I'm selling my 1998 flat hood Trans Am with aftermarket functional fiberglass ram air hood.
Year: 1998 Make: Pontiac Model: Firebird Trans Am Miles: 121,265 Engine: The top end was completely redone 1000 miles ago by a Master Tech & machine shop: They verified straightness of the heads, cleaned them up, then installed new head gaskets, head bolts, exhaust manifold gaskets, intake manifold gaskets, spark plugs, wires all from Chevy Performance. The engine purrs! I have photos and some paperwork if needed. Trans: 6 speed manual Additional info/mods: Black exterior, dark gray leather interior (Driver side seat is ripped, trying to source a new one prior to resale), t-top car. The clutch, pilot bearing, throwout bearing and flywheel are all BRAND NEW (Installed today). It has a K&N FIPK intake, Flowmaster catback with QTP electronic cutout and quad tips, new tie rod ends, new (ramanned) power steering pump, new alternator, slotted rotors, TT2 wheels (One was bent, just had this fixed), Nitto NT555's rears (315/35R17 with less than 4000 miles), Sumitomo fronts (Less than 2000 miles), Hella 60mm HID projectors (4300K, factory HID white color), Hella 60mm free form highs (halogen), slotted rotors, aftermarket head unit, aftermarket speakers, wired for a sub/box/amp, I'm sure there's more I forget. This car is very clean, inside and out (Though front bumper has some rock chips and could use a respray)
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I'm looking for a '92-95 Civic Bubble VX, 5 speed, AC. Also interested in a Civic CX or Civic HX, 5 speed, AC. Under $3000. Let me know what you have. Cash in hand, looking to buy ASAP! Need a new DD. Thanks.
Awesome pics! I'll have to watch some of the videos when I get home (work filters). I have to agree with Exige on the tow rig!! Owning an M35 is definitely on my bucket list!!!
That MJ is pretty bada$$ looking. I'm pretty sure that'll be the next Jeep I own.
Thanks! The MJ guy is a good friend of mine. It went from stock to incredibly capable trail rig within 2 years. Very nice build. The M95's I know nothing about, but they are definitely BA!
Btw i see you are getting shit on pretty good on pirate4x4 site. You should probably spend a little more time browsing over there so you understand how it works on that board. You will find that in chit chat no one gives a crap about wheeling or tech. Probably should have put it the local northeast forum. Just trying to help.
Aaron
I post over there for the fun of it. It's amusing seeing all the stuff they come up with on responses. I've been in Pirate for many years
My buddies and I went wheeling over the weekend up at Rausch Creek Off-road Park in Tremont, PA. It's only 1 hour 45 minutes from my house which is nice. This trip had been in the works for a few months. Most of my buddies were spending Friday thru Sunday there. I just went up for the day on Saturday.
Normally I focus on taking photos (Nikon D2x and fun glass), not video, but I wanted to test out my new Canon HD video camera. In this post you'll mostly see photos & videos from me, but some videos and photos are from my buddies who were there as well.
Rig lineup: -Jeep Wrangler TJ: Rubicon, lockers/geared, 35's, Skyjacker long arm -Jeep Comanche MJ: 35's, custom exo-cage, bumpers, etc. -Jeep Cherokee XJ: 35's, front bumper, not a care in the world lol -Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ: 5.9L, 4.5/4.75" lift, 32" MTZ's, Tomken Rocker guards, FourXDoctor diff guard
I arrived around 9:30 to see a packed park. I've seen it crowded before, but the line to sign in was out the building, down the ramp, to the parking lot. AKA, insane.
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After that was winch hill with the Exo-Caged MJ and the XJ:
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We then headed back out on the same trail as before. It's a fun trail in either direction:
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Moving on to some other connector trails, mostly blues with some blacks and a black/red:
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After all that excitement we moved on to some more connector trails...
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Another buddy in another XJ who joined us on Sunday:
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Then we got to the Quarry. It's nothing amazing unless you try "Shoot the Moon".. then it gets a bit serious...
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Then had to use his FWD to try and get down to a recovery position:
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I'm guessing so since it wasn't Evan's jeep and he's the only other guy I know that has that look. The owner got to park next to the Qtec building instead of being directed into the Jeep Only parking lot. Guessing the owner works @ Qtec.
He's a local PA guy, but doesn't work here at Quad. Nice folks, neat Jeep!
Thanks guys! I have no idea. I have 3 other friends selling bikes right now and the interest (for any bike) just doesn't seem to be there. I guess it's too cold already.
