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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:39 PM
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But I do ...I just mocked up a flare (lotsa work still on those) and a rim w/ one of my steamroller hoosiers Are they big? yes....

I also have some race slicks for the 2nd set of wheels I have (I have 9 of these wheels and a whole bunch of rim halves)






damn this is a sh!tty camera
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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I like it except for the white writing on the tire. what is that thing in the 3rd picture to the left
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:42 PM
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I like it..should look good with those wide tires and those deep dish wheels on all 4 corners.
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:43 PM
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what thing???

the tires came as blackwalls, I did the white letters myself because I'm a sucker for that kinda stuff, I don't like blackwall tires.
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:45 PM
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In this picture the big metal looking thing in the upper corner.
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:46 PM
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Looks good...
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 01:48 PM
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I don't see a big metal thing. I see a workmate on the left (black legs) w/ 2 doors on top and a tarp over it, behind it is an engine stand, behind that a cherry picker, the blue thing behind that is my mig welder, the gray is a 20 Liter bottle of C25, next to it on the left is a rim of my truck.... which of those all do you mean?
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oh wait, the black thing w/ the round hole in it? LOL, that's rubber sheeting Perfect for sealing up stuff
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Must be the doors.

The flares look good with the big white letter tires. I think the white letters make a car look muscle. If I had 17 inch rims, I would paint the letters white on them also. Some cars the white letters just look right and I think with the vette, white letters just look right.
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the tires will go up into the wheel well a good bit higher but they are close to the original fender lip now, need to remove that first before I can tuck them up in there. I probably won't be running a large gap between the tire and the fender lip so those super stiff shocks and springs come in handy
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i love the look
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Leave it up to corvette forum's mad scientist, Twin Turbo!
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Looks Bad in a good sota way :drool:
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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How's the aerodynamics going to be with that large wing on top?
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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 03:38 PM
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the wing is just dumped on there, it should go the other way around, pointing back..aerodynamics will suffer but downforce will be excellent

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Bitchin dude!!!!!!!!!

Looks good to me!!

What color is it going to be??

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Old Oct 2, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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probably black ....but maybe I'll go w/ a racing stripe/2 tone deal.
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Looking good. When do you expect to have the car drivable?
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aahh...c'mon don't ask me that I won't make a claim to have it finished by a certain date... I would probably end up not making it anyway
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I can see it black with a stripe!!

Ghost stripe about 2 or three shades off the base color....

There I go dreamin again......................

Keep up the great work!!

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