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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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My buddy just bought a 99 Formula, its a 99 red t top car, but it says firebird on the back where the tail lights are, i have just seen pix and cant make out if it says formula or firebird on the sides.
i thought formulas say Formula not Firebird?
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Default formula or firebird
If the car is a formula then it should have firebird above the bird on the center panel and formula on the lower part of the doors.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JOHNNY59
If the car is a formula then it should have firebird above the bird on the center panel and formula on the lower part of the doors.
This is correct
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///////////the only way the car is gonna say firebird without formula or anything if it's a v6
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Originally Posted by Ls1N20
///////////the only way the car is gonna say firebird without formula or anything if it's a v6
My firebird is not a v6
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My firebird is not a v6
You swapped in a ls1 FACTORY anything that says firebird only is a v6. So your vin number is a v6 vin right? so you still have a V6 car.
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Originally Posted by Ls1N20
You swapped in a ls1 FACTORY anything that says firebird only is a v6. So your vin number is a v6 vin right? so you still have a V6 car.
Yup..and I still have an LT1 Car..
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I thought Formulas just said Firebird and nothing else. I could be wrong. Only Formula i know of, that has anything written on the doors other than Firebird...went to SLP
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Originally Posted by no1izspeshl
I thought Formulas just said Firebird and nothing else. I could be wrong. Only Formula i know of, that has anything written on the doors other than Firebird...went to SLP
98-02 Firebird Formula's have a "Formula" Badge on the doors the same as the "Trans Am" and "Firebird" Badges on their corresponding cars from 93-02.

The 93-97 Firebird Formula does not have any badges on the doors. This may be what you're thinking of. The only indication it is a V8 (besides the dual exhaust) is the small "Formula" decal on the driver's headlight cover and the one on passenger side of the rear bumper cover.

And as stated previously in this thread, all the 4th Gen Firebird Formula say "Firebird" on the panel between the taillights. Only the Firebird Trans Am has a different ("Trans Am") label here.
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To those of you who are so compelled to be sticklers...

Originally Posted by Ls1N20
///////////the only way the car is gonna say firebird without formula or anything if it is or was a v6.
There. I fixed it. Stop crying.
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