What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
those tires are a bit squeezed on a 10.5" wheel no? did you cut the wheel openings larger to fit the tire when you turn? Im using 18x10.5 wheels and 295/35/18 in the front and the fit is very good, but i cant imagine going any wider without some sheetmetal work.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
BTW - The paint job on your car looks really good! I'm sure it looks even better in person.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Yes, its a squeeze....but I prefer a wider tire on a narrow wheel. I like the tires to bulge, it makes the wheels look even deeper. Yes, I did have to do some hammering and trim the lower part of my front fenders. I also rolled the lips and had to use a 1.5" shim to flare out the lower rear, of the front fenders. Took some patience and a lot of mounting and dismounting, for test fitting. But it worked out.
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Mine is a pretty nicely optioned early bird with A/c, tilt, cruise, pw, rear defog, cargo cover,15" turbo cast wheels, power bulge hood,...........AND MANUAL LOCKS???? What's up with that?
Oh....and it's an MSE.
Oh....and it's an MSE.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
How about the last remaining Contempo Cantara GT body kit?
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Uh...its unique for my area (not that I care, I love the performance). LS1/T56, 4.30's, 9", Navy Blue Metallic, etc, etc. I've also been the owner since 1997. Not for sale, don't even ask.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I'm quite familiar with ZR-1 wheels. I have a 95 ZR-1. I have 2 extra sets of the those wheels. I am curious what spacer thickness is used on the set-up. That's how I would like mine to look. Is the owner a member here?
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Car: 89 Formula
Engine: 383 SBC/HSR
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I would like to know more about this car. Im interested on the hood and his wheel set-up.
Here's is what he pm'd me when I asked about them.......
No problem. Here is the site where I got the spacers and instructions for backspacing. Mine are under 'Adapters' since I have the C4 ZR1 wheels.
http://www.skulte.com/adapterfaq.html
The rear is a stock Camaro 9 bolt from an '88 IROC with no modifications. The stock suspension is used in the rear as lowering it would put the massive tires (13" across) into the wheel-well or the fender lip will gouge into the tire on rough roads. I put 1" fabricated steel spacers under the rubber axle bumpers to keep the tires from hitting the lip on rough roads and this works well although I drove without that for over a year so you might be fine just rolling the lip a little bit or avoiding excessively rough pavement. The front has eibach lowering springs (~1.5" drop) and work fine.
http://www.skulte.com/adapterfaq.html
The rear is a stock Camaro 9 bolt from an '88 IROC with no modifications. The stock suspension is used in the rear as lowering it would put the massive tires (13" across) into the wheel-well or the fender lip will gouge into the tire on rough roads. I put 1" fabricated steel spacers under the rubber axle bumpers to keep the tires from hitting the lip on rough roads and this works well although I drove without that for over a year so you might be fine just rolling the lip a little bit or avoiding excessively rough pavement. The front has eibach lowering springs (~1.5" drop) and work fine.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
My 89 GTA came with a factory CD player , kinda rare at the time and rare for the '90 thru '92 model years also.
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Car: 1985 Volvo turbodiesel
Engine: 1989 305 TPI in the Volvo
Transmission: 1990 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73 Dana 30
Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
89 305 and th700 swap into an 85 Volvo 740. 3.73 rear end, Aluminum hood, about 3200 lbs mostly stock, ignition upgrades, freeflow exhaust, lowered, big sway bars, bilstein shocks, struts, some poly bushings. Now has 16x7 BBS rs classic 3 piece wheels on it
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
4th gen style SS hood 4th gen rear axle and rims and 4th gen Dash Complete it had a 383 LT4 and 6 speed was unique when I did it back in 2003 but not so much now so its going to be unique because its getting a 6.6 liter with a 4l80e and 0 spark plugs
the dash was finished since this picture was taken
the dash was finished since this picture was taken
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Nevermind... I take back what I said. I just went back and carefully looked through the first page again. I see someone posted links to their pictures. I always skip right over posts that have links instead of having the pictures posted.
