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wow looks great. Happy we made that deal work for ya. :D

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Originally Posted by rickpaw (Post 551149)

Well, my saga with the wheels/tires came to an end. Got the wheels/tires back from DT. They dunked the wheels in water to test for leaks, not sure how clean the water was but the wheels were covered in water spots/stains. I spent about 1 hr trying to clean the stains off the 2 wheels while trying not to mess up the brushed finish. Got most of it off, but some are stained on and visible. Called up DT and gave the manager an earful, he blamed Budnik. I called him out for being careless.:bigun2:

I coated the wheels with opti-coat. Probably just have them refinished down the road. :G-Dub:

Some pics

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps42c11af4.jpg

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps85fe5763.jpg

Next up, brake upgrade. C6 Z51 brakes enroute from Tobin @ Kore3.

Car is looking great and those brakes are NICE!

William

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Originally Posted by Swain (Post 551785)

wow looks great. Happy we made that deal work for ya. :D

Thanks Jay. Really like how the wheels turn out.

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Originally Posted by will69camaro (Post 551839)

Car is looking great and those brakes are NICE!

William

Thanks William.

Oh I love the Firebirds. This car is awesome!

David

Quick update-installed the Kore3 brakes. Everything went perfectly, although I had to shim the brackets as the rotor was not parallel to the caliper bracket on the pass side, and was not centered on the driver side.

My 4 yo helping me with "daddy's fast car"

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps975fc6d1.jpg

Once we got into the heavy dirty work, I handed her a roll of masking tape and told her to work on the car. This was the result.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps537e9bde.jpg

Pulled the old brake off, cleaned up the spindle and installed Kore3's bracket/hub.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps00c14565.jpg

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...psf27b56ca.jpg

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps70b73377.jpg

Completed pass side.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps19ab3ec2.jpg

Put the wheel back on to check for clearances. The rotor fills up the wheel nicely.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...psc92b035c.jpg

Repeat for the DS. Now I just need to bleed the brakes, bed in the rotors and I should be good to go.

Looking great Tu!!! That Kore3 stuff is quality.

I'll take blue tape over chauk or finger paint any day! : )

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Originally Posted by gearheads78 (Post 553649)

very nice

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Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab (Post 553653)

Looking great Tu!!! That Kore3 stuff is quality.

I'll take blue tape over chauk or finger paint any day! : )

Thanks guys. Took her out for a test run and bed in the pads. Took her up to 60 mph, and slowed down to 20 mph. Did that a few times, with some cool down periods in between. The new brakes work much very well, with much better feel.:thumbsup:

The girls came out with their box of markers and wanted to decorate my car. You should have seen my face. I gave them the blue tapes and told them to decorate the blue tapes. Worked out nice. Kept them busy for awhile.

Tu, hi! The ARP wheel studs you used, will they work on a stock drum hub? Happen to have teh part number and where did you order them from? Thanks!!

Gui

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Originally Posted by geberhard (Post 556366)

Tu, hi! The ARP wheel studs you used, will they work on a stock drum hub? Happen to have teh part number and where did you order them from? Thanks!!

Gui

Those are screw in ARP studs. Got them from Tobin as part of the package. I tossed the package, but I'm sure you can find them on Summit.

If you use the correct tap, I'm pretty sure you can use them on the stock hubs.