Post your best rear picture!
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
INDEED that has got to be the cleanest early 3rd gen rear i have ever seen
since these cars were new. Your taillights look brand new but what really
catches my eyes is that they are not the factory tinted ones. I have the same
taillights but with the factory tint which i have since polished and gone over
with VHT Nightshades and clear.
since these cars were new. Your taillights look brand new but what really
catches my eyes is that they are not the factory tinted ones. I have the same
taillights but with the factory tint which i have since polished and gone over
with VHT Nightshades and clear.
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
INDEED that has got to be the cleanest early 3rd gen rear i have ever seen
since these cars were new. Your taillights look brand new but what really
catches my eyes is that they are not the factory tinted ones. I have the same
taillights but with the factory tint which i have since polished and gone over
with VHT Nightshades and clear.
since these cars were new. Your taillights look brand new but what really
catches my eyes is that they are not the factory tinted ones. I have the same
taillights but with the factory tint which i have since polished and gone over
with VHT Nightshades and clear.
I didn't know they were suppose to be tinted. Could it have worn off? The pontiac lettering under the bird isn't chromish looking like yours also. The pictures aren't bad for phone camera pictures huh? Unedited and taken with my Evo 4G. Here is of the bird and pontiac logo:
And off topic, but are you still selling the stuff in your sig?
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Car: 82 Trans Am
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
Thanks. I didn't know they were suppose to be tinted. Could it have worn off? The pontiac lettering under the bird isn't chromish looking like yours also. The pictures aren't bad for phone camera pictures huh? Unedited and taken with my Evo 4G. Here is of the bird and pontiac logo:
And off topic, but are you still selling the stuff in your sig?
I didn't know they were suppose to be tinted. Could it have worn off? The pontiac lettering under the bird isn't chromish looking like yours also. The pictures aren't bad for phone camera pictures huh? Unedited and taken with my Evo 4G. Here is of the bird and pontiac logo:And off topic, but are you still selling the stuff in your sig?
however is painted on the outside and does wear off with washing and
weathering. After i polished my lights and tinted them i touched up the
lettering BEFORE the clear coat. Generally from what i have seen the
Trans Am's came with tinted taillights and Firebirds did not. I'm sure this
was an option available to Firebird buyers however. And believe me when i
say i have seen LOTS of these cars since i worked at one of the largest
Pontiac dealers in the country at the time. I would imagine your lettering
wore off with washing since your lights don't look weathered at all.
Probably garage kept most of it's life if not all.
Yes parts are still for sale except i just sold the chrome accessories
brackets on ebay.
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
The tint would not have worn off as it is IN the lens. Your 'Pontiac lettering'
however is painted on the outside and does wear off with washing and
weathering. After i polished my lights and tinted them i touched up the
lettering BEFORE the clear coat. Generally from what i have seen the
Trans Am's came with tinted taillights and Firebirds did not. I'm sure this
was an option available to Firebird buyers however. And believe me when i
say i have seen LOTS of these cars since i worked at one of the largest
Pontiac dealers in the country at the time. I would imagine your lettering
wore off with washing since your lights don't look weathered at all.
Probably garage kept most of it's life if not all.
Yes parts are still for sale except i just sold the chrome accessories
brackets on ebay.
however is painted on the outside and does wear off with washing and
weathering. After i polished my lights and tinted them i touched up the
lettering BEFORE the clear coat. Generally from what i have seen the
Trans Am's came with tinted taillights and Firebirds did not. I'm sure this
was an option available to Firebird buyers however. And believe me when i
say i have seen LOTS of these cars since i worked at one of the largest
Pontiac dealers in the country at the time. I would imagine your lettering
wore off with washing since your lights don't look weathered at all.
Probably garage kept most of it's life if not all.
Yes parts are still for sale except i just sold the chrome accessories
brackets on ebay.
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
Hmm, I guess the lettering wore off then. I never even noticed that the pontiac was there for a while. Haha. But there is no trace of the chrome on the lettering anymore, so I would have never guessed. I do know that everything on the car is original except for the Trans Am rims, and interior stuff I have done. Also, what size rims/tires are you running on yours? And Thats the first time I have seen a ram air hood like that on a car similar to mine nose cone wise. I love the look of it.
The wheels are Vette 17x9.5. Front tires are 245/45/17 with a 2" adapter
behind the wheels. The rear is a 4th gen with disc brake, 3.42 gear,
Auburn posi, Moser axles and, c-clip eliminators. No spacers needed with
4th gen rear and tires are 285/40/17 Nitto's. Since my pics were taken i
also dropped it so it does look a little better then the pics.
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
Thanks. I didn't know they were suppose to be tinted. Could it have worn off? The pontiac lettering under the bird isn't chromish looking like yours also. The pictures aren't bad for phone camera pictures huh? Unedited and taken with my Evo 4G. Here is of the bird and pontiac logo:
And off topic, but are you still selling the stuff in your sig?
I didn't know they were suppose to be tinted. Could it have worn off? The pontiac lettering under the bird isn't chromish looking like yours also. The pictures aren't bad for phone camera pictures huh? Unedited and taken with my Evo 4G. Here is of the bird and pontiac logo:And off topic, but are you still selling the stuff in your sig?
I thought only the TA lenses were tinted & base birds were red? Personally i like the all red, plus it looks cleaner imo...
Took this earlier and fell in love with it. 
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
not exactly my "best" rear pic since the car is dirty but i just got my new wheels on.
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INTIMIDATORZ: what made you decide to repaint your intake?
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
rims are all 17x8.5" fronts are bridgestone 245/45/17 and rears are Goodyear Eagle F1's 265/40/17.
got sick of the comments on the pink intake plus i wanna do the blue GFX stripes eventually.
got sick of the comments on the pink intake plus i wanna do the blue GFX stripes eventually.
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
i don't see any body flex 
i do see some suspension flex (needs anti-roll bar). if you're talking about the body lines out of alignment, that's just my lack of time/effort/motivation to make them perfect. this car gets blown apart once every 6 months it seems for some major upgrade or modification so i've gotten kinda lax on the body
i do see some suspension flex (needs anti-roll bar). if you're talking about the body lines out of alignment, that's just my lack of time/effort/motivation to make them perfect. this car gets blown apart once every 6 months it seems for some major upgrade or modification so i've gotten kinda lax on the body Supreme Member
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subframe connectors...They do a body right.....lol.....all of them I have ever had that half way hooked cracked at the top, or threw T-Tops off the car when racing...Look right above the back of the window, when the door is shut....
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
My latest 'rear' pic. I am using it in my new 'Save The Bird' video
on youtube so check it and click the 'Like It' button to help
support my tranny conversion.
Save The Bird Video On Youtube
on youtube so check it and click the 'Like It' button to help
support my tranny conversion.
Save The Bird Video On Youtube
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
i don't see any body flex i do see some suspension flex (needs anti-roll bar). if you're talking about the body lines out of alignment, that's just my lack of time/effort/motivation to make them perfect. this car gets blown apart once every 6 months it seems for some major upgrade or modification so i've gotten kinda lax on the body
i do see some suspension flex (needs anti-roll bar). if you're talking about the body lines out of alignment, that's just my lack of time/effort/motivation to make them perfect. this car gets blown apart once every 6 months it seems for some major upgrade or modification so i've gotten kinda lax on the body
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the car has subframe connetors AND a roll bar, it can't move, lol. 
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Re: Post your best rear picture!
18x8 with 235/40/18 front and 18x9 275/35/18 rear. no engine in the car right now(sitting high in front). i might cut the rear 1/2 coil. already has lowering springs.
