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my rims 17x9 ASA licensed by BBS

 

my rims on the car. after the new paint.

 

notchback view with rims.

 

i still have to wetsand it and then mirror glaze it wait a couple of weeks to get some clear and shoot about 3 or 4 coats on therethen wet sand again and mirror glaze it again also.

 

just thought id throw this in here .

 

Hmmm...well I don't like the spoiler or the hood scoop. But thats just my opinion. Everything else looks good though, just need to clean up that engine compartment

 

i like it. I think the spoiler looks good. Where did you get it at? this is a stupid question but did your car used to have side pipes and tires that stuck out on it?

 

its never had sidepipes since i owned it (not sure why you think that but oh well) and it had some bbs honeycomb style wheels on it when i bought it i think mine look better however, asfor the spoiler it was on there when i bought it its 1 of the main reasons i bought other than it being an 89 .

 

Not a fan of the wheels, notchback, wing, or hoodscoop.. But it looks like you put a lot of work into the car.


Good job.

 

so you dont like anything about the car except i worked on it alot? oh well its my money and time ,not trying to flame but geesh.

 

I think this is the car chevkid was thinking of.

 

looks nice, what taillights are you going with?

 

that car dont look too bad i hate those wheels on a thirdgen imo i have 91 t/a light thats going in there.

 

here ya go

 

I like it. Looks sweet. Wheels aren't my taste, I like skinny spokes, but everything else looks cool.

 

thanx md i put the tailights in but it got to dark for me to get any good pics of them, and zepher it means alot that you like my car i read your posts all the timeand you seem to be realknowledgeable about these cars.

 

You're welcome.
Your car actually looks like I had mine envisioned a couple of years ago.
Most people won't like the spoiler but I think it makes the notch look much better with it.

Email me a couple of pictures of the car in a higher resolution, like 800x600 so I can see it a little better. It looks like an icon on my monitor since I run 1600x1200.
zepher@transamws6.com

 

i guess great minds think alike.

 

I think it looks alright, but the motor pic., orange/baby blue scheme, in a black engine bay... I dont know. I like the wheels though (the old ones).

It's your car man, do what you like, who cares what anyone else says.

 

but i spent 1200 on those rims so i figure ill go ahead and use themi think it sets that car off and ive never seen those rims on anything else. so its kewl with me. also the engine i wanted to be different so thats why i painted it like that

 

Well you did make it different (the engine that is). Was the car wrecked before? It looks like the front comes up some and there seems to be some sort of dent around the passanger door handle. Maybe its just the light playing around with it.

So far as what you've done .... I admire the time it takes to do such things, The scoops a little small for the hood, the notch back seperates it from others, and I think the rims are fine but need some beefier tires on them. Over all I think it works ok and if you like it than thats all the better.

Your state have anything against tinting (VA has so many laws regaurding tiniting it's crazy), anyhow was just asking cause I've always liked the black-car/black-tiniting look and I think it would look well on your car too.

S.K.

 

afteri finish the paint work is to tint it then puteither 255 or 275/50/17's on back and 245/45/17's on front. then im putting in some homemade sfc's with new shocks and stuts allaround and i would love to replace all the bushings with some from pst. thanx thomas

 

22460 members and only 24 replies i know you all can do better than that. keep the comments coming good , bad , or otherwise.

 

Looking good...gotta love black birds...must say I'm a bit biased though

=) Keep up the good work...what else do you have planned for it? I run a 1600X1200 resolution too Zepher =)

 

thats a nice car you have there, im wanting to put a 396 in it just looking at the pros and cons of doing it especially since ill be driving it quite a bit , and i would absolutely love a six speed with some 4th gen leather in it which ive found for $500 for the front and back seats.

 

Kinda like the wheels and the new paint. The scoop and wing aren't my taste, either is the notch, but that's what makes it your car and not mine. That engine bay needs some severe attention via organization... badly, even if you did do the colors on purpose.

 

just been too busy withpaint but when im donewith it im gonnatackle the engine bay its really dusty from allthe sanding and stuff butwhen im done itsgonna look like new.

 

the car looks great to me. there's nothing like a new paint job, huh? and personally.. i think the wheels look really cool. get us some photos of the finished product (with the tails installed)!

 

Did you fab the scoop, or is it a bolt on hood?
If ya made it, how did ya do it?

 

I saw that spoiler on a base firebird around here that was gunmetal and it had the newer rear bumper and stuff on it so it kind of went with the car. I like that car because you didnt do what everyone else does to them and you did it tasteful.

 

thanxs for all the great responses it really means alot to me that you all like MY car it just goes to prove that all the VERY HARD work that i put into it REALLY pays off. i cant describe how incredibly good it makes me feel. thanx thomas

 

I like the wheels. You're right, I don't think I've seen them on a thirdgen before. What's going on with the front ground effect though? It's most obvious in pic #3. It looks like there's about 4 inches of ground effect missing between the front nose and the tire. Is it because you're using 91-92 T/A GFX and an 85-90 T/A nose that it doesn't line up? I can't tell if it's fixed in the later pictures.

 

your right its missing im having to find a replacement piece for it the previousowner was stupid and used some black duct tape to "repair" it soim on the search for it now if i realized it i would have found it before i painted it but oh well it shouldnt be too hard to find. this sunday ill have some updated pics of it with taillights and all the turn signals installed after i wetsand it and buff it out. if anyont has a extra ground effects piece lemme know and ill get with you on it.

 

it was on a hood that i bought from my father in law it was a cowl like scoop (kinda like a shaker scoop) that i just turned around and grafted on my hood like that hope you like it.

 

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Looks good .. i hate notchbacks but the rest is nice .. i really like the use of 85-90 front gfx that goes into the 91-92gfx looks sweet like that, and its original

 

thanx bro

 

cheap paint sucks now im having to redo it because it bubbled up even though imixed it right but thats ok im going with ppg products this next time . starting the 30th ill have a whole week to make sure everything is perfect mirror like finish and all. my car will have PERFECT PAINT :hail: :hail: ive put WAYYYYYYYY too much time in this car to have it look like crap i guess we all learn from our mistakes.

 

who makes some really good pint and where can i get it from? i really dont wanna have to go through this again. thanx thomas

 

My car right now has dupont paint on it...good thus far.

 

well i think it looks good, the wheels make it different.....the scoop makes it different.....the spoiler makes it different....and thats a good thing cuz i hate when cars look alike....

-Leah-

 

thats what i was going for is to be different.
THOMAS

 

has anyone ever used this paint before? http://home.att.net/~brer/faq.html