I'm getting a frame off paint job on my Firebird( apparently the former owner freaking banged it up 24-7 so the body is full of filler and the front bumper has been repared oh so many times ), anyways I found a good deal on front and rear T/A bumpers with the complete T/A GFX's. Anyone here have them on your V6 bird.

I'm a little concerned on them being too heavy and affecting my overall performance. I know it robs the T/A of a few tenths off its E.T. But I need to know if it would be very drastic on my car. I dont mind a few tenths off 'cause I dont really race at the tracks or anything but I dont want it to really affect my off the line and handling. By the way I finally picked up the 3.4 with only 30k miles on it!!

 

Frame-off.. you're going to separate the frame from the car?

 

Ummm.... can you do that to a unibody?

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--'87 Camaro LT --
Contemplating a 2.8->3.4 swap.....

 

Not where I'm from at least

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Jason E
"The Cruiser"
'89 Camaro RS 2.8
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'95 Grand Am SE 3.1 Coupe
No mods yet...

I'm the only third genner who's daily driver is faster than their third gen!

 

lol i sure hope u cant...whoever told u that u could do a frame off is seriously mistaken! BTW ...all the t/a stuff u were talking about is pretty heavy....

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Oh ok I thought frame off was getting all the possible body panels off the frame. Well what I meant was that my cars fenders, doors, seats, hatch, hood, bumpers, console, dash, carpet, headliner...etc, will be removed. The undercarriage will be treated with anti-oxidant, all the little rust holes will be cut off and replaced with steel patches...etc. I'll take advantage and clean my wiring up a little, replace all the cut wires and the weatherstripping.

 

We were just having some fun with you! (Altho I didn't know what you meant...) Is the undercarriage of your car that rusted out?


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No but its a good idea to give it the antioxidant cause I live in a Caribbean island, so rust can be a b*tch. I do have a few rust spots on the underside of the doors, on the inner edges under the rear hatch and around the windshield, also the previous owner installed a sunroof on it and I'm removing it.

So do you think that the GFX's would really slow me down?

 

lol, u should see under my car. wow. where the gfx are, the metal underneath is straight rusted out. thats so weird how bad of shape its in considering the car looks great from the outside. i said it once and i'll say it again. i'm waiting for the day when i fall straight thru the bottom of the driver side panel!!!!!

 

LOL, do you drive it in the snow? I think the only thing thats that rotted out on my car is my battery tray, that could just fall through someday.

 

by the looks of it. my car was driven through the snow and then some

 

The T/A GFX are all plastic. If that is all you are doing it will not affect your performace to anything you will notice. Maybe .1 in the 1/4, but just think how much better it will look.

 

Thanks Kyle, thats just what I hoped to hear. I love the way those T/A GFX's look. They make any bird look just plain mean