So here it goes, my project thread (2nd gen)

Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:05 AM
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wow them things look freakin awesome,love them rims,those nitto tires look really good on there too.
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 11:28 AM
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Love the new tires and wheels! That's one of the best looking newer tires I've seen. Plenty of siping for wet weather, but still a good solid rubber base to plant the power to the ground! Firewall and stealth ram look great too!
Can't wait to see you get going again on it soon! It's really getting close to spring, and I wanna see you at least driving it this summer!
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 11:29 AM
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Tires and wheels look real good. Don't waste time or money on one of those eastwood pliar things to roll the fender lip in. I just broke them!
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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Thanks for the compliments guys. Two+ years of planning on that one has paid off. I have wanted a set of 17" TT II's since they came out. Ten years ago I had a pic of a silver 79 Camaro on my desktop. It had the same wheels. I have been hooked since then. Some of the trend setters think the are used too often now. They can shove it,lol. This is my generations version of the Carager SS.
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Tires and wheels look real good. Don't waste time or money on one of those eastwood pliar things to roll the fender lip in. I just broke them!
Actually me and a buddy are going half on the bid Eastwood fender roller. The $230 one. Is that the one you broke? I hope not. I was going to make some money with that thing.
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 1971BB427
Love the new tires and wheels! That's one of the best looking newer tires I've seen. Plenty of siping for wet weather, but still a good solid rubber base to plant the power to the ground! Firewall and stealth ram look great too!
Can't wait to see you get going again on it soon! It's really getting close to spring, and I wanna see you at least driving it this summer!
God forbid I ever have to find out what the wet traction capabilities are with 500hp. In a couple pics there is snow packed into the sipping. I hope its the last time for that. I had to roll them across the snow to see what kind of footprint they had.
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 02:08 PM
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No I bought the cheezy pliars. They busted right away and I beat the rears up with a rubber hammer. Came out pretty good!
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 05:11 PM
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I ws going to do the baseball bat. Then my buddy offer to pay half so we could do his truck. The one I have posted pics of here before. It has good paint so we figure a heat gun will soften the paint and the roller will be gentle.

You think I could post a Craigslist ad to do peoples for say $50-75? Depending on how difficult the car is.
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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i would easily pay you 75 to do mine,when i get there im thinking im gonna need it im running 305/60/15s the 265/60/15 that are on it now are close to the lip already we will have to see when i get that far and put my new rims and tires on.
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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Have you ever seen the Youtube video of the guy rolling the fender lip on a white rice rocket with a baseball bat and a big old chunk of putty pops out of his fender lip? All his buddies start laughing like crazy. It's pretty funny!
 
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 08:33 PM
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i gotta see that one it would be halarious.glad it wasnt me the only ricer car i ever owned when i was 18 bought a new turbo sprint 3cyl 1.0 liter but damn that car would go i could take mustangs up to about 50 mph then they got me.back in 88 mustangs didnt have much power.
 

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