Been thinking about it for awhile

What you think ..

http://image.camaroperformers.com/f/...+left_side.jpg

been my wall paper for a couple years now not many killer sportcoupes around there are a select few on tgo

 

Just remember it's more than just taking them off and calling it a day. You'll need a new nose, new rear bumper, and the holes from the rockers to be filled and it all painted...

 

i know

nothing comes easy to get what you want

i was thinking of using front bumper and converting it to sportcoupe bumper might be alot of work but havent seen it done on tgo

 

I know this is a stupid point, but SC's are so cheap, why not just buy one and build it like you want? Either way you are gonna spend good money, so why mess with a perfectly good Iroc? (Coming from a guy that took a SC and made a 92 Z tribute out of it) LOL

 

i agree

but i look at it like this it would take too much work to make a fully restored iroc back to original and i had no intentions of keeping it original and its just bumper and removing gfx filling holes etc sould be just as easy to go back if i wanted to

Is it perfectly good Iroc .. Yes it is

would it be fully restored to stock probably not in my life time
if i wanted to keep it stock i would of found a good canidate aka iroc and fully restore i would love to have a original iroc one day but not now

if i was to buy another project it would be a thirdgen formula and wife would kill me if i brought on another project im still not done with my irocz and im do to PCS soon so that would be a pain

also SC maybe easy to find for you but out in Cali i havent seen maybe a handful in the past year

 

Buy a real sport coupe or all the real SC guys are gonna laugh at you and call you a phony

 

I hear ya. Believe me, I'm for anyone doing what ever they want with their car. (unless it's rare). There's not much original to my car either so I say make it like you want it. It would definately be an "out of the norm" modification.

 

i doubt that... if it looks good

nobody calls out all the phony clone ss camaro nova chevelles that make you wet your pants

 

I like out of the norm

 

There are very few sport coupes I like. If done right they look mean as hell. But I wouldn't go through all the work to convert it. Your car looks great as an Iroc.

 

lol thanks on the complement but too me its far from done and not 100% happy with it

but i do like the challenge and it would be rewarding to create a mean sportcoupe

it alot of work doing anything to a thirdgen even changing the brake booster is a pain lol

i also think that majority would rather fix up gfx car than non gfx due to the fact there are so few sportcoupe guys modding theres to the extent of gfx guys so its natural for gfx to be more popular

 

Turning a IROC-Z into a "Berlinetta" ????

 

good eye
but no exactly like that one pic i posted it was just a example i will keep spoiler among other things

 

if your really gonna go through all the work....

Then that better be one mean *** Sport Coupe

 

off course front bumper wont be stock tho there would be some slight modifications done to it to improve the look

ive been thinking about it for awhile now a year or so putting together different ideas so this is no hasty decison lol been meaing to sketch some renderings i wish i new how to play with photo shop better lol

i might do it unsure yet im changing duty stations and might be staying on base so we will have to see and in mist of drivetrain upgrades and wife pregant with first child ...so when i settle down at new command exterior would prob be next just too much going on to focus on it

 

What would be so hard about getting your IROC back to stock? I'd just wait, save up and buy a sports coupe and have both, but it's your car man. Whatever you do, I agree they can look good.

Very few S/C's are pulled off properly and I pretty much hate wagon wheels on everything, but somehow this dude managed to do both.

 

stock i mean fully restored back to stock ...not putting stock springs and wheels and call it stock ill just go on craigslist to a buy a stock one lol

saving up is not the issue.... its just i get a idea in my head then i just want try it out if it doesnt work out then back to drawing board

yes it would be easier to just get s/c

and like i posted before i been thinking about it for awhile i havent made a decision to go ahead to do it just been thinking about it and thought i would make a thread on what i was thinking about and i wont do it if it wont turn out right

but its not like i cant throw back on the gfx if it doesnst turn out right lol
nothing i would try would be permanent unless it looks good like trying the bumber on and getting the stance right etc etc

 

I think that you should do it! I am a huge SC fan even though my current corral doesn't really show it lol. I think that if your on a fence at all about the look that you should spend a couple hundred bucks and have someone do a rendering of the look your going for. Maybe good money spent if you decide that its NOT actually where you want to go. Get the ultra low stance set, and your front bumper mods done, remove your GFX and bolt the bumpers on before you start welding up all the holes... then you really can go back if needed.

