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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 07:01 PM
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Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Told the wife i was primering it for temporary, i am a liar but she loves me more now i think:




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Then i added what i think is a firehawk emblem i had laying around:

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A set of wheels and a 4th gen spoiler and she will be done.
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Much improved Zane!
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 10:20 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Nice! Got a before pic?
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 10:48 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

A before picture would be it in primer if I recall.

Looks good, hood looked eh on the sealer/primer job you had before. Now it looks good.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Hot.

Now it needs some wheels.
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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 01:14 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Sick as f***.
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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 05:34 AM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Looks great!!! more and more i see these posts, the more motivation i get to do my own...definately have to see a b4 and after
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

i love those hoods! my first bird had one, so hard to find...Sweet ride man...damn i need another third gen..
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 07:08 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Sorry for the late reply, this was before:



That was old sealer, but looked great when i first did it:

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Will be getting wheels off the RS as i wrecked it today and will have the 15x3.5 front and 15x10 rears, pro start. Will be getting the 6,0 out of it too.
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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 11:31 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Aw man sorry to hear about your RS what happened?
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

what kind of hood is that? looks good man
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Originally Posted by Awesome-X
Aw man sorry to hear about your RS what happened?
Tried to let a 18 wheeler over so he did not have to exit north on 59. When i did, i got a bit too close to a Ford truck, then street sweepers on the exit ramp had traffic shut down hard, i was not far enough to avoid collision.

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what kind of hood is that? looks good man
It is a daytona turbo hood, but the option without louvers.
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 08:06 PM
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Axle/Gears: 4.30 M12, 23.42 10 bolt
Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

The 6.0 and 4.30 12 bolt are going into this TA from the RS now BTW.
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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 11:02 PM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

You did a good job on that paint job. Looking forward to seeing it in person at the next local show.
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 06:08 AM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

Looks ok, we rushed it so it is not as nice as I wish.
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 02:08 AM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

The emblem on the nose is just a fourth gen emblem. I had one on my 95 firebird. Still looks awesome though.
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 04:17 AM
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Re: Painted the 5.3 powered Trans Am

should have painted the firehawk emblem black to make it stand out, but other then then that shes looking good sir
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