Put some black GTA wheels on also cleaned and detailed the engine bay.










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Looks great with the GTA rims....I would add the black plastic covers to the lug nuts....look better IMHO.
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Looks *SHARP* those decals or airbrushed on.What is the mileage on that ride ? Did you put that motor in ?
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Originally Posted by 89transam*pearl
Looks great with the GTA rims....I would add the black plastic covers to the lug nuts....look better IMHO. Thanks!! I cant put the plastic covers on. I have a Strange Engineering 12 bolt rearend and the lug studs are too long. So I am just using crome lug nuts.
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Originally Posted by PrdnJoy
Looks *SHARP* those decals or airbrushed on.What is the mileage on that ride ? Did you put that motor in ? Thanks!! The decals are airbrushed on. The odometer shows 186,000 miles but the engine , tranny only have 1800 miles on them. Yes me and a couple friends have done all the work on my car ourselves.
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Very very nice firebird
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Whoever did your airbrush did a great job I am getting ready to have mine done I have a 89 also identicle to yours except different spoiler.
I am thinking of doing an engine swap also but I am not sure if I should..I have 80,000 original miles on the engine in it now and no problems it is just hard to find anyone to work on these engines to much electrical and everytime they try to fix something they screw something else up.
I am thinking of doing an engine swap also but I am not sure if I should..I have 80,000 original miles on the engine in it now and no problems it is just hard to find anyone to work on these engines to much electrical and everytime they try to fix something they screw something else up.
Thanks for the comments everyone
It was actually my cousin that did the airbrushing. He worked at the bodyshop that painted my car. I was very impressed when I saw it. I swapped my motor because the 305 had 184,000 miles. I wanted more power and got a VERY good deal on the 408. You will need to determine what you want to do with the car and decide if its worth the work of a motor swap right now. Sounds like the motor is currently in great shape I personnally wouldnt swap it till the current engine died unless your building a street/strip car or something.
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I am thinking of doing an engine swap also but I am not sure if I should..I have 80,000 original miles on the engine in it now and no problems it is just hard to find anyone to work on these engines to much electrical and everytime they try to fix something they screw something else up.
Originally Posted by PrdnJoy
Whoever did your airbrush did a great job I am getting ready to have mine done I have a 89 also identicle to yours except different spoiler.I am thinking of doing an engine swap also but I am not sure if I should..I have 80,000 original miles on the engine in it now and no problems it is just hard to find anyone to work on these engines to much electrical and everytime they try to fix something they screw something else up.
It was actually my cousin that did the airbrushing. He worked at the bodyshop that painted my car. I was very impressed when I saw it. I swapped my motor because the 305 had 184,000 miles. I wanted more power and got a VERY good deal on the 408. You will need to determine what you want to do with the car and decide if its worth the work of a motor swap right now. Sounds like the motor is currently in great shape I personnally wouldnt swap it till the current engine died unless your building a street/strip car or something.
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Nice looking Bird Strocked. Later.
JamesC
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Hey, Lowell,
Did you ever wrap up your electrical problem? Car's lookin sweet!
JamesC
Did you ever wrap up your electrical problem? Car's lookin sweet!
JamesC
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Nice looking Bird Strocked. Later. Thanks!!
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Did you ever wrap up your electrical problem? Car's lookin sweet!
JamesC
Originally Posted by JamesC
Hey, Lowell,Did you ever wrap up your electrical problem? Car's lookin sweet!
JamesC
Hey James,
Yep got it all figured out. The battery drain was coming from the dome light switch. And after pulling my computer I finally have all the componets rewired that I lost power to. Wired up a toggle switch for my fan and one for my torque converter lockup. Also had to run a power and ground wire from the VSS buffer module so my speedo would work.
I also bought that part you talked about to try and fix my power antenna. Found one on ebay for a good price.
Lowell
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VERY nice! Thanks for the motivation. Those GTA rims really clean up any bird. I'm looking forward to the day when I can get some myself.



