Ground Effects Recall ?

[TLSTWIN]

Originally Posted by mtcwby

I bought the car in Canal Winchester, OH at Bob McDorman Chevrolet.
It was the first SS in Ohio.

No it wasn't....

[PoleCat2SSRS2010]

[QUOTE=BalogUK;497695]i've got the GFX install packet in front of me and by the looks of it- whoever did the install cut some maaaajor corners...

the parts list for installing the front splitter consists of:
1 Splitter
2 Clamps
8 Expansion Rivets
4 Permanent aluminum rivets
2 U-nuts
drilling of holes to mount splitter is required.
and the preinstalled adhesives which requires 24hrs to fully cure and requires the car NOT be driven during the curing process.
QUOTE]

It looks like the bottom line here is that all buyers of cars with the ground effects installed will have to inspect for the use of the the above hardware.
This seems to make sense.

Thanks.

[Camaro_Corvette]

Hmmm, whoever installed the GFX kit should have noticed something wrong. I call Fail on the kit installer...

[TJ91]

All i want to say is thanks to the OP for letting us know.
I really like the chin spoiler, the rest is not to wow for me but it still looks great, i hope the aftermarket will have an identical chin spoiler for cheaper.

[wyocamaro]

Anyone having to wait on te GFX due to a "packaging problem" in shipping from GM? Dealer says had to wait on it since they could not ship. GFX was getting damaged in transit, so stoppoed all and repackaged. Now I have to wait a few more days!!

[mtcwby]

[QUOTE=PoleCat2SSRS2010;502035]

Originally Posted by BalogUK

i've got the GFX install packet in front of me and by the looks of it- whoever did the install cut some maaaajor corners...

the parts list for installing the front splitter consists of:
1 Splitter
2 Clamps
8 Expansion Rivets
4 Permanent aluminum rivets
2 U-nuts
drilling of holes to mount splitter is required.
and the preinstalled adhesives which requires 24hrs to fully cure and requires the car NOT be driven during the curing process.
QUOTE]

It looks like the bottom line here is that all buyers of cars with the ground effects installed will have to inspect for the use of the the above hardware.
This seems to make sense.

Thanks.

No it wasn't a mistake on the part of the installer. They used all of the above parts. There are plenty of screws, clips, etc holding the chin
piece on. The problem lies with the fact that the clips are on the corners just in front of the front wheel wells, and the screws are on the underside all across by the rubber air dam. The 3M tape is used all across the front, directly below the lower grille. The GFX was installed for 5 days before I was able to fly to Ohio to get the car, so it had plenty of time to cure. The wind took the front down until it was rubbing on the ground. If it wasn't for the clips in the corners and fasteners on the underside, the whole piece would have completely been ripped off. This is definitely a recall, I'm in CO and a dealer in Denver is the one that turned it in and is going to replace it when the new one comes in. Whenever that might be.

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by wyocamaro

Anyone having to wait on te GFX due to a "packaging problem" in shipping from GM? Dealer says had to wait on it since they could not ship. GFX was getting damaged in transit, so stoppoed all and repackaged. Now I have to wait a few more days!!

Another woops. Can you imagine all the 1000's of things that could go wrong. Now GM has to repackage the GFX... How would you know that packaging was gonna fail...

Well, the good new is they've found the problem and are fixing it...

Bad new is you have to wait.

Sorry bro.

[BalogUK]

[QUOTE=mtcwby;502319]

Originally Posted by PoleCat2SSRS2010

No it wasn't a mistake on the part of the installer. They used all of the above parts. There are plenty of screws, clips, etc holding the chin
piece on. The problem lies with the fact that the clips are on the corners just in front of the front wheel wells, and the screws are on the underside all across by the rubber air dam. The 3M tape is used all across the front, directly below the lower grille. The GFX was installed for 5 days before I was able to fly to Ohio to get the car, so it had plenty of time to cure. The wind took the front down until it was rubbing on the ground. If it wasn't for the clips in the corners and fasteners on the underside, the whole piece would have completely been ripped off. This is definitely a recall, I'm in CO and a dealer in Denver is the one that turned it in and is going to replace it when the new one comes in. Whenever that might be.

good to know man! so this is definitely the gen 1 version cause you've got all the parts located per the diagram... guess im glad i'm still at 1100 haha...

[mtcwby]

[QUOTE=BalogUK;502336]

Originally Posted by mtcwby

good to know man! so this is definitely the gen 1 version cause you've got all the parts located per the diagram... guess im glad i'm still at 1100 haha...

Too bad they didn't look at how they attached the older Generation GFX
pkgs on the Camaros, They used to use clips all across the front end.

[meissen]

Another confirmed case of the ground effects ripping off in Eastpointe. That's two first hand that I know of just in the Metro Detroit area.

[JohnnyCamaro]

This is JohnnyCamaro AKA John Cox from Chevy Accessories. I want to ensure there is accurate info out there for everyone.

1. There is no recall for the Camaro Ground Effects regarding the front splitter
2. There has been an issue regarding these kits due to a dealer installation issue. While some postings are correct that 3M tape is used, and must be cured for 24 hrs before full install, there are also several rivets. There are 16 rivets on an SS and 12 rivets on a base that will hold this in place.
3. It is important to ensure that the dealer installed these rivets and that they did so properly. The dealer has to drill and use rivets into the fascia. When doing this correctly as described in the installation instructions, there are no issues.
A training video and more communication is being done to ensure that the dealer is aware of the issue and installing properly.

Thanks,

JohnnyCamaro

[GTAHVIT]

Thanks very much for the clarification.

Much appreciated!

[BalogUK]

excellent clarification- thanks John!

-whew!

[Spaceballone]

Originally Posted by JohnnyCamaro

This is JohnnyCamaro AKA John Cox from Chevy Accessories. I want to ensure there is accurate info out there for everyone.

1. There is no recall for the Camaro Ground Effects regarding the front splitter
2. There has been an issue regarding these kits due to a dealer installation issue. While some postings are correct that 3M tape is used, and must be cured for 24 hrs before full install, there are also several rivets. There are 16 rivets on an SS and 12 rivets on a base that will hold this in place.
3. It is important to ensure that the dealer installed these rivets and that they did so properly. The dealer has to drill and use rivets into the fascia. When doing this correctly as described in the installation instructions, there are no issues.
A training video and more communication is being done to ensure that the dealer is aware of the issue and installing properly.

Thanks,

JohnnyCamaro

Great, yes thanks for the info. Now my next question is i see other Camaro's with the body color on the G-FX package. Are the dealers capable of doing this or are people taking these to a professional body shop to get done?