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Old May 13, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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Since everybody else is doing it.........

......I thought I'd take some pics.I've had the GTA wheels for about 3 months but i just put some Kuhmo ESTA AST's on last week.Yeah i know I need center caps.Plus here's a couple pics of my custom dash.It weighs all of 4 lbs.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 02:53 PM
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Car: 1988 camaro "SS"/ 1991 305/T5
Engine: 383 LT1 in progress/LT1TBI 355 soon
Transmission: Probuilt 700R4 3600 stall/ T5
Axle/Gears: Moser axles, 3.42 Eaton Posi
Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

here's a few more of the dash.

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Old May 13, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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Car: 1988 camaro "SS"/ 1991 305/T5
Engine: 383 LT1 in progress/LT1TBI 355 soon
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Axle/Gears: Moser axles, 3.42 Eaton Posi
Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

last but not least any engine bay pic for good measure.
see a couple posts down.

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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

Car looks nice but, the attached image limit is three.
Please respect the rules and remote host images if you with to post more.
You decide which three you wish to leave attached.
Thank you.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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Car: 1988 camaro "SS"/ 1991 305/T5
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

I tried to remote host them but I can't seem to figure it out.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

You will need the images hosted somewhere (cardomain, etc).

Click the 'insert image' icon and add the url of where the image is in the pop-up window ( IE: http://www.deadbird.org/z/sig1.gif )
Clicking 'ok' will add the url to your reply with the [img ]tags around it

The end result should show your picture like so...

hth

edit... is your hood a different color ?
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Old May 13, 2007 | 05:16 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

i wanna see the dash
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Old May 13, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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Car: 1988 camaro "SS"/ 1991 305/T5
Engine: 383 LT1 in progress/LT1TBI 355 soon
Transmission: Probuilt 700R4 3600 stall/ T5
Axle/Gears: Moser axles, 3.42 Eaton Posi
Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_7002.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_7001.jpg
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http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_6988.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_6987.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_6982.jpg

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Old May 13, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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Car: 1988 camaro "SS"/ 1991 305/T5
Engine: 383 LT1 in progress/LT1TBI 355 soon
Transmission: Probuilt 700R4 3600 stall/ T5
Axle/Gears: Moser axles, 3.42 Eaton Posi
Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_7012.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_7010.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/102_7009.jpg
Ok last ones I promise
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Old May 13, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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Car: 1988 camaro "SS"/ 1991 305/T5
Engine: 383 LT1 in progress/LT1TBI 355 soon
Transmission: Probuilt 700R4 3600 stall/ T5
Axle/Gears: Moser axles, 3.42 Eaton Posi
Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

Originally Posted by deadbird
You will need the images hosted somewhere (cardomain, etc).

Click the 'insert image' icon and add the url of where the image is in the pop-up window ( IE: http://www.deadbird.org/z/sig1.gif )
Clicking 'ok' will add the url to your reply with the [img ]tags around it

The end result should show your picture like so...

hth

edit... is your hood a different color ?
yeah I have a black hood on it for now.Due to me being stupid last year thinking I could pull weight out of the hood if I cut some of the bracing out.needless to say the hood folded like a lawn chair after a while.chock it up to a learning experience.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

Very impressive engine bay, it looks very neat and tidy, not busy and cluttered like they normally do.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

I'm not into the dash, but the engine bay is nice and the rims look amazing. Did you just refinish them?
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Old May 13, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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Car: 1988 camaro "SS"/ 1991 305/T5
Engine: 383 LT1 in progress/LT1TBI 355 soon
Transmission: Probuilt 700R4 3600 stall/ T5
Axle/Gears: Moser axles, 3.42 Eaton Posi
Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

yeah the 3 dimpled wheels took me about 2 days due to the clearcoat coming off pretty easily.the undimpled wheel took about a week of hard sanding to get the coat off.I then resprayed the centers gunmetal grey to match the car.The dash still needs alittle work like the pad it self being tied down but I've got all of 16 dollars in it.All it is is home depot styrofoam and cheap walmart cat carpet.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

Sweet! I love GTA wheels on Camaros! Would look extra nice if the car was black. EDIT: Oops, I thought the wheel centers were black when I posted that. Beautiful engine bay too! Not a fan of the dash, but its all good as long as you like it.

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Old May 14, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

Those look great! I just finished a set that I am going to use on my 86 bird which I am doing a Formula clone on. I painted mine graphite gray metalic and recleared the centers. I have over 30 hrs. of work in stripping,sanding, and polishing. Two of mine were curbed so it took a while to work that out, but they look great now. I wont complain I got all four for $150.
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Old May 14, 2007 | 06:22 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

those gta wheels look sick on there I think of all thirdgen wheels they look the best well unless u count firehawks
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Old May 14, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

Looks great man, Love the rims
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Old May 14, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

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The rims look good.But i would stick with the oringle dash

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Old May 14, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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Transmission: Probuilt 700R4 3600 stall/ T5
Axle/Gears: Moser axles, 3.42 Eaton Posi
Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

the original dash was destroyed.trust me it looks alot better than just the bare steel that was there.I ripped everything out from behind the dash.Heater ducting,foam,all unused wires,all hvac equipment,I mean everything.My car right now with a steel hood,iron heads and mostly stock suspension weighs 2960 without me in it with a half a tank of gas.I'm a big time weight ****.I had a flying j scale slip but my kids drew all over it.I'll have to get another one done when I get paid next week to show everyone.I finally got 3 wheel caps that I've redone but I'm still looking for a fourth.Thanx for all the compliments guys.
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Old May 18, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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Re: Since everybody else is doing it.........

I must admit,
The dash looks better than before, all stripped down.
Those wheels do look killer on the car.
I think they are one of the most beautiful wheels GM ever made.
Heck, they even look great on second gens!

George
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