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LTb1ow

08-29-2009, 10:05 PM

Just a few pics.... :lol:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/Transamman25/TANats2014.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/Transamman25/TANats2012.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/Transamman25/TANats2008.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/Transamman25/TANats2007.jpg

Whatchu think?

BonzoHansen

08-29-2009, 10:12 PM

I think it looked better as a rendering and now looks like ass in real life.

LTb1ow

08-29-2009, 10:13 PM

Yea front looks to bulky... ehh

mtg6486

08-29-2009, 10:19 PM

ehh im not crazy about it. looks tomuch like rebodied camaro

BonzoHansen

08-29-2009, 10:19 PM

ehh im not crazy about it. looks tomuch like rebodied camaro

So it does look like a trans am to you, huh? :lol:

1994lt1

08-29-2009, 10:34 PM

I dont hate it actually. I thinks its rediculous, but I dont hate it.

Iroc-z86

08-29-2009, 10:43 PM

they could have done better IMO. its not bad but just eh.

NJ Torque

08-29-2009, 11:06 PM

no.

ZeroCool8891

08-29-2009, 11:20 PM

not to bad, looks like they tried to make it like a 2nd gen.

PolarBear

08-29-2009, 11:26 PM

I think it looked better as a rendering and now looks like ass in real life.
So basically you are saying you think the new Camaro looks like ass :nod: as that is a Camaro that has been re-badged.... :rollseye:
not to bad, looks like they tried to make it like a 2nd gen.

What are you talking about? :-?

maroman88

08-29-2009, 11:28 PM

i like it....

Miles

08-29-2009, 11:32 PM

I don't love it, but I don't hate it IMO.

91chevywt

08-29-2009, 11:45 PM

If GM were to do it, it would look much better in my opinion. A kit or customization just won't ever be the same. Too bad it will never be something you can pick up from the dealership.

NjbadSS

08-30-2009, 12:01 AM

I love it!

Jersey Mike

08-30-2009, 12:03 AM

need full-car pics

B4C

08-30-2009, 12:23 AM

^^yeah would also like to see what they did with the tail lights. I like it

miketa95

08-30-2009, 01:15 AM

yikes

1972LT1

08-30-2009, 02:37 AM

not to bad, looks like they tried to make it like a 2nd gen.

What's wrong with Second Gens?:evil:

Savage_Messiah

08-30-2009, 02:49 AM

no. for the 89346578924650235603rd time.

NastyEllEssWon

08-30-2009, 04:19 AM

wow thats amazing. id buy that if the dealer offered it with a supercharger :nod:

jims69camaro

08-30-2009, 08:10 AM

they just won't let it die...

baddest434

08-30-2009, 08:19 AM

crap thats what it is!!!

LTb1ow

08-30-2009, 08:21 AM

^^yeah would also like to see what they did with the tail lights. I like it

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/Transamman25/TANats2001.jpg

BonzoHansen

08-30-2009, 08:23 AM

They really went for the 77 T/A Bandit look, huh? Even the exhaust tips

LTb1ow

08-30-2009, 08:26 AM

http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/Transamman25/?action=view&current=TANats2127.flv

Some video

LS1Hawk

08-30-2009, 09:17 AM

http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd252/Transamman25/?action=view&current=TANats2127.flv

Some video

The idea is good, but wasn't executed well enough. The hood graphic looks too cartoonish, and the rear of the car is just a mess. As much as I am a fan of Trans Ams, these aftermarket kit cars will never be one. They are just Camaros, which is why I don't understand those spectators cheering in the video...if they are Trans Am owners/fans they should know that. Maybe something officially licensed by GM for the aftermarket, or perhaps designed by GM designers would be more legit. But I'm happy with mine and if I want another, I'll go out and buy one.

Blacdout96

08-30-2009, 11:13 AM

i like it. needs a little more tlc in the design department, but I like where this is going.

