extra zero's either!

mainly due to importing and the c5 was rhd. :-(
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Originally Posted by 96polovette
If you want the C5 look wait a couple more years and buy a C5 in the $10K-$12K range. It will cost you less than your C4 plus the kit, labor and paint to get it installed right.
Yeah good luck with that C5 10-12 range? Maybe for a Roach
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