hey im 16 and i just got an inheritance thanx to my aunt, i got some money to spend on rims finally and then i wish i could get into the engine but of course the insurance would b sky high. so i just want to get some rims so give me ome suggestions on what u think would look good on my car. really wish i could go into the motor but the parents would kill me, any other suggestions are appreciated

http://www.cardomain.com/id/redbird15

 

Don't want to be nosy, but what price range are you looking at?

 

Buy some black GTA rims and some new rubber.

You'll be stoked at how good it will look.

Save the rest of the $$$ and slowly acquire parts for a new, bigger, engine. ( It WON'T effect your insurance, because the insurance companies use the VIN # and it's engine code to identify the engine......and your VIN number will always reflect the car as being a V6 )



HTH

 

Don't tell the insurance you changed the engine. Ta da new engine without the high insurance.

 

prolly under a grand or so i still got to save some of the money, the parents dont want me dropping anything into the car that will "get me into trouble" my dad is a real car guy and has a 69 cougar with a 440 so i dont think he cares but once i turn 18 hes said he'll drop in the 390 but yeh right now im only lookin for some rims

 

cant go wrong with the gta rims..

 

That sounds like a great idea, hmmm, wonder why.

 

just curious what kind of car did the 390 come out of?

 

:rockon:

Oh and Devianb, who is that in your avatar. They freak me out.

 

Group a wheels has nice rims that fit our cars for resonable prices - I mean the ROH wheels. Simmons wheels are too pricey for me, but they look incredible.


http://www.groupawheels.com

 

yeah, isn't that a ford motor?

 

yes it is a ford BB IIRC. my old roomate had one in his late 70's ford PU.

 

Eagle Alloys Series 77 160 each for 16 inch

 

Keep the original rims, they look fine.
Inevitably you'll need the money for maintenance and other small mods.
I personally enjoy seeing a clean, original bird like yours.
My .02

Pacer

 

save the money and go to college.

 

I agree with Fatal88. Save the money and go to college. Trust me you will need it. I am trying to fix up my 84 Z and go to college. For some reason the college is spending more money than my Z. There is always later to add rims and a new motor. I am looking to add a 350 or maybe bigger but for now all my money is going to college. Just think you pay for your college and imagine the mods you can do to your car with that degree and the cash you would be making. What part of Ohio you from maybe we could get together and shoot the shizzy. Just think about it. I forgot to say the car looks good. Enjoy it when you get to drive it.

 

uhhhh dont mean to be an ***...but uhh yeh

a real car guy...witha 69 cougar..which is a mercury...basically a ford product...and its powered by a 440 mopar??

and you want to put a 390 ford motor in your firebird? WHY?!?!?!

GOOD *** 390'S SUCK!!!!!!

 

Sounds like a excellent idea to me. THen once your done College and are making good money...you can do any mod to your car you like. Yeap go get a education first...unless you want to flip burgers for the rest of you life and drive a beat up 3rd gen. No offence intended to anyone either. College.College.College.

I vote College!

 

yea save the money and go to college, then maybe you'll realize putting a ford motor in a chevy isn't a very good idea

 

There is actually I guy here somewhere in town that has a 67 Camaro with a 360 in it...does 12's all day. I personally would never do that but, to each there own. I also know a guy who put a 350 sbc in a Mustang II. Hey that was me. It was a bet that I couldn't put that engine in that car in 1 weekend. If I won I got the car. All and all I got the car but sold it to the guy who helped me drop the engine in. To each there own, unless he meant to say 396 and just made a type o.

 

i have a 360 in my car too, its a 350 punched .060 over

 

What are you a comedian?? 360 as in Mopar!

 

lol i figured thats what you meant...i just felt like being a smartass..

 

Check out these Eagle 077s. I just received mine today. They look awesome. I can't wait to get them on. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...876090299&rd=1

 

The ROH ZS wheels look great on thrid gens. That is my vote.

 

alright well i think i decided on the neeper syncros like the ones that flynlow92rs has. i want to get them in 18's or 17's any opinions on that. i also cant seem to find them anywhere looked at summit in person cause im only 15 minutes away and they didnt have them. i got another post about this but just some more questions. do they have the same bolt pattern and would i need spacers?? does anybody know of a similar rim out there that might fit a little easier thanks

 

i hope you guys realize that those eagle 77's require spacers and such..they are a front wheel drive offset..

i had them on my iroc and i needed to change my bolt pattern to get them on..


iroc2nv

 

Yeah, I needed spacers for my Eagles, but they came in 5 on 4.75 bolt pattern, which is what a third gen is.

 

That works fine till you get into a wreak of some kind and the insurance claim adjuster finds out it has a V-8 in it and not a 6 banger, this happened to a buddy of mine that swapped a 350 into a Nova, he ran into somebody else (a new Lexus), and totaled it, his insurance refused to pay anything and then dropped him. Now he's having to buy a Lexus, ouch!!!

 

I'm 15, and all stories I hear sound like you do nothing with insurance companys but give them money, and they do nothing but refuse to pay you.