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Old 08-04-2008 | 12:41 PM
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Mail slot suggestions

I have a suggestion: Why cant the mail slot be moved from the front facia to the hood area? Would this not create a functional air slot? I feel it looks better. Here is a horrible chop.

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Old 08-04-2008 | 01:08 PM
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Interesting thought ... kinda makes me think of a firebird though.
Old 08-04-2008 | 02:30 PM
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You might see an aftermarket company do that and give you a fascia with no slot in it. So it will have to be fascia + hood combo. However, it’s way more expensive to produce slotted hoods than slotted fascias.
Old 08-04-2008 | 03:45 PM
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I thought the same thing. Just move the slot up to the hood therefore you can make it functional.
Old 08-04-2008 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by savage99ss
I have a suggestion: Why cant the mail slot be moved from the front facia to the hood area? Would this not create a functional air slot? I feel it looks better. Here is a horrible chop.

Photo 1 is the original. .

Photo 2 is the chop.

Let me know what you think?
those headlights look so much better. it looks more aggressive.
Old 08-04-2008 | 06:16 PM
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Somebody needs to cut the mail slot open and adapt a 4th gen airlid. I wonder if there is room?

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Old 08-04-2008 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by christianjax
I thought the same thing. Just move the slot up to the hood therefore you can make it functional.
Better yet, move it up to the hood so that those who don't want it can get rid of it just by changing the hood.

Bob
Old 08-04-2008 | 07:09 PM
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Good idea.
Old 08-04-2008 | 07:20 PM
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I still want to put a KITT scanner light in it.
Old 08-04-2008 | 10:07 PM
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Guess Im in the minority here. I think any scoop in the hood completely ruins the cowl lines.
Old 08-04-2008 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 5thgen69camaro
Guess Im in the minority here. I think any scoop in the hood completely ruins the cowl lines.
I agree, and I agree that if it were moved right up to the hood it would be great, because someone could make a hood that jutted forward and filled it in..
Old 08-05-2008 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by WhiteHawk
Somebody needs to cut the mail slot open and adapt a 4th gen airlid. I wonder if there is room?

-Geoff
Hood latch is in the way...
Old 08-05-2008 | 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by 5thgen69camaro
Guess Im in the minority here. I think any scoop in the hood completely ruins the cowl lines.
Originally Posted by Freak
I agree, and I agree that if it were moved right up to the hood it would be great, because someone could make a hood that jutted forward and filled it in..

3rd it.
I like the mail slot just as much as the slot-less one. But putting iton the hood looks kinda cheezy.
Old 08-05-2008 | 07:29 PM
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Good idea.
I second that.
Old 08-05-2008 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Freak
I agree, and I agree that if it were moved right up to the hood it would be great, because someone could make a hood that jutted forward and filled it in..
Yeah but I wonder how many people just want it moved to the hood so they can replace the hood rather than the bumper cover? Replacing it by the way with the smooth cowl hood the car has now. i can take or leave that Z06 ram air in the bumper cover but the hood as it stands without the Mail slot and with the unmolested cowl is perfect.

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3rd it.
I like the mail slot just as much as the slot-less one. But putting iton the hood looks kinda cheezy.
Thank you!

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