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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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dont know what to do with my car to make it a little different than every other red ws6. any advice on wheels, stripes, and any other exterior mods to make it stand out in a sea of red f bodies. buy the way not looking to spend a but ton of money, so the cheaper the mods the better.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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i've always been a fan of the camaro 35th anniversary stripes on WS6 cars, it looks really good, and not too common.

as for wheels, there are alot of options, but without spending 3k on 3pc. wheels, you're kind of limited in GOOD looking cheap wheels, tt2's, zr1's, zo6's, boyd coddingtons, etc. you'll see these wheels EVERYWHERE on this site, but don't let that get you down, you won't see near the amount of these in person as you would on this site...
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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i was strongly concidering the 35th anniversary stripes made for it at www.camarograghics.com in silver or grey and putting gun metal z06 wheels and polishing the lips.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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LOL, make that 'g' a 'p.'
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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good call its getting to late for me to spell right, anyways let me know what you think.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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There are a lot of things that I like, but I see a lot of T/A's with the same things. One thing that is somewhat rare, but cool to me is the old-school bird on the hood. I've seen it on a few T/A's and it just looks bad ***. The trick is to not cheese it up and get too second gen on it. If you do it tastefull, it will look great!

As far as wheels..I've always liked the stock chrome WS6 wheels, so perhaps a simple five spoke Fikse or something?
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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the bird idea is awsome i have thought of that but being a ws6 the layout would be a pain in the butt even though i am a body and paint man.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 11:43 PM
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True, I didn't think about the WS6 hood. You could always swap hoods, if that is an option, but I personally love the WS6 hoods.
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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me too thats why i have ruled that opion out for the most part. though you are right they do look good on flat hoods as long as you dont get too carried away
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Do the CETA if you dont have it.
Put the decal/overlays in black
I've seen most in chrome.. [Hence on mine]
And then maybe some c5 5 spokes [black?]
That would just look sexy in my opinion. If you want to see the
5spoke c5's let me know; I got em.. Just not black :]
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Originally Posted by black_sheep454
the bird idea is awsome i have thought of that but being a ws6 the layout would be a pain in the butt even though i am a body and paint man.
This guy did it:



He got it for $50 off of ebay... I think it looks good.

I would also consider blackbird stripes and other styling cues:

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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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Cheaper mods are what the majority of people get, so you might not stand out. Some wheels change your cars appearance completely, and well as a lower stance. TTII's always look good on birds. So do the blackbird stripes.
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Originally Posted by DEMONBIRD
This guy did it:



He got it for $50 off of ebay... I think it looks good.

I would also consider blackbird stripes and other styling cues:

I don't care too much for that bird...I've seen some on this site that looked great though.

The blackbird stripes are awesome! I just couldn't remember what they were called, but I like those on red T/As
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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they all look good to me it just helps seeing other cars with simular mods done to help me decide what i want. the bird on that car looks great to me but i think it is because the car is black with a gold bird. and the CETA mod is getting done just waiting to do them all at once. any strong opinions on the 35th anniversary stripes made for the t/a on camarographics.com let me know
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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i've already said it, but i think 35th stripes are the best ram air decals by far... it just looks badass, especially on red cars.

if i had a ws6 hood, 35th stripes would be in order asap.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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ruff racing has some sweet rims and theyre hella cheap. I plan on buying the 281's in 20x10.5 rear with a 4.5inch lip and 19x8 up front. i know of a site that has all their products. They are charging me 1750 shipped! for wrapped 20's and 19's? pm me ill send you the info
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definatly think i am going to go with the anniversary stripes now just to figure out what kind and color of wheel.
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Old Feb 24, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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how about the new coys that are similar to the tt2's with the in the gunmetal and chrome
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