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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 12:26 PM
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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nice! what happened to you antenna?
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 12:32 PM
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did the !antenna mod

its laying around here somewhere
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 12:52 PM
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That color looks incredible! Nice clean lookin ride.
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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im debating on doing the front...taking off the grill...i tried to do it but then i saw that foam stuff behind it on the sides how did u do urs?

oh and it looks awesome!!!
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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cool another stock car............ props!
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 01:51 PM
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im debating on doing the front...taking off the grill...i tried to do it but then i saw that foam stuff behind it on the sides how did u do urs?

oh and it looks awesome!!!
yeah , theres foam & plastic panels that are behind the grille , it doesnt look all THAT bad when you take off the grille (look @ attatchment below), i had a body shop take off mine , but did the "pull" technique on my friends and came out fine with no spiderwebbing or anything like that.
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mattr228
yeah , theres foam & plastic panels that are behind the grille , it doesnt look all THAT bad when you take off the grille (i can take more pics of that if you like), i had a body shop take off mine , but did the "pull" technique on my friends and came out fine with no spiderwebbing or anything like that.
pm me some pics and stuff i might even go do it right now lol
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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id hit it
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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good pics, i really like the color of your ss
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Black98Z28
im debating on doing the front...taking off the grill...i tried to do it but then i saw that foam stuff behind it on the sides how did u do urs?

oh and it looks awesome!!!


my foam is still there and my front bumper looks just like his.. you dont notice the foam...
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 09:24 PM
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nice lookin ride... very clean!

ant dyno numbers?
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 10:19 PM
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Phuk that thing looks good! Are you going to do anything in the grille area?
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 10:51 PM
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how is the head class going.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 12:13 AM
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thanks for the comments guys, a little clay bar & meguiars goes a long way

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how is the head class going.
goin good, slowed down a little bit last month, on vacation now
looking forward to finishing that up & getting out of the apartment scene





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no dyno numbers yet, waiting to get it tuned at the end of july
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 04:23 AM
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Nice pics, nice car, and nice color!
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 06:26 AM
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awsome loooking SS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 12:00 PM
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awesome !
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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What color is that??? Is it Peuter??????? It looks gray, if it is i didnt think GM offered that color.
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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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its Pewter
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