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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 01:08 AM
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Just got my Grabber Blue TA on the road. Originally the car was a 96 TA LT1 (wrecked) transferred everything (from sheet metal up) into a V6 98 firebird body (with a few additions i.e. TA spoiler and ws6 hood). It's not quite done yet, just got new exhaust tips in today and put on GS stripes and a mini CETA mod but I haven't gotten a chance to take pics of it yet. Let me know what you guys think so far.





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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 01:36 AM
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I personally would have done satin on the sail/side mirrors..
Need to change caliper color IMO.

Otherwise looks great.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 01:54 AM
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Looks great, 1 of a kind for sure.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 04:03 AM
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I absolutely hate it, but only you have to love it man
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 07:17 AM
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Still trying to decide how i feel. Think it needs a blackbird stripe, front bird decal and maybe blackbird wingtips.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 08:22 AM
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I have added a ram air decal to the hood since the pics were taken, the front bird decal is on its way along with rear pontiac decal, and I am in the process of installing dual 3 1/2 in. exhaust tips as well. Thanks for the feedback though.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 11:03 AM
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I absolutely love it. Reminds me of the aqua blue that the 5th gens had/have.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 01:45 PM
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I love the look of the car, but I don't care for black rims on anything. IMO, if the rims were silver, the car would be perfect.
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I was under the impression it was gonna be more of a matte finish... but I still like it. Looks good.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by DrEvyl
I was under the impression it was gonna be more of a matte finish... but I still like it. Looks good.
That's because you were thinking of the other Trans AM getting painted this exact color...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...m-finally.html
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 02:09 PM
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After seeing it, I like it on the 5.0s much better. I give you props for trying something new though.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 02:09 PM
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I love grabber blue, but I'm not sure I like this.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 02:33 PM
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I hate grabber blue, and I'm sure I don't like this.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 03:00 PM
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looks different, i like it!
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 03:03 PM
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That's a bright blue! I'm pretty impressed.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by djfury05
That's because you were thinking of the other Trans AM getting painted this exact color...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...m-finally.html
Gotcha... I was cornfused. Thought I was going senile there.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 03:17 PM
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It looks great. The gloss black matches well with it.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 03:30 PM
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Car looks fantastic! I was originally looking at a 2001 Laguna Blue M3 when I bought my junk but it was 2x the price. I absolutely love the M3 in that color. There is something about that certain hue of blue that catches my eye every time.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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color looks great, not fond of the ta spoiler on the formula . I think the mini ceta mod , blackbird stripes and the nose bird all in the same color would finish it off.

looks nice.
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 05:08 PM
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Looks good needs some more black to break it up, cause thats a bright color, maybe once it's good and dry play with some plasti-dip to see what u like, like maybe some GS stripes or something
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