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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 01:38 AM
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Hi, have bought a Dark green metallic,1995 Firebird Formula convertible, it is missing, the decal on the rear taillight panel, my question is? Wich decal i stock there on the forebird formulas?

Should it really say formula? or was it firebird as stock? Then is it style 1 or 2 on the picture? Then i wonder about the colour on the vinyl was it white or red?

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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 02:05 AM
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Middle right one. I'm trying to remember if that's what it looked like on my old formula
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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 02:29 AM
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I have no clue, but I just googled "1995 formula rear" and all of the cars that came up had nothing on the panel between the taillights and had the "formula" decal on the right side of the bumper, in the same font as in style 1

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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 04:50 AM
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there are 2 or 3 lt1 formy's in my town and I can't speak to the filler panel (will try to remember to look whenever I next see one, as these are rundown daily driver cars whatever is on them is stock for sure) but the style 1 formula is on the passenger side of the rear bumper.
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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 05:58 AM
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I believe it had nothing there on lt1 formulas. If you're asking about the bird, then the ls1 cars had style 1.
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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 07:31 AM
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thanks guys...ofcourse i have the formula letters on the bumber right side, and in the front.... And the tail light panel is totally clear and black, so that was my question if it should be like this?
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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Mrjockos
thanks guys...ofcourse i have the formula letters on the bumber right side, and in the front.... And the tail light panel is totally clear and black, so that was my question if it should be like this?
Yes. That is how they came factory.

It's a bit difficult to see the Formula decal on the headlight in this shot:


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Formulas didn't have anything there factory.

But, period correct bird and font would be the middle one on the left.

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Middle right one. I'm trying to remember if that's what it looked like on my old formula
OP's is an LT1 car. The LS cars had a different bird and didn't have the same font as the 98-02 formulas.
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Old Jun 8, 2014 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by TechCam97
Yes. That is how they came factory.

It's a bit difficult to see the Formula decal on the headlight in this shot:


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On the white one, the decal says Formula v8, was this just on 1993-94? Have also seen door decals as stock on 93-94 formula, was this an option? Or stock?

IS it correct that the RPO W66 is the code for "the formula package" or is it more rpo codes for this?
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Originally Posted by Mrjockos
On the white one, the decal says Formula v8, was this just on 1993-94? Have also seen door decals as stock on 93-94 formula, was this an option? Or stock?
The big door letter decals were an option, though Im not sure which years.
The Formula V8 front and rear decals were a 93-94 thing.
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Originally Posted by Flaring Afro
I believe it had nothing there on lt1 formulas. If you're asking about the bird, then the ls1 cars had style 1.
For LS cars, TA's had style 1 bird (left) but Formulas and V6's have style 2 bird (right). Also LS1 Formulas said "Firebird" above the bird.
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Originally Posted by z-camaro
For LS cars, TA's had style 1 bird (left) but Formulas and V6's have style 2 bird (right). Also LS1 Formulas said "Firebird" above the bird.
I'm surprised I never noticed that the bird was different on those.
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Originally Posted by z-camaro
For LS cars, TA's had style 1 bird (left) but Formulas and V6's have style 2 bird (right). Also LS1 Formulas said "Firebird" above the bird.
I've never noticed that either, but it appears to be true. The only car that had the style 2 bird with the trans am lettering was the CETA cars as far as I can gather.

It'd drive me nuts as a 98-02 TA owner knowing I had 2 different bird logos on my car lol (front license plate cover)
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Old Jun 10, 2014 | 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MasterTomos
It'd drive me nuts as a 98-02 TA owner knowing I had 2 different bird logos on my car lol (front license plate cover)
My wheels also have the filled bird because I felt the outlined one wouldn't be noticeable down there, so my car would really drive you nuts.



I don't think it's that big of a deal. One's an outline, the other is filled but they're basically the same. If the tail lights had the bird from a 79 trans am, then it would look a lot more mismatched.
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 01:06 PM
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When the decal wore off the back of my center panel, I went the the bird on the right like the CETA/Firebirds and larger "Trans Am" lettering.
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