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69Bbird
06-17-2007, 03:52 PM
After living with 3 colors of primer for years I thought it was time for a change. Primered the car black, put some new corvette motorsport black z06 wheels on it and painted the calipers red. Heres some before and after pics. What do you guys think?
LMDGUY
06-17-2007, 03:58 PM
I like it
Young Gun
06-17-2007, 04:00 PM
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Roger Poirier
06-17-2007, 06:16 PM
I love the rims. Now paint the darn thing! Nothing beats a nice paint job. It takes the car to the next level. You must be primer king. lol
R.P.
dropit69
06-17-2007, 06:20 PM
wow what a difference some primer makes..looks good..
69Bbird
06-17-2007, 06:55 PM
Planing to get it painted this winter. Dont want to have down time when the weather is nice. Thinking of charcoal gray.
MonzaRacer
06-17-2007, 07:19 PM
:twothumbs SUEDE:twothumbs
Project69
06-17-2007, 07:38 PM
WOW thats hott. Love the stance what rear tire and rim size do you have? my 18 x 9.5 z06s dont tuck under the fender like yorus does? is it bagged?
69Bbird
06-17-2007, 08:22 PM
Rear rim is 18x9.5 with a 275-35-18. The car is not bagged.
00fxd
06-17-2007, 09:31 PM
I like the black. If it were mine I'd probably leave it, spend the money on go faster stuff. I swear to god if my Corvettes paint wasn't so nice I'd flat black it too. Way less goomba's every time I go to the gas station and everywhere else. I'm way tierd of that sh!#.
69Bbird
06-18-2007, 05:32 AM
It all ready goes fast.
dhutton
06-18-2007, 05:46 AM
Are you using spacers with those wheels? Thanks, Don.
69TAPoser
06-18-2007, 06:53 AM
Rear rim is 18x9.5 with a 275-35-18. The car is not bagged.
Nice!
What's your backspacing and what rearend are you running?
Phil
trapin
06-18-2007, 07:51 AM
I'd like to know where you got an 18 x 9.5" wheel. Everywhere I look 18's only come with 9" or 10" widths. Nobody seems to make an 18 x 9.5" wheel.
69TAPoser
06-18-2007, 09:38 AM
I'd like to know where you got an 18 x 9.5" wheel. Everywhere I look 18's only come with 9" or 10" widths. Nobody seems to make an 18 x 9.5" wheel.
Many of the custom wheel manufacturers have them: Budnik, Intro, etc.
Phil
00fxd
06-18-2007, 11:57 AM
It all ready goes fast.
You ain't jokin' . Now you gotta concerned about going so fast you'll blow the paint offin' it....
I used to have first gen Firebirds, still got real soft spot for them. Nice to see yours.
55chevyman
06-18-2007, 03:34 PM
man that is one sick firebird bro. keep up the good work
69Bbird
06-18-2007, 04:38 PM
This is a after market corvette wheel the zo6 had 9.5" wide. I think I could fit a 10". I have 1.75" spacers in the frt and a wider ford 9" in the rear its out of a torino.
gearbanger
06-18-2007, 05:19 PM
The story that I learned when I was wheel shopping was that if the wheel has the traditional lip, then it is a 9.5". If it has the new fat lip then they are 10". If you are not confused yet, let me go a step further. The 9.5" traditional lip is 10" overall width, and the 10" fat lip is 11" overall width.
67SSDan
06-20-2007, 11:31 AM
Yeah, that's confusing as all get out. When my wheels showed up I measured them from lip to lip and was like... WTF? I called the shop and they assured me they were right. Oh well... as long as they fit. :)
Awesome car man. I dig the flat black, makes it look meaner!
Dan
Nice. The flat black is growing on me. The wheels are perfect for the look.
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