Great article here for those who don't know about the bike:
"I’ll admit it, I’ve had a few laughs poking fun at the tightly wound and highly vocal owners of Honda’s VFR series of motorcycles. You know the type. They are a little older, neatly attired, not quite at BMW-owner levels of prissiness, but clean- cut and serious. I’d ridden a few VFRs—mostly the older, 1980s versions or the V-Tech-equipped 2002-2009 Interceptor, and they never impressed me as being that good.
Then I went riding with my friend John Joss. I had a Triumph Sprint GT I was testing, and I wanted his impressions of that bike, so after filling our tanks near Santa Cruz, California, we swapped rides, chasing each other along the winding roads of the Santa Cruz mountains.
I rode John’s well-traveled 1999 VFR800i. I had never ridden the “Fifth Gen,” as the VFR cognoscenti call the ’98-’01. It was introduced in 1997 as a replacement for the fourth-generation 94-97 VFR750. An all-new motorcycle—not just an update—the 800 got a more-torquey (but not much more powerful) fuel-injected engine, a “pivotless” frame that mounted the motor as a stressed member (the tasty single-sided swingarm pivots in the engine case, a la the VTR1000F SuperHawk), 41mm cartridge fork, lighter wheels and curvy new bodywork that still looks fresh 13 years later. Wet weight is a little over 500 pounds, horsepower is around 100 at the wheel, and the new bike would set you back $9899.
In a lot of ways, the fifth-gen is the oldest modern sportbike you can get. It’s got all the stuff a modern moto-pilot needs: fuel injection, cartridge fork, modern styling, comprehensive digital instrumentation (with easy-to-read displays for time, fuel remaining and ambient temperature) and modern tire sizes. In fact, many Viffer-heads argue that the two following bikes—the V-Tech-laden 800 Interceptor and dual-clutch, mega-powered VFR1200 — add nothing useful to the game, just more weight, expense and complexity to an already perfect product.
C’mon: perfect? Only God is perfect, right? That’s how I felt hopping on John’s aged mount, but after a few miles any cynicism about the VFR had melted away. The steering felt a little slow and old-fashioned at first, as if it had old 19-inch bias-plies, but I quickly got used to it. The red bike felt effortlessly fast, stable, easy-to-turn and man is that thing smooth for a four-cylinder. The fueling was exceptionally precise (although I’m guessing John had it carefully tuned for his sweet-looking—and even sweeter-sounding—Staintune exhaust), displaying little of the herky-jerkiness I’d expect from late-’90s fuel-injection. I didn’t even mind the linked brakes. In fact, I didn’t even know it had linked brakes until I started researching the bike. I asked John if he had removed the linking system—but no, aside from the pipe, a higher screen, an Öhlins shock, a custom Sargent’s saddle and white powder-coat on the wheels (they look great but are a “bugger” to clean, says John), his bike is pretty stock. And aside from a couple of valve checks and some electronic-component failures that will not surprise any 90s-era Honda owner, he’s had to do very little to the bike in the 10 years and 87,000 miles he’s been riding it.
“It’ll do 1000-mile days and it’ll do 1:45s at Laguna Seca,” says John. “It’s sporting enough, it’s touring enough, it does everything nicely.” The VFR is a Honda in all the right ways—supremely engineered, comfortable, good performing, easy to ride and reliable as your Uncle Phil’s Dewar’s “sleep aid.” So they probably hold their value pretty well, right?
Well, no. A quick California-wide Craig’s List search turned up a dozen very nice examples, all priced under $4000, with some good ones under the $3000 mark. Kelly Blue Book retail value is $2950 for a ’98. You’re getting a 12-year-old bike, true, but it’s a Honda, and if it was well-maintained—it’s hard not to use the phrase “anal retentive” when you write about VFR owners—you can bet it will probably outlast most bikes on the road, if not you.
That’s why I was surprised when John liked the Triumph Sprint GT so much, saying if he was looking to retire his Viffer, the Trumpet was a bike he’d consider trading to.
John, all due respect, but you’re nuts. Buy another low-mile fifth-gen for $3000, swap out all your bolt-on goodies and sell the high-miler for $2500. Another 80,000 miles of smooth, fast sport-touring for $500? The Triumph is a great value at $13,199, but you can’t even buy a decent bicycle these days for $500. The latest, greatest technology and owning a new bike is swell, but riding that VFR is a fine experience that can’t be bested by a lot of new bikes on the market today."
