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#486827 11/24/02 09:00 AM
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Take off the wing and the bodykit and it would look great.

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In reply to:

Take off the wing and the bodykit and it would look great.


no, no it wouldn't.


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It ain't bad, it's just not good.The thing that p1$$es me off is theres a body kit made for it in the first place and we waited how long for a body kit.


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Originally posted by SVT ST PETE:
Adding crap to crap still = crap.

Thats a good one, but check this one out..."its like putting perfume on pig, it still stinks " The thing is with that car, besides the lack of 4 wheel disc brakes, is that he spent some good money and keeps it clean, to bad he didn't buy a Tour/Mystique and do that I wonder if that car has the new S/C GM is offering through the dealerships, 190 hp at the crank is a pretty good upgrade from 150 Even if it did have the S/C it still rides on the same J-body platform from waaaaaaay back in 1982 when the cavalier, J2000 (remember those), Firenza (how about those "things") Skyhawk ( don't laugh, I had one as my daily driver when I had the 87 GN) Cimmaron ("Cava-lac). One thing about the Skyhawk back then was you could get the 1.8L turbo and later the J2000/Sunbird got it as well. Did I say waaaaaaay back in 1982, damn I was 12 years old and paying too much attention to cars back then


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Originally posted by Y2KBlack&BlueSVT:
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Take off the wing and the bodykit and it would look great.


no, no it wouldn't.


hahaha thats what im saying

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Originally posted by Roger R:

The thing is with that car, besides the lack of 4 wheel disc brakes, is that he spent some good money and keeps it clean, to bad he didn't buy a Tour/Mystique and do that


you gotta be phucking kidding me!! get a tour or mystique????


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Thoughts...

Cost of car...14K (new)

Cost of body kit...4K

Cost of Decent paint job...3K

Rims and tires...1.5K

Cost of new mustang GT 22K

To think, they only would have had to borrow 500$ less to have an actual car.

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Its like these Neons around here... completely stock except for wings and giant exhaust pipes. All show no go. Why would you take a so-so car and do this? Nobody says oh wow look at the pontiac that looks great. People laugh at this dont they get it?


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I'm guessing you have four reverse lights because you like to drive backwards right?

I will be perfectly honest. I don't hate Sunfires, I only hate Sunfires like that one.

Wheels - They are actually worse than the plastic caps they replaced. They have gills. I wish they would explode and die. I hate them more than stubbing my toe.

Body kit - Makes your car look heavy, which used to be it's only strong point (light and fast, assuming it's the 2.4L and a 5-speed) Now you've added 500 lbs of urethane to it. I hate it, please kill me now so I never have to look at it again.

Wing - See above. Good call adding a second, even more useless wing to the window. You are rendering the larger wing completely useless (not like it had a purpose in the first place) as the airflow will reflect off the little wing and completely miss the large wing. There may even be a vacuum under the big wing no producing lift, having the opposite effect you want at high speeds. That wing makes me want to kill again.

Hood - The scoops which I'm assuming are useless will produce drag. Nice, now have it replaced with a lightweight carbon fiber hood. That hood is the leading cause of death from vomiting in North America.

Window stickers - Since the wing blocks the view out the back, I guess the giant sticker is just great... for me to poop on. The ones on the front I can't read which I can live with. This aspect of the car is only slightly absolutely horrid.

When the Sunfire replaced the Sunbird back in 1812 I thought it was a really sharp looking car. My friend has one and we put a stereo system in it together. I thought it was a great car considering it's price. By the time I bought the Contour in 1999 they had started tacking on fake testarossa panels to the car and making really ugly wheels. Then came the little fins all over the bumpers. This year they went all out with the ugly stick. With a 2.4L and MTX it's a fairly lightweight and quick car, kind of like an older Neon R/T. Easily blows the doors off my ZX5 from a stop and able to stay door to door with a 2.5L mtx Contour from a stop. Why would you add all this weight to it and kill the only good thing it had going? For the ammount of cash that was spent, why skip on the good brakes, or was it just a coupe and not the GT?









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wow, what did that car ever do to it's owner to deserve that? *sheesh*

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