You might think about just selling your IROC and picking up a old grandma SC and finishing your swap into the SC to save some body work. Might make enough money to help fund better parts in other areas... Coil over kit it will need to ride right

I really need to scan old pics... I deleted the 3 nose holes on my old sc, and it looked great even just in primer and guide coat.

 

thats a good idea on the rendering part im search it up online

me to i love SC and firebird formulas

it will be a mean low stance

Wheels and stance make or break a SC its so simple but majority people dont do it right

this is exactly what im thinking lol if i dont like ill just return back
"and your front bumper mods done, remove your GFX and bolt the bumpers on before you start welding up all the holes... then you really can go back if needed"

your right i just dont see myself selling it anytime soon tho lol
i guess if the offer right this is and will be my daily driver
no garge/trailer queen as it was before before i blew 700r4

"You might think about just selling your IROC and picking up a old grandma SC and finishing your swap into the SC to save some body work"

i would like to see that
"I really need to scan old pics... I deleted the 3 nose holes on my old sc, and it looked great even just in primer and guide coat"

i know i will stir up peoples emotions creating Iroc-Z/SportCoupe

 

Who cares!!! LOL! From time to time I see a smoking deal on an IROC with a crappy paint, and cracked bumped on CL, and I have the same thoughts.

 

i know i dont care lol or i wouldnt never made a thread
the sportcoupes i seen hevent been the best of shape you can guy gfx and decent running condtion for cheap so i always think that

if i was to get a sportcoupe the ones ive found atleast it would be taking a major step back i already have a good start point already

what do search for to find some one to do a car rendering

 

It's your car and money so do what you want, but IMO the GFX cars look 1000 times better. Would I take an SC for the right price-sure, but I would never make my car into one. I vote keep the IROC an IROC and pick up a SC or Berley and go from there.

 

this makes me chuckle
but thanks for the vote tho lol

just a update: having a pic photo shop with the new wheels im going to run

 

who wants to see some photoshop pics ?

sorry to the memeber i borrowed pic from it was for a good cause wink wink

thats no modification to bumper and deleting the 3 upper vents on bumper

having another person coming up with a rendering also

its not perfect but you can see my vision couple other renderings to come

 

It looks pretty good man. Shave the side marker light while your shaving stuff

 

better idea on the wheel color

full matte textured gunmetal
or
matte textured gunmetal with satin blak lip

clean low and mean

Zr1 1 blue Camaro/CtsV Brembos up front matching pbr calipers rear

hmmmm if only i can pull out the exact vision in my head

 

lol i dont thinkg im going to shave anything i prob put clear side markers

i prob keep my tail lights tinted with the black wing also

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/memb...-how-look.html

like in this thread the look has grown on me and like it more

 

Why not use the wheels you got? I think those would look pretty mean on there. Not saying the ones on the GTR wouldn't look better, but they look like your gonna need to start sell organs to pay for them.

 

LOL no i just posted those pics for the color combo for the wheels not the actual wheels

another example

not the actual wheels just the color combination on the wheels i will put on

wheels on the photoshop car are ones i have now lol

i dont have enough organs to to pay for those lmao

 

Alittle Lower Stance i think this the sweet spot

added the 3 Bumper air slots

Any body want too donate Sportcoupe bumper for a good cause lmao

 

I like most everything about the orange camaro except the wheels and the 3slots in the upper center of the bumper, now the lower part of the front bumper looks super slick. If you could add that slick lower to the non-slotted IROC bumper cover support you'd have a winner.

 

Thats kinda what i was thinking as the iroc front turn signals and grill look better

i wish i could get a side by side comparison of the two bumpers

the Irocs Bumpper looks like its angled more out
and
sport coupe is Angled more in
if that makes Since ???

