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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 04:35 PM
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I like the sti blue or metallic red. Dude I am not sure about 19 or 20 in rims but it is your car if you like that then cool, I would say lower it with some 18's or somethin, like some ver shiny chrome ZR1 style rims.

I really like the car makes me almost wish I hadn't bought the turbo thunderchicen which needs paint and an interior make over and suspension work. Good job man, car sounds like it is coming along famously.
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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what it would kind of look like with the orange..
bad *** third gen wish i could build it like that except the wheels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWX53eF15ow
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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I like the sti blue or metallic red. Dude I am not sure about 19 or 20 in rims but it is your car if you like that then cool, I would say lower it with some 18's or somethin, like some ver shiny chrome ZR1 style rims.

I really like the car makes me almost wish I hadn't bought the turbo thunderchicen which needs paint and an interior make over and suspension work. Good job man, car sounds like it is coming along famously.

thanks man.
well what i really want are the 18x9.5 an 18x11 z06 wheels blacked out
an with a stripe to match it but not a lot of money to play with so im not so sure

i found some OEM z06 wheels in vegas for 450 i think
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
you actually plan on painting the black part on it now...

well i just need to decide on the color to order it

its between hugger orange, like a candy red , like an STI blue, cyber gray, black or same color
yea i love how the vinyl looks, but nothing compares to how paint would look

did you ever meet rocky from the club? he has a 3rd gen, it's a deep blue color... sort of like sti blue, it looks hot.
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
you actually plan on painting the black part on it now...

well i just need to decide on the color to order it

its between hugger orange, like a candy red , like an STI blue, cyber gray, black or same color
candy red hands down, you'll see every beauty line that car has and it will have some awesome shades in different lights. I was gonna do a metallic red on my car, but I ended up choosing the red chose(looks orange but its actually red)
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 01:22 AM
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too many black and blue 3rd gens out there....
candy red would look great
350 w/tpi???
and maybe these wheels
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0134_large.jpg for the
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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
thanks man.
well what i really want are the 18x9.5 an 18x11 z06 wheels blacked out
an with a stripe to match it but not a lot of money to play with so im not so sure

i found some OEM z06 wheels in vegas for 450 i think
Yeah that would look sick as dope ****.... I like the idea.
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by JMR
too many black and blue 3rd gens out there....
candy red would look great
350 w/tpi???
and maybe these wheels
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0134_large.jpg for the
yea 350tpi

an i think ima do orange on it
do a whole different change on it lol
i think its goin to look mean
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1Adam84
Yeah that would look sick as dope ****.... I like the idea.
yea but prob for now ima do the same just with stock or with black powdercoated
iroc
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
yea 350tpi

an i think ima do orange on it
do a whole different change on it lol
i think its goin to look mean
Sounds like its gonna be nice!
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by JMR
too many black and blue 3rd gens out there....
candy red would look great
350 w/tpi???
and maybe these wheels
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0134_large.jpg for the
this guys car is sick!
he was selling it awhile back
he was pushing a lot of hp out of a 305.
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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what exhaust do you guys recomend....

i was goin to do dual slp but not sure i want something hella loud..
im planning on running a h pipe without cats...
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
what exhaust do you guys recomend....

i was goin to do dual slp but not sure i want something hella loud..
im planning on running a h pipe without cats...
you could do a dumped set up, mine is loud as hell and it's not even cammed yet.


p.s. are you going to the track tomorrow?
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Old Dec 3, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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dump set up???


an i think ima call in "SICK" tomorrow...lol but in my dads diesel
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by dreemurY2K SS
dump set up???


an i think ima call in "SICK" tomorrow...lol but in my dads diesel
lol so you are going?
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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^^^ i did go
i killed a 454 ss on way home its some dumbass kids from my skoo
he put some ugly *** 22's on it
we hit it from a roll lol i didnt think my dads
2500 diesel 5 speed would actually smoke it... but maybe there was something
wrong with it lol
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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well here is some pictures of my car
as im working on it haven't really had time since i'm working full time an d
go to school

its getting there but slowly.
as for the color I decided i'm goin with the HUGGER ORANGE I think it will look
sick.


here are some pics from when i got it till now
when I first bought it from my dad in july


a week later


pulling the engine out






started body work









color of the primer
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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you make me wanna build my lsx set up so bad! Its gonna be really nice when it done! I should be pretty quick too.
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 01:21 AM
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i think gloss black paint and white zr1 rims would look just badass on the car...
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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thought about it being black but
i remember it looks so nice when its clean but
when i had my 2000 ss an i washed it an next day it almost
looked like i hadnt...

an as for my wheels ima get some 17x9.5 c5 z06 chrome wheels from julio on here...

an as for the color i think ima end up doin something close to my color instead
since im NOT stripping the whole car i don't the firewall an all engine bay be a teal color

so i think ima cancel that hugger orange, plus im not sure if it would go with chrome wheels..
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