I really like the look of the 4th gen TA spoiler on our birds, although i do admit from some angles it doesnt seem to flow with the car. For those of you that have one or looked at one, would it be possible to shave down the legs and bottom of the arms so that it doesnt sit up quite so high? And still be able to bolt it down?

 

3 real options....

1. Buy an expensive one designed to simply drop into the 3rd gen original holes

2. Buy a 93-97 wing, weld the stock holes shut, drill 4 new ones & extend the center 2 posts

3. Buy a 98-02 wing, weld the stock holes shut, drill 4 new ones & extend the center 2 posts (which is really pretty easy).....Then find out it won't sit flat, short of throwing $500 at a lot of custom fiberglass work at the bottom

As for shortening it...I wouldn't suggest trying that. Its hollow & by the time you shortened it, you'd lose the bottoms & it wouldn't sit anymore...Short of a lot of new fiberglass bottoms, like option #3.

I was real hesitant to do it to my car too, until I did it. Every time I looked at my car, I liked it more & more. So I sold my fiberglass OEM style wing & haven't regretted it for even a second!

 

Oh yeah? From what angles? Seems to flow perfectly to me.

 

when your looking down at it form the rear it looks out of place thats the only thing iv seen in person

 

I disagree. Doesnt flow to me. It is obvious that it wasnt made for our cars. The back of our cars are rather boxed/squared and it is rounded and tall. It looks better than a lot of the other spoilers Ive seen ppl run but I think the aero and wrap around spoiler look better.

 

Hey is yours a manufactored one or did you fab a 4th gen one? I just bought one a guy has already fabbed up from a 4th gen for my 92 Firebird.

 

His is an OEM LT1 wing.....He put my LS1 wing on my GTA for me.

That is how we found out about the differences & that the LT1 wings fit much better.

 

looks like it was mad for them cars!! real nice!

 

Mine is an OEM 4th gen from a '96 T/A.

 

Took some better pics of mine after paint.

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hey FYRCHKN, which car is yours cause i see the same cars with 3 different rims... or did you get bored that day and go through your shop swapping rims ?? LOL

 

It flows better with the 91-92 cars than the older ones. I've never been a huge fan of the last two year firebirds GM tried to round them up to sqeeze a couple more years out of the body when everything was going to a rounded look in the 90's. However the spoiler mostly fits in with the GM rounded parts on the long stright lines of the car.

Now on the more squared firebirds and T/A from previous years it stands out as not quite belonging.

To reduce the height of the spoiler (is it fiberglass) I would take it out of the middle not the bottom and then refiberglass the two halfs together.

 

Actually, your not even seeing the 1st set it had.

He bought the car with 15" Formula-style wheels.....
Got the 17" Snypers.....
Got the 16" Gold Crosslaces from me.....
Painted the Crosslaces black.....
And that is what it currently has.......for now.

 

Yep. Here's what she looked like a year and a half ago:




I would show you what it looks like now, but it's not relevant to this thread since I currently have the wing on saw horses getting prepped for paint......oh wait, I'm shaving and prepping the whole car for paint.

But, here's a little teaser of what the car will "kinda" look like in a couple of months:




Stephen---DON'T spill the beans on what else I'm doing that's not in this pic!....I want it to be a surprise.

 

You've already shown more than I even knew, going from red to white!

Or it gonna change AGAIN???

 

Sorry about hijacking the thread a little....