Vehicle Owner

Member ID: RedraifExtras

Location: Here, GA

Vehicle Info

1987 Pontiac Firebird

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile16.7 sec @ 81 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed115mph
  • HP143
  • Weight3383lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • Auto Meter Gauges 
  • Custom Seats 

Exterior Styling

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

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    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

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REDRAIF’s Pontiac Firebird
“RAIF'S GENERAL OVERVIEW”

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RedraifExtras's 1987 Pontiac FirebirdINTERIOR MODS
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Stock, RAIF was burdened with the hard to keep clean silver interior, so I made some changes!
A black
carpet swap was the first thing!

Lets start up front and work our way back…
If you notice there is no silver or grey of any kind left on the dash! Its all been
repainted black!
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PLEXI-GLASS GAUGE COVER
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No is not digital, it just looks that way.

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It is actually custom cut smoked Plexiglas. I cut up the old dash & laid in the Plexiglas. I edged it with a red satin cord.
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GAUGE CLUSTER
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One thing you don't see done often, the gauge cluster is no longer the textured stock grey? We actually smoothed it and painted it gloss black! Here are 2 great side shots showing the reflection.
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Most of the
red accents are hand painted.
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AUXILLARY GAUGES
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Stock the car came only with idiot lights, so I added Auto Meter gauges for extra assurance! The oil, volts, and temp gauges are housed in a 3 pod A pillar gauge holder by Auto Meter.

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CARBON FIBER
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Did you notice that the A/C cover is the same smoked plexi. Also the radio and center console plates were carbon fiber?
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Its a bit hard to tell, but sweet, eh? This was custom made out of carbon fiber. No kit here! Going to sand it down a bit to remove the cloudiness and paint over it with transparent Candy Apple red.

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PAINTED CENTER CONSOLE & RADIO POD
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Now another thing I did to the center console and radio pod...they have been painted black.
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OVERHEAD CONSOLE
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I actually added an additional console to the car...an overhead one!

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SEATS
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Now the seats...They were the turning point for my interior facelift!

RedraifExtras's 1987 Pontiac Firebird


The seats are my new PMD seats. These are typically 1982 only seats. I personally recovered them with Hawk's 3rd gen Parts' seat covers made of Hampton Vinyl. They have the look and feel of Leather!
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As you can, I have decided to go with a bold red and black combo to compliment the exterior.
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I bet you also noticed the
red seat belts.

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They came out of a 92 Camaro. My old ones were very nasty from 15 years of use. So I used my accent color when I replaced them.

Once the seats were in, I finished the look by changing the whole interior to red & black.

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RED & BLACK INTERIOR PANELS
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I replaced the silver interior pieces with black out of another 3rd generation f-body. To further tie with the red and black seats, I covered portions of the new black panels with the very same red Hampton vinyl that my seats were made of.

Let's start with the doors...normally not that interesting, but...

RedraifExtras's 1987 Pontiac Firebird


Here you can really see the red Hampton vinyl insert. These door panels seemed like they were made for this look! I used black satin cord to finish the edges of the vinyl.

A close up of some of the red accents.

RedraifExtras's 1987 Pontiac Firebird

The rear cargo panels also received the same treatment.
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You can see the black panels with the red Hampton vinyl inserts through out the cargo area, again with the black piping framing its border to the black panels.

Here are pics of the new Subs and amp to be installed soon!
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EMBROIDERY
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Did you notice the embroidery on the t-top bag?

RedraifExtras's 1987 Pontiac Firebird


It the same as on the custom floormats.
The front
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The rear
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Both were done by
Car Motorsports.

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NEON
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Yep, I have neon lights...

I only have neon tubes under the seats now and in the rear compartment. These are pics with my old interior, but you get the idea!

The back seat:
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The rear:
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v v INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS LIST WITH LINKS TO MORE DETAILED INFORMATION! v v
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APPEARANCE:
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1982 PMD seats
Seats recovered w/ Hawks 3rd Gen Parts red & black Hampton vinyl seat covers
Chrome fire extinguisher
Custom Smoked Covers for gauges
Custom Smoked Covers for air conditioning control plate
Custom flush mounted KITT light controller box

Wheel skins red & black leather steering wheel cover
Custom fit 1991 Firebird center console shift indicator
Black shift boot replacing light gray

Spectre Carbon Fiber Shift lever
Custom Carbon Fiber like covered Brake lever
Custom Made Carbon Fiber Radio and Center console plates

Car Motorsports custom aftermarket red & black embroidered floor mats
Car Motorsports custom embroidered t-top bag

1997 GM rear view mirror with map lights
Overhead center console w/ custom switch panel
Black headliner, rear speaker cover plates, & carpet
Red Hampton vinyl custom installed with black piping on cargo & door panels
Red rear armrests
Swapped in black interior plastic panels

Red 1992 Camaro front seatbelts
Pilot Dragon seatbelt pads

Redline dragon pedals
Red dragon sunglass holders

Red Speaker covers
Added all red to interior (hand painted red trim and Firebird emblems)

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LIGHTING:
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All interior lights are red
Added lights to cargo area
6- Quest Red neon tubes under seats and in rear cargo

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Link to my interior site!

v v Links to more detailed information on my interior modifications on my dedicated interior site! v v
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01
Site Overview
02
Power Windows and Door locks
03
Miscellaneous Trim Pieces
04
Smoked Plexiglas Covers, Flush Mounted KITT Light Box
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Carbon Fiber
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Carpet Swap
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Overhead Console
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Red & Black Seats
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Seat Cover installation
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Red & Black Door Panels
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Red & Black Rear Cargo Panels
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Kick Panels &Lower Dash Panels
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Car Motor Sports Mats and T-Top bag
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Neon
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Center Console Repair
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Painted Center Console
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Dash Repaint
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Repainted Gauge Cluster
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Autometer Pillar Pod
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Seatbelts

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LINKS PAGE
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RedraifExtras's 1987 Pontiac Firebird


DIRECTORY FOR REDRAIF SITE
01
Home
02
RAIF's History
03 Exterior Modifications
04 Interior Modifications <<<
05 Stereo Modifications
06 Engine Detailing
07 Engine Performance Modifications
08
Handling Modifications
09 Show Standings & Publishings
10 My Club Affiliations
11
A Bit About Me
12
Guestbook comments!

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