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Old May 11, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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Nah not at all, i mean some people have told me to lower my car, taht it would look a little better, but I like driving my car around like normal. Ive driven lowered f-bodies with headers and it sucks having to be super careful going over anything/everything. Ill get some side pics of my car this weekend and post them up for you so you can see how it looks.
Yah thats true i would hate to have to be careful all the time and having headers would make it really crapy. I would like to see it frome the side it would be nice not having to spend money getting lowering springs
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Old May 11, 2006 | 09:26 AM
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Yah thats true i would hate to have to be careful all the time and having headers would make it really crapy. I would like to see it frome the side it would be nice not having to spend money getting lowering springs

yea I think it looks real good but im biased since its my car haha. Ill def post the pics up this weekend in this link so you can get an idea of how the 18's all around look.
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Old May 11, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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yea I think it looks real good but im biased since its my car haha. Ill def post the pics up this weekend in this link so you can get an idea of how the 18's all around look.
Thanks that will help out alot.
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Old May 11, 2006 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 11 Bravo
18's look good, but you have so many more tire options, not to mention dr's, with 17's.
Look again. The options in 18's are catching up to the 17's.
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Old May 11, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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I am thing about 17's because tires are alot cheaper
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Old May 11, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TRANSAM_2000
I am thing about 17's because tires are alot cheaper
that they are almost crapped when I bought my 315's
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Old May 12, 2006 | 07:27 AM
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i really want 18's and my wife said that i cant get 17's because they are to small she prefers me to spend a little more money and get 18's so i get to get 18's when i get some money saved up its nice to have a good wife huh
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Old May 12, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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MY WIFE'S DA SAME WAY
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i really want 18's and my wife said that i cant get 17's because they are to small she prefers me to spend a little more money and get 18's so i get to get 18's when i get some money saved up its nice to have a good wife huh
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Old May 12, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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my wife wants 20's on her T/A i told her thats to big but it would look good i would think
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Old May 14, 2006 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TRANSAM_2000
my wife wants 20's on her T/A i told her thats to big but it would look good i would think
...........no
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Old May 14, 2006 | 06:12 AM
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275's..........can someone tell me why you would go with 17's over 18's? I wouldn't even think there would be a question. but apparently some of you prefer 17's? just wondering why.
I bought a car already with 18s and I hate them. They get scuffed easily and they don't hook worth a damn. If your going for looks I guess they win out. But I think 17s and 18s both look equally as good with the right choice of wheels.

I'm considering going back to 17s. At least that way you also have the option of going with a MT drag radial. MT doesn't make drag radials for 18".
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Old May 17, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 98Z28MASS
yea I think it looks real good but im biased since its my car haha. Ill def post the pics up this weekend in this link so you can get an idea of how the 18's all around look.
you get pics yet
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Old May 17, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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heres mine 18x275 up front 18x315 in back on an 11" rim +53 offset
Attached Thumbnails 17's OR 18's-18-sx4.jpg   17's OR 18's-rear-shot.jpeg   17's OR 18's-18x4.jpg  

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Old May 17, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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I was thinking about getting the 2000 and up 17's the five star skinny pokes not the wide ones and getting the car lowered does anyone have pics of a pewter T/A with those rims on it.. ... and how wide of a tire can you put on those rims.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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What rims? The Z07's? They dont come in 17's.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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What rims? The Z07's? They dont come in 17's.
OOOOPS I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STOCK WS6 WHEEL I GEUSS THAT WOULD HELP IF I TELL WHAT RIMS
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Old May 18, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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that should be an easy find... search for pewter ws6, odds are it'll have stock ws6 wheels.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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Could a 315 fit on a 10.5 wheel?...

Tomzwheel's z06's in particular...
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Could a 315 fit on a 10.5 wheel?...

Tomzwheel's z06's in particular...
They should if not 305 will work
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