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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 01:07 AM
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Before Or After??

I now the after isnt very feasable but which LOOKS better?
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 02:35 AM
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Car looks clean man!! very nice rims!! I keep seeing more and more people with no side moldings.. im thinking about taking mine off.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 02:50 AM
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duh, obviously the before looks better!!!!
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 05:08 AM
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Put side molds back on. They make the car look lighter.with out them the car looks like a tank. Head light covers hmm. hard to say, not bad but they take off that anger from Camaros eyes. rear spoiler pretty nice.on my opinion something mild like original rs spoiler looks better. Your wheels, they look gooood! Wish i had those!
I don't mean to disencourage you, these are just my opinions and You build YOUR car to make it look good in Your eyes.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 05:09 AM
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now i feel like an idiot! After was photoshopping!
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 11:10 AM
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Of course after looks better.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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after definately looks better
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 11:16 AM
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Have fun crawling through the window.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 11:21 AM
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Just take the car you have now, and put on those new wheels. That is all you need to look better. Removing lines my make it look cleaner, but it doesn't make it better. The before picture, with the after wheels will kick ***, and it is much easier to do.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 11:29 AM
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to me, i think the after doesnt look right at all, looks way too plane, the before would look great with those AFTER rims on it, thats just my opinion, very clean and nice car by the way
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 12:26 PM
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Defantly the before with the after ground effects and rims
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 01:49 PM
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yeah i already made that one....
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 01:54 PM
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Have fun crawling through the window.
yeah lol the after doesnt look right because you shaved the door lines Heh put the door lines back in and maybe it will look okay but sheesh ya kinda need a door.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 03:00 PM
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Originally posted by 83firebirdS/E
Have fun crawling through the window.
LOL. thats what i was thinking. jk tho man. after for sure tho
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 07:46 PM
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After; If those are black headlight pockets , if they are headlight covers :nono:. You could put the Dukes of Hazzard to shame with those doors
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 07:56 PM
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Dude, after looks awesome.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 07:58 PM
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You have sharper and more body lines in the first one . But you do have a talant with the FS program. see ya rex
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 08:05 PM
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I think the third one is the best, but if it was me I would get different wheels. Too many people have TT2s and they're just not original anymore.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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If you are going to keep them go with after.... if you can go with some Black rims..... my .02
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 07:21 PM
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i want to see what black GTA rims with the polished lip would look like, but i cant find a decent pic to chop from, so if anyone ahs one post it up here
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 08:04 PM
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Old Nov 24, 2003 | 08:20 PM
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After looks best!
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 04:20 PM
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That actually looks nice without the door lines!

Just expect a lot of questions regarding as to why you haven't painted the confederate flag on the roof and a giant "zero one" on the doors
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 08:52 PM
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if i were you id lower it all the way around, or atleast even it out and get 15" 5 spoke plain old 5 spoke camaro wheels. i think it would like subtle and clean like that, i love those wheels with the no ground effects look. your paint looks amazing, so that might make you want to do ground effects, show off a little more. if you plan on adding them, then definately do the ttII's

either way i think itd look badass lowered and evened out
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Old Nov 25, 2003 | 11:18 PM
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Originally posted by Makaveli

either way i think itd look badass lowered and evened out
thats the plan once the mtoor is all straightened out, lower it on stock wheels, may even attempt to polish those suckers, it hink that would look really nice, but take an awful lot of work over this winter,
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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 03:09 PM
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Leave the headlight pockets orange!!!
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Old Nov 26, 2003 | 03:12 PM
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Originally posted by 1986CamaroSC
thats the plan once the mtoor is all straightened out, lower it on stock wheels, may even attempt to polish those suckers, it hink that would look really nice, but take an awful lot of work over this winter,
what motor are you planning on, keeping it V6 or going V8? if you're keeping the V6 i would suggest the 3.4 swap thats my plan for the winter, if i still have this car lol. good luck man.
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