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Xophertony

"It's all about makin' that GTA"
-Easy E "Boys n the hood"

ahh the look we all know and love/hate. my GTA with current ugly Wheels best suited to a Camaro.

and the new hotness...

iansane · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject:

Oh man. I forgot to tell you to grab the plastic lug nut covers and lugs. Oh well. The plastic covers are like 1.50 each at schmuck's.

Looks a lot better than piled up in my garage.

Xophertony · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject:

thanks.

BTW a big Shocked

to your garage. it looks like a junkyard threw up in there. you have another set of wheels,
a tranny, almost a full exhaust, a full grey interior...

your mom told me if i wanted to take anything else she would be greatfull. i almost took her up on it when i saw
the extra vette wheels Wink

iansane · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject:

My acquisition of parts never ends. Even when my car is fine and drivable I'm picking up parts for project ideas.

You can buy a set of 17" wagon wheels if you want. I've got tires on one pair. Smile

And if you saw anything else you need, just tell me I'm sure I'd be willing to get rid of extra stuff.

The bird looks awesome, just needs to be lowered.

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

That looks great Tony.
Huge improvement!!

Al Hasse · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

Looks great. Black on black always looks good Thumbs up

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:

NICE!!

Either lower it a bit, or just get taller tires....

either way its better than the "pizza cutters"

keep em around though.....BURNOUT TIRES!!

Burnout

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

That's pretty sweet. The 245/50R16 are a GREAT size for F-bodys. Been really happy with mine and I think Mike likes his new ones.

Don't neccessarily need to lower it. If you do, I'd go with the Eibach pro kit. It's really not all that low. I'm lower than the Pro Kit and rarely scrape... and when I do it's really only the exhaust. Yours should be fine cause it's smaller.

I should be getting tires for the jeep next weekend. Man that's gonna be some coin. 33x12.50R15 Goodyear MT/Rs! Gotta make the swingout arm to mount the spare.

Looks good man!

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:51 am Post subject:

1st thing i noticed was how easy it is to get your wheels on the lugs when you can see the lugs through the wheel.

2nd thing I noticed is the visiual 1" lift I gave the car... as soon as these are done I am getting some taller tires. I don't mind the decreased handling of taller sidewall.

3rd thing I noticed is how much more visualy apealing my rear brakes are then my fronts. Now that I have 16"s I can get rolling on my LS1 brake swap.

In regards to the pizza cutters. they are as of this moment for sale. I am yanking the Cooper Cobras off and keeping them. they will go on my firebirds 15"s when it's current tires wear out (atleast another 10K miles). I still have two 14" "snowflake" wheels in my closet; if they will clear "1LE" rear brakes then I will keep them, if not I will keep my eyes open for some stock 15"s to pick up for dirt cheap to use as burnout tire wheels. stock 15"s are everywhere. I could use the dough I get from selling the pizzacutters to put toward the mod fund. though they may look like hell on a firebird these wheels look damn nice on Camaros (look at Jakes ride). they also appear fine for s10s and jimmys and stuff.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:24 am Post subject:

Lower it. You'll gain the same height from the tires as lower... plus handling will be better since you have tall sidewall tires AND better spring rates.

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:33 am Post subject:

wait.... more sidewall is better for handling?

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:17 am Post subject:

I'm sure that he meant better handling in terms of ride comfort, not necessarily performance.

That looks much better. Are you going to leave them black or are you going to make a GTA out of your GTA?

-Schultzy

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:54 am Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:58 am Post subject:

It's my interpretation that getting too small a side wall gives a harsher ride and maybe not as good a foot print? You can't control air pressure as nicely to give you that footprint. Plus being more prone to puncture.

Do low profile tires even rollover? If you get smaller tires you'll have more gap in the wheel well.

miamivice · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:33 am Post subject:

looks great tony! i think i have the paint code for the gold in a file here if you want me to try and find it. also, get those black lug nut covers! Cool

...did you get new seats too???

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject:

I have had those seats since the last time you were in the car. they are 1996 Camaro seats. leather, power. nice. Cool

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject:

i'll take the rest. they were originally mine anyway Laughing

Chris wanted them for some reason so i gave them to him.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject:

I almost kinda like the silver lugs. Gives some contrast to the center.

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject:

i would realy have to see the black ones on my car before i made a firm decision, i think the chrome ones look alright.