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Old 04-12-2007, 10:48 AM
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I've tried searching for over an hour. There's a guy on here with (I think) a black V6 firebird and he's put the T/A rear bumper on without the side skirts. It has chrome C6's too. Somebody help me find this bird! If not - have any pics of this mod done on other Firebirds or Formulas. I have a 2002 NBM Formula I would like to do this to.
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I've done it to my 97. At first I was concerned with the alignment of the bottom edge of the car and if the bumper would look awkward but now, I think it Looks good. Since the LS1 birds are the same from the doors back I would think it would look fine on yours too.

P.S. The car is going in for paint soon I swear!!!

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Originally Posted by pheonix_rising
I've done it to my 97. At first I was concerned with the alignment of the bottom edge of the car and if the bumper would look awkward but now, I think it Looks good. Since the LS1 birds are the same from the doors back I would think it would look fine on yours too.

P.S. The car is going in for paint soon I swear!!!

Not soon enough Im all about being patriotic, but.... no lol
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Originally Posted by pheonix_rising
I've done it to my 97. At first I was concerned with the alignment of the bottom edge of the car and if the bumper would look awkward but now, I think it Looks good. Since the LS1 birds are the same from the doors back I would think it would look fine on yours too.

P.S. The car is going in for paint soon I swear!!!


reminds me of my old 95 Z28. got a cowl hood for it that was green, car was red. funny thing is that the car was red and green for xmas
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That looks fine and dandy except for one major problem. The T/A bumper has the molded GFX and they sort of round to the outside of the car, following the mold for the side skirts. The regular rocker panel, minus the gfx, rolls to the inside of the car. This mismatch is what really irks me about that setup. There is literally no flow whatsoever and, IMO, defeats the purpose of the sideskirts / bumper.
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Here are a few pics of my Formula with the T/A hatch and bumper cover before I installed the side skirts. I thought that it looked pretty good before I installed the side skirts, but once I did put them on it made it look that much better.

If you do buy the T/A bumper cover make sure that you dont buy the impact absorber. I have one sitting in my basement because I thought that I needed it. The bumper cover will bolt right up on your car with no problems.



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^ Thats hawt.
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Anybody have pics with the bumper but with the formula hatch?
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Kinda back from the dead here...... I was actually looking for something else and stumbled upon this. I am kinda doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing. I had a T/A and will be going backwards somewhat. It's a 94 and I am removing the front clip and going 98+ there. But instead of T/A, I'm going to do Firebird/Formula cuz I just don't like ground effects. I've already traded my T/A rear bumper cover for a Firebird. So far have decided to leave the high rise hatch. Seen that plenty of times, but does it look gay?



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