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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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when i bought the car it had a little damage on the front end that needed to be fixed so i did that along with a few other appearance mods.
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After: i removed the side molding as well as had the taillights tinted.





still working on getting rid of the stupid sunroof
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woww never seen an fbody w/ a sunroof. looks soo weird.
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yeah it does.. didnt know they made them like that. maybe it was custom made? looks great tho!
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 08:21 PM
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yeah they wernt made like that, its "custom" pretty gay if u ask me. itll be fixed in a month or so.
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I'm not sure if it's my computer graphics card or not but it looks like it's a shade darker. I could be wrong. Looks 10000x better though and I'm glad you tinted your tails. Now get rid of those tips, unless you have a 98-02 rear bumper. =] btw if you don't want to get rid of that sunroof. I would just paint the hardtop around it and the sail panel black. It'll match a lot better
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I'm not sure if it's my computer graphics card or not but it looks like it's a shade darker. I could be wrong. Looks 10000x better though and I'm glad you tinted your tails. Now get rid of those tips, unless you have a 98-02 rear bumper. =] btw if you don't want to get rid of that sunroof. I would just paint the hardtop around it and the sail panel black. It'll match a lot better
nope its artic white, but it was dark when i took the pictures. and are you refering to the t/a bumper?
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Great improvement.

Are you going to get a targa top?
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yeah the t/a bumper.
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Great improvement.

Are you going to get a targa top?
i thought about it but i just bought another hard top.
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Looks much better, love lt1 formulas
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Man it's hard to match that white ain't it !
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looks much better a little buffing might help the headlight cover match, also love the lt1 formy's
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Man it's hard to match that white ain't it !
yes, it actually matches alot better than the pictures lead you to believe. the entire car is filthy except the front bumper which has just been wet sanded and polished.

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looks much better a little buffing might help the headlight cover match, also love the lt1 formy's
the headlight coved is kinda f'ed, getting it repainted soon.
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yeah headlight needs repaint/realign, but it looks loads better. blacking out the corner markers?
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^^^ Clear corners
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looks like the drivers side door or fender needs some aligning to it, looks a bit off... car looks great though!!! did you also put borla on there or just borla tips?
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Looks good kept up the good work!!
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yeah headlight needs repaint/realign, but it looks loads better. blacking out the corner markers?
yeah im taking them to the same guy who did my tails, hes gonna tint them when he does my f350 tails.

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looks like the drivers side door or fender needs some aligning to it, looks a bit off... car looks great though!!! did you also put borla on there or just borla tips?
pacesetter longtubes, off road y, cutout and borla catback.
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Originally Posted by Trans Am Jam
I'm not sure if it's my computer graphics card or not but it looks like it's a shade darker. I could be wrong. Looks 10000x better though and I'm glad you tinted your tails. Now get rid of those tips, unless you have a 98-02 rear bumper. =] btw if you don't want to get rid of that sunroof. I would just paint the hardtop around it and the sail panel black. It'll match a lot better
UMMM - The 98-02 bumper you refer to came on 93-97 T/A's as well - LOL.
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I love those front bumpers. Looks good man
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