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Cleaned up the T/A, looking for suggestions

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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 06:12 PM
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Default Cleaned up the T/A, looking for suggestions

Looking to see what everyone thinks I should do next for my car appearance wise. I cleaned her up today, polished the chrome, so I figured its a good time to snap a few pics. Let me know what you think.

Things I'm thinking of:
- Lowering the front only, I like the back but the front could stand to loose an inch or so
- CETA + black roof panel
- Possibly some custom badges, since I took all the trim/badges off the car
- Strongly considering swapping to a firebird/formula style front bumper


Heres the "before":


Todays pics:




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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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CETA mod....although your rim change is a big improvement....

What happened to the WS6 hood?
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by arioch
CETA mod....although your rim change is a big improvement....

What happened to the WS6 hood?
It got rammed under the back end of a pickup, don't ask. I was going to paint it red to match the car but the hood is gone now.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 12:43 AM
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LOVE the wheels. I'd lower it and do the ceta mod, but VERY nice car.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by zach_ws6
LOVE the wheels. I'd lower it and do the ceta mod, but VERY nice car.
Lowering springs & CETA the bumper, asap.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 03:35 AM
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where can i find those zr1's?

oh yea...ceta mod for sure...and paint that sail panel black...window tint...and if you do the ceta some nice corsa clone tips would set that **** off
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 12:23 PM
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I'm not sure where the wheels came from, I think they are from tomzwheels, I got them from another member on here. I'm pretty much 100% going to do CETA and sail panel black, but I need to get the bumpers repainted first. They're in realy bad shape as far as paint. The back bumper looks like it got attacked by a rabid mongoose.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 07:01 PM
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Looking good, even better if it had a drop, tint, and ceta mod.
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Looks great with those rims. I say lower the front a tad and Ceta the rear bumper. I was on the fence when I was considering mine but once it was done it looks unfinished every time I see one unpainted and I have gotten many compliments.

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springs and rear ceta mod, keep the t/a bumper
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Flare out the rear wheel fenders to wrap more around the wider rims. Are those 315's in the rear? I haven't heard of anyone doing this but i think it would look soo much better especially if you run the 315's.
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ws9 hood.
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CETA Mod
Black roof
Black Mirrors
Darkest Legal tint
Lower front
Remove Rear Bird Emblem
Black Trans Am door lettering
Red front sidemarkers (Camaro Rears)
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lower and ceta
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Spd-Kilz
CETA Mod
Black roof
Black Mirrors
Darkest Legal tint
Lower front
Remove Rear Bird Emblem
Black Trans Am door lettering
Red front sidemarkers (Camaro Rears)
This about sums it up I think, I don't really want tint since cops are dicks about it around here. What springs should I use for the front? I've got SLP bilstiens on it right now with 1LE springs.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 10:52 PM
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Aren't those the new Deep Dish ZR1's in the back? Look great
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Originally Posted by Arc00TA
This about sums it up I think, I don't really want tint since cops are dicks about it around here. What springs should I use for the front? I've got SLP bilstiens on it right now with 1LE springs.
I understand what you mean with the cops, but a black roof with un-tinted windows will look dumb. Don't spend the money to paint the roof if you're not going to tint the windows.

I really know nothing about what springs to run. I've heard really good things about Strano, but you might want to take a look into the suspension section.

Also, if you're sticking with the Trans Am front end, get a hood. If you go with a Firebird / Formula front, I think it will look good without.

just my $0.02
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Spd-Kilz
I understand what you mean with the cops, but a black roof with un-tinted windows will look dumb. Don't spend the money to paint the roof if you're not going to tint the windows.

I really know nothing about what springs to run. I've heard really good things about Strano, but you might want to take a look into the suspension section.

Also, if you're sticking with the Trans Am front end, get a hood. If you go with a Firebird / Formula front, I think it will look good without.

just my $0.02
Yeah, I like the smooth hood but with the firebird front, I think it looks way better than the T/A style. Its hard for me to decide which way to go.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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Nice rims

If your looking for a set of fronts I'm about to PM you something....otherwise BMR sells their springs front/rear separately...last I checked Strano doesn't. I was thinking about doing the same thing when I had 17x11's. BMR's will lower your front end 1" which IMO would look great.
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