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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 11:03 AM
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Wow those are some beefy awesome looking tires! Good price for them too.

Not sure about those wheels though. Of that generation of Camaro those are probably my least favorite ones. Buuuuuut... not my truck so if you like them go for it, haha.

Will your wrench be long enough with a body lift or will you have to re engineer it?
 
Old Feb 5, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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Wow those are some beefy awesome looking tires! Good price for them too.

Not sure about those wheels though. Of that generation of Camaro those are probably my least favorite ones. Buuuuuut... not my truck so if you like them go for it, haha.

Will your wrench be long enough with a body lift or will you have to re engineer it?
Im not a big fan of them either but the 5 spoke style rims are consistantly $100 more for a set of 4. And I beleive the shifter will still work after the body lift.
 
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If not...bigger (longer) wrench? Also, do you plan on closing the hole in the floor with something or just leaving it open?
 
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If not...bigger (longer) wrench? Also, do you plan on closing the hole in the floor with something or just leaving it open?



It sits up pretty high as it is, I think that it sitting 2inches lower wont make much diffrence.

Oh and With the windows open there is a nice updraft wich may or may not feel good in the summer so for now ill leave it open but I might close it up eventualy.
 

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Well I have good news and gooder news (im aware that gooder isnt a word)

Good news im picking these rims up tomarow

(4) Firebird Camaro Trans am aluminum rims & Bridgestone potenza tires

Painting them black this weekend

The gooder news is that with my tax return I can buy my tires and still have some money to throw in the bank

And when I get paid friday im ordering the body lift. James is moving up in the word............. literally
 
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Oh those are great rims!
 
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Ya im pumped to pick them up.
 
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Got the rims and I took the tires and valve stems off. I plan on painting them this saturday. And when I get my tax refund I will order the tires.
 
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When I replaced my idler arm (summer 2010) I went with moog. So When I was putting the lift keys in on saturday I noticed that It was quite loose. So I took it out tonight went down to advanced auto parts and got my free replacment. Just that made a pretty huge diffrence.

my tie rods are bad too. So Today I ordered inner, outer tie rods and new adjuster sleevs. Im replacing them on saturday and aligning him after.
 

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Body lift will be here on tuseday, and new tirerods will be in tomorrow
 



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