98 Firehawk question?

[El Toro Loco]

ok so i saw this old vid from motor trend tv from 98 it was about the firehawk , so im watchin this and i noticed the head lights they are projector beam lights, what i;m wondering is that if they actually came out like that for that year , or did it fall through i actually think it looks good?

[purplebat66]

firehawk were not made until 1999 the ones that were made in 98 which were two were made only for slp.They were not sold to the public .

[third_shift|studios]

cool visuals in that vid, always fun to see a pro vid of our cars. But damn, they lied about half that shit. An ls1 is an ls1 and will always come with about 345 BHP or 315+/- whp. Those headlights never made it to production. The cold air kit wasn't true either-it's the same set up as a stock t/a; just a taller ws.6 intake deck. I believe there was only 1 suspension option, bilstien shocks and SLP sway bars. The brakes on the hawk are the same on the firebird.

[t-rock]

i dont remeber when it was offered but you could option the 1le suspension on the hawks.

[9T8W66]

I remember seeing that and all the Magazine Test articles on the `98 Hawks back then, it's too bad the exposed headlights didn't meet crash test standards cause I always liked that clean look. IIRC there were about 5 cars made the ones that weren't crushed were converted back to flip up lights and used as mules for `99

[JohnnyBs98WS6Rag]

+1 on the good looks of the fixed headlamps on the prototype '98 Hawks, I was waiting to get one on order, but when they announced I'd have to wait until '99 and it'd have the stock pop-up headlamps, I passed and went w/ a WS6 instead.

The airbox on a Firehawk isn't "raised" anymore than a stock (non-WS6) T/A or Formula. Only the WS6 got the raised airbox / upper radiator support.

I thought they made 8 prototype 'Hawks in '98.

[slphwk1]

Here are the headlights in question....lol only $25k!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3AIT&viewitem=

[blackmetal]

Here are the headlights in question....lol only $25k!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3AIT&viewitem=

wow $25k Id better only get 1 set then

[El Toro Loco]

well i had know that the hawks didnt come out til 99 but when i saw this i started second guessing myself. what really got me was those lights they are clean lookin

[JoshieDoom]

well i had know that the hawks didnt come out til 99 but when i saw this i started second guessing myself. what really got me was those lights they are clean lookin

Hood was also different btw to accomodate the headlights

[El Toro Loco]

i didnt even notice the hood, but that would make sense