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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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Got the rear Z06 rims on my camaro







Got to do some touchup on both bumpers and redo the hood and get the adapters for the front and she'll be set.
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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wow, makes those front gta wheels look tiny.. how bout you give them to me! lol... well, looks good.. but with stretched sidewall like that, i think it'd look better if you were lower.

oh, and dude... whats with the turbo badge on the rear?
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 02:39 PM
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What happened to the nose and bumper? Didn't you just ahve the car painted not too long ago?
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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The turbo badge was put on as a joke a while ago. As of now i have a set of Turbo manifolds. Gonna blow it Since i do go to the city quite often, you have to deal with the parking and it happens, but i'll get it touched up. Tires are actually tiny, they're only 275's,but 295 will be in place soon.
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 02:44 PM
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some more pics


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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 03:32 PM
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Looks good, cept damn that rubber looks skinny.
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 03:45 PM
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great choice ! they look very nice
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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ya you need some new tires on them bad boys looks good though
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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is it me or do you have 2 differnt front seats?
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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looks great,what size are the ZO6 rims and what size spacer did you use?..thanks

Last edited by GoldRush; Oct 11, 2004 at 04:33 PM.
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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looks good
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Old Oct 11, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 03:57 AM
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chrome seems to fit it much better!
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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Yes i have 2 different seats, I got the drivers seat from a swap meet for $15.00(97 camaro) and it has a whole lot more lateral support than the stock 92's. The Rear Rims are 18x10.5 and i have no spacers or adapters. I could easily fit 295's with some adjustment to my panhard bar. By mid next year i will be Completely done with her and she'll be ready for road course.
thanks guys.
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 08:14 AM
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wow....a clove patch...never thought of that for a place to take pics.... when do the fronts go on? it will look sick with them
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 08:31 AM
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Well i was gonna do the fronts in about 2 weeks. But im gonna pull all 4 out and leave em in my garage. Winter is coming soon and i dont drive my car in the winter, so might as well lock it up and keep it sitting on the GTA's.
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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Well i was gonna do the fronts in about 2 weeks. But im gonna pull all 4 out and leave em in my garage. Winter is coming soon and i dont drive my car in the winter, so might as well lock it up and keep it sitting on the GTA's.
So I guess the GTA's aren't for sale? I'll trade you my stock 91 Z28 wheels plus a little cash for your GTA's. If you just need some wheels for it to sit on, might as well sell those GTA's to someone that will put them to good use Pretty please!!



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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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i find that very hard to belive that those z06's fit on the rear with no problem with no spacers.. i think i need 2 inch all around whats ur offsets
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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Dont get me wrong, i'll still use the GTA's for the drag course, I already have some Nitto DR mounted on em. And i dont have any spacers or adapters for the rears, but what i forgot to mention is that a i have a rear from a 97' camaro SS so, with its 2" extension on each side it isnt necessary
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Old Oct 12, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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oh oh oh that explains it u cleared it up in my head now.. i cant wait to get mine mounted as well.. they dont look that bad at all.. fit is nice..
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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 09:56 PM
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Looks good, but the tires are way too skinny for the wheels.
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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 10:00 PM
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well 25th i want a low tire so i can lower the car right how i want it.. not sure abotu him tho.. im next with the z06's soon they look amazing
Attached Thumbnails Got the rear Z06 rims on my camaro-00_00005.jpg  
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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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well 25th i want a low tire so i can lower the car right how i want it.. not sure abotu him tho.. im next with the z06's soon they look amazing
I agree, they do look good, but IMO you don't want to use tire size to determine ride height. If you go with a thinner sidewall, there will be more wheel gap, which looks ugly. Go with a propper sized tire, and it will not only look much better, but handle better as well.
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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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yeah that is true.. wheel to fender gap is gross... tpirocs car is perfect stance with his z06's.. i love it.. im goin with a 275/35/18 and 295/35/18 i dunno about vortec tho
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 06:31 AM
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So I guess the GTA's aren't for sale? I'll trade you my stock 91 Z28 wheels plus a little cash for your GTA's. If you just need some wheels for it to sit on, might as well sell those GTA's to someone that will put them to good use Pretty please!!



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no offense phyte, why would you wanna trade your beautiful rims for blck GTA rims?
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 07:42 AM
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Well as of now i have 275/40/18 out back. This was not the tire that i intended on using. It was to see what i had to work with, clearance wise and the overall look. Now that i see i have about an inch clearance give or take adjusting my panhard bar, i can easily fit 295/35/18 which i do plan on doing, but will do that the beginning of next year along with lowering springs
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 07:43 AM
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no offense phyte, why would you wanna trade your beautiful rims for blck GTA rims?
Because they're lighter and look better
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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The z-06 wheels look good on your car. So do the GTA's. If you are intrested, I have some wheel adapters that should work on the front. They are 2.25 " I will also include the lug nuts for the wheels. You should be able to use your original lugs to fasten the adapters to the hub. I had them on my T/A for about a year and a half with out any problems. I even autocrossed the car with the adapters and sticky Autocross rubber 255-50-16's.

I also put some 10 spoke 17" SS wheels on the car with the adapters. Just to see what they would look like. Worked fine for me. Didn't leave them on, they were off of one of my other Camaros.
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 03:00 PM
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How much you looking to get rid of the Adapters? If its reasonable i'll take em. let me know.
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