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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:14 AM
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I just picked her up 2 days ago, my previous car was a v6 Camaro and yea its quite a difference Im only 16 but I bought it myself and took out a small loan. I pay for insurance and gas so dont think im spoiled.

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Only mods now are Intake/Exhaust, in a few hours its getting 3.73 Gears and tuning.

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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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Wow looks really good. I took out a loan for my 95 formula and I pay for gas and insurance and Iam only 17 so I know what your talking about. But yeah man that car looks bad ***.
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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I like the car, im proud of you..I think you have to many stripes on it..look at my sig, I have hockey stripes too..You ought to think about maybe taking the ones of the hood..IMO.. Other wise the car looks sweet..Keep it clean
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:39 AM
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man i have to say that is a sweet car all i got with my car is bone stock and bad paint job but i love her anyway and i am gona get her all fixed up yay

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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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Very very nice! I would say take off either the hockey or the hood stripes, one or the other. And take off that import killer sticker too. Other than that though that is one nice *** car for a anybody, let alone a 16 year old. And congrats on buying it yourself! Have fun with it and be safe!
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 09:08 AM
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Thanks guys, yea the stripes are either a love/hate kind of thing. It looks like too many in the pictures but when your up close to the car it really sets it off for me. I dont know maybe im just wierd. Thanks for the compliments.

Hoping for a 12.7 or better at the highschool nationals on radials after I get my gears in today. Ive been working alot to buy this car and fund the mods..I just got a new job about 3 weeks ago at Livernois Motorsports, I love it. They really are great people here and gave me an awsome welcome into the place, they do outstanding work and they pay me pretty damn good for my age. They are a sponser so check em out sometime



-Chad

PS- Took a few pics of my boss vette and my car




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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:48 PM
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Is that a local car show, or do you work for livernois? Nice looking car.
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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damn...looks good. Congrats!!!
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Man you came out of the gate running (gears and tunning) ! Looks good !

I personally would at least get pinstripes around the center stripes to make them look nicer...

So when are you going to do the Whistler headlight mod and Berger rear panel !??!
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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pretty good looking car. I gotta agree on removing either the hockey stripes or hood stripes. A berger would look good to, especially with the stripes.
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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Hey im in MI as well, check out www.mifbody.com . Little group that gets together every once n a while and a lot of them are members on here as well. Must be sweet working at Livernois. A kid in town here with a red TA jsut got his procharger tuned down there and is coming back again for a psi bump up. Welcome and very nice car!
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:54 PM
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Congrats on the new car man. For a 16 year, you came up! Haha i remember when I was 16 i was rollin around in my sentra. Let us know how your runs go after the gear install.
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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looks good, but i'd take off the 'import killer' .. simply to not get keyed by somebody
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by firechicken2k
looks good, but i'd take off the 'import killer' .. simply to not get keyed by somebody
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 12:52 PM
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looks real nice buddy......very good that yourepaying for your own car too.

next up should be:
-window tint
-lower it
-headlight whistler mod
-paint the brake calipers silver or black.
-and anything else to get it fast as hell
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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Looks awesome!! Love the wheels!!
Looks like tint,black Halo's and Pro kit and your done. (IMHO)
Keep us posted!!
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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ok i would say lose the middle stripes since the ones on the sides look more expensive.... and lose the import killer.... just my 2 cents
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 02:06 PM
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Congrats on the Z28! Nice looking car
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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Lookin' good Chad! Gears and a tune are a GREAT start and I'm sure other mods will come in time. Just enjoy it and be safe.... that Vette looks familiar

platinumgta that was a FME (Ford Motorsport Enthusiasts) gathering/dyno day.

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