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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 03:42 PM
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Do these wheels look ugly or what?

I recently sold my GTA wheels so that I can get some ZR1's and I put these stock Firebird wheels on my car in the meantime.
I think it looks funky, but some people like them.

With the GTA's


And with the Firebird wheels. What do you all think?






And here is the car with my brothers ZR!'s,
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 03:45 PM
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i love the look with the GTAs.

ick and ick on the other two.

the ZR1s wouldnt be bad at all if they were silver, but the black with black tire, on red car, it looks cruddy IMO.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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The ZR1's I am getting are painted silver, stock 99 SS wheels.

I would have kept the GTA's, but I put a 98 Rear on the car and I didn't like the rear stance, stuck out a bit too much for my taste.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 03:57 PM
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yea, that looks bad. lol.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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This sits better and is wider,
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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It wouldn't be so bad if the wheels were wider like 10 or 11" but it looks bad with such a narrow wheel out that far.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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Silver ZR1's would look great, the GTA's looked great too but with the wider rear I understand getting rid of them.

The twisties look okay, they are great as you can get them for pretty much nothing.
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 11:53 PM
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your going to take black ZR1s and paint them silver?!!!

I'd kill for those rims in black

ohhh, and you might wanna paint your drum breaks if you plan on keeping those rims
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 12:00 AM
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I hate black rims, therefore I hate GTA's and I would hate the ZR1's if you weren't getting them in silver... the wheels on there now are OK but nothing I would set out to buy for that car...
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 01:11 AM
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Originally posted by StevenK
your going to take black ZR1s and paint them silver?!!!

I'd kill for those rims in black

ohhh, and you might wanna paint your drum breaks if you plan on keeping those rims
No, I am not painting them silver, they are the stock painted wheels.

3 of them are off of this 99 Hugger Orange SS (camera makes it look like Pepto Bismol Pink), car was totalled in a head on collision last year and 3 of the 4 wheels survived.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 01:38 AM
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lol wicked.. hahaha all that car needs now is a painting of the Pink panther on the back of it..




Pepto bismol. hmmmmmmm Interesting color I must say
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 02:27 AM
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Lol, I think you need to stop playing with your car parts and get that Trans Am running on the street, ahahahah. Yes I do not like those rims. I swear the factory intentionally makes a simple 5 spoke design ugly just so you will go out and get something else.

GS in black and black GTA rims looked way cooler.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 10:36 AM
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that messed up picture gave me an idea . i should get my wife a pepto bismol pink camaro. she might like that . tho id have to keep it in the garage so noone thinks i drive it, could be a bad idea oh and the rims dont look like they are workin, but we all got different tastes, heck i put a mach one mustang hood on my iroc:rockon:
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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I think the GS wheels (black ZR1s) look outstanding on the red formula. By far the best of any you've shown.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 10:42 AM
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i just noticed the "streetracing.com" sticker on the bumper.

do you just WANT a cop to pull you over?
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 03:01 PM
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i don't know about anyone eles but... black wheels on a red f-body is the baddest thing i ever seen....

my bro has a 2000 T/A with black zr1's but sold them for black z06 wheels looks so sweet now... also... brakes make the wheel, paint the rusty calipers and drums
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 01:05 AM
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Originally posted by MrDude_1
i just noticed the "streetracing.com" sticker on the bumper.

do you just WANT a cop to pull you over?
I got pulled over 2 weeks ago for no front plate and the cop didn't mention anything about the decal. It's supposed to say www.eastcoaststreetracing.com, but that was too long.

I'll be installing the T56 into the T/A this weekend and getting an otpi from my brother soon since I loaned him the 2 I had and now I have none.
After those 2 parts are on, I'll slap the wiring together and fire up the motor and see how it runs.
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 01:17 AM
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Originally posted by Zepher
I'll be installing the T56 into the T/A this weekend and getting an otpi from my brother soon since I loaned him the 2 I had and now I have none.
After those 2 parts are on, I'll slap the wiring together and fire up the motor and see how it runs.
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Old Aug 6, 2004 | 09:42 AM
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I think the stock wheels look good if you would fix the door decal and paint you hood the same color as the car.
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Old Aug 6, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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That hood sure does look ugly.........why does the topic say wheels?
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Old Aug 6, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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Originally posted by Zepher

I puked a little bit in my mouth
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Old Aug 7, 2004 | 01:03 AM
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my wife didnt like the idea of the pink ss, she does however want us to get a 2000 corvette, i guess i cant complain
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Old Aug 7, 2004 | 11:19 AM
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That car is hugger orange, the camara I guess is color blind.
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Old Aug 7, 2004 | 02:29 PM
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Originally posted by AaronIROCZ
That car is hugger orange, the camara I guess is color blind.
It is the Kodak digicamera, it had a very bad Magenta shift. I updated the firmware and it does a lot better now.
These are my LT4 parts,


after the camera was flashed,
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Old Aug 7, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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not to be an *** or anything but are you ever gonna get that car finished . It seems like youve had the car not finished forevah.
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Old Aug 7, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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not to be an *** or anything but are you ever gonna get that car finished . It seems like youve had the car not finished forevah.
Well, I've been waiting on a few parts, but money is the main thing holding me back.

I've got a Spec Flywheel that I am getting next week, got the new clutch kit yesterday, should get a new opti the week after next, wheels and tires will be in 4 weeks

It's just the small parts that nickle and dime you to death. I am not sure how much I have invested, probably $7-10K in the past 2 years.

I've also lost a lot of motivation, maybe after the tranny and driveline parts are installed I'll have more motivation to finish up the project.
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