'00 FRC Hardtop - moar LS/Murica/long distance high speed cruising

[nsogiba]

Friday night I began disassembling the rear BBS wheels to see if any machining or modification would be necessary to reverse mount the faces on the rear wheels. Luckily, everything bolted up perfectly!

I began by removing the hardware holding the faces to the barrels, 8mm and 10mm 12 point sockets each. Went very quickly with the help of an electric impact.


The faces came out easily with a couple taps from a rubber mallet.


Test fitting a reverse mounted face (foreground), and a standard mount in the background.


Another shot - can you tell which is which? It's a subtle but nice change.


All hardware is getting a nice soaking. Check out the factory threadlocker that was applied in Japan, in a different century!


Out doing old man Corvette things


Back on the C6 wheels for now, parked with my other daily which is lowered using much more ghetto methods.

[AirRideGoesPsssssh]

I dont normally like vetted, but this is an exception. Pretty Chevy.

[nsogiba]

I was thinking about reverse mounting only the rears to really make the "lip" effect stand out versus the standard mounted fronts.

[Bojangle5]

Basically exactly what I did (I went all black). I had big dreams of all black lips and faces with the inner barrels mirror polished....
Needless to say that didn't happen.

Make sure your protect the wheel bolts when you disassemble them. You'll want to keep those OEM wheel bolts as fresh as possible.

Reverse mounting the faces yields little perceivable effect, but I did it anyways.

[Miroteknik]

....... and possibly reverse mount the faces.....

[nsogiba]

What are your plans for those LMs? I have the exact same set of wheels (literally). Mine started off as turds too...

Not no more dough...

Nice setup!

I plan on burning these knobby dirtbike tires down to the cords, then disassembling the wheels and powdercoating the faces. Will polish the lips myself, and possibly reverse mount the faces. The wheels are already pretty close to being flush with the fenders.

$350...


$350...


$350...


wait what?

350$ for a set of genuine LM?
Damn that's a steal, I **** you so much right now!

[DawsonLiri]

350$ for a set of genuine LM?
Damn that's a steal, I **** you so much right now!

[LCG]

$350...


$350...


$350...


wait what?

[Bojangle5]

What are your plans for those LMs? I have the exact same set of wheels (literally). Mine started off as turds too...

Not no more dough...

[Miroteknik]

I see your (my) firewood and raise you a entire 5.3 LS dropout

[cblock406]

Those LM's look awesome! Such a weird/lucky/crazy find wow.

[nsogiba]

damnit with with the double posts!

[nsogiba]

Went on a cruise with some Euro trash. 2x E39 M5 and Saab Turbo X.



Unearthing cool history


Moment of truth

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Immediately go to WalMart to buy tiki torches as a test drive


Forgot to mention, they came with cool vintage TPMS programming magnets!




Quick cleanup with some Meguiar's Compound to see if I could breath some temporary life back into the faces

[nsogiba]

I want you to know a part of me lives vicariously through this thread. Love everything going on in here, especially you towing a trailer full of firewood, and the Craigslist BBS score. Rock on dude. Car is looking fly.

I see your (my) firewood and raise you a entire 5.3 LS dropout

Purists, cover your eyes please.

Took a ride on a rainy Saturday to see a guy selling some stuff on Craigslist

There's the crown jewel...a decently clean 2000 5.3 with 105K miles, got the entire dropout minus trans, but including all accessories, intake, wiring harness, truck manifolds, and PCM for $400.



Loaded it up behind the work truck and hauled her home. Cammed L92/LS3 makes a great hauler.














Tossed a tarp on it for long term storage

[Miroteknik]

I want you to know a part of me lives vicariously through this thread. Love everything going on in here, especially you towing a trailer full of firewood, and the Craigslist BBS score. Rock on dude. Car is looking fly.