whitez406

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Should i leave the car alone or should i drop it 2" with satin black 91-92 wheels? I wont paint it casue im always working on it and scraching it but any sugestions would be great. Tell it to me straight! lol

crazy3rdgen

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i say scuff the car down... get it shot with a nice coat of primer black or grey, get some new rims.. anything but them.. lol any other pics tho? its not ugly mines ugly

whitez406

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i have others but there crappy. Make it look even worse. Ur cars nice. I wish mine was one color but i would wreck the paint to fast.

crazy3rdgen

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man if she was all primered up one color it would look killer! if you worried about paint...ya kno

whitez406

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I was thinking black primer with polished 91-92 wheels but i really want black rims but dont want to be the knightrider at this point.

crazy3rdgen

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hahaha lol got ya i dunno lets see what everyone else thinks:lala:

305q_ta86

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No thirdgen is ugly, but yours would look better if you lowered it. And nothing beats primer for a daily driver.

f355bird

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yup i agree it would look mean with a solid coat of black primer.

whitez406

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355bird how much did u lower ur car? I like that i want mine to sit just like yours.

black85iroc

i wouldnt call your car ugly, it just looks neglected with the halfassed two tone. do yourself a favor, go get about 10 cans of rattle can flat black and 10 cans of spray primer, a couple packs of assorted grit sandpaper, some tack cloth, a bunch of roles of masking tape, a ton of old newspaper, and do yourself a $30 paintjob. obviously it wont look paint booth beautiful, but flat black out of a rattle can doesnt look as bad as one might think. me and a few friends did a spray paint job on a friends car for fun, it was a neon, we painted it gloss orange, and the trunk and roof were flat black, then i sprayed some flat black flames on the hood for kicks. the orange looked litterally like a pumkin, cause it dried a few different shades, but the flat black looked even and good. way better then any of us expected with spray paint (especially the flames, i was proud, it was my first time painting flames on a car). it will take you only a few hours, and if you scratch it, paint that panel over again, it will look the same. some might laugh, but why not?

as far as your stance and wheels, a different picture would do wonders. some cars look good with wheel gap and a certain set of wheels (especially on thirdgens, if the rear tires are slightly taller and wider then the fronts)

but anyway, if your looking for a cheap *** solution to make your car look decent for while its being worked on, spray paint it yourself. then when you want it dont correctly when your finished with the car, just sand it off.

f355bird

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The drop is 1.75 front and 1.50 rear

Kååre

Yes it's ugly, especially the unpainted part.. If you don't wanna paint it, get a Coors comercial, like a giant sticker on it or somethin.

1BadThirdgen

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People seem to skip on the bare essentials to have a good looking car......

Plus, only old school muscle cars can pull off the primer look, not thirdgens......

blyth18md

If it were one color..even primer AND if those rims stay you have to get some white letter Hoosiers or M/T...Yeah Flat black with big slick on those rims would look tough.

90firebird

well, just based on looks, lets just say it aint pretty. but that doesn't matter if you've got that 383 under the hood.. anyone worth their **** should think twice about that car!

z28kindaguy

Paint it... no matter how scared you are.

ES87iroc

Werd. And please for the love of the all mighty, don't leave it in primer. Nothing screams "Hey I am heading back to my double wide" like a primered camaro.

The wheels look fine BTW, I would really not do spray bomb black wheels but that's my opinion.

tilstad

It don't necessary have to look bad primered, if you have trick wheels, like you have, keep 'em clean , it could look very cool. Take a look at johnjm22's car, his is all primer though, whicj I think look better than part primer.

tilstad

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whitez406

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I think im gonna spray it gloss black or grey wiht a real gun this summer but nothing super. Also gonna do polished 91-92 wheels instead of black. This is just a daily driver so its never gonna be a beauty queen. Im looking into a formula 350 for a weekender.

nick418

all 3rd gens are beautiful! Hey look at K.I.T.T from knight riders, kitt has swirl marks and scratches, and i still think KITT is the best Firebird

JeremyNYR

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I'm in total agreement. And I say paint comes before new wheels. just look at Tunedport335. He got a new paintjob and it looked great. Then he added now wheels, and it looks amazing. I don't think it would have looked great with the wheels first and not the paint.

KiLLJ0Y

i hope you have a "MULL IT" to go with that car if you drive it out in public.


yep.. car is ugly.. i mean come on... half yellow and half blue?? umm i think Stevie Wonder would say it was ugly too, and he's friggin blind.

jgifford

You should definitely paint it and get some wheels. And if it helps any, a lot of us at one time or another had to drive around multicolored. It's all part of the experience.

thepoz89

Do not worry what others think about your car. If you are happy and enjoy it, then its doing the job.

Dont think you have to have a million dollar paint job on the car. If you work on it and it is a daily driver, Who cares? You would be so paranoid driving it if the paint was perfect.

One of the best Firebirds I ever owned was rusty. I loved it. It always gave me something to dream about...

Make it fit YOU !!!!
POZ

z28kindaguy

Great idea. I'm/We're glad that you decided to paint it.

whitez406

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SOrry no "MULL ITS" here. Thats white not yellow. Who else is blind?

bluegrassz

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Are those weld draglites? If so keep them.

