Personally, I think this car looks sweet, actually it looks super sweet *insert Cartman voice here* Too bad it's not real.

 

Dude, I REALLY like that, can that be done???

 

Anything is possible with a whole ton a money.

 

that looks like a ferrari

 

I really might have to figure out how to get a rear bumper like that, it's nice man.

 

Someone buy a plastic welder, and a couple bumpers - quick! That looks really cool - like a C6 vette. The bumper is a very unique idea that I don't think would be impossible.

 

While that doesn't look awful from the side profile... what does a rear shot look like ?

Probably not as good if the stock tails were to be kept.

 

A dude on this board has already done the flat rear bumper thing.
It can be done really easy I think.
Also, just by looking at the pic, it looks like the car has the predator body kit for the rear end. Other than that, you are all admiring a pretty stock looking firebird. Just think about it, this look is really not hard to achieve. I'd give it 1 whole day, with proper tools, and this can be done. Or cut up your bumper, fiberglass it, sand, paint and there you go.

 

One day? C'mon, no way. And what about the targa mod, is that one day too? Just sawzall the t bar and your done, right? 20 minutes tops!

 

I think it'd look better from a profile shot if you curved the rear bumper up more instead of having that squared off edge on the bottom. Like a trucks rollpan kind of thing.

If money was no object my vert would look similar to this.

 

I personaly don't care for the look of truck rollpans, so I would have to say that I perfer the squared off look of the rear ground effects. But to each his own, right?

 

Man as soon as mine gets out of paint im starting on a new rear clip like that.

My other buddy really wants to start on the targa top for his in about 2 weeks when we have more time.....

 

If you don't like truck rollpans then why would you be doing this? It's the same exact thing. Except it seems like you want to blend it in even less, making it look more like a truck with no bumper. I'm confused...

You kind of have to think about what deadbird mentioned and how the back end of the car will look from the rear...

 

That GTA looks nothing like a truck. Theres no cab, or bed, or tailgate anywhere in that pic. I was trying to make it look more like a C4, or something Italian exotic. Thats what I like. Low slung pointy cars with targa tops and vertical rear valances are what appeals to me, so I decided to photoshop those charastics onto a thirdgen. And although I own a camaro, I think that the GTA lends itself to that style alot better. I have no idea what it should look like from the back, but with some effort it could be made to look sweet. So to sum up what I just said: get off my nizo's about the rollpans.
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Targa top=sweet!

 

Okay man, sorry. That rear looks pretty close to a tailgate to me.

 

If you were going for that look, wouldn't it be a hella lot easier starting with a hardtop?

 

...not if I want a convertible.



Didn't think I had to say that I'd do a convertible version.

 

sure you could re use the peice that you cut out but a t-top car is more structurally sound because of no rigidity from the roof. just like a convertable would. either way u would need to re-enforce the windshield, have a rollcage, and definatly some subframe connecters to stop it from bending the frame if you were going to do some racing or even some spirited driving.

 

Yeah, before I sent my 86 TA to the junkyard, I cut the t-bar off just to see how much the body would flex without it. Dude, it was amazing! That car was like a limp noodle without the t-bar. Driving it was totally out of the question. Even opening the door was out of the question. I just Bo Duke'd it and hopped in through my new targa opening to sit in it.

So basically if you want to targa a third gen, you will need to massivly reinforce the structure of the car first.

 

to do the targa might be easier to start with a convertible and add on the back half of a t top roof and pillars. cause in my thinking a drop tops frame is already strengthened to handle having the top down. right?

 

Have you ever looked at the side of a house and seen the gutters at the bottom of the roof? Picture one of those running down the bottom side of the door and thats about all the "reinforcement" 'verts are getting stock.

 

I really like it but with something like that you would lose the honeycomb that sits behind the bumper. Could be important for some people that are prone to backing into trashcans or mailboxes lol.

 

my honey combs already gone. BUt as far as makeing a targe were going to weld braces in the a pillars to help the windshield. Where else is it going to be weak. We could also reinforce the underside of the car.

 

It's a TransVette!

I'm not fond of that big, 'Vette-like butt. I know a lot of guys love big butts, but not me... at least, not on cars. And I think those wheels should stay on 'Vettes too. But the other 'Vette feature, the targa, looks nice, though.

I found the real pic of that car on another thirgden website and posted it in thread about 'raked stance' a couple of months ago. It's not my car, but I really liked its stance... just about perfect, IMO. And other than the owner's choice of wheels, I think the real car looks as good as any thirdgen can--and much better than that p'shop'd pic above.

 

You're wasting time, metal, money, and effort if you reinforce the a-pillar. The only way that would help would be with a 10 pt cage or something similar to tie it to at the b-pillar. You'd be fine with a halo bar, rear bars and forward bars for "reinforcement".

 

Well isnt that the place your going to have the problem? If a vette can do it how can you not do it in a thirdgen by reinforceing it?

 

The a-pillars? No. The way to strengthen the car is to tie the wet noodle together. Not just add metal to a random area.