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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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I know they dont make any type of rear bumpers with a CME for the firebird but I was wondering if anyone has though about this or photoshopped this done?
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:01 PM
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i haven't thought about that before, i am also curious to see what that would look like,
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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Not trying to down you or anything, but I can't see it looking any better than shitty.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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naw i think it would look good, love to see a photochop
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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Even though I think this would look bad, I'm willing to try.

Somebody find a good rear-end shot of a Trans-Am. I can't find any good ones
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by MasterEvilAce
Even though I think this would look bad, I'm willing to try.

Somebody find a good rear-end shot of a Trans-Am. I can't find any good ones
Its the first pic I could find

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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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Better pics below....

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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:07 AM
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^ ^

There's a factory lip kit for 4th gen Firebirds, but not TA's. They came on cars ordered with the W68 appearance package and (in this case) made the rear look more like a TA (accented the dual exhaust pipes). If you buy them new-off-shelf, they're a shitload of money. They are also incredibly hard to find for sale used.

Here's a pic from a random cardomain site:
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If anyone can do it better this is the 2 pics I used to put it together...



They make a trans am bumper the same as the camaro

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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ZexGX
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There's a factory lip kit for 4th gen Firebirds, but not TA's. They came on cars ordered with the W68 appearance package and (in this case) made the rear look more like a TA (accented the dual exhaust pipes). If you buy them new-off-shelf, they're a shitload of money. They are also incredibly hard to find for sale used.

Here's a pic from a random cardomain site:
My firebird actually had the w68 kit on it when I bought it, But ive since then took it off and put trans am rear bumper on.
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Man... You'd have to redesign the whole bumper to get it to look right. Nevermind.
The license plate kills the effect. It would make the exhaust hang too low, and it would also clutter the center of the car.
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Originally Posted by MasterEvilAce
Man... You'd have to redesign the whole bumper to get it to look right. Nevermind.
The license plate kills the effect. It would make the exhaust hang too low, and it would also clutter the center of the car.
It wouldnt hand to low with the body kit bumper and thats fiberglass so it wouldnt be that hard to get rid of what you dont like on it. Id like ot see some oval tips shopped into that bumper I did.
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License plate kinda kills it.

5 min photoshop..:

Attached Thumbnails Firebird Cme?-wtf1.jpg  
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Vicinity
Not trying to down you or anything, but I can't see it looking any better than shitty.

yeah that has FAIL written all over it
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Aha. got it.
took some time to actually make a GOOD one.. this came out sick i think

Here it is:
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 02:05 AM
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They all look terrible in my opinion...
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 98 WS6
Aha. got it.
took some time to actually make a GOOD one.. this came out sick i think

Here it is:
Thats exactly what Im talking about. Maybe tuck the tips up a little more. What bumper did you start the shop with?
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 02:44 AM
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I tried to fix it the way I want it to look, Id still like to know the bumper u used

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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 03:01 AM
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Thanks for the covering the plate lol, I felt kinda bad after I left it there.
I used a member's NBM Camaro SS. I just took the bumper off of his and molded it to my T/A.. Then did some color changing and covered up some stuff.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 03:09 AM
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now for the ceta mod around the cme, that looks pretty dang good.
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