As far as paint. Just go to your local auto body paint dealer and buy some gray primer or sealer. Tell them you would like to tint the primer/sealer. They can tint the primer with a color so you can go with something other than gray/black or the red primer.

tilstad

Excuse me for seeming dumb asking this question, but since I'm foreign and all; what does "going back to his double wide" imply? That he's lazy or something? His doublewide bed?

As for the car, I have seen alot of quick black gloss paintjobs that don't work out. Black is the color which shows most of the quality prep work done, or the lack thereoff. A lighter shade would hide more.

Just a thought, why not just paint the yellow part blue? Since the car is mostly blue, this would seem to be the least work, and perhaps best result for the buck.

KiLLJ0Y

here in america, people with very low income, or live in a place that is less than standard, cant afford regular homes.

a "Double wide" is a mobile home that has 2 sections. it can be trailored by a big rig truck to a location. they usually have wheels on mobile homes.

in america, people tend to make fun of people in mobile homes, call them "hicks" or people with substandard intelligence.

he was making a joke about the car, meaning it looks like it would come from a person that owned/lived in a doublewide.

crazy3rdgen

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thepoz89



Do not worry what others think about your car. If you are happy and enjoy it, then its doing the job.

Dont think you have to have a million dollar paint job on the car. If you work on it and it is a daily driver, Who cares? You would be so paranoid driving it if the paint was perfect.

One of the best Firebirds I ever owned was rusty. I loved it. It always gave me something to dream about...

Make it fit YOU !!!!
POZ

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whitez406

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Here is somewhat a better pic wiht the old 26 x 10.5 slicks, since removed stripes and that stupid strip of aluminum down the doors and started filling the holes

whitez406

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and another.

tilstad

The wheels are cool, I really like them. The car would look good if everything was blue. Seems you only need to paint the one fender and the nose, the hood could be kept black, it would be alot better than a home gloss black paint job, and easier to do. Think about it, seriously.

TPI-454

I agree. What would really set those rims off, is a solid paint or primer scheme of course, along with some ground effects (used of course).

JeremyNYR

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for a quick fix, you could paint the nose, hood, and passenger fender blue to match the rest of the car at Maaco or somewhere dirt cheap. Then think about if you want to change spoilers or ground effects or whatever you want while saving up for a good paint job.

1BadThirdgen

Paint the car one color........and NO primer is not a color

Tobias05

yeah just match the other panels blue and don't worry about it

Brandon

mw66nova

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don't listen to the gfx guys, sports coupe for life man!

yeah, i definetly think you should get new wheels, so that you can send those draglites my way!!!!!

seriously though, if you got new wheels, would you sell those to me?

12secformula

mw66nova don't listen to the gfx guys, sports coupe for life man!
yeah, i definetly think you should get new wheels, so that you can send those draglites my way!!!!!
seriously though, if you got new wheels, would you sell those to me?

If you want those wheels, check the classifieds here at TGO, they are for sale. I am pretty sure he wants $400 for them w/ the slicks and front tires. Rest assured he is a great seller to.... I just bought my A/C delete box from him.

Oh and I think your car will look great w/ the hood, fender and nose painted blue to match the rest.

mw66nova

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$350 but he won't ship and i live in GA and i don't need the tires either.

i'd give you $300 if you took the tires off and shipped them here to zip code 31216. but you would have to wait a couple paydays.

Greg99LS1

Yeah, your car will look 1000 times better if it were all blue, preferably a glossy blue.

The first thing I would do is LOSE those sitckers on the hatch glass. That looks far tackier than the mis-matching paint on the body.

My opinion on stickers is that unless they're (companies) going to pay me (in either cash or parts) for advertising, they're not going on my car.

nick418

My opinion on stickers is that unless they're (companies) going to pay me (in either cash or parts) for advertising, they're not going on my car.


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redraif

Agreed!

If you are worried about the paint getting messed up I agree with the macco job. Heck go up there and ask one of the guys if they want to make some $ on the side. Tell him you want only X,Y,& Z panels painted to match the body, no body work! Then scuff it and let him shoot it. See what he will want to do it after hours. Chances are a lot of those guys might have a compressor at home that could do the trick!

whitez406

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I hear u. They were removed about a month after those pictures were taken. Ive started on body work. Im undecided on color. Gloss black or Factory Blue? Ive decided not to go primer. Let me know what u think Black or Blue. Also what rims would u use? Also what do u think a ASCD SS hood would look like? I would like to change the hood but dont know what else is out there. Anyone got pics or ideas for a hood? Thanks

whitez406

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Hear you. Stickers were already removed. Started body work on it. What do u think Gloss Black or Factory Blue? What rims should i get? Any ideas. Also what do u think the ascd ss hood would look like? I want to change hood but not sure what i want to use. Any pics or ideas post them please. Thanks

Also i made a picture in paint or car. Im gonna post it. I did in paint not paintshop so couldnt change color but u can get idea.

whitez406

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What do u think? Ideas?

z28kindaguy

Hood? SS all the way!

DJCobol

1 - Multiple colors
2 - Sport Coupe
3 - Weld Draglites.

Yep, your car is ugly. Sorry.

mw66nova

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only one of those things makes his car ugly my friend, and it ain't number 2 or 3. to me if the car was all one color, i would think it was one of the better looking cars, but that's just me.

whitez406: is the hood for sale too if you get an SS? personally, i say keep the cowl hood.