Son of Anarchy

If your car looks this bad *** right now, imagine how it will look done!! MORE PICS!!!

Ace

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Looking outside with the 3 feet of snow and -30C temps I don't anticipate it being rolled out anytime soon for more pictures.

It looks amazing in person, the crappy iphone pictures can't do it justice.

I still have alot of work left and parts to order to get it to where I want it next year. As I progress and can get it outside I'll have the pics.

Tobias05

looks great! bit big for my tastes, but looks alot better than I thought!

Is that an Artic White catfish in the driveway?

Project 3.4 Camaro

looks like a 4th gen camaro..

rallyup91

holy ****! Thats awesome!

rs coastie

Those seriously look better on a third gen. Cool idea

goose88

That is sick keep us posted

Copchaser

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So against 20s on our cars....... But

onetallguy19

Wow, I have got to get me a set of those...lol Very Nice choice

micktroup2

I hate the 5th Gen (Holden) Camaro, and those wheels, but that actually looks ok... ish.

micktroup2

You said it is sticking out the passenger side. Do you have an adjustable panhard bar? If it is lowered that should be a no-brainer...

Ace

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I do have an adjustable panhard bar but its not helping at the moment.

The driver side wheel is in the exact spot I want it but the pass side is sticking out about an inch.

When I bought it it had 3" studs on there so I thought I would be safe running a 1/2" spacer that also converted the centerbore from ~70m to the 67.1mm on the 5th gen wheel.

I will have to get that spacer cut down now or run a 5/16" one and replace the studs. That will let me pull it more into the driver side to center the diff under there.

Stephen

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Don't play with different sized spacers on each side. Center the axle itself, THEN deal with how the wheels are sitting under the car.

gp90gta

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This is a teaser, hope theres more pic's to come. Looks really good though and I agree with Stephen, center the rear first the worry about the spacers.

Ace

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Correct, I meant to say I would get both spacers cut down equally to remain centered, thats the only way its going to buy me the inch or so I need to tuck both tires.

I shoulda got the garage heated this year... gettin antsy to finish this up.

blindreaper1226

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the fifth gen wheels I was like dam those would look fresh on a third gen but I didnt mess with it. Now that I see it's possible I'm getting the itch haha

DBLTKE

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Why don't you just center the axle then roll/flare the fenders until you're satisfied?

The Project

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Nice looking wheels, but, too big for our cars.

tenpin842

NOT.....take them off!!! I hate them! I thought 4th gen rims looked bad on 3rd gens. But 5th gen rims look even worse!
That's why there called 5th gen....they belong on a 5th gen.

You put all that $$ into the car and can't find anything better to put on??
Seriously, those look really stupid.

18" rims are the largest rim that belong on a 3rd gen.

Stupid stupid stupid!
Yeah that's my opinion. If your going to do it....do it right. And take those rims off too!

MP81

I think they look sick. I can't wait to see the full shot of the car, when it's finished.

DBLTKE

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Holy hell, are you done yet? Are you racist or something? That post was completely unnecessary.

tenpin842

I'm not racist...that's why I would NEVER think about putting a big rim like that on a 3rd gen! It's like hes teasing the people who put 24's on 3rd gens.
My post certainly was necessary. Why stop there, put some 33" mud tires on it, you can fit in with some of those hicks down south. How about we grab a 1st or 2nd gen and toss those things on it? How about a pick up truck?

See my car?? Those are 17"s. They look simple awesome! If I didn't lower my car 2" and the roads here weren't so bad here, I might have gone 18"s
It fits the car perfect....now picture the 5th gen rims on my car. Yeah that's what I was thinking too!
It just does not flow with the car. Thats why I don't like 4th gen rims....to flat of a rim to have on a 3rd gen. It need's a rim with a dish, and an offset.
Hey its a public forum, it's just my
Maybe he just stuck them on the car while it was getting painted so he didn't hurt the actual rims hes putting on it.

tenpin842

I'm not out to offend any one, any one can put anything they want on a car.
They can take a 3rd gen body and put it on a K5 4x4 blazer frame and have some fun!
You can live in the hood of any city in the world and stick 20 inch plus rims on any car you want.
Do you think it looks good??....well that's up to you.
Do I think it looks good??....well that's up to me.

I love my 3rd gen, i have had it totally apart, and back together, it took me 2 years to get it how it is now. 3 Stage Candy apple red, shaved handles, and antenna, motor work, rear end, rims, lowered, suspension, weatherstripping, seals, yadda yadda yadda. I have won many trophies over the last 2 years I have had it out.
There are still some that don't like it and some that love it. Do I really care what people think, sure in a sense I do. But what matters most is what I think, because I busted my *** making it what it is. I had a part in everything done to my car.
Do what you want, have fun with it.
I just do not like a big rim on a 3rd gen. I do not like a 4th gen rim on a 3rd gen...its like buying steel rims and adding a hub cap to it. It looks funny.
But what looks funny to me might look good to others.

Guest

No pics??

IMissMy86TA

sweet, can we see pics of the whole car with the wheels to get a feel how the whole look is.. these are mostly pics of the wheel wells

Ace

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Fenders are rolled before I painted it. I can't get side pics from the garage as I can't get the whole profile, maybe I'll get my buddy to come over with the wide angle lens to snap some pics, its like -30C freezin out tho with 3ft of snow in the driveway.

