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Old 01-30-2007, 05:57 PM
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Default bird between the taillights???

There is like a greyish maybe red iono...bird that has trans am above the bird between my taillights. My ? is, does that same bird come on every bird that is built? cuz i just bought a white bird with white lettering just askin thxs...
Old 01-30-2007, 06:06 PM
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Bird like this? this was on mine now its polished out and just black.
Old 01-30-2007, 07:08 PM
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thats the trans am one. Formulas dont have any at all, its all black there and v-6 firebirds imo get a way nicer looking bird
http://members.aol.com/marc1130/parts/filler2.JPG

as far as colors, i havent ever heard any different. My white v-6 has a red bird, and my red ls1 has a red bird. I know for a fact aftermarket companies make them in different colors but as far as factory colors i dont know. If youre interested in a different color pm me i own a graphics shop
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yep that one im takin that bird off and putting on a white one with white lettering. See i work in a machine shop and we can polish the **** out of some pieces you think i could polish that plastic?
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yea i did on the spare on i bought. I bought a new center section off of ebay for cheap and it had a very faded dull bird. So i took some compounds and buffed away by hand. got some plastix polish and buffed it the rest of the way i'll take a picture for ya tomarow to show you just a black out polished by hand.
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i have a faded bird and lettering with anything take that off i heard goo gone or mr. clean earser?
Old 01-30-2007, 08:17 PM
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i used some rubbing compound i had from a buffing kit for my dremel. it came off very easily. I think i also tried wet sanding it at 400 grit and worked my way up to 2000 grit then polished it with meguirs plastix it worked real good for doing it all by hand. Anything i usually do my self i either take a really long time on or it doesn't come out right. This took i think a full day taking my time. and it turned out way better than i expected.
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Heres what it looks like no bird.


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did it and put my new decal on. mr.clean pad really works wonders it came right off haha..thx. looks good
Old 01-31-2007, 04:26 PM
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Give me a couple hours, I'll post up a airbrushed eagle I had done on my old firebird...
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lets see some pics of it finished up! has anyone ever body matched the center peice and then rounded off the ends of the tailights with the same color? To make it look like two oval tailights on a bumper like a camaro almost? i dont know if it would look good or bad, just a thought
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been wanting to do this but i might just buy a polished one and save me the work

http://finalfate.londonforces.net/walkthrough.htm
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heres a link to the write up on it, i did it in about an hour, most of the time was just letting it dry after wetsanding it:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....66&postcount=1
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Thanks for posting up my walkthrough guys. It's nice to see people appreciate the work you do.
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indeed that where i go the info as well just don't have it linked any more so i couldn't find it lol
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when i bought my car, the bird was faded to that gray color, so i decided instead of going oem red, to do a black on gold package


heres my tail panel



and heres a pic of my wheels with the bird logo in gold
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where can I get the orig. bird, I want to take the old one off, polish it. Then just put the bird on, no T.A.



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