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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 05:36 PM
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Trans Am Vision Ground Effects

I took lots of pictures today, so here's one of the Vision Kit bumper from showcars-bodyparts.

Maybe one of these days I'll get enough money to put it on and get painted.
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 06:08 PM
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Looks good. Is it a stock replacement? It looks like something is a little different than stock. I like alot of their stuff, but their website sucks. They need more pics. Let us know when you get it on the car!
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 06:27 PM
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A vision kit lowers the ground effects 2 inches all the way around.
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Old Oct 5, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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does anyone have any pics of the vision kit installed and painted. I would think about that but i have eibach springs on my car and two inch would make it even lower, i dont think so , but i def wanna see some pics.
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 03:37 PM
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That looks great, stock looking.. not like a cheap add-on.
Cant wait to see the whole kit !
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 05:40 PM
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this is a pic of a newly installed factory front bumper on stock (17 yr old) shocks, struts, and springs. It looks like for the Vision one, they just make the part under the foglight holes longer.

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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 07:21 PM
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what's their web site?
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Old Oct 6, 2003 | 08:29 PM
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http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com

I don't recommend dealing with them though, it took them over 3 months from time of payment for it to arrive at my door. Unfortunately they're the only ones who make this kit.

Also, I have yet to see this installed and painted on any car, maybe I'll be the first? Anybody know?
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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 09:56 PM
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looks good, can't wait to see it painted

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See that one 3rd gen, the white one, w/ the speical body kit w/ the holes in it... they don't have that listed, i want that... do they make that... or no? are they just teasing us?

http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/fi...292custom1.jpg << that one.

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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 10:01 PM
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Originally posted by anubiscougar
See that one 3rd gen, the white one, w/ the speical body kit w/ the holes in it... they don't have that listed, i want that... do they make that... or no? are they just teasing us?

http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/fi...292custom1.jpg << that one.
If Showcars is picturing/making the gfx in the above link, that would be a ripoff of the Kobel Predator gfx kit.
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 04:52 AM
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link?
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 07:02 AM
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Ah! found it.

http://jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/stor...X&appId=414405

anyone have a picture of what it looks liek though?..


"Sleek, lowered profile plus a performance boost!

Eases handling, improves stability plus ensures better gas mileage "

They expect me to believe that?

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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 07:19 AM
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http://www.geocities.com/admrlam/Bird.html
Kobel predator series ground effects (minus the back, i thought it made the car look fat).
https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index.tgo?action=view&rideid=1122
Kobel ground effects.

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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 07:45 AM
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I'd much rather just lower the car.
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 12:54 PM
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hmm..
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 02:25 PM
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they have some cool looking stuff, a few things that i might be interested in. i am skeptical about doing business with them though. just about every picture they have, the cars looks like ***, most of the stuff looks real sloppy, makes me really wonder what kind of quality they're producing. i really like some of the concepts though.
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 08:54 PM
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Yeah, they seem kinda shady. I like how they have no pics of the Vision kit completed, but a bunch of shots of it partially installed on a multi-colored car! I like the RamAir4 hood they have, but they don't have a price nor have they returned my emails in regards to the hood
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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Yeah, they seem kinda shady. I like how they have no pics of the Vision kit completed, but a bunch of shots of it partially installed on a multi-colored car!
You mean this fine piece of....um... craftsmanship ?
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 01:04 AM
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You mean this fine piece of....um... craftsmanship ?
ROFL
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 01:46 AM
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Originally posted by deadbird
You mean this fine piece of....um... craftsmanship ?
wtf is that thing?! why the hell would you show that on your website? i am really trying to see the logic behind the pictures of that car... but it just looks like the car was fine until they stuck THAT **** on it...
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 02:23 AM
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Actually, I think that the "Camarobird" you just posted would look pretty badass if the GFX weren't so ghetto looking, and painted.
Also without the gay looking rear fender flares.
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 06:41 PM
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With the flares, hood, GFX and all done the right way and painted one color the car looks good. I've seen some pics of the finished product on another site. They need to take that pic off their site. It's just bad business practices there man
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Old Oct 10, 2003 | 09:29 PM
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Originally posted by NastyL98_T/A
They need to take that pic off their site. It's just bad business practices there man
That's exactly what I was aiming at
On the other hand though, it does give a hint into the 'quality' that they put into what they sell.
Just because a final product looks good (after a professional gets done with it) doesn't mean the initial product is worth the materials that it's made out of.
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