18 inch Daytons on GTA
Wires and sports cars don't mix. I have yet to see one with wires that didn't look stupid. I've seen chrome wires on a 3rd gen that was lowered but otherwise fairly stock and it still didn't look right. I'd stick with the stockers on the GTA. They're my favorite style wheel for a factory F body wheel. I had a set of gray ones on my 86 S10 when I customized that.
Originally Posted by Snoopjonnyjon
I'd like to see a picture of your friends bonne.
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Originally Posted by Silver02TA
i say beaner gets an el camino 
"My name is Pall Wall I'm the people's champ". Have you seen the wire's in those video's Seriously though man. I don't think the wires would look good. I see what your getting at but no. Either get some EVo's or keep it stock. Just my .02cents
Seriously though man. I don't think the wires would look good. I see what your getting at but no. Either get some EVo's or keep it stock. Just my .02cents LS1 Tech Stories
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Wire wheels scream "I' m stuck in the 80's!" It screams particulatly loud since you would be putting them on a 3rd gen. I' m really not the best person to reply, because I think spoke wheels belong on bikes, classic Jags, Model T's and horse-drawn carriages, In short they should never be used on anything built after 1950 or so. If you want to look like a "G strait out da hood," go for it. If you want people to look at your car, and say "Damn! That' s a nice *** car!" Leave the stockers or find another wheel. Just my 2 pennies.
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I actually like the idea of my GTA being stuck in the 80's. I don't particularly like the idea of trying to modernize everything. I get quite a bit of flack from my friends about my "mullet" vehicles, but I think an 80's car should have an 80's style to it. Same with my el camino, its a 76 and damn it, i want that thing to look like it was customized that year too. That's why I got some vintage M/T valve covers, a 70's vintage Hurst shifter instead of a modern cable one and the big & little weld rims for it ( actually wish I'd gotten some Keystone's, or Cragar S/S rims to be more period correct). Same reason i'm still running white-wall Gulf Trail-Blazer bias-plies on my 69 International Scout; I took it to an all-International show a few years back and it got more attention than many of the trucks with 10x more money in them, simply because i was running parts that everyone had thrown away 20 years before because they thought they were ugly. And alas, the vehicle i get the most flack for owning, my purple and pink ZX-6 Ninja.... it was 93 and EVERY sportbike had some purple or pink on it, the Ninja was just an extreme example, and I'm leaving it that way, even if the occasional bearded guy on an Electra Glide calls me a *** for riding a pink and purple bike.
But anyways, your probably getting sick of reading this, so here are some picures of my Scout and my 67 BSA 441 Victor Roadster ( all stock for now, but plan to eventually replace the stock points ignition with a vintage Joe Hunt magneto, get a set of clubman bars, and fabricate a set of rear-sets)
But I suppose i really got off the topic of LS1s
But anyways, your probably getting sick of reading this, so here are some picures of my Scout and my 67 BSA 441 Victor Roadster ( all stock for now, but plan to eventually replace the stock points ignition with a vintage Joe Hunt magneto, get a set of clubman bars, and fabricate a set of rear-sets)
But I suppose i really got off the topic of LS1s
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Originally Posted by skewba98z28
"My name is Pall Wall I'm the people's champ". Have you seen the wire's in those video's Seriously though man. I don't think the wires would look good. I see what your getting at but no. Either get some EVo's or keep it stock. Just my .02cents
Seriously though man. I don't think the wires would look good. I see what your getting at but no. Either get some EVo's or keep it stock. Just my .02cents
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Originally Posted by Snoopjonnyjon
I've got an 87 GTA and have been considering buying a set of 18 inch wire spoke Daytons for it. I'd planned to get chrome rims and hubs, with gold spokes and nipples. I wondered if anyone had any pictures of similar GTA's with these rims, or if anyone would try photoshopping them onto my car?
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If you want to look like a "G strait out da hood," go for it.
Thats so ****** corny. i have a hard time finding f-bodies with wire wheels in "da hood" (wherever the hell that is) but whatever. I swear when people are bringing up stupid stereotypes about which wheels a person chooses, its starting to get ridiculous.
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i wish i had pics, he just went to college in MI. I could see if he can send me some, but somehow i doubt he has the means to.
he hates it, i think he's a little homesick and he keeps asking me for advice because i was the only one out of our circle that left for school before. I dont think its that bad, but i'll find out when i go visit, he mainly doesnt like how the part he lives on campus lacks diversity and is a bunch of sausages.
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Originally Posted by Snoopjonnyjon
I actually like the idea of my GTA being stuck in the 80's. I don't particularly like the idea of trying to modernize everything. I get quite a bit of flack from my friends about my "mullet" vehicles, but I think an 80's car should have an 80's style to it.
Originally Posted by spy2520
Thats so ****** corny. i have a hard time finding f-bodies with wire wheels in "da hood" (wherever the hell that is) but whatever.
If you' ve never seen an F-body in the hood with wire wheels, I truly envy you. My eyes will never be the same. At one time I could have shown you a lot of them but New Orleans kinda got washed out. I have seen a V6 4th gen Camaro in Saginaw (Sagnasty) Michigan, with blingy wire wheels. If you go up there, you can find wire wheels on pretty much anything, from Camaros to minivans. 
