ws6transam

Hi everyone,

I'm in the process of restoring the graphics package on my '84 and I've come to realize that there ISNT HARDLY ANY pictures of the 1984 Trans Am on the internet that show the factory graphics.

So, this week I go in with what I have, which isnt much. Then, when I get back, I'll post them.



FWIW, Here's the car as it currently sits. It really needs graphics to complete the paint, IMHO. My car has been without its stripes for twenty years and it's time to put 'em back!!

TBS84Camaro

You have one sweet car

jeff311270

Nice ride i love the color.

Jeff

1-MEAN-T/A

That car is gorgeous man. I love the color combination and the hood. It works really well with your car. Good luck and keep on posting your progress..



-Adam

omnipotentgoku

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hate to be a post ***** about it...

http://omnipotent-goku.com/iroc

MNformula350

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Sweet Ride, Autocross? I autocross my Formula every summer.
anyway heres a few links that will hopefully help ya out, my buddy has a 84 T/A but he also has no decals.

84 Firebird's Lot#1

84 Firebird's Lot#2

chevyrumble83

your car looks amazing! i luv it man.... its nice to see theres another person out there that did not convert there pre 85 thirdgen to the later style GFX. keep up the good work.

82knightrider

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beautiful trans am bro

7plagues

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omg...thats just one awesome ride!

TAdan

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Sweet car

Now I know what mine would look like w/ the RAII hood, hehe.

speed88

That is one sweet Trans Am!!

ws6transam

Thanks everyone, I got the decals on today and THEY ARE GREAT!

Phoenix Graphics, you guys are too cool.


No pics yet, I need to wash and re-wax. However, since no one's seen the "under hood"picture before, this ought to tide you over until the new shots get taken:



With the new engine, I went 12.90 at 113.0 MPH in Memphis on May 9th. then took 1st place in the NFME "prepared"class autocross.

Traction??? What traction?? I like powah-steerin'

ws6transam

Here it is, after the decals were added.

Here's a link to the BIG photos that show the paint in all its glory.

http://www.ws6transam.org/stripe_3.jpg
http://www.ws6transam.org/stripe_5.jpg

82knightrider

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Those look great Very nice 84 man

Agent13

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That is a great '84 T/A! Very nice!

TAdan

Excellent work.

Any higher res or extreme close-up shots?

ws6transam

For close-up try clicking on the link called http://www.ws6transam.org/stripe_5.jpg which is about the biggest I have. 1600 bits wide.

azvolfan

Nice car and love those ZS Racing wheels!!

What size did you get?

SLP IROC-Z

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hawt car man!

ws6transam

Those are 17 x 9.5 inch on all four corners.

Andris Skulte sells them, he's got the offsets all figured out such that you can run the same size & offset on all four corners. That makes tire rotation easy. About all you might need to do is add a slim 5mm spacer on the front, unless you go to 1LE rotors, at which time no spacer will be necessary.

ws6jim

ws6 trans am that is a beautiful package of an 84 you put together. I was wondering are those the stock gfx on the car. Like is that chin spoiler on 82-84s with the aero package. Its just that it looks like the 85-90 Trans am gfx added to the bottom of a 84. Correct me if I'm wrong. Also those Roh ZS Racing wheels definately complete the package. The hi res pics just show how nice your car is.

ws6transam

Thanks, Jim.

No, these are the original 1984 gfx pieces, all the way around.

What has changed are the body side moldings. I stripped off the black stockers and installed some new pieces from a 1991 model which I painted body color. I've also painted the door locks and door handles body color, rather than leave them black. I've also installed a fiberglass reproduction 1989 TTA spoiler onto the back to help "bring up" the rear to match the hoodline. I've also cut the original '84 WS6 springs 1/2 coil to lower the car approximately one inch. It's sitting at 26.5 inches in the front and 27 3/4 inches in the rear, as measured from lower fender lip to ground.

The seats are from a 1994 Formula, the brakes are from a 1991 1LE package, and the instrument panel gage cluster is a mixture from 1987 and 1990. Those are most of the visual changes that I can think of.

82knightrider

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Dont forget your kick arss rims

billsfirebird

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I have always loved the look of your bird. The new spoiler and hood look pretty sweet too.

However, I think the car looked much better without the stripes. Sweet ride man!

-bill

bnoon

I like the stripes. I did notice something I didn't like though... dang your exhaust hangs low at the front by the Y-pipe!!! Are you missing a hanger up there or is it hanging low for some other reason? Sweet looking ride, but man, those pipes have to scrape somethin fierce!

ws6transam

I havent scraped them yet! However I do scrape the Spohn crossmember at the driveshaft loop on occasion. Yeah, the exhaust is sitting lower than I want, but I am going to live with it until I get the Hooker long-tubes installed next winter. In order to PROPERLY install the hookers I'm going to custom-fabricate a crossmember for this T56 that does not compromise ground clearance. I'll cut out the subframe and relocate it if I have to !!

I want a T56 crossmember that doesnt lever on the mounting bolts. I'll also be fabricating my own decoupled torque arm since Unbalanced Engineering doesnt seem to be making one for the third-gens.

Thanks for the compliments, and for the record, I really, really like my stripes!! It's what separates my machine from the hundreds of other plain-painted '84s out there Wait until you see the custom graphics I'm designing to put onto the hood: It's a variation of the louvered hood graphic that was used on the '84 and 1983 Daytona 500 pace car, only it's bigger and a two=piece design

bnoon

Speaking of those two cars... there's a '83 pace car on EBay right now that I was eyeing. Doesn't look to bad at all for the asking price, though a little higher on mileage than I would like. The only other styles I oogle over like this year pace car is the Recaro editions, the Mecham editions, and the 15th anniv. white with blue stripes...

Something similar on your color combo should look pretty hot! oooooooooo aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

83firebirdS/E

I love the early birds, that thing is awesome in all its glory.

billsfirebird

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I love the first photo....sweet action shot.

Bird Addict

Like the 84! Here is mine...

82knightrider

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nice 84 also bird addict