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Old 04-02-2003, 01:29 PM
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some shots of my car outside

well its warmer out so ill post some pics my dad took when he was bored. if anyone has any ideas for my car, lemme know.
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Old 04-02-2003, 01:30 PM
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like this parking job.....4 inches away from the suburban
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Old 04-02-2003, 01:31 PM
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last one for now
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Very nice, the maui blue has got to be one of my favorite colors on the birds. especialy with the silver gfx's
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like this parking job.....4 inches away from the suburban
That's a nice looking car, man
Old 04-02-2003, 01:34 PM
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that paint was just mixed together. the 3rd day i had the car, someone hit it when i was in school. the guys at work couldnt rematch the paint so they made a darker blue in the front and faded it along the car to make it look ok. ill try to get some pics of when its sunny out, its a lot brighter than it looks in these pics.
Old 04-02-2003, 01:36 PM
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It looks great. It doesn't look faded together to me at all...?
Old 04-02-2003, 02:13 PM
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it's actually the way you always touch up a car's paint. Since there is no way to actually reproduce the paint perfectly, you have to cheat the eye by "blending" the new paint with the old one. They did a very nice job with it
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I like it!

I would get rid of the sticker on the back window (i hate stickers, just me i guess )

I would also get some grey GTA wheels. Maybe some chrome exhaust tips or something different than whats on there.

The car looks great though... :hail:
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like this parking job.....4 inches away from the suburban
lol nice, lucky on the parking job.

someone of my nextdoor nieghbors friends parked 4 inches from my bumper one night and i left a nice long letter on there windshield about it and havent heard from them since
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that is one very nice color scheme there, awesome car
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That car deserves two :hail: :hail:

With new wheel's....it will deserve... :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail:
Old 04-02-2003, 04:56 PM
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*thats a cleaning rag on the back window
and the tips are chrome, just i havnt polished em for a bit. could someone photoshop on the wheels hes talking about, i kinda want to see what it would look like
Old 04-02-2003, 04:58 PM
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** the white spots are bird crap- hence the rag.........i hate those birds, i park under about 4 nests and i have to clean my car twice a week
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Very nice ride, nice and clean
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very nice car. i normally don't like cars with different colored ground effects, but yours is an exception.
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Thats a great lookin car. I would suggest some new wheels, that would really be badass IMO.
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I like it!
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Very nice and clean looking T/A!
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nice car!!
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since my car is undrivable Ill post some pics also if you do not mind...
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I think the standard firebird hood on looks pretty good. I always hated cleaning crap from those vents.
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cool looking ride!!

btw, 88spinner, i see you don't have your power steering pump hooked up. are you just going to leave it like that or are you changing to a manual steering box??
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Well I still have a number of things to do to the engine bay but I think im gonna leave the powersteering off, or until i get tired of beating the steering wheel around. How much of a coveinience is a manual steering box compared to nothing?
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hate to get off topic but that's what i want to know!
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