Has anyone put a trans am spoiler on a firebird?

[Shane McKenna]

i know it looks just like the trans am's I just didnt know it could be done at first. Then when I heard someone did it, I wanted to see pics of it. thats all.

[Snuffalofogus]

ya shane it was only 300. no alignment probs, hatch still pops open when i hit the buttun.

only thing is that the shocks that hold the hatch up are too weak. it hold it up, but after 3-4 mins it slowly closes.

i need to go and buy a pair of trans am shocks and ill be set.

[Akuma]

Well the bodies of the trans am and firebird are exactly the same with the exception of the front bumper and wing.

[Snuffalofogus]

http://groups.msn.com/Snuffysgroup/carpictures.msnw

those are all the pics i have of my car so far.

my favorites are the midnight blue camaro across from my bird. i came outta class one day and happened to have my camera w/ me so i snapped some shots


edit: also the rear bumpers are diff akuma. the T/A ones look better imo

[ January 22, 2004: Message edited by: Snuffalofogus ]</p>

[97chevycamaro]

This guy sounds like me when i was 10, I hardly knew about F-bodies then too. ;)

[hawgs]

The TA wing looks horrible without the TA rear bumper IMO. At least plan on doing both.

[slow]

doesn't look too bad on a formula/bird imho.

I am a fan of the TA bumper myself ;) teh cutouts make for a nice area to mount nice exhaust tips.



Ryan.

[Shane McKenna]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 97chevycamaro:
This guy sounds like me when i was 10, I hardly knew about F-bodies then too. ;) <hr></blockquote>
I know a little about f-bodies??? I used to own one, and I've been thinking about getting another one ever sense I got rid of my trans am. Sorry for sounding like im 10.
Ryan, thats a real nice pic of the trans am bumpber and spoiler.
[img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Shane

[Shane McKenna]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 97chevycamaro:
Its not your fault, you own a ford, it was bound to happen sooner or later
;) <hr></blockquote>
What was bound to happen? I would go back to Pontiac?

[97chevycamaro]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Shane McKenna:

What was bound to happen? I would go back to Pontiac?<hr></blockquote>

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Shane McKenna:

Sorry for sounding like im 10.
<hr></blockquote>

Its not your fault, you own a ford, it was bound to happen sooner or later ;)


Im jsut ****ing with you, Hmm you live in plainfield, I use to live in aurora and work in plainfield

[ January 23, 2004: Message edited by: 97chevycamaro ]</p>

[Shane McKenna]

I live and work in Plainfield. I used to have a 94 Trans Am and I loved it. When I got rid of it I wanted to get a 99 ws6. I ended up getting the Lightning and I don't regreat it one bit. I've had a lot of fun with it. I've been looking around the last few months for a good deal on a 98-2000 Firebird as a 2nd car. Thats when the topic of the rear spoiler came up. I always liked how the trans am's looked over any car because of the rear spoiler. So I asked if you can get that look, with the firebird.
thanks for all the replies, Shane

[2k1bird]

I'm about to upload some new pics on my site listed in my sig. I've got some pics you've been looking for. I've got the WW full kit on my bird, so the back bumper looks similar to a T/A, but in my opinion it didnt look bad before I got the kit on. It did look a little odd though. When I post this, give me about 10 minutes and I'll have them on (if all goes well). Oh, and I've had problems with the shocks. My hatch won't stay up at all and the button won't pop the hatch up. I have to have the key to open it and physically hold it up. I'll get around to fixing it sometime. I had my back glass swapped over from the firebird hatch and I think it cost me about $25 opposed to about 2 grand for a new one. The T/A hatch is two pieces. The spoiler bolts onto the T/A hatch.

Pics are updated

[ January 23, 2004: Message edited by: 2k1bird ]</p>

[Shane McKenna]

Looks really good. What did the hood, and spoiler end up costing you?
thanks, Shane

[DaRock]

Sweet.

I always wanted to get both the TA hatch, and the Raptor Hood. And my first priority was getting a Raptor hood, but after seeing some of these pics I will go get a TA hatch first.

Hopefully junkyards around here have a TA hatch to sell.

[2k1bird]

Thanks. Just in parts, the hood, hatch, and spoiler cost me about $2500 (all brand new from GM). Junkyards just weren't working out for me. There weren't a whole lot of T/A parts available to look through period and I got tired of looking.

I'm wanting to say the hatch and spoiler were about $1000 and the hood was $1700. Then take into account the extras, like the hood latch (I think the latch that pops the hood is a little different on the ram-air), grills for the nostrils on the hood, T/A shocks for the hatch, etc. It was a good amount of money, but I'm more than happy with it.

[ January 24, 2004: Message edited by: 2k1bird ]</p>