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madness410
10-29-2008, 03:14 PM
for a 96 fourth gen does this work? is it considered wrong if someone does it?

CivicEaterLT1
10-29-2008, 03:18 PM
idk but i want the transam front bumper

madness410
10-29-2008, 03:23 PM
idk but i want the transam front bumper

yeah can you put a trans am high rise spoiler on too? will that work or would you need a new hatch

V
10-29-2008, 03:50 PM
front bumpers are different, rear bumpers are different, and hatches are also different. you can't just swap spoilers.

madness410
10-29-2008, 04:35 PM
front bumpers are different, rear bumpers are different, and hatches are also different. you can't just swap spoilers.

so negative on the bumper swap? u mean they are different looking, or different like they wont fit

Tru2Chevy
10-29-2008, 04:36 PM
They will fit, but in order to make your v6 or formula look like a T/A, you have to swap the front and rear bumpers and the hatch.

- Justin

madness410
10-29-2008, 04:37 PM
They will fit, but in order to make your v6 or formula look like a T/A, you have to swap the front and rear bumpers and the hatch.

- Justin

arrite cool thanks justin

spina74
10-29-2008, 04:49 PM
yea it will work

madness410
10-29-2008, 04:50 PM
anyone know if people frown upon making a formula look like trans am? or is it just whatever

Tru2Chevy
10-29-2008, 04:54 PM
anyone know if people frown upon making a formula look like trans am? or is it just whatever

Just don't put the T/A badges on it and lie and say it's a T/A. Most people won't care if you swap the T/A stuff over as long as you don't try to pass it off as a real T/A.

- Justin

madness410
10-29-2008, 04:59 PM
Just don't put the T/A badges on it and lie and say it's a T/A. Most people won't care if you swap the T/A stuff over as long as you don't try to pass it off as a real T/A.

- Justin

isnt the only difference between a t/a and a formula the body kit? or is there something i didnt learn right

Tru2Chevy
10-29-2008, 05:12 PM
isnt the only difference between a t/a and a formula the body kit? or is there something i didnt learn right

Yes, but putting the body kit on a Formula still won't give you a real Trans Am.

- Justin

madness410
10-29-2008, 05:15 PM
Yes, but putting the body kit on a Formula still won't give you a real Trans Am.

- Justin

heh yeah thats true. thanks for the advice man

V
10-29-2008, 05:26 PM
IMO buy a full body kit FOR a formula, (not a T/A oem kit) and then do a add on lip/spoiler to the stock firebird lip, like the mecham add ons. that way its still unique as a formy with a more agressive look

SupermanX24
10-29-2008, 07:14 PM
IMO buy a full body kit FOR a formula, (not a T/A oem kit) and then do a add on lip/spoiler to the stock firebird lip, like the mecham add ons. that way its still unique as a formy with a more agressive look

agreed

Featherburner
10-29-2008, 07:45 PM
anyone know if people frown upon making a formula look like trans am? or is it just whateverYes they frown upon it. Why would you want to take a good looking car and make it ugly. :-P F u c k all of you who quote me and change my words and say fixed.

chrisfrom nj
10-29-2008, 09:14 PM
if you can do it do it

ar0ck
10-29-2008, 09:19 PM
I've always been a fan of the early LT1 T/A's with the bumpers but low rise spoiler. But the Firebird/Formula front end looks incredible with a Ram Air I hood too.

procamaroz28
10-29-2008, 09:38 PM
i HATE the stupid ass t/a body kit thats why i sold my old t/a and hoped to buy a formula cause formulas look alot better...

madness410
10-29-2008, 10:30 PM
wow i donno guys...personally i like the trans am because of the rear...the front kind of looks like a space ship but i figured if you are going to do the rear might as well do the front

Mike
10-29-2008, 10:41 PM
its not a body kit, its the body.

you would also need to change the foglights

madness410
10-29-2008, 11:54 PM
its not a body kit, its the body.

you would also need to change the foglights

yeah thats what i meant though. true.