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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 07:36 PM
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Here's a picture montage of my car from 2005 - present

2005 69k miles:



2008: Rounding 100k+ miles:




2013: 140k+ miles



















Changed the wheels (4 base coats of black plastidip, 8 coats of metalizer)





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much better looking with the ls style front and the tails . Change out those tips and do the ceta rear and your golden for looks , and maybe blackbird stripes if you want .
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Originally Posted by ramairetransam
much better looking with the ls style front and the tails . Change out those tips and do the ceta rear and your golden for looks , and maybe blackbird stripes if you want .
Yeah I think I'll use the gunmetal flat grey with the glossifier for the ceta mod and go with silver or grey blackbird stripes on the hood.
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car looks great, love the color and im also a big sucker for how the 98-02 trans ams looks
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Car looks great!

I am a bigger fan of the LT1 WS6s though
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Nice ride man,!!! Future plans?
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Originally Posted by ramairetransam
much better looking with the ls style front and the tails . Change out those tips and do the ceta rear and your golden for looks , and maybe blackbird stripes if you want .
What do you have against borla tips?

I happen to think theyre the best looking tips for a 98-02 trans am, car looks real good bud!
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