BECAUSE THATS WHAT HE ASKED FOR. HE WANTED AN OPINION.. HE GOT IT... NOW SHADDAP!

Edit- What have I told you about posting these images?

 

i agree with what he says. he asked for an opinion. he did not ask for someone to come in and start a flame war. good or bad opinions, they are still opinions. thats my take. that still leads us to the point that it is his car and if he wants to turn it into the pink snoop cruiser with spinning 28 " wheels(though that may take some tubbing), then he can.



thank
anthony

 

Thanks, Im well aware he asked for opinions, its Doug who doesnt understand that concept. But hey, way to make yourself look intelligent there, Al.

 

.... why do you think i quoted you... its not you thats the dumbass...sorry if I made it look like that.

But, it was his opinion, even if it is as stupid as thoes rims look.

 

here you go. some 26" wheels.

 

oh i understand completly how you could think im being a close minded a-hole. Okay i was bored and spinners make my stomach churn so i just went off on a rant. My personal opinion is that just about everything on a car should serve a function (obviously things like paint, clear side markers dont count because theyre just accents). A car especially one like an f-body was meant to be a performer not a show piece. Putting something thats large, heavy and spins on your tires would be counter productive towards what the goals on the car should be. I am going to use another (and far more relevant ) quote that i think represents the true car enthusiast. Again the name escapes me but i was watching this hour long program on i think the discovery chanel? Where one of the top rated custom car builders in north america was given a new ford t-bird and told to make it into a custom car doing as little or as much as he wanted and the car was to be presented at sema. Well he changed absolutly every piece of metal on that car and when he was done it looked absolutly fabulous (he ended up winning a couple awards at sema!! now thats an honour) and what he said about the car is that the greatest compliment someone can give him is to walk up and go "wow that car looks amazing....what did you do to it?" because every piece of metal on the car is so seamless that nothing looks out of place and even though its a complete custom it looks like it could have come from an assembly line somewhere. It is this pursuit of a car where no one thing stands out and every piece of the car meshes together so perfectly that it all looks like it belongs that we should all strive for when customizing our cars. When putting 20" bling bling spinners on your car it makes your car tacky, and it makes people look at your car and go wow look at the spinners. What is it the attention you enjoy? They look out of place and now why would you want to put something "bling bling" on your car the perfect car should almost blend in with its surrounding. I could go on but this is a really long post already so ill stop. People happier with this point of view?!?!?

 

You can customize your car anyway you want. If the idea is overboard, be prepared to receive some negative comments on the street and even be fu$ked with.
www.beaterz.com/reviews/1000/p52.htm

 

"Take it down a notch." Keep it civil fella's.

 

Making a costom car or a car that stands out is one thing but come on now!! WASTE OF MONEY!! AND LOOKS TACKY AS HELL!!! Get some thing that is not worth as much as your car yet does nothin for performance. So if you think you are being picked on, your right, you are being picked on so deal with it! People cherish these cars and dont like or what things to change, sounds stupid to some but its true. Older fellows along with us younger guys dont want to have our cars associated with ghetto thugs and the like. I think that that is bad enough with SUVs but whats done is done, but to take a Camaro/Firebird or any decent American car if retarted. This is my opinion and this is something that i this is soo pointless and many agree by the looks of it agree. Its bad enough that thirdgens do not get any respect as it is, and we are always confronted with the whole ******* part too.





Kevin

 

Dude, bottom line is who's driving it and who's paying for it? If you're driving it and you're paying for it then YOU have to like it. Nobody else. My opinion is not important. You need to feel that your hard earned dollars were spent well. If that's the feeling they give you then knock yourself out. Regret is far worse a feeling than fear. If you like them that much but are afraid to get them because of what others think you'll regret it with every passing day. Fear goes away and you learn to ignore the tools who poke fun while blending in with the same haircut, dress code and ride as their friends.

 

haha, I know what 87qtrmilestyle means, I may not like super big rim on my 3gen but I will do this, it's 18's, working on it

 

I think it's all relative....

If you have 18" spinners on a Ford Escort or STOCK camaro.......then i agree it would way out of place and therefore not look good at all........

If you want spinners the whole car better be custom....

I think a good mod to represent 19boug90's point of view is the 4th Gen console.......I've NEVER had anyone notice a custom console, unless of course you know 3rd Gen's well.....Most people just assume it's stock.....

Looking good is a function.....

What is the function of a model? To look good......

Therefore something can serve a function if all it does is look good.....

I do believe that 19doug90 brings up a good point on the fact some modifications on the car should be subtle......If EVERY mod is screaming for attention then it becomes TOO much.....

Some modifications should be go un-noticed.......99.9% of people that look at my car don't even notice the lack of door handles, lack of antenna and the lack of door molding (of course assuming you aren't thirdgen fanatics, like most on this board)

 

Just encase any of you were wondering i did a little research and found the name of the guy who built it. It was made by chip foose and if you want to see the custom t-bird to get an idea as to what i was talking about heres the website http://www.chipfoose.com/ and the car is called the speed bird. only has 1 pic but youll get the idea.

 

what chip foose builds and what you plan to do with a escort are two entirely different things. obviously anyone with an unlimited amount to spend and a good working knowledge can build a nice vehicle. just be prepared for the reaction you will recieve if you go about it. i'm all for doing what you think is best so long as you understand that 9 out of 10 people probably won't be thrilled about it. peoples opinions and attitudes change over the course of time but one has to step back and realize what can happen from different actions. much like the man in the trailer park who owns a navigator with 5 tvs but his front door is falling off the house you have to ask yourself is it really what you want and is it a smart decision at the time. one of the funniest things i have ever seen car related was a guy in an old cutlas with 22" spinners who could barely get his car started. just fits the sterotype i guess.

good luck with it! post some pics if you get them.

