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1987 Pontiac Firebird
Bought: Jan, 0001
Sold: Jan, 0001
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1993-2002 CAMARO/FIREBIRD POWER WINDOW LIFT MOTOR L, R $14.75
89 PONTIAC FIREBIRD Magnaflow Performance Exhaust $433.81
82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 FIREBIRD DOOR HANDLE L $4.50
82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 FIREBIRD DOOR HANDLE R $4.50
1968 THRU 1969 CAMARO / FIREBIRD WINDOW REGULATOR $49.99
Last updated: May 18, 2009
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Well this is a modification I have wanted to do for a long while now. I really wanted the face of my gauges around the smoked Plexiglas to be a smoothed glossy black. I thought it would really set off the smoked Plexiglas dash inserts. The top ledge & lower ledge I would leave textured & paint a satin black.
So I took the gauge cover out of the car and spent some quality time with it and some sand paper. I used 180 grit to get the texture down. Then followed with 320. Then finished with 600.
Then I washed the piece with dish soap and scuffed the rest of the cover with red scotch brite. Then I began masking, and masking, and masking. Here it is in a coat of primer. Here is a close up of the smoothed area Here we are moving on to the paint and clear coat. This piece was based in black & cleared.
After The final product! Look at the awesome reflections on the sides. Really shows how clean and slick the paint is! Joe did a great job shooting this piece!
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Follow this link to additional information on the car not found on this site! ************************************************************************************************************************ DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S INTERIOR SITE 01 Site Overview 02 Power Windows and Door locks 03 Miscellaneous Trim Pieces 04 Smoked Plexiglas Covers, Flush Mounted KITT Light Box 05 Carbon Fiber 06 Carpet Swap 07 Overhead Console 08 Red & Black Seats 09 Seat Cover installation 10 Red & Black Door Panels 11 Red & Black Rear Cargo Panels 12 Kick Panels &Lower Dash Panels 13 Car Motor Sports Mats and T-Top bag 14 Neon 15 Center Console Repair 16 Painted Center Console 17 Dash Repaint 18 Repainted Gauge Cluster <<< 19 Autometer Pillar Pod 20 Seatbelts
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Posted by: KITT1983
05/18/2009 02:13AM
awesome car dude
Posted by: 86TA355SR
10/24/2008 10:31AM
Thanks for the info on the center console repair. I'm going to give it a shot this weekend. Hope to have my new red and black interior done before winter. Take care
Posted by: BirD666
10/10/2007 01:07PM
Awesome 3rd gen. Where did you get your floor mats from?
Posted by: Firebird2216
10/06/2006 07:47AM
Wow! most creative bird i have ever seen. also have the dragon pedals but not put on yet. check my '91 out when u get a chance.
Posted by: firebird4life87
09/05/2005 11:43AM
Nice bird looks good so far keep up the good work check out my 87 some time and tell me what you think
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