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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 02:44 PM
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...of my '88 SC Camaro with salad shooter wheels. Let me know what y'all think. All opinions welcome.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 02:49 PM
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Wow, doesn't look half bad!

Polish them babies up...
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 02:51 PM
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 02:51 PM
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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I think they look really good! They match the silver GFX well!
Do you have any side shots?
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 02:54 PM
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those look pretty nice on your car
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 03:03 PM
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i wanna know what the hell that blue thing is behind your car!!!
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 03:04 PM
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Wow, they dont look as bad as I thought they would. They look more at home on your car then they do on the 4th gens!
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 03:05 PM
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they look good on your car, the colors match well..
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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i wanna know what the hell that blue thing is behind your car!!!
That's a pitching machine. My dad makes 'em in the garage. If you want one, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to sell you one .
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 03:11 PM
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a pitching machine? like.. baseball?? cool
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 03:39 PM
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Those wheels look much better on thirdgens than they do on any fourthgen i've seen.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 04:02 PM
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They Look Pretty Damn Good!
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 04:26 PM
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Wow, on your car it DOES look real good! Nice choice on that one. later
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:06 PM
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I think it looks great.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:08 PM
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Wow, they look really nice!!
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:09 PM
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Those look pretty good. Why are the only 2/3 of the bumpstrips on your car??
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:10 PM
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Originally posted by BTS88IROC
Those wheels look much better on thirdgens than they do on any fourthgen i've seen.
I totally agree. Ever notice how 4th gen wheels in general tend to look better on 3rd gens? Like the 10 spoke Camaro SS wheels...I think they look better on a 91-92 Z28.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:43 PM
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do the salad shooters require adapters?
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:45 PM
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i have never like the salad shooters, but as others have said, they look way better on your car than any 4th gen
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:48 PM
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did anyone notice that the spokes of wheels are "flowing" in the opposite direction?
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:51 PM
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I like it. looks sharp on your car.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:53 PM
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not bad , but why is the wheel in pic #4 rotating the "wrong" way , actually that should be the right way but then the two on the passenger side are dr. side wheels if that makes any sense. Look at how the spokes rotate , looks to me like you have 4 dr. side wheels (maybe that's how GM did it , but if so then that's pretty f-ing stupid).
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:53 PM
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I see vroom beat me to it , hehe

but it wouldn't matter , if he wants them that way that's fine , but it looks kinda ghetto if you have two going one way and two going the other way :shrug:
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 05:56 PM
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I like how they look on your car. It compliments on your color combination.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:47 PM
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The spokes "flowing" in different directions is just based on which side of the car they're on. Their all the same wheel, so the passenger sides flow one way and the driver sides go the other. I never noticed until you guys pointed it out. I just went out and looked at it in the driveway. I bought them off of a guy who bought new wheels for his fourth gen Z, so it looks like that's just the way GM did it.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 06:50 PM
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Originally posted by 82firebird
Those look pretty good. Why are the only 2/3 of the bumpstrips on your car??
The sorry *** sons-of-bitches that painted my car after some stupid person ran into the side of it were supposed to replace the bumpstrips on that side, but didn't. I've got the new ones to put on there, but just haven't done it.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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they look good too me!
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 08:47 PM
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they look good too me!
A-yup!
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 10:53 PM
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They look good, but in pic #4 it looks like the wheel was mounted in the wrong direction.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 10:59 PM
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Looks really clean. All you need now is a mild drop
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 11:02 PM
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I dont think thats the way gm did it. I think you have wheels from 2 different cars.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 11:21 PM
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looks good, but I don't think it would look good with another color.
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Old Apr 5, 2003 | 11:48 PM
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I think it looks really good. The silver color of the wheels looks to match your silver GFX really well, which helps alot.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 12:10 AM
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I've seen several 3rdgens with 'salad shooters' and they all look great IMO! Then again, I like 'em on 4thgens too.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 01:12 AM
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that looks sweet, i was gonna do that to my 83 camaro.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 01:16 AM
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They don't look too bad, I like them better than on fourth gens thats for sure.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 04:40 AM
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Hey if you dont want them, then i will buy them from you. Ive been serching for these but i cant seem to find any in Sweden.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 09:05 AM
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Way cool. I did not think I would lke them, buit I do.

Nice car...
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 11:53 AM
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I dont like them at all
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 01:03 PM
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Originally posted by 25THRSS
I dont think thats the way gm did it. I think you have wheels from 2 different cars.
I went out and searched for pictures of fourth gens with them. They all do that.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 02:29 PM
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I don't like face mounted rims, but those surprisingly look good.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 05:16 PM
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Looks pretty sweet...I had some on my 84, but I had to take them off 'cause I could not afford new tires. they are going back on as soon as the rest of the car is fixed up and painted! Just have to go to Florida to pick them up from mom's house.
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 05:18 PM
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Those look pretty good on your car. They match real well
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 09:09 PM
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i always hated the salad shooters on 4th gens but they look great on your car
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Old Apr 6, 2003 | 10:10 PM
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umm...i think u bought 4 right side rims...they look good on ur car but i dont think they are muscle car enough...they look like they belong on a grand am or a sunfire...just my opinion
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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 03:54 PM
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They dont look to bad, but they would probably look better without the huge wheel gaps. Is there a motor in the car?
My frontend sat that high with the motor out.
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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 04:23 PM
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They dont look to bad, but they would probably look better without the huge wheel gaps. Is there a motor in the car?
My frontend sat that high with the motor out.
Yeah, it's got an aluminum L98 headed 305. I think it sits higher since the head swap. I'd like to lower it a bit eventually, but there are things higher on the priority list for now.
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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 05:00 PM
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Umm, okay. I just looked at the salad shooters on my 95 Z28, and the left and right side wheels face the opposite directions, which means....

There are no "LEFT" OR "RIGHT" side wheels from GM, or he put "4 right side rims", because there's no such thing!
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