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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 11:31 PM
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Car: 1991 Firebird Formula WS6
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My 1991 Firebird Formula

Well I Decided it was about time to share some pictures of my car.... so i went out and snapped some pics... i hope you all like them... comments and questions are always welcome

here they are







and here are just a few others





-Ben
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 11:48 PM
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friggin sweet! i wish i could take good "artistic" pics like that. now lets see what it looks like during the day

what foglight are those and how did u mount them? i would like to get more light output when i drive at night. i have brand new wanger bulbs but its still not bright enough. ive even adjusted them a million times. dunno if its just these sealed beams aint as bright or my adjustment is still off. can u also take a pic of the front to see what it looks like in the daylight?

awesome ride. i love the 91-92 birds
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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Car: 1991 Firebird Formula WS6
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Axle/Gears: 3.42's
there lexus is300 foglights... with 100w h3 bulbs in them... and heres a front day time shot for ya with them in

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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 11:59 PM
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how much do those go for? do u still have the black plastic cover things on there? whats involved in installing it?

it dont look bad at all from the front. i used to have square foglights installed that i bought from a parts store. had 'em each next to the turn signal so i couldnt use those black covers. looked great at night but after a while i hated the look of the front during the day without those covers. round lights definitely look better.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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Car: 1991 Firebird Formula WS6
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i got lucky and got the pair for 38$ on ebay.... its from an older model is300.... the newer ones are quite pricey in the 150-200$ range... so just try and keep and eye out on ebay... the black kinda grill pieces (dont know what else to call them) i took off because i didnt want to cut giant holes in them incase i ever wanted to return it back to stock looking.... installing them was pretty easy... take the nose off.... and then its just a matter of drilling 3 holes into the plastic then bolting them lights down... then wiring them... i didnt have factory foglights so i had to wire everything myself... and if you do decide to upgrade to 100watt bulbs... make sure you buy a 20 amp switch... because they pull around 8 amps each.... i didnt have a problem melting one of those cheap 10 amp switches... i also mounted them somewhat forwards... so their not sitting right next to the turnsignals... this way i could aim them downwards and get more light onto the ground.... because if they were back where the turnsignals were... you couldnt really aim them down.. but more forwards... and would lose alot of output on the ground close to the car
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 12:19 AM
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thanx for the info. the other night i hit a bigass pothole b/c i didnt see it til it was too late. so yea off to ebay i go...
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 12:23 AM
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nice car, and nice job taking the pics
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 12:47 AM
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very nice car...gotta love those 91-92s. Great artistic shots too, those are sweet!
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 02:03 AM
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Nice looking shots.

If it were mine I'd get stock foglights, tint the windows, trim the tips back so they're a little more hidden and drop it an inch or so.

Awesome.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 03:33 AM
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WOW, thats the nicest set of pics I've seen posted in quite a while, and they will be added to my collection. Nice car, nice job.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 03:53 AM
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Hey Bud,
Nice car...even nicer pics. What kind of camera are you using?

Tommy
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 06:22 AM
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Car: 1991 Firebird Formula WS6
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a canon powershot sd500 and a little editing done in paint shop pro... thanks for all the comments so far

-Ben
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 12:07 PM
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great job with the camera and nice car. is it just me or do those tail pipes stick out a mile?
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 12:37 PM
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Awesome pictures!

I take it you set the shutter speed to a slower setting for the RPM tach?
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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Car: 1991 Firebird Formula WS6
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yea they stick out just a tad they'll be put inwards more once i get around to changing the exhaust around.... and yea i slowed down the shutter for the tach pic and revved it a little to get that effect.
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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Awesome car (love formulas) really cool pics too.
thumbs up from a fellow Ontarian
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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If only there were a 3rd gen art gallery or museum somewhere. Nice Car!
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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Car: 1991 Firebird Formula WS6
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well since im liking all your guys nice comments... i went out and took some more pictures with my friend.... i'll edit this post with some more pics if i still have room left on my photobucket account
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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Awesome pics! Going to have to go out for a photo shoot on the
next rainy night Very good job!

here's mine (posting the link b/c I haven't figured out hot to size the image on here yet)

http://www.pawshboutique.com/brant/red1.jpg
http://www.pawshboutique.com/brant/red2.jpg
http://www.pawshboutique.com/brant/red3.jpg

I took these pics @ the storage place where I was keeping my car after I got it out of the shop...

artistic pics here I come!
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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By the way! I want some of those formula wheels for my '82!!!

http://www.pawshboutique.com/brant/blue1.jpg
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Old Sep 26, 2005 | 11:24 PM
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Car: 1991 Firebird Formula WS6
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anyone know the limit to how many pictures your allowed in a thread??? i tried to make another thread with the new ones i took tonight and it said i had to many (11).....
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 02:14 AM
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thats a real nice formula!
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 02:23 AM
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very impressive photography! I love the clarity along with the lighting.. really makes night shots. Also, gotta love the macro shots! Keep up the good work.

oh, your car is nice too
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 04:02 AM
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oh wow I didn't realize that your a fellow Canadian.. makes it all that much better
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