 

It's your car do what you want. I like the clean look of a sport coupe, I know I'm a little biased...Where I live when I see another 3rd gen its usually a Z28(or Iroc) or sometimes an RS hardly ever a sport coupe.




Mark.

 

"It's your car do what you want"

If i got a nickel every time i heard that

I hardly see them also in southern Ca

 

"If I got a nickel everytime I heard that"

Yeah I know I thought that same thing when I wrote it, didn't know how else to say it....but it is what it is, And there's another one for the nickel thing.

Mark.

 

lol made me chuckle its all good
it enlighten my day

 

Hmm what would be a good name ?

IROC-Coupe or IROC-C or IROC-lsXCoupe

just having fun !

 

1nasty86 and mw66nova have the best looking non gfs camaros on here

 

i agree .. the few the proud

its all about stance and wheels its a simple,yet mean look

im thinking keeping iroc bumper with custom chin spoiler to blend with the sportcoupe body something different with the right stance

i showed the wife a few ideas and she loved it also

i cant wait to start on it

 

I love everything about it! I really like the subtle mods to the front bumper, and I actually like the three slots in the bumper (I may be a bit biased there though). Like many have said, to make a sport coupe look mean, the stance is very important.

 

I agree

 

i wish you were closer, i have a sportcoupe bumper in my shop attic taking up space...shipping this across country would be a train wreck though.

 

I feel so special that you used my pic to do that... I love the sc's but i have a few thoughts.... 1, as previously mentioned, most sc's are just plain out destroyed. nobody cared about them when they were new so most were just driven to death. 2, the gfx cars were usually much better cared for and therefore usually found in better shape.

My thoughts on it.... If your car is to far gone to restore it back to stock reasonably then go for it. Otherwise look for a good condition SC or an RS and go from there....

 

the only problem i have with this is that 1990 was a half production year, and the last year for the IROC (nobody's mentioned this yet, i'm surprised). if i had a 1990 white iroc, i'd probably leave it alone.

what color stripe package does yours have? if it's the grey and yellow, i'll reach all the way across from GA and pimp slap you if you do an SC clone with it.

 

Yes it would be

Awww lol your pic was best ive found on here.. i agree most sportcoupes are just plain destroyed im in military with no garage or anywhere to take on that type of project wish i can buy a house but that be a 2 hour drive to work from where i want to buy a house

i dont have original engine or trans, undercarriage seen better days last owner decided to jack it up anywhere he pleased

Good eye didnt think anyone would notice
90 model year was the lowest production year out of all the years also
it was the last year of the iroc

when i got car there was no stripes on only the door decal which was grey
ill have to double check rpo codes, paint is original, 1990 also had the yellow dash emblem also only for the 90 year

original engine was l98 also

what makes the silver/yellow strips so special ? Im not too knowledgable when it comes to decals

 

jbenge needs to be on the super coupe list.

 

I agree


.. also it wont be totally be a permanent thing i would beable to go back to stock .. im going to use front bumper still and see how that looks.asumming i can get the custom chin spoiler right.. if that doest work out ill go and use sportcoupe bumper ..

Just cant do anything till i change duty stations lol in a couple of months

 

white with grey/yellow stripes was one of the lowest produced color combos on one of the lowest produced models (only available 89-90 i believe) and one of the best looking in my opinion.

my car is also a 1990, but was a 3.1RS with a billion miles on it, and was ragged to crap. i picked it up sitting on blocks in front of a single-wide. the gfx were hammered and the bumpers tattered. i had a good condition set of 87 sc bumpers, already, and that's what made my decision.

it will be quazi-permanent. you have to drill out spot welds to get the rocker gfx bracket off.

 

i see

yea i had no stripes on camaro maybe they took them off who knows lol
only rpo code i found was 86A which IIRC is for all stripe colors

i actually like the yellow stripe just seen some pics think would look good with matching brake brembo cailpers and gunmetal wheels hmmmm think out loud