1st

 

2nd... Subs & amp

 

another

 

interior

 

and last, she needs some new paint

 

Uh, hate to tell you but it looks to be dandruff in your rear carpeting!

ER

 

Looks good.
Is it just the picture or is your hood's paint sun and wether beaten pretty bad?

 

that "dandriff" is wood shavings from that board, to lazy to clean, and yea the paint is badly weathered and sun beaten

 

i couldn't even tell the paint was faded till you mentioned it. but anyways, it looks good.
hey you have the same amp as i do, nice. was it hard to wire the subwoofers so they didn't kill your battery? i have to get my amp and subs rewired because it kills my battery if its hooked up for too long.

 

Get a paint job, and she'll be looking really good.

 

PeNZ...I have the same car you do, except in balck....with beechwood interior. Question....what is that switch between your rear defroster and fog light switch?? I don't have one of those. Just a red light that someone had put in (rather nicely too) for an alarm system. Just curious as to what option that was....nice ride.

 

Easier said than done. Not everyone has the dinero to dish out 4k for a paint job.


It looks like you have one of those California Firebirds with the ground effects and dash option.

 

I'd never dish out more money for a paint job than my car's worth.

 

1990 was the first year GM offered an "Aero Package". Basically, it was the first year you were able to get Trans Am trim on a non-V8 car. The only difference from the TA was that they still came with regualr Firebird tail lights, Firebird wing, and a non-vented hood. So I don't think they are exclusive to just CA.

 

What size is the Firehawk rubber on that car?

 

the paint job should really add some life to the looks of that car. It's in great condition minus the paint, and like a good portion of the thirdgens you have the running away clear coat. My bird is getting painted the winter, and the ground fx will be added at the same time. Not to shabby, slap on some dupont, and it's show quality .

 

i've got that amp too. i hate it with a passion, i am getting a lightning audio down the road.

 

the amp doesnt drain the batttery at all, how did yours drain the battery?

switches go, left to right, fogs, rear defrost, hatch release

As for being a CA car, yes it is, built in Van Nuys

Firehawks, 215/65s on the front, 235/60s on the back

 

Heres a closer shot of the switches, my question is one of my lights are out in one of them, how hard is it to change them/ what kinda bulb is used

 

DOnt know if you guys noticed this, but my car has cupholders, which I really like, my friend has had a 89 Bird, and now a 90 Camaro and both didnt have them, how many of you guys have them from the factory?

 

i'm not 100% but i believe the cupholders came out in either late 80's or 1990. My buddies artic white 1990 T/A had them in it. Gorgeous car, but the kid he sold it to wrapped it around a tree. kid was ok and all, think he just bought a beat up corvette now which he's trying to fix up, so he can wrap it around a tree also.

 

Man having cup holders would have been sweet.
You don't notice how much use they have till your in traffic, and need that extra hand.

 

ouch! uni-body + tree = no good

 

i'm assuming that someone decided to route the wires straight to the battery instead of to the starter (so instead of the subs turning on when the car starts its on all the time, that is if the fuse is in the amp).....i think i just confused myself. well anyways the point is that the wiring is fuxored up

do paint jobs really cost 4K? i was thinking around 600...anywho i get what ya mean.

i thought those were cupholders! man that would be nice. someone spilled coffee in my car once...flew all over me. needless to say they never brought coffee or any drink in my car again. lol.

 

you put power cable to battery, and remote wire to deck, amp turns on when deck is on, easy as that

 

well you can get a $600 paint job, but remember you get what you pay for, for 600 you would probably have to do most of the body work, or the car would have to be in really good shap, just needing a quick sand down and spray.
1000 would probably be a decent job, and 1500-1800 would probably cover the standard job.
As for 4K I expect the car should look show room, but on our V-6's I can't imagine doing it.

 

I'm planning on getting a 2k paint job. It won't have that glass like showroom finish, but it will be close to factory. Sometimes it really depends on what particular shop you go to and who does. Take Maaco for instance. Each shop is independently operated so the results will always vary. I have seen some great Maaco paint jobs for 700 and I have seen some really bad ones as well.

The only true way to be able to tell if you will get a good paint job by a body shop is see examples of their work and if you are lucky, ask one the customers how they liked their results and how much they payed for it.

Any paint job that cost 4K and up better be F...ING perfect. For my car I don't mind a few flaws here and there, since it is a daily driver and doesn't go to shows.

 

I don't think so... I have that package, T/A GFX, full gauge package, regular tail lights, T/A wheels, Power almost everything (cept mirrors), Firebird wing.... I do wish I had cupholder... OH WAIT hehe, swapped in the 4th gen console!

 

There are more of them in CA because of its strict air emissions.

 

Well thats cool you got it on you 89. Although, looking at the pics you still have firebird wheels, which would make sense. T/A's came with honeycomb wheels.

Cupholders are great, I got 'em too!

PeNZ, about the switches...my foglight switch would ficker. They are easy to get out and change. I could get to the "bulb" itself, so I just ordered a used fog light switch from Hawk's Thirdgen Parts when I ordered a new headliner. Just pluged right in. Couldn't be easier. If you go to the junkyard though, or look at earlier birds, they came with different switches on the dash. You'll have to limit your search to 90 and 91 at least....don't know how things started to change after that....

 

that's not true on the honeycombs, my friends 1990 T/A came factory with those exact same rims he has on his bird. I do believe that there was a difference in size between the firebird and trans am rims, firebirds were 15x7. Trans Am's were 16x8. The honeycomb wheels were the GTA rims, if that's the ones you're talking about, they were black, gold, and silver i believe.

 

do they just pop off, like you could use a screwdriver gently and pop it off?

 

gotcha, didn't think of the non-GTA rims.

PeNZ....to get at the switches look underneath that plastic piece they are sticking out from (just above your heater controls). You will see two screws. unscrew them and that piece will drop down with the buttons in it. then just push the tabs aside and they pop out.

 

cool thanx