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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:11 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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LOVE those!!!! gonna be my next drag combo....
how much did they run ya and how much is your rear shortend
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:20 PM
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Looks great man! Whats the rim-tire sizes? Whats your suspention set-up?
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:34 PM
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Rears are 15"x10.25" w/ 5.5" BS on a narrowed 9" (3" per side) and 295/55/15 M/T ET Street Drag Radials. Fronts are 15"x3.5" w/ 2.25" BS.
Suspension is stock shocks, stock springs and heater hose mod in the rear and Strange single adjustables with 300 lbs. springs up front.

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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 10:39 PM
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love it!
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Congrats, that looks really good!
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 11:34 PM
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very nice setup!
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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Are those the alumastars in the front? If so i'm going with the exact same setup on mine but full polish and 4.5" bs with a narrowed 3"/side rear. I think that's what you actually have looking at where it sits correct? And if not and it truly is 5.5, can you take pics of the inner sidewall to show where they sit at? Thanks! Looks killer either way!!!!
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Fronts are one piece Aluma Star 2.0's. The rears are 15"x10.25" with 5.5" of backspacing on a narrowed (3" per side) Moser 9" rear end. In my opinion 4.5" BS wouldn't be enough and would cause the wheel to stick out too much, especially on a Camaro which doesn't have as wide of fenders as a T/A. Matter of preference I suppose but the rear rims DO have 5.5" of backspacing and the rear end IS narrowed 3" per side.
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Awesome setup.
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by GMRACER13
Fronts are one piece Aluma Star 2.0's. The rears are 15"x10.25" with 5.5" of backspacing on a narrowed (3" per side) Moser 9" rear end. In my opinion 4.5" BS wouldn't be enough and would cause the wheel to stick out too much, especially on a Camaro which doesn't have as wide of fenders as a T/A. Matter of preference I suppose but the rear rims DO have 5.5" of backspacing and the rear end IS narrowed 3" per side.
Well it does look awesome and hoping it DOESN'T stick out too much because that's what everyone said to get was 4.5" b.s. on a 3" narrowed/side rear! That would suck if it does!! But worst case scenario i'll just have it shortened a bit more if need be when it goes in to get a mini-tub done.

Meant to ask if you had to work the inner fenders at all with that bs and those 295's? May consider swapping mine eventually if they do happen to stick out too far. Thanks.
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I cut the bump stops off before I even mounted the tires but there is a possibility that it wasn't necessary. I'm pretty sure with a 1/4" spacer the wheels would clear the bump stops. I did have to do a small amount of inner fender bashing with a BFH at the very front lower corner of the inner fenders.
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I run a 5.5"BS on mine- on a T/A - but my inner fenders are untouched. I do like the way yours 'tuck' though...would be bad *** lowered a lil more. The Alumistars are SWEET! so for you have the 2nd car with the black that I think looks spot on! Congrats.
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Originally Posted by Leedogg
I run a 5.5"BS on mine- on a T/A - but my inner fenders are untouched. I do like the way yours 'tuck' though...would be bad *** lowered a lil more. The Alumistars are SWEET! so for you have the 2nd car with the black that I think looks spot on! Congrats.
Thanks for the compliments. I agree, the rear of my car needs to be lowered a little. I just checked out the pics of your T/A. The stance is perfect. Your wheels are nicely tucked under the rear fenders.
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sick wheels sick car now ditch the pep boys fog lights
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Just the front doesn't sound bad at all. And imo, i LOVE the stance yours has and hope to have mine about there with the heater hose mod. Again, Great job!!
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looks bad ***
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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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Wheels are dope!! and your avatar is funny as hell
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