CamaroJoe1987

08-30-2009, 11:56 AM

doesnt look that bad, i'd drive that

NastyEllEssWon

08-30-2009, 02:38 PM

The idea is good, but wasn't executed well enough. The hood graphic looks too cartoonish, and the rear of the car is just a mess. As much as I am a fan of Trans Ams, these aftermarket kit cars will never be one. They are just Camaros, which is why I don't understand those spectators cheering in the video...if they are Trans Am owners/fans they should know that. Maybe something officially licensed by GM for the aftermarket, or perhaps designed by GM designers would be more legit. But I'm happy with mine and if I want another, I'll go out and buy one.

every trans am owner also understands that their birds really are just camaro's with body kits :nod:

by the way....it can really be called a trans am because gm doesnt own the name. all the bodykit company has to do is pay royalties per kit for the name and bam TRANS AM

thunder

08-30-2009, 03:10 PM

it looks fine. not really different

mc73nova

08-30-2009, 03:18 PM

The new Camaro's look awesome, that looks like $h!t. The 5th gen is aimed at looking like a 1st gen that these people tried making into a 2nd gen, WTF! Tell them to stop ruining cars!

89 Trans Am WS6

08-30-2009, 03:49 PM

every trans am owner also understands that their birds really are just camaro's with body kits :nod:

EDIT: Better looking bodies. ;) Nothing like driving around a fish!

I kind of like that design.

iroc86NJ

08-30-2009, 07:03 PM

Wow the rear of that "Thing" looks horrible.

Will they sell you that thing if you don't have a Mullet?

Firebird67dude

08-30-2009, 07:16 PM

I like it.

HeadlessNorseman

08-30-2009, 07:38 PM

I would take it. I like the front a lot more than the camaro...idk what it is exactly. Nice car overall

Frosty

08-30-2009, 08:28 PM

no. for the 89346578924650235603rd time.

:werd:

MonmouthCtyAntz

08-30-2009, 08:38 PM

Think its a lame attempt to mullet out a 5th gen camaro w/ 3rd gen ta parts.

Frosty

08-30-2009, 08:44 PM

What does a 3rdgen have to do with this :confused:

BurninrubberGT

08-30-2009, 10:09 PM

if they are going to do it it needs to be 100% rebodied not just bits and pieces....its complete **** and drags the trans am's name in the dirt IMO

now if they stripped the car and rebuilt it, then id give it a shot

BonzoHansen

08-30-2009, 10:12 PM

LOL, you act like the TA or firebird has been a different car, but no, it was always a rebadged Camaro...especially the 3rd & 4th gens.

BurninrubberGT

08-30-2009, 10:15 PM

LOL, you act like the TA or firebird has been a different car, but no, it was always a rebadged Camaro...especially the 3rd & 4th gens.

4th gens are rebadged? are you serious?

what are you on?

Mike

08-30-2009, 10:21 PM

4th gens are rebadged? are you serious?

what are you on?

re-bodied, the cars are identical in everything but appearance

Savage_Messiah

08-31-2009, 01:40 AM

4th gens are rebadged? are you serious?

what are you on?

Different panels and badges are the only thing birds had then. What are YOU on?

LS1Hawk

08-31-2009, 06:15 AM

LOL, you act like the TA or firebird has been a different car, but no, it was always a rebadged Camaro...especially the 3rd & 4th gens.

When they had Pontiac engines, they were different cars. For example, you couldn't get a Ram Air IV on a '69 Camaro, or a 455 SD on a '74 Camaro, which BTW the Trans Am was the fastest American-production car that year. The first Chevy engine didn't show up in a Firebird until 1980, but even then you could still get the 301. Yes, they shared the same framework and structure. But for the better part of two generations, they weren't just re-badged Camaros.

bubba428

08-31-2009, 07:05 AM

Blacdout96

08-31-2009, 07:18 AM

455 sd ftw.

sweetbmxrider

08-31-2009, 07:22 AM

front and side isn't bad. wheels are cool. rear is ****

btownws6

08-31-2009, 04:30 PM

not bad i kinda like it

ljstella

08-31-2009, 09:48 PM

Golden Honeycomb Wheels are the ssshhheeett :mrgreen:

edpontiac91

08-31-2009, 10:20 PM

Nice crowd reaction, but once I saw the rear it was :barf:. The wheels are really sharp, the air vents in the front fender were done right, but the old style hood scoop really dated it. Maybe the 1982-92 Formula hood would have looked more modern, but the front grill still looked like a Camaro. OK effort that I would def drive, but it has a love it or hate look to it. :shrug:

