I am thinking of converting the front grill of my 68 to hideaway headlight, any good websites you could recommend with a quality kit?

 

Rickscamaro.com

 

I am thinking I would like to so the same on mine. Anyone here have any idea on how hard it is to do yourself?

 

taking a standard camaro to an rs. you need to buy the metal brace that goes in the fender because std dont have it. i would go with a aftermarket electric motor kit becasue putting in the vacume system like the original is going to be a bare and alot more parts are needed. to do a complete swap to make it look like a true rs is to get a new lower valance becasue thats where the turn signals are. and new tail light lenses because they are all red and the backups are under the rear bumper. then you need all the grille and hinges and brackets to hang the doors.

 

I have done a lot of searches after i posted this, I read many times most guys have made the swap in under a few hours. with a kit that came with everything even the fender brackets.

 

Thefley, those pictures of your 68 are from Atlas Muscle, is that where you bought the car?

 

That's where I got my entire kit. Even though my car is originally an RS, I still purchased the conversion kit (the old system was broken). I finally installed it about a month ago and it works great. No issues yet!

1967 Camaro RS/SS lights - YouTube

 

i knew there were kits. but i never had looked into them. my 68 is a factory rs and the original system still works fine 98% of the time. the switch sticks a little so sometimes you have to open the hood and tap the valve sometimes

 

yea, I looked at it and found a lot of issues with it even before I bought it. I was looking for a project and thought this would be an easy one as body work and paint is already done.

 

Nice to know! anyone else have any pros and/or cons with the rickscamaros package?