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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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Default New wheels and tires mounted.
17x11 Vintage wheel works v48
17x9.5 for the front on the way.
Im going after the vintage vette racer look.
Ill be using L88 flares. This is the look im going after (the yellow below..not mine)









Ill be picking up my flares tomorrow in Houston. The flares add 3 or inches per side on the rear and 2" in the front .Just waiting on my 345/40/17 and front wheels and tires.
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definetly going to be a sweet looking vette when u get it done.
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I LOVE THOSE RIMS!!!! These will be the first rims I check out when it comes time to buy for my car...
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DEEP minilites....drool drool. looks amazing bro..congrats.
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by MYSTIC-1SC
definetly going to be a sweet looking vette when u get it done.
Thanks,hopefully it won't take as long as the ls1 swap did.

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I LOVE THOSE RIMS!!!! These will be the first rims I check out when it comes time to buy for my car...
Let me know when your ready. Pm me and ill tell you what vender I got them from for the best price

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DEEP minilites....drool drool. looks amazing bro..congrats.
Thanks. Their 17x11 with a 3 1/4 bs
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gona look sick for sure!
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DEEP minilites....drool drool. looks amazing bro..congrats.
I agree!


(I was thinking of a set of those for my '96 Z-28, but in a FWD offset, which the 4th gen cars basically have, the Minilights unfortunately don't look as good...)
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Please buy and mount tires already on them and put them on the car. I wanna see the result.
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Please buy and mount tires already on them and put them on the car. I wanna see the result.
Ive already bought them, Im waiting for them to be built and shipped.
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I will start installing the flairs on thursday hopefully.
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Toyo's on the Rear?
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Toyo's on the Rear?
toyos all the way around
345/40/17 rear
275/40/17 front
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Toyo's! Heck yah, well done.
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That is going to be a bad-*** ride!
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Thanks for the compliments. Tomorrow after class I'am going to start mounting the flares.
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Looks like its gonna be sweet ride. Good choice on the wheels.
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I freakin' love it! The movie 'Corvette Summer' is the first that came to mind when I saw your car.
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