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Old May 19, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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Old May 19, 2003 | 08:35 PM
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Wheres ma guunn!!!
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Old May 19, 2003 | 08:37 PM
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Wow, that looks kinda like a MN plate. And the rust would be consistent with it. YUK, on the wing. I may of seen this car, was it in south Minnepolis near lindale ave?
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Old May 19, 2003 | 08:51 PM
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What you no like?My wing is a triple decker and is easily 4 times higher than that.




























lol
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Old May 19, 2003 | 09:20 PM
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The picture was slow to load up so I only saw the top half of the car. That was enough, unfortunately.
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Old May 19, 2003 | 09:45 PM
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If it was an SE, it would look like that 'ol corn partner
denny's car. speaking of denny,, what happened to him ?
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Old May 19, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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Wow There is an SE around my town with a wing like that, the guy also had a bunch of decals stuck on it... I will try and get a pic of it

All I can say is Rice, Rice Baby!!

yuck
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Old May 19, 2003 | 10:37 PM
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Damn!

How did you get a pic of my car!!???

Don't tell me you don't like the wing!
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Old May 19, 2003 | 10:48 PM
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Thats an 83 LE, and its an old Illinois plate.

I think the picture was from the same guy who made the Beaterz.com website..

I spoke with him before and most of the cars are from the NW suburbs of Chicago, like Schaumburg, IL.

I'd guess its an IL car.......or, since its an old plate......WAS an IL car.
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Old May 19, 2003 | 11:12 PM
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Minnesota and illinois plates look a lot a like from a distance. And the picture is hard to tell
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Old May 19, 2003 | 11:27 PM
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Thats a minnesota plate or i should I say deffenitly not a illinois plate and i lived in the nw subbers for ever nevr saw that rx around didnt see many rx-7 aroundany ways looks tuff REAL TUFF DO A BURN OUT
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Old May 19, 2003 | 11:28 PM
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sorry im.....not sober
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Old May 19, 2003 | 11:48 PM
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How do you get groceries out of the trunk with that on there?
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Old May 19, 2003 | 11:57 PM
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It's a ILL plate, he lives in wisconsin now, i've seen it around, Wanna know what makes it beeter, he has a SINGLE led washer nozel light up front, and i THINK it's purple. No kidding.
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Old May 20, 2003 | 12:01 AM
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nogreen in ill plate sorry theres green there unless my eyes deceve me
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Old May 20, 2003 | 02:07 AM
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(wipes the vomet off the side of lip.)

dear lord warn me if ya gonna post crap like that again

and yes grab the pitch forks and torches
lets hunt this (obviously) kid down!!!
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Old May 20, 2003 | 10:21 AM
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cody's right that is a 83 LE. Man what a loser, the only thing that makes those cars any good are the 14" wheels, and he's replaced them with the 13" alloys. sad to see the fate of so many first gens is **** like that.
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Old May 20, 2003 | 10:53 AM
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Originally posted by 82transam
cody's right that is a 83 LE. Man what a loser, the only thing that makes those cars any good are the 14" wheels, and he's replaced them with the 13" alloys. sad to see the fate of so many first gens is **** like that.
Sorry Sean, but that car is most certainly NOT an '83 Limited Edition.
Wrong color, and that's a "GSL" badge on the "B" pillar.
The "Limited Edition" badges are much longer than that.
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Old May 20, 2003 | 01:32 PM
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you sure its a GSL? cause my LE's paint is really faded and looks very similar to that. I know the badges are pretty long, but they sorta look like that. Oh well, maybe its not, i can't tell i guess.
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Old May 20, 2003 | 01:57 PM
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MY GOD... you cant tell me thats rice... it MAKES HIM HANDLE BETTER... kind of like how those carbon fiber hoods for the 1st gen would make them go SOO MUCH FASTER...
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Old May 20, 2003 | 03:14 PM
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YUCK!
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Old May 20, 2003 | 03:17 PM
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Ok, I'm not condoning the GIANT fin, but at least it's on a rear wheel drive car where it actually does something if you get up to 75+. You absolutely CAN NOT condone that on a front wheel drive car. It's non-sensical.

I know when I put my Erebuni fin on my car, it made a difference so I can't say too much. (it was one designed for the rex, not one of those)
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Old May 20, 2003 | 03:19 PM
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Doesn't look like an IL plate to me.. looks like MN kinda though.. We have blue not green on our plates.. and we didn't have stickers on the sides until recently.. they where long and in the middle.

EDIT: Oh well we do have green, but not on cars.. just trucks.

-Zach

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Old May 20, 2003 | 03:20 PM
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kinda interesting how he/she put the little blocks on there to mount the giant fin.
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Old May 20, 2003 | 03:31 PM
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Originally posted by Metallic_rock
Ok, I'm not condoning the GIANT fin, but at least it's on a rear wheel drive car where it actually does something if you get up to 75+. You absolutely CAN NOT condone that on a front wheel drive car. It's non-sensical.

I know when I put my Erebuni fin on my car, it made a difference so I can't say too much. (it was one designed for the rex, not one of those)
why don't fwd cars need rear down force ? don't they go round corners at speed ? If wings on front wheel drive cars are pointless why do you see them on front wheel drive race/rally cars built by top racing teams ?

Most wings on road cars are just for the "look" so in my opinion a huge wing on a rwd car is as bad as being on a fwd car

Mike
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