View Poll Results: Should I do the Formula to TA conversion?

Yes - It would look sweet!

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No - It's a Formula for a reason, leave it!

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Oct 26, 2008 | 11:40 AM

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phantomzer0

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Oct 26, 2008 | 12:49 PM

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'Trust'

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^ Looks good! Did you chop' ride height and the rear tire width on the first one?

Oct 26, 2008 | 12:50 PM

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Upon first opening this thread I was going to say keep it a formula, but DopefedZ's and phantomzer0's cars look really good with the WS6 hoods and side skirts. I actually like that Heritage TA spoiler, it reminds me a lot of the 3 peice spoiler my dad has on his 70 1/2 Camaro.

Oct 26, 2008 | 12:56 PM

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just do it and sell the formula parts...if yopu ever want it back to how it was....welll how many v6 firebirds are out there???? yeah.

Oct 26, 2008 | 01:36 PM

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i would jst add the t/a rear bumper, skirts and hood. best look by far!

Oct 26, 2008 | 01:38 PM

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I think it would be neat to try the TA bumper and skirts, along with the W68 front bumper ground effect pieces. I always wanted to take a TA convertible, and put on the formula front cover with those two chin effects from the W68 firebird. I THINK that would look awesome. Too bad my sights have been ratcheted up significantly since those days.

Oct 26, 2008 | 04:31 PM

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i would drop it and throw a t/a hatch on it. then call it done.

Oct 26, 2008 | 08:13 PM

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I love formulas. I'd rather have a formula ws6 over a ta ws6 anyday! I couldn't find a formula so I had to settle for the ta.

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Oct 26, 2008 | 08:19 PM

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i started out wanting a WS6 car but only could find a Formula M6 car ...at the time all i wanted was a LS1 6 SPd car...and now i see WS6 TA's are like roaches..not being rude but they are all ofver the fn place..hell i have had people on this site ask me how i got my *V6 with pipes and rims to run 12.5 stock..** lmao..i love it when i show up corvettes, they pull along side and try to read the badges and cant figure out why this car thats not a *TA* is whoopin that ***.... and i am not concerned about * how rare my car is* its a black 99 leather, power Ttop M6 car..but it is mine..and about the ground effects...yea with drop springs i dont break or scrape them either...as i dont have them..and TA's have little holes in the rockers for them to attach i beleive and i dont have those in my Formula...makes it a smoothe rappearance IMO

but i am kinda partial...Sig..

Oct 26, 2008 | 08:41 PM

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phantomzer0

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Trust'

^ Looks good! Did you chop' ride height and the rear tire width on the first one?

haha yeah. I wish that was my ride height. I chopped it and accidentally deleted the original....

Oct 26, 2008 | 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by zach_ws6

WS6JIM, i like what you have done with your car. it looks great!

Thanks I appreciate it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by x2jesse1x

Do you not have any side skirts on ur car?

Nope no sideskirts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Trust'

WS6 Formula's are probably the best looking 4th gens made. I think all you should do is get a WS6 hood and some nice wheels/tires, wide meats on the back. The car would be sick.

Agreed wheels make or break a car and a hood will just add upon the look . Whatever you end up doing formula or TA just keep it classy amd make it yours.

Oct 26, 2008 | 10:31 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 'Trust'

WS6 Formula's are probably the best looking 4th gens made. I think all you should do is get a WS6 hood and some nice wheels/tires, wide meats on the back. The car would be sick.

Exactly my thoughts!

Oct 26, 2008 | 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Spd-Kilz

Potential Spolier (but would be molded in.):

Whoah! Never seen that before!
That first formula that was posted, with the aftermarket hood, but no side skirts or anything, I think looks the best. NineBall's cars look sweet too. Personally I think the formula front w/ a hood looks sweet

Oct 26, 2008 | 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Blakbird24

That would work, except I wouldn't put the front ground effect pieces on due to my splitter:

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i would drop it and throw a t/a hatch on it. then call it done.

I don't think that a TA wing looks good with a Formula rear bumper. I don't have a picture handy, but I don't think it will benefit the car at all.

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i started out wanting a WS6 car but only could find a Formula M6 car ...at the time all i wanted was a LS1 6 Speed car

I was in the same boat. I wanted an LS1 with a T56. I always thought that I'd end up with a Camaro. Go figure.

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I think all you should do is get a WS6 hood and some nice wheels/tires, wide meats on the back. The car would be sick.

I already have (realtively) wide tires on the back. I'm still debating getting the WS6 hood first, then doing the TA conversion.

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Agreed wheels make or break a car and a hood will just add upon the look . Whatever you end up doing formula or TA just keep it classy amd make it yours.

I could not agree more. My friends were trying to convince me to get a WS6 hood before I got new wheels (I had the stock 16's at the time). I honestly think it looks terrible to have stock (16") wheels with that hood. That's the last time I listened to them for advice

Last edited by Spd-Kilz; Nov 4, 2008 at 09:41 PM.

Oct 27, 2008 | 12:03 AM

#35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 02gtp4now

i would drop it and throw a t/a hatch on it. then call it done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spd-Kilz

I don't think that a TA wing looks good with a Formula rear bumper. I don't have a picture handy, but I don't think it will benefit the car at all.

That is what I did recently.... and I think it looks fine. (no pics of mine yet... but here is another members.)

Oct 27, 2008 | 12:09 AM

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please tell me you don't think this looks bad...

Oct 27, 2008 | 12:15 AM

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^ That looks awesome.
Whatever you do SpdKilz, i'm sure it'll look great. I trust ya

Oct 27, 2008 | 02:59 AM

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Leave it as a Formula.

Oct 27, 2008 | 03:04 AM

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I think you can pull off the side skirts since you have the splitter.

However, phantom's car with a splitter would be the ultimate TA/dumdumdumdumdum hybrid... So maybe go bumper, skirts, wing and hood...