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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 03:13 PM
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well, for those of yall that were in atlanta im sure you remember the fugly black pinon hood, well i just drove the car to town topless and picked it up at the body shop i do buisness with. the did a great job, painted and cleared top and bottom side and matched it suprisingly well to the color that was there.
it even got me a race on the way home with a new gto

ive also got-er-down to probably 2950lbs right now with me in it in race trim
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 03:20 PM
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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2950 wow, car looks good - figured you would have them fill the holes for the rear spoiler and get rid of that

How much does that T/A spoiler weigh btw?
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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2950 wow, car looks good - figured you would have them fill the holes for the rear spoiler and get rid of that

How much does that T/A spoiler weigh btw?
its gotta be a good 25lbs imo.
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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wonder if you can cut it in half, grind it out thin and glue it back together
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wonder if you can cut it in half, grind it out thin and glue it back together
i could always did what Joe O. did to his and just remove the heavy bottom half and use the top have and support the edges. i figure if i get that desperate for weight ill get a pin on formula hatch with speedglass, that saves like 100 lbs
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I really hate the T/A wing to be honest, cant see anything out the back window Wonder if a formula hatch is lighter. I'm not ready for a pin on hatch yet

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I really hate the T/A wing to be honest, cant see anything out the back window Wonder if a formula hatch is lighter. I'm not ready for a pin on hatch yet
a forumla hatch is much lighter, i opened the hatch on a formy one time and it flew up way faster than my TA hatch does with the same shocks, kind like my TA hatch did without the spoiler on it. it should be 20+lbs lighter than the TA hatch

p.s sorry bout the edit thinggy in your post, i accidentally hit edit instead of reply, im not used to that edit thing being there yet
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do those guys know someone left a ford taurus in front of their shop with stickers all over it?



no, it never gets old
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do those guys know someone left a ford taurus in front of their shop with stickers all over it?



no, it never gets old
its so tempting to edit your post with somthing more appealing to my tastes

ill be good
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
a forumla hatch is much lighter, i opened the hatch on a formy one time and it flew up way faster than my TA hatch does with the same shocks, kind like my TA hatch did without the spoiler on it. it should be 20+lbs lighter than the TA hatch

p.s sorry bout the edit thinggy in your post, i accidentally hit edit instead of reply, im not used to that edit thing being there yet
Maybe I should try to find a local kid with a black V6 firebird that wants an awesome t/a wing

I do the edit thing a lot by mistake, I'm old and have CSS syndrome
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 07:32 PM
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Looks good Rodney. Now stop picking on the street cars.
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looks great rodney!
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Looks nice. I'm hoping to get my daily driven car down to 2900 w/me in it. Still got alot of lightweight parts to buy.
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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
its so tempting to edit your post with somthing more appealing to my tastes

ill be good
you could, but that would classify you as a newbie mod that doesn't know your don't mess with other staff members posts


oh snap!
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you could, but that would classify you as a newbie mod that doesn't know your don't mess with other staff members posts


oh snap!
which is probably why i didnt do it
i think its more of a common sence decison than anything
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
ive also got-er-down to probably 2950lbs right now with me in it in race trim
Rodney at my age I would give my right you know what to get down to a 2950 raceweight.. Car is looking good though...
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 05:19 PM
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looking good man, and a race back to boot? Wow, was there a naked chick at your front door offering to "service" you when you got home too? (in case the "it was a great day" thing got thought up)

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