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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 11:55 AM
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Ok, here are 8 or 9 pics of my car. Tell me whut u think, and whut i should do to improve.
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:02 PM
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**** it says they're too big when i downsize them to 700xXXX
Putting them on myt site, 1 sec
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:20 PM
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Ok lets try this again!

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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:20 PM
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AWWW P****!
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:22 PM
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Hmmmm!
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:34 PM
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OK PLEASE WORK NOW LOL

I think I got it now.

Pic 1: Who's that? Its a Mobile Mirror!
Attached Thumbnails Finnaly! some kinda decent pics!-mycar01.jpg  
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:35 PM
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Car: 1987 Trans Am GTA
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Yeah i'm pro now, take that computer!

Pic 2: Some dumbass put a sticker where the bird decal is suposted to be, (the guy that had it before me)
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:36 PM
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Pic 3!

Pic 3:
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:37 PM
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Pic 4

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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:39 PM
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Car: 1987 Trans Am GTA
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Pic 5

Pic 5: These ARE some amazing products!! Excepts i have major swirls now from the gay cloth i used..
Yes, Thats my hood LOL!
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:40 PM
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Car: 1987 Trans Am GTA
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Axle/Gears: 9-Bolt 3.27
Pic 6

Pic 6:
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:41 PM
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Transmission: Built 700r4/Pro Yank 3400 Extreme
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Pic 7

Pic 7: V6 POWAAA!!!
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:43 PM
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From: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Pic 8

Pic 8, ***** Air Filter, With custom cold Air Intake, I SWEAR THE CHROME ON THE AIR FILTER ADDED 5.10928 HP and 2.2331 TORQUE!!!!!
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 12:45 PM
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From: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Axle/Gears: 9-Bolt 3.27
Last one

Pic 9, Rims suggestions anyone? Remember I have to get them from a local shop cause shipping would be outragous from the USA to the center of Central Canada!
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 02:07 PM
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d@mn......I think that car looks wonderful. Keep the outside the way it is....do mods for under the hood or the interior.

Keep up the good work
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 02:37 PM
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From: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Car: 1987 Trans Am GTA
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Axle/Gears: 9-Bolt 3.27
Thanks, I think your car looks good also. Whats it got under the hood?

I really need new rims though, because the rings that go around my rims are all dull, scratched, dented from previous owners scraping the curbs thats what the passenger mirror is for lol..
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 03:09 PM
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From: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Car: 1987 Trans Am GTA
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Transmission: Built 700r4/Pro Yank 3400 Extreme
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Hows this for my frist photochop?

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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 04:20 PM
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Thats a nice bird you got there,. i also know the price of shipping to canada, imagine...I live over in Newfoundland!!(i bet half the people here never heard of it), where are you at in Canada?
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 05:05 PM
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I live in Saskatchewan, Eh? lol.
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 08:45 PM
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Originally posted by mike1986fyrbird
I live in Saskatchewan, Eh? lol.
saskatchewan eh, well then, g'day mate! Lets put another shrimp on the barby!:lala:
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 09:38 PM
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nice bird.:lala: :hail:
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Old Jul 17, 2002 | 10:07 PM
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saskatchewan eh, well then, g'day mate! Lets put another shrimp on the barby!:lala:
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight???????
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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 01:20 AM
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saskatchewan eh, well then, g'day mate! Lets put another shrimp on the barby!:lala:
Hmm.. I think thats Austrailian you're speaking... Saskatchewan is in Canada buddy

Car looks good, very clean and shiny.
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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 04:11 AM
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I know, i am also from canada, it was a joke, haven't you peoploe seen dumb and dumber?


Sweet car!
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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 02:35 PM
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I got it no_car_yet... matter of fact I was LMAO!!

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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 02:59 PM
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Originally posted by mike1986fyrbird
I live in Saskatchewan, Eh? lol.

Hows it going A?

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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 06:13 PM
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Hows it going A?
It's 'eh' not 'A' :P :P :P , and no, i'm not brown. I'm actually part austrialian lol
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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 07:59 PM
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Looks good, but take the Pep Boys 'bird decal off of the tail light center section... Itll look much cleaner!
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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 08:06 PM
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Nice car, reminds me of my '86 (sigh) Yeah that bird decal on the back is the only thing that set off my radar easy enough to fix.

A cheap suggestion for your rim situation is to get the 15" Stock Bird wheels that are silver and slotted (like mini-versions of the 16" WS6 Formula rims.) I had your current rims in gold, and was forced to put the 15" slotted ones on after an accident, best appearance mod I did for that V6 short of the paint Maybe you'll go for this as a cheaper alternative to rims.
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Old Jul 18, 2002 | 09:08 PM
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From: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Car: 1987 Trans Am GTA
Engine: 357ci Stealth Ram - Under Pressure
Transmission: Built 700r4/Pro Yank 3400 Extreme
Axle/Gears: 9-Bolt 3.27
Thanks for the Ideas.

Thanks for the Ideas but I think its gonna be hard to find used rims around here, only 30k ppl in my town, the bigger city is a 2 hour drive away...

I guess the person that had the car before me, or the body shop put that on because on the real bird decal a wing is broke off and it isn't their. I need to find a place to buy one. GM will probally want $100d canadian coin for it LOL. Hmmm, And If I buy off the Internet, the place will have to be able to accecpt Money Orders because I am only 15 and I do not have a credit card, Neither do my parents.

Thanks.
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