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by **v8astregt** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:25 am

Just thought I'd show you all a new rear shot I got of the Astre. Really shows off the aggressive rake, and tire size difference! I have V8 springs up front, and aluminum heads and the front settled an additional 1" after I drove it for the first time! Oh well... there is not interference with anything, so I'll leave it... besides, it looks mean!

by **Dick73Vega** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:32 am

I like it where did that body stripe come from ?

by **Fasterthansome** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:38 am

Nice!

by **DjTy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:46 am

looks like ricers will poop their pants seeing it pull up next to them

by **v8astregt** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:11 pm

The stripe was my doing.

Luckily this car was original paint, so I spent several hours transferring it over to butcher paper. I then brought it to "Fastsigns", and $300 later I had a perfect set of Astre GT stripes!

by **75_2+2** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:05 pm

That looks really good. I like it.

by **Bonzai** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:28 pm

Dude, you really have to quit teasing us withthat bad mofo!!!!!!! :burnout:

by **MadDog77vega** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:22 pm

Very nice, looks great.

by **DEMON Precision** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:03 pm

sweet looking car , what size rear tires and rims ? and how much room is left in the wheelwell ? i,ve got a stocker 76 hatch beginning to be modifed similair to your car .

by **Kenova** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:46 pm

Looks good. Brings back a few memories.
What size and backspacing are your rear wheels? What size tires are on them?
Ken

by **mastiff** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:58 pm

really sweet ride, keep it clean and mean.

by **v8astregt** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:59 pm

Thanks for the compliments!

The wheels are 15 x 7's... I don't know the offset exactly, they were just a pair I had laying around. The tires are 26x10.5 Mickey Thompson ET Streets. After I rolled the lips, they seem to be fine as far as rubbing. But I do have the 3rd gen Camaro springs out back too so it sits a little higher with that. It does seem to squat pretty good when I get on it (at least that's what people say), so I'm thinking of adding the airbags in the rear to stiffen it up a little so it doesn't hit when I really romp on it. But of course having both my sway bars off probably doesn't help too much either!

by **DEMON Precision** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:01 am

v8astregt wrote:Thanks for the compliments!

The wheels are 15 x 7's... I don't know the offset exactly, they were just a pair I had laying around. The tires are 26x10.5 Mickey Thompson ET Streets. After I rolled the lips, they seem to be fine as far as rubbing. But I do have the 3rd gen Camaro springs out back too so it sits a little higher with that. It does seem to squat pretty good when I get on it (at least that's what people say), so I'm thinking of adding the airbags in the rear to stiffen it up a little so it doesn't hit when I really romp on it. But of course having both my sway bars off probably doesn't help too much either!

thanx for the info

add the rear swaybar it will help , with skinny,s up front i don,t think the front will do much .

by **erock805** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:20 am

I agree with the others...it looks great!

by **v8astregt** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:14 am

Thanks again for the compliments! Once I get her running cool, I'm gonna drive it to the shop, where I can repair and weld a few things (like the front sway bar bolts... the nuts are spinning in the frame). Then I'll get my sway bars on, and start detailing the suspension! The brown rearend and K-member are really irritating me! lol!

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