slickrock55

Ive owned this car for over a year and a half and ive just now gotten around to posting some pics. enjoy

Just some general 3/4 shots



american racing rims that came w/ car

97 trans am graphite leather 2way power seats, front and rear


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Roshambo

Looks clean man, the seats and 85-90 Tail lights look great on there. Reminds me of my friends 84 Trans Am HO

Although, ditch those wheels I think some GTA or T/A crosslace wheels would look good on there, and you can pick them up really cheap on eBay.

-Roshambo

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-Joe
1988 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 - 305 TPI, 700R4, 3.23 Posi, Digital Dash, Leather Seats, Maui Blue with Silver GFX, T-tops, Tinted Glass, Gutted MAF, TB Coolant Bypass, K&N Cone Filter, 3" Summit Exhaust Cut-Out, 3" exhaust from Y-pipe back, MSD Super Coil, Accel 8mm wires, L98 Aluminum Heads, Ported and Polished Plenum, Siamesed Intake, Aluminum Driveshaft, Edelbrock 3 point Strut Tower Brace

ONEFINE8T9

ya ditch the wheels, nothing more tacky looking on a thirdgen than ur average 49$ a wheel slotted ARs, also loose the mudflaps(what do u plan on offroading?!) and please for the sake of thirdgens everywhere LOOSE THE RED GRILLE INSERTS!!!!............this is just IMO nice clean car, smooth interior, what u pay for it? how was the install on the seats? black crosslase wheels are ncie on the older TA,s

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1989 pontiac firebird
bright red exterior(just repainted)
grey interior
5 spd
305 TBI (stock)
WS.6 formula wheels
3.73 posi rear end
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1985 trans am
factory bright yellow
4 wheel disks
16 inch wheels
305 TPI
power antenna and mirrors
t tops

ONEFINE8T9

also wouldnt hurt to loose the body molding and do the mirrors and spoiler white, i know OEM they are black but white would make the whole car look smoother.......again IMO

un4givin89

If you've got money to spend I'd say, paint the whole car black. Or paint those mirrors and spolier white. ANd whatever you do, just paint those Inserts now. Why loose them, they would probably be cool if white or black.



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un4givin89

82firebird

Ahh, its good to see a fellow 82 owner! I really like the 85+ T/A tail lights. And the 4th gen seats look pretty good also. Nice ride!

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"I have the car, now I need a license!"
217 days 'till temps as of Nov. 7th! yeah, I'm only 14.
1982 Firebird S/E
sbc 307 with summit cam and lifters, Performer intake, 305 heads, quadrajet, all smog equipment removed, soon to be silver.

Calderone

Hey thats a cool Ride i hope you include it on Rides Online
hey wanna invest ?
Add some wheels,Rear wraparound wing,and buy bumper covers and Ground Effects from a parted T/A and you wont believe your eyes as your car will look
Anyway Nice Ride

slickrock55

THanks for all the positive replies. I had originally planned on painting the door trim, spoiler, and mirrors white, but decided i need to repaint the entire car, so it will wait until then. New wheels are on the way too. As for the red inserts, those will probably stay. I think they give the car a uniqe look. They were there when i bought the car, and i was considering putting lights behind them, or electroluminescent panels like a backlight. They used to be clear red, and you could see the mounting hardware and the shock absorption material through them, so i had a friend at a sign shop put 30% translucent white vinyl on the backs to give it a more opaque look.
I paid 1500 for it btw, had an lg4, carb needed rebuild, went to tpi instead, and a tacky-*** sunfaded camel cloth interior. also a th350 and an open rear, which were changed to t5 and posi 3.23. If i hadnt rushed into it, because it was the first car i bought myself, i would have researched a little more, becuas i would have preferred an 85-90 T/A. Anyways, the body on this was MINT so i couldnt pass it up.

slickrock55

Here are some more pics from the restoration/swap i did during the winter of 2000-01.

Here is my donor car, an 86 ta, 70s 350 block, and good gray interior. You can tell by the front drivers side why it was a donor.


My car with the faulty qjet and lg4 and th350.


A garage filled with thirdgens is a beautiful sight.


Swapping the stock 2.73 open rear to a 3.23 posi rear. And yes, this was done in the dead of winter, so nobody ask whats all that white stuff? BTW, i cut off those 4th gen tips, if anyone wants to buy them.


My ghetto-fabbed transmission crossmember. The 82 would have come with a muncie 4 speed, so the t5's mount ended up being about 2 inches too far back.




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SlowCamaro88SC

tell me you also got the gfz and other misc. panels from the newer TA. looks good, though not as flashy as the newer ones.put a good new white paint job on it, and it'll make all the heads turn, even the ppl with gfx, fogs, and other newer parts.

MattW

iTrader: (1)

man your car look almost just like mine!!!!

i love those seats...i wanan do that to mine someday!!!

and hey i have mudflaps...but mine are chrome so they add a good 40hp....so its all good!
lol

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Mods-

K&N Air filter
Hooker Cat-Back

RSFreak

I think the red grille inserts might look good if there was other trim/parts of the car that were also red. Or not...

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'91 Camaro RS - TBI 305 - medium garnet - '91-'92 Z28 wheels - leather - all power options (except power seat) - t-tops - Clarion head unit - Pioneer 4way 200watt 6x9s - Rockford Fosgate Punch amp and 2 Fosgate 12" subs - Edelbrock open element w/ K&N filter - Random Technology highflow cat - some free mods, more coming soon...