Official Show your Birds thread!

[RedVertTA]

Wow you've owned a lot of TAs.

[13nickels]

[Obsession]

Yea you might say I have an obsession for them. I have a red / silver "85" T/A that I bought of E-Bay that I am restoring but We went to 4 day weeks where I work and that put a damper on things

[JoshieDoom]

Yea you might say I have an obsession for them. I have a red / silver "85" T/A that I bought of E-Bay that I am restoring but We went to 4 day weeks where I work and that put a damper on things

I know the feeling... thats why im able to make this post

[Obsession]

I had never posted my car because everytime I tried it never came up then I saw a response earlier and thought I would try it again but I don't know how to size the pictures so they're not so big

[JoshieDoom]

I had never posted my car because everytime I tried it never came up then I saw a response earlier and thought I would try it again but I don't know how to size the pictures so they're not so big

Size is fine

[RedVertTA]

I had never posted my car because everytime I tried it never came up then I saw a response earlier and thought I would try it again but I don't know how to size the pictures so they're not so big

You can photoshop or use windows picture viewer and try to crop the photo or you can reduced the size, using photoshop or a different program. I use infranview, its free and you can use it to decrease photo size to fit or to decrease file size.

http://www.irfanview.com/

[Obsession]

You can photoshop or use windows picture viewer and try to crop the photo or you can reduced the size, using photoshop or a different program. I use infranview, its free and you can use it to decrease photo size to fit or to decrease file size.

http://www.irfanview.com/

Thanks I will see what I can play with the next time I post a pic. But I will tell you I am better at cars than I am at computers

[RedVertTA]

Thanks I will see what I can play with the next time I post a pic. But I will tell you I am better at cars than I am at computers

I know what you mean, there's a first time for everything.

I was better with computers than I was with cars until a few years ago, now its the opposite.

[Obsession]

I bet you get a lot of nice driving weather down in Florida when the rain and the hurricanes arn't going through

[Obsession]

I love the red interior lights you have I plan to do the same thing but first I am trying to find gauges for my A-pillar that has the res background light. all the auto part stores around here only carry blue or white

[RedVertTA]

I love the red interior lights you have I plan to do the same thing but first I am trying to find gauges for my A-pillar that has the res background light. all the auto part stores around here only carry blue or white

Thanks I appreciate it, yeah Florida gets good weather, too bad I'm in New York right now in college, my ride is back home, miss it dearly

I'm thinking about A-Pillar gauges as well. There are some out there in red, but you might have to order them. Try these links:

Autometer ES Series:

http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugeop.aspx?sid=67

Autometer ES series gauges are red at night, white in the day like our stock gauges. Scroll to the top part in the link that says view illumination, it shows how they look at night.

Autometer NEXUS Series:

http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugeop.aspx?sid=42

You can try Autometer NEXUS series gauges as well, but they're expensive as hell and you need a special control unit for them to get them to work.

Glowshift is my favorite though:

http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/

7 different colors in one gauge that you can cycle through and choose. They are the closest to the original look I have seen, and the prices are very competitive.

http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/93-02...gepackage.aspx

The price is a steal, $150 dollars for their package which includes the A-Pillar Pod with the gauges of your choice and all the required installation equipment.

eGauges is a site that carries several brands, they have red gauges:

http://www.egauges.com/

Prosport has red as well, good stuff on that site, great prices too:

http://prosportgauges.com/gauges.aspx

Hope you find what you're looking for, good luck.

[BirdCountry02]

Nice car, i like the blackbird hood stripes. i was thinkin of goin with black wheels when i get the money. i think black on the mrm would go good together

[BirdCountry02]

Thats what I done...before I got the SRT, I about traded the T/A in on an 06 STi. After all the paper work was done, I made up my mind I couldn't get rid of it. The SRT, to some don't like, I got within a price range that I could keep the T/A and pay for the SRT. Also I get around 30 mpg on a fun DD unlike most 4 door performance cars. But everyone does have there own opinion and I respect that.

Thank you so much for not doing it. your bird looks so nice sti's and evo's are overrated imo

[BIG GUNS]

They're 12 inch StreetGlow tube neons under the dash.

http://www.streetglow.com/site/neon.neontubes12.php



This is what I see at night.



I also installed EL neon wire on the rear speakers.

http://streetglow.com/site/accessories.elwire5.php

I wrapped the edge of the speakers in the glowing wire, sorry if the quality of the pic isn't that clear but you can see it in the rear seat area to the left of the pic, its the red glowing ring.



You get these parts at some auto parts stores, Advance Discount Auto, and Autozone carry them. You can also find them at a car stereo shop. I got them at Advance, they had the best selection. They'll have the 12 inch tube no worry, the EL neon is harder to find while in stock, I had to order mine. When you're choosing yours I'd get the 12 inch over the 9 or 6 any day, the difference in price is minimal compared to the difference in size. $45 for the 12 inch and $43 for the 9 inch, and $40 for the 6 inch. So for another 1/8th of the price you double the size of the tube between the 6 and 12, that's a good deal. But don't mind me, its your car, keep it as bright as you want it, every one to his own preferences.

I have some of the same but, mine are shorter. I love them.

[BIG GUNS]

I have seen some pretty awsome T/A's here and this is not as nice as some but my "02" T/A is special to me

All T/As are special. You should be very proud. Nice looking ride bro.

[Obsession]

All T/As are special. You should be very proud. Nice looking ride bro.

Yea you are right all of them are special I have 2 now but owned 4 There is something about owning them that makes you feel proud. The more you do to them the more you make it your own.

[BIG GUNS]

My "73" T/A in high school

That 73 is bad ass. I would love to get one. I remember seeing those as prizes on game shows. Hence, I can relate to the attire of the day in your pic. I'll guess that was like 1978 or 1979.

[Obsession]

Dec. 1978 it was for my senior pics. I had the 73 w/ 455SD and my best friend had the 76 w/ 400 that day we traded rear wheels because he wanted to see what his car looked like with 50's on it and I put his 60's on mine with the SS craigers

[BIG GUNS]

Yeah, my cousin had a 74 Firebird and was one of my first clutch experiences.......lol. It rolled forward into a small ditch cuz I didn't understand brake, clutch and gas slowly.

1978 and 1979 were good years. I remember a lot of those old 60's and 70's muscle cars bought off the showroom and straight to the track. Or, county road where I'm from......lol.

Do you still have the 73? I almost bought one here last summer but, I hesitated for a day and it was gone.