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I no longer have the car, but years ago I had a '86 Firebird SE that was special ordered by the original owner. He could not afford insurance on a TransAm so he ordered the SE with the LG4 - T5 combo. Had a 3.73 disk brake rear axle with a limited slip diff, overhead console, power locks but manual windows. Grey on grey with 15x7 crosslace wheels.. Never did measure the sway bars, but certainly did look about the same a a WS-6 car and felt like it too. Very fast steering box. Car had some rather "exciting" oversteer characteristics, particularly in the rain. I believe that the SE was not supposed to be available with that axle setup, nor the suspension or steering box, but there it was. If the numbers from the history page (https://www.thirdgen.org/1986-pontia...rebird_history) are correct, there were only 2259 SEs built total and this one had an unlisted drivetrain combo for a SE and an odd option list so it may have been one of one built. I think that qualifies as unique, yes?
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I'm assuming most people didn't catch on to the fact that you have a duramax diesel engine sitting in the bay of a 3rd gen in this pic...lol. Odd swap, but pretty cool nonetheless. It's not going to be a handling machine, thats for sure. But I'm sure people will be scratching their heads when you fire that thing up!
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86 T/A
Ram Air II functional hood, 4th gen wing, factory 4thgen emblems
4th gen 5 star chrome wheels
4th gen grey leather interior
white gauges
Prowler Orange
L98 with converted LT1 intake
Headers, High flow cat, Borla cat-back, electronic cutout
Much much more but thats the basics. It was the first to complete a full 4th gen theme on this site. There was a few others in the process at the time but mine was the first done. ...Then I sold it. but now you see them all over the place on the net, the road, everywhere.
That color looks sweat as hell, just as nice as I remember and it doesnt need all the flashy hood/spoiler like I had. Looks great even with a stock body.
You killed me on engine though looks great.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Very Very Bad *** looking car but appearance wise I did it 10 years ago. Mine was
86 T/A
Ram Air II functional hood, 4th gen wing, factory 4thgen emblems
4th gen 5 star chrome wheels
4th gen grey leather interior
white gauges
Prowler Orange
L98 with converted LT1 intake
Headers, High flow cat, Borla cat-back, electronic cutout
Much much more but thats the basics. It was the first to complete a full 4th gen theme on this site. There was a few others in the process at the time but mine was the first done. ...Then I sold it. but now you see them all over the place on the net, the road, everywhere.
That color looks sweat as hell, just as nice as I remember and it doesnt need all the flashy hood/spoiler like I had. Looks great even with a stock body.
You killed me on engine though looks great.
86 T/A
Ram Air II functional hood, 4th gen wing, factory 4thgen emblems
4th gen 5 star chrome wheels
4th gen grey leather interior
white gauges
Prowler Orange
L98 with converted LT1 intake
Headers, High flow cat, Borla cat-back, electronic cutout
Much much more but thats the basics. It was the first to complete a full 4th gen theme on this site. There was a few others in the process at the time but mine was the first done. ...Then I sold it. but now you see them all over the place on the net, the road, everywhere.
That color looks sweat as hell, just as nice as I remember and it doesnt need all the flashy hood/spoiler like I had. Looks great even with a stock body.
You killed me on engine though looks great.
Heres my interior layout...simple, yet effective, and it keeps it's 3rd gen roots which I really like. I have corbeau LG1 seats in it as well which you can't really see in the pic, and custom door panels are on the way as we speak.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Jongblod hood, never seen another around my area, paint and stripes are pretty unique.
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^^ Those looks awesome!! Only thing I would do is black headlight buckets but other than that it is one very unique and badass car!
