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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 09:01 AM
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Snow camouflage....can you spot the Iroc in this picture?

Winter stealth mode.....

Got snow anyone? I guess it's time to put the car up for the winter

Damn you southern thirdgenners.....get to drive your car year 'round
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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Shame on you for letting that purdy car sit out in the snow. :nono:

Very nice looking car
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 09:21 AM
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yeah, didn't you know the snow was coming?
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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I heard you guys got something like 9 inches up there.

BTW the car looks good.
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 10:43 AM
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yeah, we got a lot of snow really fast, but it's melting away quick, too. There's not much left.
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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actually looks awesome in the snow!
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 12:32 PM
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here is a pic of the 83 z28/92 z clone i used to own last winter.....
i miss this car.... but the body was shot so i guess its ok that i got rid of it when i could....
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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here is my new project:lala: fixen a little deer damage....
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 12:47 PM
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dang 406 that is one bueaty you got there maybe enough to make me keep my car white gotta ahte michigan weather tho i got mine up doin a few "little" mods to it this winter
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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Originally posted by BikertrashDude
I heard you guys got something like 9 inches up there.

BTW the car looks good.
Thanks man!

We got 7 inches were I'm at......tried to get a picture right after it stopped snowing but I couldn't even back the car out of the garage The snow came down so hard and fast! I got home from work at 3pm and the roads were just dusted......and by 8pm we had 6 inches! Oh well, the car is already up on jackstands and the rear end is just about out
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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sucks to be on the westside...

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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 03:13 PM
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pff. you guys think you have snow issues. come to northern alberta. where its winter 8 months of the year <3

but i was a good boy and put my car away early in october so it hasnt seen any snow!
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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we got about 7 inches by me....goodthing for 4wd since i was out in it all night.....

are you upgrading the rear end james?


im taking insurance off mine on monday, now only if someone would buy it
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 09:53 AM
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406- where in West Michigan are you? I'm about 20 miles southeast of Grand Rapids same thing happened here. Got out of school at 2:30 and there was a little snow on my car, but by the time I got done running errands at 4:15 I could barely stay on the road with the big 4X4 Suburban. This just ticks me off that we've got about 6 more months of this before I can get my T/A out again.
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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poor car..........
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 07:09 PM
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Kretos...don't worry it was only backed out of the garage for the pic

Daytona...I live in Cascade township just south of GR...You?


Pat....yup Got the rear out yesterday but I hurt my back doing it....now I'm doing couch duty until the back feels better

Jeff....it's not so bad over here
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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ha, just realized I said we were south of GR. I meant GR is south of us, lol... heard of Belding? small town by Greenville
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 08:28 PM
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how is the iroc decal done it almost looks like pearl paint, not a sticker

details please


car looks great in the snow... did you need a push to get it out

we had our first snow already 4 inches or so, just enough to be a pain in the back side.... but it has been warm and cold and raining and oh well NewEngland don't like the weather wait a minute and it changes..

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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 08:35 PM
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jeez guys! atleast get a car cover! Easy on...Easy off
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Old Nov 27, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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My car does that stealth mode thing too!
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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 06:51 PM
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Originally posted by JeffW
how is the iroc decal done it almost looks like pearl paint, not a sticker

details please


car looks great in the snow... did you need a push to get it out

we had our first snow already 4 inches or so, just enough to be a pain in the back side.... but it has been warm and cold and raining and oh well NewEngland don't like the weather wait a minute and it changes..

jeffw
The decal is a top-secret vinyl material that I helped develope with some engineers at 3M

No really, it's just the factory decal...must just be getting washed out in the reflection of the snow
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Old Dec 1, 2004 | 07:01 PM
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tehe funny thing is, is that our cars look great in the snow...too bad its so bad for them...
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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Damn you southern thirdgenners.....get to drive your car year 'round
Snow? What's that?[
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 09:46 AM
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 01:00 PM
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even though its not really good for the car, that pic looks really good...
this is the closest I've gotten to that this winter... I was pretty shocked considering this is socal..
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 01:34 PM
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Yep yep central Alabama boys weve had snow 2 or 3 times in my 19 years of life.

You poor fatherless sons up in the north J/K
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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even though its not really good for the car, that pic looks really good...
this is the closest I've gotten to that this winter... I was pretty shocked considering this is socal..
WTF is that??? I know its been cold lately but is that ice?!?!

Carport baby!!
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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I've seen frost worse than that in September here in Michigan
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Old Dec 2, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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WTF is that??? I know its been cold lately but is that ice?!?!

Carport baby!!
frost.

heres my car back in 2002
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 02:26 PM
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Suspect I'll bet bitch slapped, but that is a good looking older GT in the background. Those are getting rare around here.
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Old Dec 3, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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Originally posted by 90firebird
even though its not really good for the car, that pic looks really good...
this is the closest I've gotten to that this winter... I was pretty shocked considering this is socal..
Oh, you poor baby!!! Did you freeze your fingers off using a credit card to scrape your windows?

[sarcasm]Just FYI, the defroster is used by pushing the AIR CONDITIONER slider all the way to the right... and get this... once the car warms up, push the COLD AIR slider all the way over to the right to the heater side and hot air blows out! I know, you're don't believe me, but it's true! I'm not 100% sure on how it works, but it's as if the air conditioner saves up some of that hot air that blows out when you first start the car up with the AC on out there in Cali or something.[/sarcasm]
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Old Dec 4, 2004 | 02:30 AM
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wow, take it easy dude...
thanks for the advice, I'm not too familiar with dealing with frost

oh well, shoulda known i woulda taken some flack for those pics from guys in colder climates.. whatever
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 11:24 AM
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