A funny thing happens when a manufacturer uses the same basic chassis and drivetrain for a couple of decades: at some point, every succeeding generation becomes a refinement and modification of the last. Of all the pointy-nosed aero-Camaros, the last generation was undoubtedly the most extreme. GM certainly didn't pull any punches when it came to visually knife-edging and beefing up the last of the F-bodies, but there's still plenty of room on the table for those in search of an even edgier or more aggressive look. All prices and kit availabilities are current as of 2013.
Listed at a reasonable $400, DG motorsports' urethane kit is a fairly subtle piece that looks like it might be stock. The DG kit isn't a "body kit" in the sense of a full-on, front-and-rear bumper cover replacement kit. This generation of Camaro's split bumper uses an upper cover and a lower skirt, aka "air dam" or "lip spoiler" on the front. The DG kit is just the lower bumper lips and skirts. This kit features a cut in the center-lower lip that lines up with the lower grille, and small indentations on the outer edges that give the impression of brake cooling ducts. The side skirts are a bit lower than stock, and similarly adorned. The DG kit is a nice, subtle touch that makes the car a bit more aggressive without looking particularly aftermarket. DG does offer a dual-driving-light insert for the upper front bumper cover, but it ruins the "it might be stock" look of the rest of the kit. You'd be better off putting that $375 toward a classy billet insert, or -- for convertible owners -- toward DG's cool-looking, two-piece, carbon-fiber tonneau cover.
ED makes three kits for this chassis: the $400 Sniper and Venice kits, and the $700 Vortex. The Venice has a large, inverted, triangular depression in the front bumper fascia ; inside the depression is a second, smaller opening with vertical edges that split airflow from the grille to the small brake cooling ducts. Side skirts have faux rear brake ducts, and the rear fascia is low and smooth. The Sniper is obviously custom, but the Venice leaves no doubt that you spent some time bolting stuff onto your car. It's got a huge, triangular lower grille opening, a kick-up in the lower lip and big, split brake cooling ducts on either side. Side ramps up the cover give the impression of downforce, and feed into wasp-wasted side skirts. The Vortex has a wide, low grille opening almost spanning the width of the car; small, triangular openings on the bottom look like brake cooling ducts. This kit looks good when viewed from the front, but the side skirts and rear "diffuser" bumper are pure Playstation silliness.
Priced at $800, the JP polyurethane kit uses the stock front upper cover, but augments it with a low lip and a pair of triangular brake cooling openings near the edges. The kicked-out side skirts have subtle, forward-facing cooling ducts, and the rear matches the front with vertical ridges that emulate a diffuser. KBD's $735 kit is surprisingly similar to JP's, but uses more aggressive openings in the front, round kick-outs on the ends of the lip spoiler, and large NACA ducts feeding the larger brake ducts in the side skirts. The KBD kit is obviously more decorative than functional, but not over-the-top. Razzi's $600 ABS plastic kit is a bit -- odd. It comes with all the standard body kit parts, plus lower door panel inserts. It's odd because it uses the exact kind of horizontal channels -- aka "strakes" -- as the third-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse. It's noticeable enough that anyone who's seen a third-gen Eclipse would ask why you wanted your Chevy to look like a Mitsubishi that nobody liked.
Wings West has been in the body kit industry for some time, and is known for its several lines of high-quality, good-looking and functional ground effects kits. The $540 Urethane F-1 kit uses a protruding lower lip spoiler with a wide, rectangular opening that spans the width of the primary grille. A series of small, vertical "fin" supports inside the opening give the impression of the supports on a racing splitter. Small, functional-looking brake cooling ducts fill out the corners. The side skirts and rear lip essentially carry the theme from the front, kicking out at an angle slightly around the wheels. For $629, you can pick up a Wings West Urethane "Custom" kit. This kit is a hybrid of the Wings W-Type's squared-off side skirts and rear diffuser-type bumper, and a bespoke front bumper. The front bumper uses small, slightly angled rectangular ducts at the corners and a completely smooth and flat lower lip center section. Of all the kits listed, this one is probably the most functional. The flat front air dam lip does exactly what an air dam is supposed to do: keep air from going under the car. The rear "diffuser" might or might not be functional, but it looks in keeping with the well-considered front lip and side skirts.