Not sure where the dude with the TT's (sorry but the last choice of wheel I would put on my car) was going with his rage post comments, all over the map about the "hood" and bogger wheels.

These brakes need a big wheel dude . Also, wheels are preference for sure. I wanted to try something different and 17s are way too small, even 18s nowadays are old news and there was nothing I liked in 19s (2LT 5th gen wheels were hard to find) and had the advantage of air ride gettin the stance dead on so went with 20s. I looked at a ton of wheels and this is what I decided initially on. There's alot of positive feedback so I guess it wasn't too bad

Worst case I can take them off and drop 5k on so custom wheels to appease the haters :X Coulda used the iforged units off my old 800 rwp z06

Pics do not do it justice btw.

Guest

Ace Gorgeous Car i want those rims!!

rapid rods

I dont know what all the fuss is about,the wheels look good with the silver paint,its all about how it fits together.The trouble with most BIG CHEAP rims is that they are too narrow,on my gallery, I have 17x 12 rims on my THIRD GEN and they fit and fill out the fenders,I also have the 5th gen with 24x15 and they look cool too. (page 30 -32 approx ). Good building !!!!

bad_to_the_bone

looks amazing need to seee more pics and more details on wheel size used and tire size used and if you used spacers and what not
and maybe some one can photo shop these wheel on another 3rd gen i know i love to see the overall look as what i see at the moment i might wanna go this route

FryeDaddy

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How much did that paint job n body work on shaved handles n antenna? I'm looking into doing the exact same for smooth sharp look on car, but can't do it myself because I'm in school in college and working as well. PS I plan to use my college refund to pile up my saving for this as well.

tenpin842

We did it ourselves, my Bro in law owns his own body shop.
I'm going to guess if you did it the way I did it, it will cost about $10k. If I got in a wreck, that's about what the receipt would read.
I took everything off, made sure everything was done right.
Door poppers installed with the better springs. (heavy 3rd gen doors)
It was my project and had a lot of fun doing it. Of coarse that's new weather stripping for the entire car including doors, t tops, rear hatch, the door felts inner and outers. I also had sub-frame connectors welded in because I lowered it 2".
It could be cheaper if you just sanded it and painted it, but I went hog wild and took all the ground effects off and all lol! I have over 100 pics of the process if you want to see.

it does give it a nice clean look though that's for sure!

zenish

the wheels look too close to the fenders for me.id like to see pics without the wheel spacers.[or the mininum spacer that will let the wheels bolt on].just my opinion.

dspencer24

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The rims are alil big but I actually like the idea of people putting newer parts/ wheels on their 80-90s camaro/trans-am. If everyone wanted to be old school and boring they would put rally wheels or torq thrust rims on their car. This car is gonna completly stand out in a good way

tenpin842

Lets face it...there aren't a lot of good looking rims for a 3rd gen.
But do a google search for a 3rd gen with big rims. There are like zero.
Why...because they don't look good on big rims, that's why.
Yes that's my opinion.
I like the stock shoelace Trans Am rims, I like the Iroc rims larger, say 18's in a chrome style, I like the TTII's and there are a few really high end rims out there that your going to pay for.
Whatever that's my opinion. Make fun of my TTII's that's fine with me.
I won more trophies over the last 2 years with my car sense I got it all done.
So i must be doing something right.
And I won best 3rd gen 2 years running at the MiFbody meet. (98% all Fbody's) Here in Michigan. June 4th if ppl wanna stop out. I'll be there!

dspencer24

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lol i was jk with you man take it easy your car looks good( and is probably cause of your paint not your shoes)

IMissMy86TA

I have seen a car like this locally a few years ago. a firebird on a 4x4... wow..yuck!

dspencer24

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Did it have a confederate flag on the back of it? I saw one when i was moving outta florida it was towards the northern side. Gave me a good laugh

tenpin842

but they don't hurt lol!

CamaroIROC88350

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Those rims compliment the IROC-Z's very well in my opinion.

vettsfan

how do you have 2nd gen fenders in a 3r gen got pics?

Pillsbry10

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i have the fender vents from a 2nd gen on my thirdgen fenders search my started threads for pics

dj xcite gta 87

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=2497&pictureid=21875

jer4251

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what size tires and spacers?

dj xcite gta 87

1.5 adapters 5x120mm fronts 255 35 20 and rears 275 35 20

drknow90rs_ss@y

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Wow! Those look better than I thought they would!

WESTOF7

My cars gettin a set of these after seeing this pic

cz28coptzer327

iv always loved the idea of how that would look.. how had is it to get ahold of a set of 5th gen rims?

drknow90rs_ss@y

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They arent too hard to get a hold of (Look on ebay.) though they are a little pricy. I am curious as to wheather they rub when turning.

Project 3.4 Camaro

Can also find them on craigslist.

dj xcite gta 87

depends what tire size you go.......like i went with 255 35 in fronts and only needed minor mods on the inner lower fender that is all .......i got mine in kemah Texas 2 mile north of Galveston.....for 500 dollars on craigslist they have here in Dallas but they wouldn't go down more than 700 ......the guy over there painted them n didn't use enough hardener so you can imagine how hard it was to sand them back down with out scratching the surface.......