Well, I dropped about another 8G's in her this time around...ALL new suspension, new rims/rires, Ram Air I hood, new Baer brakes front to back...if you want details, check my other old post:
Parts

Here's the pics:

 

 

 

OMG! YOUR CAR IS ****ING SWEET! Thats one hot lookin bird! Man pat your self on the back! Goodjob! post more pix! Thats like the one of the top ten best thirdgen i everr seen. Get interior shots


Also im switchin my Carmen Electra Comp Wallpaper. Your car is gonan be my Wallpaper, if you dont mind.

 

damn... thats sweet. like shiney black glass. whats she hiding under that hood?

and completly off-topic: i noticed in the mirror-like reflection of you i see you watch from infinity1 and rockabilia (ihave one too, gunmetal) which face you go with? mines the MetallicA flamming skull.

 

mmmmmmm no orange peel

looks awesome :hail:

 

Nice car! Really good job. Basicaly, whatever nick418 said.

and uhh...
No offense dude, but I'de rather be with carmen electra. lol

 

By the way, what paint did you use?

 

GREAT job!! What's under the hood?

 

Awsome car. Definately makes me want that Ram Air 1 hood for mine! Keep up the excelent(sp?) job.

 

Wow, nice ride

 

lol im not offended at all.. Screw Carmen, Get a Formula like that millions of girls around here will be jumping on you

 

Thanks for all the compliments!! I used Dupont for the paint. I will keep you posted on what WILL be under the hood after THIS winters makeover

Keep the comments goin'...I like seeing what people who KNOW about rides have to say

 

wow... i'm really digging the deep dish of your wheels and how reflective your paint is. I'm generally not a fan of those ram air hoods (from the side) but ur car makes it look good. It also fits very very well (in terms of the gaps).. did u have to do work on it to fit like that?

 

YES!!! finaly a show quality pontiac...
good job, i love everything except the grafix on the windsheild... but dude good job!!!

 

terrific looking car, but one thing...might be a bad omen taking those pics in a cemetary..

 

That thing looks great!
:hail: :hail: :hail:

 

Not a fan of the hood but sweet looking car none-the-less...

 

Looks sweet, I would say one thing polish your tail light lens, or they may be perfect you paint is so shiny that it makes them look dull in the picture LOL

:hail: :hail:

Did you do the paint or was it done by a pro

.:hail:

 

Thanks again...

The lenses ARE polished/buffed out. It might have been dusty or what not, but it could be that the paint is drowning them out...lol

All the paint/prep/etc. was done by myself. As far as the hood gaps/clearances, I extended and/or shaved at the places I needed to, in order to make it fit the way it does. The rear of the hood was extended by roughly 4 inches, and sloped inward to give it a "Finished" look. I don't like the way ASCD finished it off.

As far as the pics in the cemetary...my car was REBORN...kinda fits lol

 

87DeathBird: Just re-read your question about my watch, lol

It's a Kenneth Cole w/ a Cobalt Blue Steel face

 

nice rims, i got the same ones being made as we speak, i should have mine the end of the month or a little later. They look good, i went with the stepped lip .

 

damn, cant beat that. black is definitly still the best color for a 3rd gen, period. Great job man. Where you from in chitown?

 

holy crap!! Amazingly beautiful car you got there! I love everything but the tips.

 

How did you handle the bumper inserts? I want to find a way to make them look newer on my car, been thinking about taking them off and painting them with fusion paint, but I just don't know how that would look in a few years.

Not a huge fan of mud flaps on a bird but with paint like that I understand the need.

 

88blkiroc: I'm on the southwest side...around Midway.

ZED: The tips are going to get replaced. The whole exhaust/engine/trans will be getting overhauled this winter, so, the tips WILL be better

 

Nice car!
Great work on the paint job!:hail:

 

looks great man i'm really impressed

 

Looks great!!!!

BTW, Lose the mud flaps

 

damn.

nice car.

 

I am not a huge firebird fan myself, only found a few on this site that I have liked. But damn dude, you have made my list with that car. I do agree that the mudflaps need to go. Other than that, well done man....very well done.

 

wow excellent bird!!

 

so the rims are boydes, what are the sizes on em specs ect tire size . they lok perfect one there.

Nice job on the paint, came out perfect

Jeff

 

JeffW: Boyd Coddington Smooth II's...17x8 up front, 17x10 out back...245/45/ZR17 up front, 275/40/ZR17 out back. 4 1/2" backspace on the fronts, 5 3/4" backspace on the rears.

 

Man, you must tell me what kind of paint that is. Its beautiful!!!! Please, what did you use??

 

Dirtbik3r:
The key is in the prep work, and then the AFTER painting work (wet sanding/buffing/compounding/etc.) I used Dupont ChromaBase and ChromaClear paint. Devilbiss GTi gun was used:

 

That looks awesome man, I love the brakes and the rims. Only thing I would do is tint the windows.

Beautiful car though man.

 

Excellent job!!! the only thing I would change are those hideous tail pipes.. Make them shorter and maybe dont angle them down so much......I bet 4th gen tail pipes would look awsome!.........otheer than that, that is one bad *** bird!

do tell whats under the hood now? just a 6 banger or what?

 

Little harsh, eh? lol, it's kewl. The whole thing will change soon enough. It's running a bored out 3.1 w/ Flowmaster cat back exhaust and hi flow cat. Soon to be either a 350 TPI crate from SDPC, or a 383 SBC w/ a SuperRam.

MetalliCamaroRS: I'm getting the hatch tinted very soon w/ 5% limo. I think that'll set it off nicely.

 

the only thing i dont like about ur car is the mUDFLAPS....

 

If you guys don't know, mudflaps PROTECT the paint. I don't really mind them. I'd rather have the rubber flap beat to hell, then my lower fenders all chipped up...my two cents

 

I feel the same way as you about the flaps...I like them....better to keep a nice paint job than have rock chips all over the rear and doors....and the rock chips do happen!!!.....

not meant to be harsh in my earlier post...just honest....hell I dont like my own tail pipes...Im changing them...

 

Wishmaster's87IROC:

Your more than likely entitled to your opinion. I didn't take it offensively. Hell, that's the whole reason for this site. Get people's opinions and see what others like/dislike.

 

yea IMO i think there ugly (mudflaps) but i agree wit ya 100%, it saves the paint! Hell, I mite throw some Flaps myself

 

that car looks awesome... but I hate mudflaps even though I understand why you have them on there and I don't really care for the tips either but you said you're changing them. I have one question tho... can u even get a little chirp out of those tires with that V6???

 

I can lay some mean rubber nailing it on a turn! It really doesn't chirp much. I can say, w/ all the mods I've done, I can spin the tires for crap...it's totally glued to the ground! w/ the tired old suspension, I can spin 'em all day long, even from 2 to 3rd, it'd squeak...

 

So you did the paint, give us details on booth etc, I saw the paint gun/

 

Aviator857: Paint on the car is about 4 years old. I just recently did the hood. When I did both, it was around late fall. That's the best time since the bugs arn't really out, etc. Did it in my garage w/ the furnace set to around 75-80, and the exhaust fan blowing out the garage door. Not much else really to it. Put the air filter on the gun right before the hose, and let her rip. So, that's my "booth", if you want to call it that

 

Another pic I wanted to add. Side reflection:

 

I second that. Man I wish my car was that straight!