06-15-2010, 10:16 PM | #301 |
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What are the before and after sizes?
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What 4 link are you running on the back?
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06-16-2010, 12:47 AM | #303 |
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suicide doors 4 link, way too beefy but still pretty nice.
old size was 255/35/20, new size is a 295/30/20. |
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I finally got my rims put on yesterday. I put the bullet center caps on today but no pics. I'll get some tomorrow.
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They look great. I guess you had them chromed?
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this truck is sick...what are those wheels from?
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Looks like you had the rear wheels widened, where did you have that done?
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lookin sharp
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thanks guys.
the rear wheels are widened to 10's, all 4 wheel are rebackspaced to give me a decent lip in the back and to suck the front wheels in more so I can turn lower. then they bored the hub holes so I can run the bullet center caps, moved the valve stems to the backside of the wheels, and got rid of all the writing on the wheels to smooth them out. Finally they where black chromed. stockton wheel did all the work on the wheels. which was one of the worse bussiness deals I've ever had. they said 4-6 weeks to complete, took about 14 weeks. When I called to check on them, they would put me on hold for an hour before my call would just drop. Just terrible service. the workmanship of the wheels is decent. For the time and money I spent I feel like they could be much better. but they did balance out with not much weight and they ride fine down the road. |
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The truck looks great cajundragger
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yeah I hope to never have to use them again. Just real sloppy customer service.
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Are your rims painted that color? How much did it cost? Looks excellent!
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Your rims look great man. Sorry to hear about the bad service. I used them many years ago to widen some rims also. I'm about 250 miles away and I drove them down there. I was told it would be about 2 weeks then I could pick em up. After bugging them for three months I went and pick them up. They removed all the tires and managed to lose a tire and center caps. I've never used them since. The rims never were worked on. I ended up having someone else do the work.
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the rims arent painted, they are black chrome. And the cost was about what a normal set of billet 20's would have cost.
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that is one nice ride... great work!
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I saw your truck at ///RA this past weekend, and it was by far my favorite truck there. Absolutely beautiful. Great job on the build. As I told one of my buddies, I have just one problem with it. If it was mine I would be too scared to drive it anywhere, as it is too nice! But you had no problems with that, as it looked great driving low through town as well. Very nice job!!!
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Love the lic. plate...truck looks great!
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I didnt. I was driving my 67, which was when I saw you cruisin through with the guys that had the 2 ratrods, one is right hand drive. Couldnt get the camera out while I was behind the wheel, and noone was riding with me. Sorry man.
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that looks really nice man. thats restin on the frame correct?.
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I saw your truck at Good Guys. Awesome job, congrats on the award
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thanks man
not sure which award your talking about, I didnt win anything at goodguys. I did win something at the Relaxed Allstar event. I entered the under 25 class since Im 21( started truck when I was 17) and the guy that won just did a regular restoration on a cutlass 442. Kind of disappointed in the goodguys guys. Im not pissed I didn't win, but I am disappointed in what won when there where many other "customs" with plenty of fab and time that where well deserving. |
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Just read this thread from start to finish, and all i can say is WOW.
Great work, very creative! I like how you bring in the "new generation" of building into the picture. I guess I just havnt seen too many classics with fiberglass work! I am extremely motivated by your work! KEEP IT UP! |
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