BonzoHansen

08-31-2009, 10:28 PM

PolarBear

09-01-2009, 08:28 AM

When they had Pontiac engines, they were different cars. For example, you couldn't get a Ram Air IV on a '69 Camaro, or a 455 SD on a '74 Camaro, which BTW the Trans Am was the fastest American-production car that year. The first Chevy engine didn't show up in a Firebird until 1980, but even then you could still get the 301. Yes, they shared the same framework and structure. But for the better part of two generations, they weren't just re-badged Camaros.

An engine doesnt change whether or not they were made on the same production line with the same frame. Ever heard of Any Motors Corporation? :nod: So if you ordered one with a chevy engine it was a chevy because it had a chevy engine in it? or if I put a chevy engine in a fox body it is magically a chevy? :rollseye:
They have always been a Camaro, sorry to burst your bubble there. And BTW I am a Pontiac guy but I own two Camaros

7pointoh

09-01-2009, 09:23 AM

Like it or not , I think the "new" Trans Am should not exist without Pontiac. And I don't like it.

Blacdout96

09-01-2009, 04:15 PM

An engine doesnt change whether or not they were made on the same production line with the same frame. Ever heard of Any Motors Corporation? :nod: So if you ordered one with a chevy engine it was a chevy because it had a chevy engine in it? or if I put a chevy engine in a fox body it is magically a chevy? :rollseye:
They have always been a Camaro, sorry to burst your bubble there. And BTW I am a Pontiac guy but I own two Camaros

I think what hawk means is that yeah it's a firebird, but an integral part of what makes people buy cars is the drivetrain options. when pontiac used only their motors, the firebird ment a little something more to pontiac owners, because they had drivetrain otions others didnt come with such as the 455 SD :drool: lol

You are correct what you mean, but for the majority of the frame, suspension, braking, and other parts, they were almost identical, what made them different from each other was the drivetrain interior, and outside appearnce, and performance numbers. when Pontiac started using chevy motors, though parts were easier to interchange and obtain, they became more identical then ever, and it now came down to interior and outside appearance that seperated them, otherwise performance wise, you were buying basicall the same car,

That's just my 0.02

LS1Hawk

09-02-2009, 09:39 AM

I think what hawk means is that yeah it's a firebird, but an integral part of what makes people buy cars is the drivetrain options. when pontiac used only their motors, the firebird ment a little something more to pontiac owners, because they had drivetrain otions others didnt come with such as the 455 SD :drool: lol

You are correct what you mean, but for the majority of the frame, suspension, braking, and other parts, they were almost identical, what made them different from each other was the drivetrain interior, and outside appearnce, and performance numbers. when Pontiac started using chevy motors, though parts were easier to interchange and obtain, they became more identical then ever, and it now came down to interior and outside appearance that seperated them, otherwise performance wise, you were buying basicall the same car,

That's just my 0.02

Yes, that was my point exactly. I think most agree when they hear the term "re-badge" it refers to one car that has a counterpart of the exact same equivalent, only the name and appearance are changed. It implies everything is carried over from one car to the other: engine, powertrain, framework, etc. which would make it a complete re-badge. When Pontiac still made their own engines, it gave buyers different options that weren't available in the Camaro. For example, ram air induction was only available on the Firebird 400 in '67-'68, and didn't show up to my knowledge on the Camaro until the '69 SS. So for those first two years, if you wanted ram air on an F-Body, Firebird was the choice. All I'm saying is for sometime, eventhough it was in most respects a "re-badge," the Firebird/Trans Am had options that made it its own car.

91RS84TA

09-02-2009, 10:50 AM

I think it's nice. Really a rebodied camaro thats what the trans has always been. I really do like it though.

