Caprice + g8 front clip!

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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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The car that Buford T. Justice drove in the first 'Smokey and the Bandit'. Well, actually, it was a LeMans with a light bar, but the idea was......
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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Looks like a fat pissed off neon srt4....I like it
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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So if the OP's is possible then this is possible for a caprice:

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Found on the Just Commodores site.
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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The the SS front end should bolt right......the only problem is finding that front clip at a decent price!
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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Any more photos of the car since completion? Looks REALLY good in my opinion!
2011 9c1

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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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Looks pretty cool. I've thought about hood with scoops/vents but I've heard they add drag so it's not such a priority anymore. Can anyone confirm if those G8 headlights are swappable with the Caprice without any other front end parts? Surprisingly, I haven't seen any threads about swapping headlights between the two.
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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Think the headlights are quite different as to how the interface with the fenders and the hoods. So no swapping. Even how the bumpers surround the G8 headlights is quite different to the caprice. n I saw one G8 guy try to do an SS bumper and I think headlights on the G8, not a good fit.
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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I think your right. They look like the shape is the same but the G8 headlights are a little thinner or longer. The tail lights have some similarities too but again, I think they are slightly smaller.
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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thirdgenfarmer wrote:Any more photos of the car since completion? Looks REALLY good in my opinion!
He has pics in his For Sale ad on the GRRRRRR8 forum. Looks pretty decent.
Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas
2012 Caprice 9C1
1992 B4C 1LE Camaro
2018 Tahoe PPV (her car)
1995 DGGM Impala SS
1985 Firebird - 310 LS1 C Prepared autocross car.
1980 Bluebird Wanderlodge
And some others
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Re: Caprice + g8 front clip!

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OP never mentioned it in this thread but I guess that is a 2014. interesting.

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