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FINALLY!!!! 1983 LE wheels on 82' GS!!!

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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 09:52 PM
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wow finaly. it looks great
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Old Sep 16, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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looks great .... also i second the eibach's (if you can still find them anywhere because they are discontinued, the guys on ebay don't even have them i tried buying from all of them but they all told be they couldn't get them anymore yet they still on posting them. so you might consider RB instead of that) as far as struts go ... i've got the blues and i gotta say they're pretty darn good, ride is responsive, and not as stiff as i thought it would really be.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 01:07 AM
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looks great. means more when youve spent elbow grease to make it look that good. so they tell me, anyway.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 06:31 AM
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All that hard work came to a great close for you by the looks of it. It looks fantasttic in the least.

You stole my idea though. =P

I'm thinking the stockers on my '85 might look sharp powdercoated black with the lip cleaned up and shined.

Yeah, sorry to talk about mine, but your's looks god damn awesome. It really sets off the body color with the nice transition.
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Old Sep 18, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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Sweet FB! one of the cleanest of not the cleanest stock i've seen!

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Nice freaking job!!! The car looks great!
It has the "don't **** with me" look.
I gotta somewhat disagree. This FB has the "Don't mess with me look", a 480WHP FB has the "Don't **** with me look"

Just my $0.02
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Old Sep 18, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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Nice Restoration.
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Old Sep 18, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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Nice Restoration.

I didn't restore a damn thing...this FB has been garaged all its life...the only thing different on it are the wheels......
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Old Sep 18, 2005 | 10:00 PM
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Looks great, I have 5 of those LE wheels that I use for drifting. You have inspired me to buy powder coating outfit and start this process on my car, I want to do so much as far as painting but I hate paint in the engine/suspension/drivetrain areas, it just doesn't look good.
Nice location for the photo shoot! Use a tripod next time and you can get cleaner images.

Best regards
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 12:13 AM
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Nice Restoration.
of the wheels. ahem.
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by DriveFast7
of the wheels. ahem.

oh ...hehe....sorry...
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:21 AM
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Did you paint the centers or powdercoat them?
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:29 AM
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i know i am gonna be yelled for this but i painted them.....with a paint made for adhering better to metal...i forgot the name but it was like 7 bucks a can. Anyways i hope the paint lasts a while on them (so far so good)...i did put a couple of coats on them.
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:42 AM
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track down some se center caps and your wheel project will be complete.
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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track down some se center caps and your wheel project will be complete.

GOLD! center caps!!!1!!!111?///1//
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Onlyonthurs
i know i am gonna be yelled for this but i painted them.....with a paint made for adhering better to metal...i forgot the name but it was like 7 bucks a can. Anyways i hope the paint lasts a while on them (so far so good)...i did put a couple of coats on them.
IIRC duplicolor makes a pint specifically for painting wheels with
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Onlyonthurs
i know i am gonna be yelled for this but i painted them.....with a paint made for adhering better to metal...i forgot the name but it was like 7 bucks a can. Anyways i hope the paint lasts a while on them (so far so good)...i did put a couple of coats on them.
Cool. I don't know if my new wheels I bought from Camocarl are going to need paint or not, so I just want to be prepared... Plus, I'm debating gunmetal or black.
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Alex-7
GOLD! center caps!!!1!!!111?///1//
yes, gold. very good, very good.
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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 03:15 PM
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some more pics.............(overall i need help with pic takin..i am not that good...oh well).....

There is a tower in downtown san antonio ..so i was trying a random pic of the tower with the car...it came out ok


by the convention center downtown as well






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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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finally took some decent daytime pics .....









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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 08:46 PM
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damn dude those look like some sick aftermarket rims... damn good job...
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Old Sep 25, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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you have a good eye, those are some great pics!
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