LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

96 TRANS AM please throw me some ideas!

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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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are you wanting to paint the whole car? if so some color recommendations would be:

-Dark Highland Green - (color I picked) 01 Mustang GT Bullitt color
-Dark Cyber Grey - C6 Vette color
-Dark Shadow Grey - 03-04 Cobra color
-Pewter - 98-02 Trans Am color
-Grigio Titanio - Ferrari F430 color

all these I think are nice colors that would stand out on a 93-97 Trans Am
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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don't worry. I didn't know what R/A was either. Everything is abbreviated or acronymed now.

I say keep your spoiler it looks badass, and makes the rear look wider because of its low profile. Get the ws6 hood and you're set exterior wise. That blue/green paint seems rare enough to me.

Just get it professionally detailed, porter cabled and all. It'll bring out the shine real nice to go w/ the wheels. The stance is perfect and the CETA is too.

You're set on the outside w/ those mods.

Clean up your engine bay is my other advice.
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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see my sig.

GMMG should be your first mod
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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Thanks for help! Im liking the cyber grey idea. And yea I really want the ws6 hood! Where is the best place to get one?
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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most places sell them for the same price. It seems Trufiber hoods are consistently well made and fit great.
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by fleetmgr
If you can find it, do the whole R/A setup hood and all.
exactly. here are a couple before and after pics of my car. the ram air and wheels make all the difference. The hood is kind of crapshoot. you can get lucky like i did and get a good deal on a real GM hood (i paid a little over $300) but for an aftermarket probably trufiber like someone else mentioned. there is a thread in the LT1 section with somenoe showing off a Tru fiber hood. as for the ram air box it's also had to find and pricey but i also got a steal on that too, lol ($115 shipped for the box and the expensive hard to find maf to tb bellow) good luck with getting one, i'd keep searching google, ebay, craigslist etc. i found mine on some random fbody board in oklahoma by googling LT1 WS6 airbox. I'd also upgrade to the uplevel hatch/spoiler. i wasn't aware when i bought my car that the spoiler was optional from 94-97? but i definately would have only bought one with the highrise. the low rise looks too much like a formula for me.

the day i bought it in may 2004







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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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1995blacktattop yours looks real nice I love it. I would like to do mine the same but keep my chrome wheels. how dark is your tint?
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by WILLSTA96
1995blacktattop yours looks real nice I love it. I would like to do mine the same but keep my chrome wheels. how dark is your tint?
I think it is whatever the legal amount allowed in florida was. something like 35% on the sides and 20% on the back. I had it done down there a few months after i bought the car.
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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aight cool i think its the same in MS. Im gettin tint within the next week or so. Im hoping it will look alot better!
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by WILLSTA96
Thanks for help! Im liking the cyber grey idea. And yea I really want the ws6 hood! Where is the best place to get one?
pm brynnda on here. shes my gf and can get you a good deal on a trufiber hood. she got me a good deal on mine.
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by WILLSTA96
does pm mean private message??? haha
lol yes it does. fitment is very good with their hoods, i did very little tweaking to it to make it fit. the Ram Air setup seals perfectly to that hood
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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Awesome! thanks for the help!
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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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after seeing that tint, that's what I'm gonna get.

In IL they just passed a law to allow us tint on the side windows, but you can't have darker that 35% all around, if you want to have 35% on the sides.

If you want 5% on the back you can only get 50% on the sides.

So **** it, I'm going w/ 35% sides and 20% back, which is what I was thinking of doing.
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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Torque Fiend
after seeing that tint, that's what I'm gonna get.

In IL they just passed a law to allow us tint on the side windows, but you can't have darker that 35% all around, if you want to have 35% on the sides.

If you want 5% on the back you can only get 50% on the sides.

So **** it, I'm going w/ 35% sides and 20% back, which is what I was thinking of doing.
just a word of warning. my tint in that pic looks a bit darker than it actually is for some reason. here's a pic of the back window







the tint is the same in both these pics its just the light thats different. the tailpipes do sit lower in the first pic because that was taken right after i had my magnaflow muffler installed and it makes the exhaust sit a little lower.

here's another pic of the side taken back in february (thats why the center caps are different. i didn't have the new ones yet) and you can get a better idea of how the tint looks on the sides

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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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If you want to paint the whole car, i dig the candy apple red color. Tint helps alot for looks to
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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I would keep it the same color Looks good get a hood
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 01:37 AM
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this is my lt1 that i also wanted it to stand out.. iam slowly working on it so its goin to be a while to have it how i want it..anyways heres a pic of it..
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 06:45 AM
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I see that SLP still has the original ram air hoods...pricey though. $800!
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Old Dec 15, 2009 | 12:16 AM
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TX02Ramair i really like that color! Which hood do u have??? Could u Post more pics ?
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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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one take it to a body shop and have them ajust the hood and fender gaps but i wouldn`t change the color to far from what it is now. full body color change can cost. some rims tint and accent coloring would look good. i have the same year and color you have and run the gambit of appearance mods throught my head.
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