meckster

Hello everyone... I've been around here almost a year now. I've been fascinated with the 98-02 Trans Am when it first came out and I finally bought one last June. I had an accident with it back in December and hit a damn deer. Got a good payout from my insurance company and since I do bodywork and painting for a living i was finally able to personalize this car as my own.

I've been a big J-body guy for over a decade. I know I know but I had a lot of fun over those years and retired from that scene with this baby...







It was a 2000 Z24 with a custom sunfire front end including a one off rksport hybrid bumper and projector headlamps. The biggest feature on the car was an Eaton M62 powered LD9. The car really ripped around. Sadly though I blew the engine by throwing rod #3 right before I bought the Trans am.

Quick pic of the engine...



But this thread isn't about that car. I've always been a big Pontiac and GM fan in general. Muscle cars from old to new its an obsession of mine. So heres my dream car finally realized. Many more years of modifying and fun to follow with this car. Just some quick stats... Its not a WS6, just a T/A. M6 car with headers, volant ram air, superhawk hood... much more.

Let the pics do the speaking...













Questions, comments, criticism?

SparkyJJO

iTrader: (11)

Nice upgrade

Blownbayou

iTrader: (7)

Lovin the bird!!! Wondering if you hit the second stage of NOS in the Z24 if the passenger floor plate would fall out.

tmac2419

Thank God you switched cars. Loving the Trans Am!

Blackpanther99

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That Trans Am is just sick man! Love that front view

That body kit is from WingWest right? Doesnt look bad at all!

meckster

Yes it's the wings west kit. Although Im very dissatisfied with the rear pieces and may remove them.


I forgot to mention and I think its the biggest thing about this car is the paintjob. Its hard to tell in these pics but I repainted the thing Black Diamond tri-coat from the Cadillac CTS. Heres a close up...

Daniel Richards

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thats a sweet color, personally I would ditch the entire wings west kit and go back to the stock T/A side skirts.

djfury05

iTrader: (30)

Looks good.. some nicer wheels would really set it off

Kenneth F. Jones

Looks good, nice photography also.

ramairetransam

iTrader: (18)

looks good , can you post more pics , dont touch them up , some are hard to see , and who did a lot of the emblems and double din and stuff like that ???

SinisterZ28

iTrader: (4)

Awsome TA not big on the body kit, other than that very nice that black diamond sparkles like crazy in the sun. Maybe change to a 6LE front splitter and rear diffuser.

meckster

The emblems on the fenders came from Hawks Third Gen. For the front bumper I molded the center plate in and got a vinyl overlay from ebay to put on top of the bird.

The radio was quite simple actually. I had to cut some plastic out from underneath the dash where the radio goes and I made my own brackets out of steel to mount it. Thanks to 6LE I bought one of their bezels to put over top for a clean look.

02RedWS6RamAir

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That looks REALLY sharp!!!!

jlincks

iTrader: (3)

Love the car!! What color are the calipers? They pop hard behind that black wheel.

BadBirdie

lol nice. i hope he wasnt granny shiftin but double clutchin like he should

bestlude

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nice car!

Zlow28

iTrader: (11)

Good looking car OP! that second pic is ****

Any more pictures of the speedometer? Looks pretty sick

67goatman455

iTrader: (14)

darn it, i was hoping for custom body work after i saw your sunfire. the install of those grilles into the bumper was a really clean job.

TxOutlawZ28

wow what a difference, when I saw the first pics I was thinking is this guy lost lol. until the end sweet car bro

meckster

Actually I did my calipers with rustoleum. Its just a medium blue color out of a rattle can. I've always had good luck with that stuff as long as you really clean the crap out of your parts first.


Yeah I do have a pretty descent pic from my phone here...




Thank you... There really wasn't a whole lot to do to the T/A to make it how I wanted it. The thing with a car like that is that its already a perfect car in the looks department. The thing with a hybrid cavalier/sunfire... is that they need a lot of work from the stock form. That bumper was a discontinued fiberglass bumper from RKSport and I've always loved it. But I needed to get more air to the intercooler so i grafted in a set of G6 grilles which were twice the size of the original openings.