Some Great Pics of Car Within (Raptor hood, PM Lowering)
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Some Great Pics of Car Within (Raptor hood, PM Lowering) NOTE: In the box above the picture, please select "Normal" size for best quality.
Raptor Trans Am -- Side Profile With Raptor Hood -- Heat Extractors
These pictures kinda show what the car looks like since I got it back from the body shop. I really like the hood and when all the little flaws get worked out I'll be loving it. It's the best looking hood for 98+ Firebirds out there IMO. As for the PM (Poor Man's) Lowering, this was posted here before I believe. It's where you take the rear spring's rubber perch off and put a piece of garden hose around a coil or two. It added a few creaks and squeeks (but I also did and APHR and Poly/Rubber LCAs so I can't automatically pin it on the PML mod, it could be the other stuff but it's a definant squeek from the passenger's side rear. It also lowered the rear exactly 0.5" and made the car sit level (from fender to floor it's now 27.5" in the front and the rear, car in pics is just a touch lower in the rear thanks to some weight in the back hatch). In about two weeks I'll have the money for shocks and springs but until then I wanted to do something about the factory 4x4 look <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> so this seemed logical since I had a busted hose at the house already. Anyways, thanks for any comments, compliments, or suggestions (on the car or my photography. I really like photography and want to get into it more. I'm hoping to get some good shots of my car in the next few weeks with a really nice camera. Stay tuned <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> ). Later.
Raptor Trans Am -- Side Profile With Raptor Hood -- Heat Extractors
These pictures kinda show what the car looks like since I got it back from the body shop. I really like the hood and when all the little flaws get worked out I'll be loving it. It's the best looking hood for 98+ Firebirds out there IMO. As for the PM (Poor Man's) Lowering, this was posted here before I believe. It's where you take the rear spring's rubber perch off and put a piece of garden hose around a coil or two. It added a few creaks and squeeks (but I also did and APHR and Poly/Rubber LCAs so I can't automatically pin it on the PML mod, it could be the other stuff but it's a definant squeek from the passenger's side rear. It also lowered the rear exactly 0.5" and made the car sit level (from fender to floor it's now 27.5" in the front and the rear, car in pics is just a touch lower in the rear thanks to some weight in the back hatch). In about two weeks I'll have the money for shocks and springs but until then I wanted to do something about the factory 4x4 look <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> so this seemed logical since I had a busted hose at the house already. Anyways, thanks for any comments, compliments, or suggestions (on the car or my photography. I really like photography and want to get into it more. I'm hoping to get some good shots of my car in the next few weeks with a really nice camera. Stay tuned <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> ). Later.
