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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 02:51 AM
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I am redoing my firebirds exterior and entire look. Tinting windows/tail lights black, painting wheels black, new hood, high rise spoiler, lowering, etcetc. I ask for opinions and advice, no hating on my poor old V6 please. My parents don't pay for anything, but they agreed if I drove the V6 until it dies completely then they will help with getting a new trans am. Yeah I'm gonna have fun with this while I can. I ust want to know what exactly you did to your car to make it look the best in your eyes. I know just putting the chrome TA wheels on mine from those HIDEOUS v6 firebird wheels made it look 100X better. I want the WS6 imitation hood, there is a local guy selling one. I can probably talk him down seeing as I can get a brand new one with shipping for this.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/pts/1799037406.html

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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 03:59 AM
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Ls1 Front Clip with a ws6 hood
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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Ha LS1 front clip would be sweet. but just get a 98+ when your V6 goes... in the mean time it sounds like you are on the right track. that hood will give you a face lift for sure! new paint and tint and you're pretty much there. maybe a drop kit, but save the money for go fast mods on an LS1.

Good luck! and what ever you do to you car make sure you like it!
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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Save all your money, drain the oil out of the car, and blow the motor. Walk inside and say look mom, it's dead...
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 02:09 PM
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Stepdad builds NASCAR cars, he will know exactly what happened haha. If I abuse it I pay to fix it, then I'm stuck in the V6 for even longer.
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try and swing one of those 800 hp NASCAR motors as an upgrade.
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 03:01 PM
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Bahaha yeah RIGHT. If you could see all the electronics involved...Its one seat and motor stuff ALL around it. Intakes and computers and what not.
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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Damn, well I guess you will have to make due! Hahaha. The LS1 front clip is a good idea. But I'm just gonna say a nice hood, drop it, good lookin wheels, paint and roll out!
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:38 AM
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How much for the full LS1 clip you think?
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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Call the local junk yards, I'm sure they is a newer style bird in there.
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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So hood, tint, springs, spoiler is the general consensus?
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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I would make it to where the timing chain breaks and ******* the engine or something lol

Would a trans quailify as death? Thats an easy option lol

Honestly save the money, if I had a v6 car thats what I would do. Save it for when you get the v8 so you can do some nice stuff with it. I have a hard time justifing buying parts for my z when I want a m6 ta really.
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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Tint and wheels would be about all I would do. I wouldn't spend a lot of money on the V6 car, and save it for when you get a V8 car.

If you start modifying a V6, you will catch crap for it from a lot of people, FYI
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 11:21 PM
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all I would do is the wheels and lowering springs as they can be removed and installed on the new car.
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 03:33 AM
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Fair enougha bout teh hold off on the v6 and save it for the v8. I would like to do tint, lowering and wheels.
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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Garr
Fair enougha bout teh hold off on the v6 and save it for the v8. I would like to do tint, lowering and wheels.

Good idea.....save your money for mods to the TA.
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 07:53 AM
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put it this way, buy all the parts you want hood, springs, tint, clip, etc. once the V6 dies part out the car you'll get money back & than use that for your next whip. thats basically what i did with my V6 maxima lol it was fun too
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 12:02 AM
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Nothing wrong with building a V6 car up to look nice. I have a 91 V6 Camaro that Im in the process of repainting Hugger Orange. I want something nice to daily drive and not worry about touching the engine. I have my V8 if I need something fast, but a nice looking V6 would be cool for a daily driver. My vote would be LS1 front end with the ws6 hood and some nice wheels and call it a day.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 12:14 AM
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or you could look at it this way..... A guy here in town has a 98+ V6 camaro. Red, SS hood, SS spoiler......EVERYTHING. It is immaculate and has nice wheels ect ect. It took everyone a few minutes to catch on that it was a V6 car. Now all he has to do is swap in a new drivetrain.
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I would say save your money.
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