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Old May 27, 2002 | 12:02 PM
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does my car have "The Look"?

You know how you see some cars and say "Daaaaaamn"....

I got a recent pic of my car from last weekend racing at the local SOLO2 regionals. This is a hard right hander at-speed. Waddya say? Does she have "The Look"?

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Old May 27, 2002 | 12:07 PM
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Might be

Your car looks real good but something is missing
maybe the two color make it look aging
But not sure ..the GTA wheels are OK but for camaros i dont like much ..get a TORQtHRUSTII 17x9
and u will kick *** ..-..BTW
you have a Beautiful car Congrats ¡
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Old May 27, 2002 | 12:12 PM
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Yea it's the black rims, I think you should put something else on.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 12:14 PM
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pant over the gray with red. then add some black stripes to match the black wheels. Sorry, i just dont like the gray. Loks nice though.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 12:38 PM
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I think so..

I think it has the look, BUT since I'm a big AutoX'er I biased, and if you are in F-stock the GTA wheels are the way to go, my chrome 17's are just for looks...
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Old May 27, 2002 | 01:04 PM
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Looks good. I like the wheels.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 01:35 PM
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I like it just the way it is, wheels are good looking too.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 01:40 PM
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I like it just the way it is, wheels are good looking too.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 02:20 PM
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i like it
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Old May 27, 2002 | 02:58 PM
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It's a nice car, but the black rims are bringing the car down, however i do like the silver gfx. The rims are the only thing, other than that it's nice
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Old May 27, 2002 | 03:21 PM
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Daaaaaamn those fog lights are big

I like the car though, looks good.
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Old May 27, 2002 | 04:13 PM
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Bumpa, do you ever take your car over 100 with those headlight covers on? I had a set and one of them cracked and departed during flight at about 130.

~M~
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Old May 27, 2002 | 10:07 PM
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It certainly looks at home on the track. The black wheels are very autocross-ey. Toss in a 4-point AutoPower rollbar and tell everyone it's your 'track car'.

No offense Bumpa, but chrome TT-II's don't look very road racy to me. Mini-Lites, Halibrand's and TT-D's for the vintage Trans-Am style, BBS or Diamonds for the A/Sedan-ProSolo look.
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Old May 28, 2002 | 02:46 AM
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I don't think those are TT II's. They look like the Cragar SS's.
Oh yeah, the car up top looks great. Black wheels are sweet.
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Old May 28, 2002 | 08:32 AM
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It would have "The Look" if there were a big cloud of smoke behind ya.
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Old May 28, 2002 | 10:48 AM
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NOPE

NO they are just for looks when sitting still, at high speed I hadheard they come off so I just take them off beforehand
Originally posted by Morley
Bumpa, do you ever take your car over 100 with those headlight covers on? I had a set and one of them cracked and departed during flight at about 130.

~M~
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Old May 28, 2002 | 10:52 AM
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Car: 1982 Z28 & 1967 RS & 2002 Z28
Engine: 388 ci SB / 454 ci BB / LS1
Transmission: 4 speed / TH350 / T56
Axle/Gears: '91 "1LE" rear, posi w/ 3.23's
RIGHT...

That's why in my original post I said: my chrome 17's are just for looks... I run race rubber and IROC 16x8's at the AutoX
and yes '87FAKE-IROC-Z they are NOT TTII's they are Cragar SS's

Originally posted by SpeedCat86
It certainly looks at home on the track. The black wheels are very autocross-ey. Toss in a 4-point AutoPower rollbar and tell everyone it's your 'track car'.

No offense Bumpa, but chrome TT-II's don't look very road racy to me. Mini-Lites, Halibrand's and TT-D's for the vintage Trans-Am style, BBS or Diamonds for the A/Sedan-ProSolo look.
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Old May 28, 2002 | 01:21 PM
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Just to be clear:
I never said there was anything wrong with the chrome Cragar's. Just not my speed.
Of course, I run my Hoosiers on steelies, so I have no room to talk.
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Old May 28, 2002 | 02:15 PM
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Looks good but....

I would update it with some red '91-'92 ground efx, get some tint, and get rid of the spotlights. Uh, I mean foglights
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Old May 28, 2002 | 04:25 PM
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Looks good Mat! I would maybe consider painting youf GFX red to match the car. Check out my website link below. I colored my GFX on my old car. You can see the difference for yourself. But all in all, it looks like a clean car. I especially like the rims....those Cross Laced rims are suppsed to be the best for autoxcross.

http://www.iroczdesigns.com/Links/19...nd%20After.htm
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Old May 28, 2002 | 04:37 PM
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don't have the look yet, once you can do this then you do
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Old May 28, 2002 | 09:05 PM
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Wheelies rule!!! Car looks good though
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Old May 28, 2002 | 09:33 PM
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car looks nice but you should put the stock foglights in the grill instead of those import looking ones. do you run the GTA rims all the time or just for auto cross racing? some classes make you run the stock rims size and the GTA wheel is the lightest 16" stock wheel for the 3rd gen.
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