 

LOL I agree

 

Spinners on Camaro would not be good... However I do have them on my caddy STS, they are 20" Davin Blak's

 

I'm not seeing the spinners on the car?

 

They might be; look at the center, see how there's no lugs visible? That's my only clue, they're either not or a REALLY flush design.

 

hey guys. i said earlier i was gonna put some spinners but im not. i had about 1200 saved for them bu i have since orded a functional ws6 ram air hood and re did my interior. i musta been temporarily dillusional that night. ill just save up some $. im only 17, by 23 ill have enough cash to get a tahoe on some 22" spinners. anyway my firebird should look good with the hood ready to race!

Karl

 

some people might like it, but to me it would be a waste. Right up there with making flames shoot our your exaust. Why not put the time and money into something more worthwhile like new paint or carpet or performance mods

 

thats why I love my spinners... they are true spinners, not bolt on crap, thats my caddy above... The entire Chrome part spins, the actual rim is solid black, the spinners look like stock rims.

it truly freaks people out. Some people think I am doing a brake lock after I stop...

going down the highway the rims spin at a slower pace. making the car look like its moonwalking. its awesome

 

here is a pic where you can see the black part of the rim better..

notice the outer lip of the front rim.

 

I am not a fan of spiners by any stretch of the imagination, but I would have to say that lowprofile's rims are the most tastefull ones I have seen. They dont stick out 3 inches from the tire and have retarded designs like some I see around here.

Kevin

 

bling bling ***** f.....

spinners, are you guys for real, and there's actually some people that defend that?

if i decided to take a crap on my hood and keep it cause i think it's good, would you defend that.

Get real,, spinners are retarded on anything under 5,000 lbs.

 

do the spinners on that caddy have a solid black insert behind them so you can only see the spinner part

 

they look good on suv's and caddy's, but on a thirdgen? what's wrong with you people? They're performance cars not bling-blingin' ghetto cruisers.

 

Opinion. They are whatever their owners want them to be.

 

Honestly, i think they are goofy. I liken them to those things little girls used to wear on their heads with springs on them, you know, flopping around and stuff?

 

almost seem like a big boy version of the bikes where each spoke of the wheel had a little coloured plastic thing that slid up and down...remember those things....theyre coming back in the form of chrome spinners who would have thought

 

leok people there are two type of animal here

1 cheap junk people put on wheels that are meant to look like "davin wheels" these are spinners
these are a form of hub cap (aka add to almost any wheel u have or like). most of the ones on this page are fonies

http://www.salesco.com/wheels/spinni...els/index.html

2. Davin wheels custom wheels that are are expensive but have style and actually look like the wheel is spinning. (aka highclass/originals) and or omega knock-offs. they are also called spreewells (latrell sprewell's shop was the first distributor)
the real ones come in 18-22 and can be had as custom(u design it) or standard line models

http://www.davinwheels.com

 

lol, i know exactly what your talking about...man, i completely forgot about those things!

 

Here is My Girlfriends.. 2003 CL500 with 20" Davin Revolutions

EDIT: Please keep this thread thirdgen appr/detail related.

 

Guys, this thread is getting off topic and cluttered with all of the chit chat. Keep it on topic or it will be closed.

 

How was that pic not related to the discussion on spinners? Damn Gestappo

So have any of us actually seen a thirdgen with spinners?

 

lol I like that answer.. straight forward and no flaming. "no" well.. I second that simple.. "no"

 

It's only a matter of time.....

Although there are very few people that can afford........Most people who can, don't drive a thirdgen.....

 

WHAT THE CRAP!!! I GET PUT ON PROBATION FOR POSTING A NON THIRDGEN PIC... BUT 2 OTHER PEOPLE HAVE.. .AND ONE IS STILL UP!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

Here is one massive reason not to touch those things. Working at UPS i get alot of stuff from american racing, motege (sp?) and a few others and i will tell you right now the extra unsprung weight is not worth it. I mean a single standard 20 inch rim weighs ruffly 70lbs-75lbs. Now imagine something with the extra crap to make it got spinny spinny? Thats gonna be atleast 80lbs, then add in the tire with on a 20 averages aroun 30-45lbs (depending on size). Thats atleast 100lbs more weight on each corner. Your brakeing, gas mileage, acceleration, handleing, suspesion wear, everything is going to be effected in a negative way. Just something to think about. They work on an SUV due to its size, but they even suggest brake upgrades for them when going to a 20inch rim so think about it on an F body.

 

For some reason I think it'd be entertaining seeing a car with spinners running around an autocross track.

 

FYI on My Davin's the spinner part weighs about 2 pounds max...

I hope I never see them on a thirdgen... or any other car for that matter, I want to be the only one with awesome wheels....

 

Yeah I wouldn't think the spinner part really weighs that much.

 

at first i thought the idea of spinners on a thirdgen, well acutally anything besides suv's and big sedans, was afwul. drivin home today though, i saw 17" or 18" spinners on a 91-92 mustang, and it was badASS. seriously it might have been the best looking f-body mustang i've ever seen. i'd love to see spinners on a thirdgen just to see how it'd look

 

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fox body....i was in a hurry and didnt type it all out

 

No.

 

Ahh yeah, I thought of that after I posted Thought that was what you meant.

 

rofl, ohya. bling blingin it on the 1 minute mark around the track, w00t.

 

I work at Strauss Discount Auto.. and just for everyone's own personal knowledge we have a sale going on for the spinner hubcabs for wheel sizes 13"-15".. I think they're like 30 bucks and they look even more gaudy then the real thing.

 

I think a Car running Auto X with spinners would break the spinner..Kinda like flinging a hubcap

 

ya, wouldn't it be great.. going around a corner, and just vooom spinner cap off, rofl.