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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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Car: 1986 Camaro
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What wheels should I run?

Here is a pic of the car the way it is with the stock rally wheels.


here is a pic of the other wheels I have...




Which ones do you think would look best on my car?
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 07:17 AM
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Car: candy blue 85 z28
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i would say fix the rust first buy wheel later... or look for some alum z 28 rims
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 09:25 AM
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I already have everything that was in the pictures I put up, I was just trying to get someones opinion on what to use. When I get a digital camera I will put up a pic of the fixed rust.
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 09:39 AM
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what color is your car going to be?
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 10:33 AM
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It's going to be silver type color like this
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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well none of em aint a choice so i would say the alum berlinetta rims first if you polish them and paint the inside lines black would look pretty cool.

the 70's z wheels i would say nah.... and the stock steel ones aren't to bad if you have all the trims and paint em.

but i would work the alms first i think if you can get that polished bright shine with blakc paint it would look good and be diffrent from what ya see here all the time.

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p.s tell the p/u driver to stop hitting the car
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 12:29 PM
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get iroc wheels atleast. to bad that hardtop cars been sitin in the woods for so long, is it rotted out underneath/
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by JeffW
well none of em aint a choice so i would say the alum berlinetta rims first if you polish them and paint the inside lines black would look pretty cool.

the 70's z wheels i would say nah.... and the stock steel ones aren't to bad if you have all the trims and paint em.

but i would work the alms first i think if you can get that polished bright shine with blakc paint it would look good and be diffrent from what ya see here all the time.

Jeff

p.s tell the p/u driver to stop hitting the car
Hmmm how would one go about painting the berlinetta wheels, don't they have somekind of clear coat or something on them? The black inside lines seems like it would ook the best. Yeah I have all the beauty rings, and center caps on the steel ones, but what do you mean by painting them? like painting the entire wheel or just certain sections?

lol the pickup was hiding the rear plate because there wasn't one when we were doing the engine swap. We have a really strict neighborhood association around here, can't even have a car cover on the car without getting a letter. The truck never hit, but it needed to be as close as possible so prying eyes couldn't see there was no tag.

Originally posted by SLP IROC-Z
get iroc wheels atleast. to bad that hardtop cars been sitin in the woods for so long, is it rotted out underneath/
The only way I would put IROC wheels on it is if I would have the ground effects to match. No the underside isn't rotted through, it just has surface rust that came off with some cleaner and a rag. That is my parts car anyway, it was the engine donor and some quick cash when I sold the entire front except for the bumper.
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