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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 04:25 AM
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got the new rims on....finally

After weeks of scrubbing,,and cleaning,, and painting,,I finally got them on..
What do you think,,,I know my car need a bath bad!
Sorry for the crappy pic.
Attached Thumbnails got the new rims on....finally-blackgta.jpg  
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 04:32 AM
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Looks good dude, great improvement!
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 04:35 AM
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Thanks,, you only live like 10 min. away from me,, you should stop by.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 05:24 AM
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Car: Red 87 IROC-Z28 T-Top
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Axle/Gears: BW 9-Bolt 3.27
It looks good IMO, but the originals were nice too.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 05:40 AM
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Looks great with the new wheels!
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 06:23 AM
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Looks good. I love those wheels, I eventually want to get some for my Iroc.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 07:08 AM
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What kind of wheels did u have to start with?
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 07:32 AM
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keep me in mind and one day we can meet up somewhere if you would like.

Kevin
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 08:37 AM
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Looks good
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 09:09 AM
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Re: got the new rims on....finally

Originally posted by scott's85T/A
After weeks of scrubbing,,and cleaning,, and painting,,I finally got them on..
What do you think,,,I know my car need a bath bad!
Sorry for the crappy pic.

I love your car!!!!!! Did you paint the wheels? What color were they. Looks sharp.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 09:16 AM
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Originally posted by TransAm12sec
What kind of wheels did u have to start with?
they are in the sig pic
BTW I like the new rims.
what did they look like before you worked on them?
biker
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 01:17 PM
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I took the librety of updating your sig (I was bored)
Attached Thumbnails got the new rims on....finally-transam3blakgta.jpg  
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 01:22 PM
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I like them, they look cooler than the rims you had before.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 02:05 PM
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I always support any effort to put GTA wheels on F-bodies, even other GM cars. They are my favorite wheels.


I really like the seats in there too. Are those Sparcos or something?



I saw a picture of a Datsun 510 with wheels that looked almost identical to GTA wheels. The wheels were polished. I thought it would not look good, but it looks very sweet. I almost want to get an additional used set of GTA wheels so I can have them polished.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 03:23 PM
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No negitve comments yet,,cool
Thanks you guys!
Here is the "BEFOR" picture I got of them when I found them.
Attached Thumbnails got the new rims on....finally-found.jpg  
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 03:32 PM
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oops, stupid me.

Every time I see your car I think, "Man I want that guys paint"
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 03:33 PM
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I like the rims you had on it first better...
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 04:11 PM
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great rims. how / what did you paint with?
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 04:22 PM
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Black GTAs are awesome on just about any bird
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 04:23 PM
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I think its a great improvement over the old wheels. What do you have planned next? I think it would look sweet with clear side markers and a drop.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 04:35 PM
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Originally posted by TransAm12sec
oops, stupid me.
:sillylol:

Looks good, Scott.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 05:11 PM
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Bout time you got rid of those 15inchers. It looks 100x better than before. Whats next?
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 05:13 PM
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Next will problly be a drop, but first I need to install power windows I'm getting out of the "doner" car I just bought.
The rims are just painted with krylon for now .I will powdercoat them this summer I hope, I havn't decided if I want to keep them black yet.. might try silver.
Yes going from a 235/60/15 to a 245/50/16 wand a big diffrence in the feel of the car.
And yes the seats are Sparco Trinos
Again thanks for the complements.

Last edited by scott's85T/A; Jan 10, 2003 at 05:17 PM.
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Old Jan 10, 2003 | 05:56 PM
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Sweet car and the rims look great.

Dave
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 01:54 AM
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Looks really good, all the work paid off.
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 09:26 AM
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it looks great, my g/f and i were talking just the other day about how good your car looked, except for the wheels. well we cant say that anymore.

david
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 11:10 AM
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awesome looking! very nice car..
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 11:44 AM
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its roshambo with a diff. hood, looks good man!
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 12:58 PM
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scott, your T/A looks great. I love seeing pics of that car on the board. those cross-lace wheels really bring out the deepness of your paint.





P.S. It's too bad Roshambo's not around anymore. He was one hell of a photographer!! I loved all his mountain pictures, and what a beautiful TA!!
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Old Jan 11, 2003 | 02:44 PM
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Very nice improvement!
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