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Old 11-14-2011, 12:07 PM
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I have a WS6 hood on my Formula. Makes it look more mean! lol
Old 11-30-2011, 11:10 PM
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99.9% of Firebird owners are going to say they like whatever hood they've got on their 'bird.
I must be in the .1 percent then, i have the ws6 hood but prefer the firehawk hood.....firehawk hood to hard to find and i got a deal on this oem hood from a wrecked ws6 my color
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The WS6/9 and Firehawk hoods are too common IMO. If I could have one hood it would be the Mecham along with the Mecham vert spoiler
Old 12-01-2011, 05:56 AM
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Mecham is my favorite, with the SLP HO and those 3" raised hoods coming in last.
Old 12-01-2011, 07:48 AM
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My buddy pulled up to my work one day in 2001 in his brand spankin' new black Firehawk. I fell in love with his car and years later that car influenced me to buy a black WS6. So I am torn between those two cars/hoods. So it's a tie.
Old 12-01-2011, 08:08 AM
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Old 12-01-2011, 08:15 AM
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I know I have a ws6 hood but I love the firehawk hood anyone wanna trade? Lol haha
Old 12-02-2011, 01:08 AM
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I have to say that the Mecham hood turns heads and you almost never see it. That's why I got one for my Bird.
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Tough call. I got the sleek beek with real ram air (not cold air induction), and it's kinda cool keeping a lower profile, but the WS6 and Firehawk hoods are bad to the bone.
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Y u no let thread die?
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Originally Posted by 02ws.sik
Y u no let thread die?
I just can't let it go brother lol.
Old 01-06-2012, 08:31 PM
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I'm resurecting this thread to way in my opinion I like the trans am heritage hood the cowl induction one that didn't have the lower cutouts in the front bumper under the hood it looked dope to me but if I gotta choose a production hood that's tangible I'd say Slp H.O. hood to me there is not a sicker looking hood on the market for the birds it utilizes those stupid holes under the stock hood like the firehawk hood does but its a little bigger like a firehawk hood and a ws6 hood had a lil bastard child hood
Old 01-06-2012, 08:39 PM
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Yet I rock sleek beaks on boff my birds cause I like. Like hearing people say ya should have gotten one of those ws6 trans ams they are way faster ya know I like the fact when my car isn't running it could be mistaken for a 6 cylinder car guys in gt mustang with loud exhaust always try and never succeed in racing that v6 looking bird and now I have a v6 I think I may go with a ws6 hood and hatch so I can really throw them for a loop when I get done building my sixer
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Firehawk/Raptor>sleek beak>>>WS6. The quad-nostrils on the WS6 hood are just too much for me.
Old 01-06-2012, 09:33 PM
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I have a firehawk, use to have a WS6.
WS6
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WS6 only for me. I have a 5" VFN WS6 pin on hood on my Formula, for the time being still have the sleek beak on my 2000 WS6 because previous owner removed the hood but will have a WS6 on it soon. Ive always hated the Firehawk hoods.
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the fire hawk would look better if the cowl was taller.
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I went with the clean sleek look.
Old 01-10-2012, 08:39 PM
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I've owned each of all 3 OP has mentioned.....I like my Hawk the most. For some reason the WS6 ..and its hood have gotten mythical notoriety over the years in which everyone bow down to it, but snubs at a Formula or base TA. That's why I love my Formula Hawk because somehow its a sleeper now a days.
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93 thru 97, Firehawk. 98 up, the "sleek beak" on the Formula bumper FWIW




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