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Old 08-22-2005, 03:13 PM
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Old 08-22-2005, 03:31 PM
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Old 08-22-2005, 03:31 PM
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Bling Bling Looking good, I especially like the tail lights! Are you driving on the grass to settle the suspension or to save the tires?

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Old 08-22-2005, 03:41 PM
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Holding the grass down!
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'rite sum nice 'by .... only 160 nuts to clean when the other 20 are buried.
Old 08-22-2005, 03:49 PM
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Very nice How about a little info?? What size are they, and who makes them
Old 08-22-2005, 03:54 PM
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Garth,
Leave me nuts outa 'dis b'y.
They're Gotti Etoile 455s 10" X 17" rears with 275/40s and 81/2" X 17 fronts with 255/40s.
The wheels were probably made in the early 80s.
Old 08-22-2005, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by morganabowen
Very nice
E tu....nice avatar/sigpic...attaboy.
Old 08-22-2005, 05:20 PM
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Ernie . . . I'm diggin those wheels. Lookin good
Old 08-22-2005, 05:24 PM
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I like it!

They remind me of 3-piece OZ racing wheels!

BTW Larry, who's that in your avatar??? I don't think I've been introduced yet..
Old 08-22-2005, 08:54 PM
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But the BIG question here is: Are they holding air now Ernest? Seriously, seeing what you have now versus what you started with; the powdercoating and all, they look great.
Old 08-22-2005, 09:07 PM
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Air? We don' need no steenkin' air!!!
So far so good.
Old 08-22-2005, 10:31 PM
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Ernie, one of them looks low, rear pass. side, I guess I will bring a air compressor to marble falls.....LOL
Old 08-22-2005, 10:36 PM
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The wheels were probably made in the early 80s.

Very nice
Did you just have them refinished? They look new?
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I had them powder coated black and clear after they were refinished.


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