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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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Talking Early Early christmas present!
well, i got a hell of a suprise the other day. My wife took asked me if she could take my Z to work one day, which happens quiet often, so i didnt think nothing of it. Well about lunch time she calls me and asked me to come up to her work and have some lunch with her. So, as i arrive at her work, i see my car and notice something different with it....it had new wheels and tires on it!

A friend of mine had been trying to sell a set of 10 spoke SS wheels for a while, but i just never got around to buying them. Well my sneeky wife got my phone, looked up his number, and bought them for me as a early christmas present! I was so damn suprised. It looks a hell of a lot better than the stock salad shooters. Here are some pics. Please excuse the front end of the car...it's very much under construction at the moment...im waiting on my new body panels to show up.

here ya go, let me know what you think!



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haha, hard to say with 2 different colors! just messing man, they look way better than the stock wheels! wish my gf would do stuff like that for me. your wife got a sister?
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you got yourself a keeper and the wheels look good too.
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your wife got a sister?

yes she does! oh but she's engaged..lol
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thats a woman to keep around. **** ive ended things with girls because they thought i was too car crazy and i spent too much money on my car.

She gets a thumbs up
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thats a woman to keep around. **** ive ended things with girls because they thought i was too car crazy and i spent too much money on my car.

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brother?
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Nice wheels. Yo it looks like your flux capacitor is starting to go bad. See the warpage in the front bumper? Bad news bears man
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Congrats on the wheels. I'm sure it'll look good once it gets the new body panels and paint
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Wheels look nice!!!! Lucky find on the wife also!!!
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yeah...i thinks she's a keeper. The best thing about it is, she only paid $175 for all four wheels!
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Nice wheels. Yo it looks like your flux capacitor is starting to go bad. See the warpage in the front bumper? Bad news bears man
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Your wife should have took your car to a paint/body shop....



















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yeah yeah yeah, i knew i was gonna get some cracks of how my ride looks, but oh well. Im just glad that it runs like a champ!
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if your car is running great, thats all that matters imo.

congrats on those wheels. my buddy just painted his 10 spokes a very glossy black and they look damn good.
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nice ride bro...every nice car begins a a piece of crap...MINE DID!!!! but now it is one of the nicest cars in my town..lol...and fastest
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Originally Posted by texas94z
if your car is running great, thats all that matters imo.

congrats on those wheels. my buddy just painted his 10 spokes a very glossy black and they look damn good.
yeah,i have thought about that...but im undecided at the moment...i think for now i will keep them silver.
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Very nice!!

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congrats on those wheels. my buddy just painted his 10 spokes a very glossy black and they look damn good.
Yeah.. I've seen one before and I thought it looked pretty good. I've never seen them in chrome though, but I bet they would look bad *** too.

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Looks good i wish i could of got them for my old 96 SS (sold).
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I have seen the chromes one, and IMHO i dont like them that much... but im not a big chrome fan either
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those look sharp man. i like the SS rims on the lt1's. you have a great wife there!
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