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I've gone back and fourth about the buckets. But think it would just make it a little too busy with the stripes and stuff if I did black them out.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I think what is going to make my camaro unique is that I am putting a hawks 5" spoiler on my 92 z28 convertible. This process has been a pain in the @$$ but it's almost there. The trunk deck is higher than the stock one and has a different shape at the back curve so i had to cut about 4" off the back and add 4" off the original t-top style trunk. it steps down now so the 3 pieces of the spoiler match up and I will mold in the rest so the step down is gone. Will post pics when done.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I have a 88 formula tha came with the complete slp package from the dealership
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
full decal set, 350 small block (not fuel injected of regular carburetor, obd1 computer controlled carburetor, i hate it so much but hey, its unique) and im currentely looking into a custom grill (thats why my bumper just has that empty hole there) wanting to get a plasma cut sheet of stainless steel with "PONTIAC - FIREBIRD" on it.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Factory notchback. Biggest thing I get "Whats up with that weird trunk?"
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
Well I have a "Firehawk" and I guess Zr-1's are unique... maybe
and 200K on stock drivetrain
and 200K on stock drivetrain
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I think what is going to make my camaro unique is that I am putting a hawks 5" spoiler on my 92 z28 convertible. This process has been a pain in the @$$ but it's almost there. The trunk deck is higher than the stock one and has a different shape at the back curve so i had to cut about 4" off the back and add 4" off the original t-top style trunk. it steps down now so the 3 pieces of the spoiler match up and I will mold in the rest so the step down is gone. Will post pics when done.
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Custom paint and LOTS of custom touches but you'll all have to wait til I'm finished
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
All i got is E36 headlights , Custom gauges and a LS swap which is all pretty boring but I thought Id share
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God i want a notchback. You sir are a lucky man.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
it's a personal thing but I did some of the welding and paint on mine.. no other car in the world has that...
(this may be a good thing...)
(this may be a good thing...)
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
I've got two third gens with custom paint
The Firebird is a 92 with the green off a 2000s Honda Odyssey with a little more black in it as well as Green, emerald, and silver pearl. Car looks black unless its Sunny. It also has the LED dash mod, built 350, 3 inch y-pipe and some other things like 4th gen seats.
The Camaro is a 91, basicaly stock, painted the factory color with black stripes that have red metal flake in them and they turn a metallic tan in direct sunlight.
The Firebird is a 92 with the green off a 2000s Honda Odyssey with a little more black in it as well as Green, emerald, and silver pearl. Car looks black unless its Sunny. It also has the LED dash mod, built 350, 3 inch y-pipe and some other things like 4th gen seats.
The Camaro is a 91, basicaly stock, painted the factory color with black stripes that have red metal flake in them and they turn a metallic tan in direct sunlight.
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Re: What makes your 3rd Gen. unique?
From what I've seen on here, 3rd gen dudes (and dudettes, you never know xD), seem to be some of the nuttiest and most creative people for their cars. The platform seems so universally appealing that no 3rd gen is safe from any possible idea. I just wanna see what everyone puts their heart and soul into.
I'll start with mine.
Mine isn't so original, I'm stuffing a 400 CI Pontiac into my bird, about halfway done till it is drivable. I'm just hoping it'll be the little details I put into this is was really brings out a "wow" factor, and being 19, I want to confuse some of the old school muscle car guys around here.
Now your turn....
I'll start with mine.
Mine isn't so original, I'm stuffing a 400 CI Pontiac into my bird, about halfway done till it is drivable. I'm just hoping it'll be the little details I put into this is was really brings out a "wow" factor, and being 19, I want to confuse some of the old school muscle car guys around here.
Now your turn....
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Umm lets see, where do I start.
Custom teal paint
Z06 wheels 18x9.5 all around
Cammed LS3 engine with T56
The sound of the exhaust
Few other thing as well.
Paint and wheels definitely brings people in, exhaust sound turns heads like crazy. And people are always surprised when I pop the hood.
It might not be 100% unique, but around here I have yet to see anything even close to it.
Custom teal paint
Z06 wheels 18x9.5 all around
Cammed LS3 engine with T56
The sound of the exhaust
Few other thing as well.
Paint and wheels definitely brings people in, exhaust sound turns heads like crazy. And people are always surprised when I pop the hood.
It might not be 100% unique, but around here I have yet to see anything even close to it.
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