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WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
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Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Ha! We've got a few more weeks to go here in Michigan. It snowed Friday and Sunday here. There's still quite a bit of salt residue on the roads. Still waiting for a couple of really good spring showers to wash some of that away before taking the T/A out for it first drive of 2015.
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
I'm taking full advantage my of my first Wyoming winter with my Firebird. The last 20 years of winters were in Minnesota. I certainly know where your coming from DynoDave43.
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Originally Posted by 87350gtanj
almost looks like a base firebird with formula decals and a hood. Maybe i'm wrong?
No more calls please - we have a winner!
Base bird with the 5.0 LO3 motor.
That's the way the kid who got it for his birthday wanted it so that's how it was done.
This is what it looked like when I pulled it out of long term storage in Brooklyn a few weeks prior. The red & blue cars both came out of the same estate.
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Patriotoc1911. Nice job with the detailing, car looks awesome. Got any pics of the interior, looks custom
My car doesn't come out of storage till 4/25, snow is all gone in Toronto but still wet, rainy and lots of salt still on the roads. Cant wait to get it cleaned up and start driving it again
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Originally Posted by 87irocz_andy
Patriotoc1911. Nice job with the detailing, car looks awesome. Got any pics of the interior, looks custom
My car doesn't come out of storage till 4/25, snow is all gone in Toronto but still wet, rainy and lots of salt still on the roads. Cant wait to get it cleaned up and start driving it again
Thanks for the compliment. Here's the only pic on my computer I can find of my interior.....
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Boston has had over 110 inches of snow the most of any winter
on record and its been cold so the snow has been slow to melt come on spring !!!!!!!!!!!!
Last edited by demontransam89; 04-01-2015 at 05:46 PM.
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Originally Posted by CharcoalBird
I'd be more inclined to say Formula with base wheels and the hatch swapped.
I've never known anyone to swap out 16" rims for 15" and swap out for the base spoiler. While on the topic, same goes for swapping out a bulged hood for a base hood (unless collision prevents the correct hood, in which case I'd get the vented hood), or adding "Firebird" [or for BJpotter, "Firbird" ] emblems to the fenders of a Formula when they never existed in the first place.
Last edited by MintWS6FORMULA; 04-04-2015 at 03:27 PM.
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Originally Posted by MintWS6FORMULA
I've never known anyone to swap out 16" rims for 15" and swap out for the base spoiler. While on the topic, same goes for swapping out a bulged hood for a base hood (unless collision prevents the correct hood, in which case I'd get the vented hood), or adding "Firebird" [or for BJpotter, "Firbird" ] emblems to the fenders of a Formula when they never existed in the first place.
I helped someone swap a wrap around for a base hatch. For whatever reason, they preferred it. The 15" wheels used to be very easy to find. Less $$ than buying new tires for the 16". The Firebird emblem wasn't on the car in the first picture. The Formula decal is what made me think that. Either way, very nice car.
Last edited by CharcoalBird; 04-04-2015 at 10:05 PM.
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TkernIROC86, here are some pictures I took after swapping out a mint set of black 87 seats to replace my grey stained and torn up seats. Got this off a guy who pulled them out of his car 17 years ago and forgot about them in the rafters of his garage. all they needed was a cleaning and replace the piping on the drivers seat. As soon as it come out of storage new carpet I ordered from Hawks goes in. Then changing the fog lights and front parking lights and she is good to go. Trying to get my hands on a set of the Original cargar louvers for the car
Last edited by 87irocz_andy; 04-08-2015 at 11:54 AM.
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Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Originally Posted by 87irocz_andy
TkernIROC86, here are some pictures I took after swapping out a mint set of black 87 seats to replace my grey stained and torn up seats. Got this off a guy who pulled them out of his car 17 years ago and forgot about them in the rafters of his garage. all they needed was a cleaning and replace the piping on the drivers seat. As soon as it come out of storage new carpet I ordered from Hawks goes in. Then changing the fog lights and front parking lights and she is good to go. Trying to get my hands on a set of the Original cargar louvers for the car
She's a beauty!!! Very very nice!!! I wish I could find a set of louvers too. The 86 ones are hard to find too, and stupid expensive when you do find one. I had them on my old red 86 I had in high school. Wish I would have kept the louvers to put on this car, or make a pretty penny selling!
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PurelyPMD: any of the premium upgrade seats from 87 are really hard to find and you have the hardest ones to find, the leather seats. All the car shows I have gone to including the Camaro Nationals in Ontario you rarely ever see leather. Only thing I didn't like with the leather is that they do NOT have the word Camaro stitched into the fabric. That embroidery is a cheat, it was going to cost a fortune to stitch the 3 colors into the seats. The seat cover would have to be pulled off, embroidered and the seat covers put back on, that was the expensive part, That is just a patch I found on ebay and the upholstery stitched it on so that you can NOT see the stitch lines or that it is a patch. cost me $100 to get done. The words 'Camaro' on the seats came from GM like.
My seats where gray and it was way too much light gray, changed the arm rests to black and with the black seats, black dash and center console looks way better. The rest is still gray. Added black replicate floor mats with Z28 stitching and it looks better
That stitching on the door panels was also fake and sagged right away, got new OEM fabric and had them recreated and the stitching actually sewed to the door panel backerboard to make it 'permanent'. All new hardware, switches and bezels and the doors looks brand new. added some accent lighting under the arm rest and in the foot wells
My original gray seats badly faded with stains and rips I sold for $350 US to a guy in PA who drove to the border to get them from me, paid me extra to mule them across to him
Think the gray or black is hard to find, try looking a red interior with those seats
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I have been looking for 3 years now, added a want ad on this site, lots of visitors but no replies. Louver just give the car a great 80's look and match the louvers on the hood. I have no idea what these sell for as I have never seen them for sale
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Originally Posted by 87irocz_andy
I have been looking for 3 years now, added a want ad on this site, lots of visitors but no replies. Louver just give the car a great 80's look and match the louvers on the hood. I have no idea what these sell for as I have never seen them for sale
Re: WINTERS DONE! Lets see those SPRING detailed 3rd Gens!!
Originally Posted by 87irocz_andy
I have been looking for 3 years now, added a want ad on this site, lots of visitors but no replies. Louver just give the car a great 80's look and match the louvers on the hood. I have no idea what these sell for as I have never seen them for sale
On one of the 3rd gen FB pages, a guy in Canada had one in storage he wanted to give away. I'll see if I can find it.....
03-29-2015, 10:21 PM
almost looks like a base firebird with formula decals and a hood. Maybe i'm wrong? 
] emblems to the fenders of a Formula when they never existed in the first place. 
