The Camaro Club (UK)

Took delivery of my Z28 on Wednesday (yesterday) its a thing of beauty! Needs a little bit of TLC in places i.e rubbers on doors, set of plug leads and plugs. Must say Im a bit disappointed that this forum appears to be a ghost town compared with others Ive been a member of. Loads of questions and no one to ask. Is there somewhere else that everyones hiding??

Tell me about, occasionally I see the odd tumbleweed nastyz28.com is where some of them are.

...but welcome to you anyway, and congratulations on purchasing the car! Ask away

Im needing some door rubbers, plug leads and plugs for my first purchase. Been advised on Rock Auto but any advise on plug lead choice?

Need to work out what seals I need for water tightness

howdy and welcome....

it can get quiet here, and i think a few are away at the moment too...

but do ask away and if poss you'll get a reply..

got any pics of the new car ?

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Hi and welcome - a good choice of car

It can be a bit quiet on here, but Camaro owners (pre-4th gen anyway) are getting fewer in the UK as more and more get scrapped. Thankfully those of us that are left are pretty knowledgeable, and you'll always get some replies to your questions.

Rockauto is good for smaller parts, just be aware you may get some unexpected bills from the UK courier when it arrives. Try and select the options that show you paying taxes upfront and avoid the Economy delivery method that ends up with Parcel Force.

There's some other good suppliers - check NPD, Classic Industries, Summit Racing and JEGS to name a few. For bigger orders or bulky items, look at STS Imports who can save you a fortune in shipping costs - provided you don't mind waiting a few months for sea delivery.


For door rubbers, the latest I've heard is to try and look for ones that have metal inserts in the ends, to help with the fit.

For plug wires I've always bought sets that you have to cut to fit and fit the ends on yourself. I guess it depends on how handy you are and whether you are replacing standard ones, or looking for a more custom look, i.e. specific colour or different routing to standard. Do you have headers or stock exhaust manifolds? Any after market plug wire holders?

For spark plugs I would definitely look at RockAuto - looking for the warehouse clearance deals they do. I've seen plugs selling for pennies in the past. - Don't forget to look for a recent RockAuto discount code - there is always a code around that gives you 5% off.

Any other questions - just ask.

BTW - photos are requried

Hello and welcome.

Yes it is very quiet on here, but I think that is a reflection of just how few classic Camaro's are in the UK. Go to most car shows and you will see dozens of Mustangs but very few Camaros.

For a single model forum I think we do pretty well

Congrats on the new purchase! Any pics of it yet?

Yes, as has been mentioned it does get quiet here. At a guess there are probably only a few hundred Camaro's in the UK, maybe just tipping 1,000 divided by 6 gens and not all owners are part of a club, and some of those that are part of a club, will be part of something like a V8 club, or NHRA or something else, so it ends up filtering out a lot of owners from this forum.

Then there's the viscous cycle of people seeing not a lot of posts / not getting answers, then go to other forums and never come back. If looking at the number of Members who have joined and left from it being too quiet, if they stayed there would be a lot more activity. We keep trying though Hopefully a few more folks will stick around.

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I bought Metro Weatherstrips https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.ph ... 5346&jsn=8, yes I know they're not door rubbers but I believe Metro may produce a repop part. I chose Metro since they received a few decent reviews, though I'm still yet to install them.

I bought em' around the time I got the Camaro, I was new to this scene and didn't know of any importers (I wished I had at the time) I would advise STS imports or someone local to you rather than having parts shipped directly from the U.S. retailer, shipping costs and import duty is FAR more expensive that way.

Sorry for the late reply. Ive got pics which I will post up ASAP. Thanks to all who's responded, Ive been to two American meets so far and they're a great set of lads. I think Ive made a good choice in my Camaro!

That’s awesome news. I’m currently waiting in my Z28 to be delivered to the uk. 1980 in black 4speed manual with T tops. I’m also in Essex so hopefully see you about.