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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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just tested these bad boys out today and WOW what a difference ...the car held all of first gear ....don i need more power !!! lol

as a side note if anyone on here can photoshop my rims gloss black like the paint for me that would be awesome ...i posted in the photoshop section dont know if i will get a response
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About friggin time..
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 09:30 PM
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Only took me over a year hahah
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Get Subframe connectors!!!!

yeah about time you got a tire, haha. you just got 3 more gears!
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 09:55 AM
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yes it is very nice to have extra gears in my car now.... ive only had 4th 5th and 6th lol
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Nice! It's amazing what a good tire will do for ya.
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Originally Posted by 02SCVette
Nice! It's amazing what a good tire will do for ya.
by the way ...its a small world my neighbor is randy hebert ..he has golfed with you in the past and has been working at nypro for a long time
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by the way ...its a small world my neighbor is randy hebert ..he has golfed with you in the past and has been working at nypro for a long time
No kidding! small world for sure.
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Yep, the right tire is everything. You can do this and do that but if you cant get traction in 1st gear or certainly 2nd, so what.
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Originally Posted by 02gangsta/ss
as a side note if anyone on here can photoshop my rims gloss black like the paint for me that would be awesome ...i posted in the photoshop section dont know if i will get a response
I know the suspense is killing you, so here you go.




It has my approval
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thanks man !!!!! so if i go gloss black like the paint i still like the white letters showing ....im surprised it has your approval i didnt think you liked black rims
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Originally Posted by 02gangsta/ss
thanks man !!!!! so if i go gloss black like the paint i still like the white letters showing ....im surprised it has your approval i didnt think you liked black rims
I usually don't and prefer a polished wheel, but those look ok to me and its just stockers your working with.
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