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Old Jul 20, 2001 | 01:24 PM
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Pimped out Firebird

Can someone out there show me some pics of some sweet looking firebirds, trans ams, or gtas???????
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Old Jul 21, 2001 | 01:51 PM
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click on links in sig to see my firebird....

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1989 pontiac firebird
bright red exterior(just repainted)
grey interior
5 spd
305 TBI (stock)
WS.6 formula wheels
3.73 posi rear end
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1985 trans am
factory bright yellow
4 wheel disks
16 inch wheels
305 TPI
power antenna and mirrors
t tops
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Old Jul 21, 2001 | 06:27 PM
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Hey onefine, that's a really sweet ride man.
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Old Jul 21, 2001 | 07:25 PM
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No, he said sweet looking rides. J/J, that's a really cool looking ride you got there.

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Old Jul 21, 2001 | 07:45 PM
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Try these.

http://members.home.com/cgoblirs/LF%20Done.jpg

http://members.home.com/cgoblirs/Nose%20Done.jpg

I took these shortly after getting the car back from the shop, after some damage in a parking lot by a co-worker. It's 90 day wait before I could wax it are up and some new pictures will follow the detail session set for next Friday....stay tuned.


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Old Jul 22, 2001 | 12:06 AM
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thanx guys ill get more pics soon and post them
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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 07:58 PM
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I like mine! Check out sig for pics!

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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 09:27 PM
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I'm rather fond of this one...



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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 10:32 PM
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That car looks great! Where did you get that hood and are those aftermarket ground effects?
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Old Jul 23, 2001 | 11:48 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by scauffiel:
I'm rather fond of this one...
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As am I, except those wheels, but otherwise thats beautiful. Even in primer. When are you painting it and do you know what color yet?


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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 08:02 AM
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The hood is the www.usbody.com Ram Air II hood, and those are stock ground effects for a 1988 Trans Am <ahem> just modified a bit. As for the wheels, just hold off there brother... They may look a tad out of place because they contrast so much with the darker primer. Wait until she's got a coat of pearl white paint with ghost flames - then if you still don't like it... well, errr... tough.

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 08:06 AM
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Damn scauffiel, thats a nice engine! I wish mine looked like that, but I would add one thing: A/C! gotta have A/C in dallas...

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 08:14 AM
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Scauffiel, your car is so clean! I can't wait to see it painted! Your motor looks great too!
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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 10:27 AM
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Scauffiel that is a bad *** car.... just not those wheels
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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 11:33 AM
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Thanks guys! It's clean now, we'll see how clean she is after a couple of months of use...

...and the wheels stay.

Steve

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 11:58 AM
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Steve- When are you painting it? Its been like that since I joined the boards. The wheels might look okay with pearl white. And beautiful engine.. great job.

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 12:04 PM
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I didn't realize you were doing pearl white with ghost flames. I planned on exactly that for my GTA, but chances are I'm going to scrap the flames. The car's going to be a daily driver and if I need to do a touch up, the flames would make it a nightmare.

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 12:13 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 01:45 PM
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Well, it'll get painted when I'm happy with the way my sealed body seams hold up. When the fine cracks stop, then we'll see. Of course it'd be nice to have the cash to get a good paint job so that'll take a while as well. I hear ya Jim on the "touch up" horror show, but ya know what? Screw it. No matter what kind of paint job I get I'll be pissed if/when it gets chipped so I'm going to do it and just be happy with it for as long as possible. I mean, really, it's a car it's meant to be driven - not have its paint coddled. Besides that, the way this engine is turning out this'll be a wild ride for a daily driver so I'll probably throttle back (pun intended) on driving it once I get another car. Make it a weekend warrior, so to speak. At least until I can get it TBI'd again.

Karps, that's a nice ride - I like the way that spoiler looks on the TA's to begin with and your hood makes it look even better. Now if you can get some clearer pix...

Steve

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 02:29 PM
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Red Rocket,
Look in "view users rides"
Look for powermite and see a well modded Transam
What do you all think???????

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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 04:40 PM
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powermite,
the car looks great so does karps ta. But i like the look of scauffiel's better. Would I be able to remove the bumpers on a '90 ta and fit the '85 ground effects, or a year close to them?
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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 04:40 PM
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Sorry,just remembered my link.
check out

https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index...ew&rideid=4262

cheers
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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 05:13 PM
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