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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 11:19 PM
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we got our digital camera back finally. so i had to take some pics since my old ones were very out dated. so here are a few of the new ones
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 11:21 PM
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 12:12 AM
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Pretty cool. The early thirdgen are often overlooked and definetly have a unique style...

...however, it looks like it's sitting pretty high. Is that normal?
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 05:44 AM
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...however, it looks like it's sitting pretty high. Is that normal?
yea, whats the deal? just a weird angle?
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 08:36 AM
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im not really that sure i think it does sit a lil bit too high but it looks worse than it is because of the un even ground that it is sitting on...i think
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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b82ta I notice you have dual mufflers, does the car have a true dual exhaust? I found my 84 with dual cherry bombs on it, as I noticed your car has and to my suprise underneath it had a true dual exhaust.
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 09:10 AM
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 09:50 AM
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yep sure does. its a custom true dual with heddman lt's
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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Nice car, it does seem to sit a lil bit high, pretty weird.. Looks good i think you need to work on your RIMs. Should clean them up. And Get diff mudflaps, THey sell plastic ones that look more cleaner. (My dad has em on his Vette) Goodjob man
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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All I see when I look at an early Firebird, is KITT.
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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what could be causing my car to sit so high? ive never thought much of it till people started to comment on it. I also have noticed that the drivers side sits a lil bit higher than the other side. i just want to know some general reasons why it would sit so high. its hard to keep the rims and the rest of the car looking good when you live on the gravel road so i havent put too much effort into cleaning the rims since they just get dirty right away anyhow
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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Those look like the recaro rims... Is it a recaro TA?
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 04:52 PM
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it is not a recaro trans am to my knowledge. i bought the car with those rims on it and it doesnt have the recaro seats. the original color was a light blue but the car was repainted sometime before i bought it and oviously whoever painted it didnt know how to paint very good.
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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man those rims are beat. why not find a cleaner item to put on there or find the centers that belong on em. those are some hard to find items if complete. it is sitting way to high too. i don't think uneven ground is doing that whats on it air shocks?

Jeff
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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that birds sitting way to high
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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try and get the bowling ball hubcaps that are supposed to be on there, as well as the grill inserts and the little gfx. other than that, and your ride height, you're all set
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 10:00 PM
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i dont know why it sits so high and i am tryin to work out a deal for some other rims. im more worried about gettin a new trans then gettin the grill inserts and such
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Old Sep 7, 2004 | 12:59 AM
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my 83 sits that high, with the new shocks i put in it
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Old Sep 7, 2004 | 09:18 PM
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i put new springs in this spring but i didnt put lowering ones in cause i didnt want my car lower than it was before but now i wish i would have. i have the iroc stock replacements in. how much better would my car look if i put lowering springs in it? and are they worth it?
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Old Sep 12, 2004 | 07:57 AM
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And then

yea um..rust is bad.
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