69BirdX

09-02-2009, 11:07 AM

They really went for the 77 T/A Bandit look, huh? Even the exhaust tips

Yea thats why it looks horrible.... nothing wrong with second gens but on a car thats suppose to look like a 1st gen. The tail panel looks really bad

BigRed

09-02-2009, 07:22 PM

heres another shot of the rear

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n364/CincyPerformance/Car%20Shows%202009/Trans%20Am%20Nationals%20Aug28/Kevin%20Morgan%20Phoenix%20TA/IMG_2473.jpg

Untamed

09-03-2009, 10:02 AM

I like some of it, but would need to change a few things.

1. A shaker / cowl combo doesn't look right. One or the other.

2. The bird coloring needs to be more "gold" like the 2nd gen SEs

3. The rear is hideous - a ducktail spoiler is fine, but not that stupid thing.

4. If they want to use "retro style" tail lights, then something closer to the 3rd/4th gen lights with the grid pattern on it, would look better.

Overall I like the direction they're going in with the front end. But the rest of the body kit needs changes.

BigRed

09-03-2009, 10:38 PM

sorry if repost
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/12/confirmed-phoenix-trans-am-conversion-kit-coming-for-camaro/

nj85z28

09-03-2009, 10:50 PM

i dont like it.

ta350

09-03-2009, 11:01 PM

Its just a conversion kit for the new camaro.... google phoinex trans am conversion

NastyEllEssWon

09-03-2009, 11:01 PM

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/kmconcepts26.jpg

that one is amazing!

Frosty

09-03-2009, 11:17 PM

They need to just let it go....let it ****ing die.

Blacdout96

09-04-2009, 07:55 AM

The taillights are too close to each other, they need to spread them out to the ends a little more. that back panel though fits in there wierd, needs to mbe more flush. andthe trans am sign should be put lower , either just below the license plate, or on that panel I just discussed, not up on the wing. I like the direction they are goping, but to properly execute it, change some panels, not just the bumpers and rims.

WildBillyT

09-04-2009, 08:28 AM

They need to just let it go....let it ****ing die.

Agreed.

Everything they are doing looks like **** and an aftermarket conversion.

BigAls87Z28

09-04-2009, 12:03 PM

Lets just make sure that we all know that this is not a GM piece, but an aftermaket piece.

NastyEllEssWon

09-04-2009, 03:01 PM

Lets just make sure that we all know that this is not a GM piece, but an aftermaket piece.

well with pontiac being dead we are all pretty confidant its not a gm product :nod:

Frosty

09-04-2009, 03:37 PM

well with pontiac being dead we are all pretty confidant its not a gm product :nod:

There are plenty of idiots out there that will think it's truly a Firebird.

Slow-V6

09-04-2009, 03:47 PM

I dont know about you all but I am content with owning the last year T/A ever produced!!

jims69camaro

09-04-2009, 04:38 PM

they... just... won't... let... it... die...

kind of like michael jackson, only you don't have to worry about your juvenile child getting too close.

Saitin

09-04-2009, 06:52 PM

so if any one on the forum ever gets one of these we will beat him down right????

jims69camaro

09-04-2009, 07:02 PM

so of any one on the forum ever gets one of these we will beat him down right????

and then tar and feather him.

transmaro93

09-04-2009, 07:07 PM

say what you want... although its kinda gay its not a GM product.... i think a few of those pics look cool... mainly the ones designed after the 77-78 birds... the early 2nd gen design doesnt fit right... i think its pretty cool it the products are good quality... i have yet to see a decent aftermarket body part that has a good fit and finish... cervinis comes close but they still suck... companies like roush make nice stuff... if its good quality like that i dont see a problem with it... hey al.... does GM pay you to look out for them like that on the net...?? just curious ahahha....

1972LT1

09-05-2009, 01:13 AM

What does a 2010 Firebird and Michael Jackson have in common?
Plastic.
What does a 2010 Firebird and MLK have in common?
A dream.
What does a 2010 Firebird and a vtec owner have in common?
Fantasy's @ 11 sec. 1/4 miles

1972LT1

09-05-2009, 01:36 AM