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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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You know what they say... Once you go black


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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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Nice wheels,big improvement
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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What size wheels did you go with?

I just did the same thing about two weeks ago with the 18s up front and 19s in the rear.

I'm loving em.

Pictures once the halos are in and the other stuff I got goin in...
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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I like both looks.
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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They are stock Z sizes. just got the mickey thompsons prior so i couldnt go 19 in the back

thanks for the compliments i think its a major improvement

Car is sold and shipping to Hawaii on Tuesday
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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Car is sold?
Looks good either way.
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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ya. the buyer wanted black wheels and shipping to Hawaii is just way to expensive.
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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Looks badazz!



Phil, can't wait to see it in person! It may be able to beat mine from a roll.

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Very nice!
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Very nice

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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by stlchevy97
ya. the buyer wanted black wheels and shipping to Hawaii is just way to expensive.
Gotcha. Congrats on the sale.
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Looks very nice, can't wait for it to get here.
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You may want to reconsider the green spoiler here.....
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i may be back out in Hawaii for work before long and i will keep an eye open for it when i get there. I actually was out cruising in the mountains one day and there was an Fbody/Vette/GTO cruise going on. Ton's of LSx's Then another day i saw a Mustang cruise going on and there was a ton of those out too
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i may be back out in Hawaii for work before long and i will keep an eye open for it when i get there. I actually was out cruising in the mountains one day and there was an Fbody/Vette/GTO cruise going on. Ton's of LSx's Then another day i saw a Mustang cruise going on and there was a ton of those out too
This could have been us.
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[QUOTE=stlchevy97;1573401890]You know what they say... Once you go black


You need a wheel chair!!

Looks great!!!Jay
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Looks a lot better than what I thought it would

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LOL i like the green spoiler.
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We are actually looking at a year long contract to work on your guys' buses there(we do the system that has the screen up by the driver. Anyway if i'm out there for that long i will be shipping the Vette out there and having that
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