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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

over this winter i have done a couple mods to my car including, newer trans am rims, built a custom sub box, installed white face gauges and red bulbs...they look awsome at night... put a new center councle in and made a new shift boot also got some really white/ blue tint back up lights, and redid my intake gaskets, painted the manifold and valve cover, ported and polished intake manifold and got a nice wire loom kit, but the engine bay is really dirty so i will get better pics later, let me know what you all think




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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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lower it
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

gauges look great!
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

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lower it
i have been thinking of lowering it i just dont want it to ride like crap
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Those are the 16X8 wheels right? They look okay, the stock wheels you had on there looked better though. You should get the 17x9 ws6 wheels though, they're simliar to what you have now but look much better.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Get a pic of the gauges at night.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Picture of the reverse lights? I would love to make mine brighter for backing up at night...

BTW, Memphis is the ****!
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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I'd like to see pics of the gauges at night too...
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

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gauges look great!
loven it
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Yes, the gauges look good. Memphis is a good brand.
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 07:52 AM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

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I'd like to see pics of the gauges at night too...
i tried to get a pic of gauges at night but it just dont turn out the way they actually look, there are just red sylvania bulbsthe cost like 8 bucks for all of them and it was worth every penny
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

about your guages, where did you buy them from. They look great! Ive had trouble finding ones that display in km/h... all ive seen is mph.

The whole car looks great man!
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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 08:17 AM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

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about your guages, where did you buy them from. They look great! Ive had trouble finding ones that display in km/h... all ive seen is mph.

The whole car looks great man!
looks sweet, i love the gauges!!
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by charlielamb
over this winter i have done a couple mods to my car including,"redid my intake gaskets, painted the manifold and valve cover, ported and polished intake manifold and got a nice wire loom kit, but the engine bay is really dirty so i will get better pics later, let me know what you all think"
Hey...could you post pictures of your manifolds??
How hard was it to take them off and re-do them...The manifold gasket on my firebird's right side is messed up and I need to change it...makes a little clicking noise when accelerating ...I was looking for some advice on how to do it and any tips...did your bolts break when pulling it off?? Any drilling?? What size bolts?? any advice??

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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

hey man you got the same steering wheel as i do, dont you hate how the center of the black bolts rust out lol paint them sum bitches!
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

i want to tint the windows but will the tint peal because of my t-tops?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

I don't see why you would have problems with the tinting due to your t-tops.

Tint away!
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by charlielamb
i have been thinking of lowering it i just dont want it to ride like crap
I have eibachs (pro Kit) and KYB-GR2s.

Rides better then stock! And handles far better. Win-win.

Nice mods.

But how do you store your T-tops now??
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by T/Atime
about your guages, where did you buy them from. They look great! Ive had trouble finding ones that display in km/h... all ive seen is mph.

The whole car looks great man!
I think I still have a set of Mcewan white faced guages in km/h but they were for my 89 GTA which I no longer have. If you are intersted I could look. If they are around you can have em.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by avro206
I have eibachs (pro Kit) and KYB-GR2s.

Rides better then stock! And handles far better. Win-win.

Nice mods.

But how do you store your T-tops now??
I need a ride in that......Mine needs to be lowered too.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by avro206
I have eibachs (pro Kit) and KYB-GR2s.

Rides better then stock! And handles far better. Win-win.

Nice mods.

But how do you store your T-tops now??
i can store the t tops in the same place just rest on the subs
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by avro206
I have eibachs (pro Kit) and KYB-GR2s.

Rides better then stock! And handles far better. Win-win.
I agree with Duratys. When are you coming back with your car??? I think yours should handle a little better but I woud like a ride to see just how much nicer the KYB/Eibach is over the Canuk/Tokico stuff.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 03:45 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by razor
I think I still have a set of Mcewan white faced guages in km/h but they were for my 89 GTA which I no longer have. If you are intersted I could look. If they are around you can have em.
all i would need would be the 220km/h kit. That would be great!
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by charlielamb
i can store the t tops in the same place just rest on the subs
Originally Posted by xflgkingpin
t-tops on subs is a no-no a go-go, if your blasting.
I had a similar box in my previous setup except it was angled toward the front. I was able to store the tops resting on the box, but I had grilles on my woofers to protect them.

Memphis is good stuff, are those M-Class? I have a single 12" MOJO in my current setup, it rocks.
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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Looks really nice, defently needs some lowering springs tho, those wheel gaps are huge. That windshield decal is kinda ugly too, other than that it's a really nice lookin clean car
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:03 AM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

Originally Posted by Al Hasse
I had a similar box in my previous setup except it was angled toward the front. I was able to store the tops resting on the box, but I had grilles on my woofers to protect them.

Memphis is good stuff, are those M-Class? I have a single 12" MOJO in my current setup, it rocks.

i think they are the m-class i traded a old snowboard for the subs in a nice ported box but i couldnt use the box so i made the custom one
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 10:43 AM
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Re: New rims, white face gauges, sub box, and other mods

i just bought those gauges. i hope theyre not a b!tch to install.

and howd you make the sub box? cause right now my system is in the back seat and i wanna put seats in.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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i just bought those gauges. i hope theyre not a b!tch to install.

and howd you make the sub box? cause right now my system is in the back seat and i wanna put seats in.
the gauges werent that bad but make sure when you put the gauges back in put your gas gauge to full then top your car off otherwise it will be off, thats what i did at least. for the box i looked at plans that other people built and then just went from there
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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Love the car, wheels just dont go. Something about them, just dont look right.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 09:06 PM
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The car looks great man. I see you have the same problem as me though. I can't seem to get the grant challenger horn button turned so its exactly straight :P
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