So, I am finally ready to get the bullits, want to know if these are the correct ones..and where was the center cap place that makes the replacable ones for these rims?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AFS-05-06...140474023QQrdZ1

yeah those are the ones... you need to make a center sticker for those to cover up the cobra

Those look sweet man.

Welcome back Chunkee. Haven't seen you post up in quite some time!

ANYONE would look like an occasional poster next to our resident posting addict

Those are the right wheel offset and I think your gonna love the look...remember 245/45/18 will be your max tire size...I think Bobby butchered his pontiac centers from his stock wheels and glued them to the new centers...or you can go with a vinyl overlay...I think Kev went that route...I got mine from Signs by Drex, but he is now defuct...post up some pics when you get done

Very sweet choice for Rims! Will look Awsome

I took a new job in North Carolina and have been real busy.

But I make sick money now so I am going to spend some on the GP

Rims, Window tint (35% legal in NC!! Whoo hoo!), navigation head unit from GM, some upper end work (rockers/springs, etc), suspension/brakes, couple other goodies and oh yeah, that sweet dual scoop hood from PFYC

If that all works out I may actually look into a turbo kit

That hood is awesome. I saw two of them today in person (at a local club event) for the first time ever, they are even more stunning than pictures can show.

Right you are, T-Bat. Here is a pic of what they look like.

Chunkee, glad to see you back. You've been busy, aintcha? Sweet lookin ride.

That car is looking sick!!

Chunkee's car is lookin' good, and that sedan with the twin scoop hood looks pretty sweet too!

My sig picture is over a year old. I have much more done to it now. I will have to update the picture.

Rims are black now (just painted with that good rim pain)
Calipers are gloss black
Guage pillar
couple other things.


Whenever I go to the autobell the people keep asking me if it is some special edition GP

I get a kick out of it


Oh, and after roughly 8 months, the super 40's are at their peak sound right now...standing behind my car while its idling will make your teeth rattle

Nope. I painted the blue ford oval, red.

Yeah, you definitely need to ditch those stock wheels! Bullitts will make that car look completely different (not to mention WAY better)!

So I am in negotioations with AFS people about getting a rim/tire combo. They have 255/45/18 and 245/40/18 but no 245/45/18

How bad is the speedo going to be off if I get the 245/40/18 tires?

I ended up getting a Garmin GPS 10 unit for my Windows Mobile 6 smartphone. Awesome device, has a rechargable 18 hour battery and the unit is bluetooth so you can go hiking, sailing, etc with your phone/gps instead of having it setup as a static car only nav system.

(I found the perfect car mount system for the whole spiel if anyone is interested...only took me purchasing 6 items off Amazon to find the right combination of GPS mount and phone mount)


Also, found these for $90.00 cheaper than the other place you can get them.

Gunmetal taillights

Also black out headlights for cheaper than ebay:

Blackout headlights

And last but not least, a bolt in HID conversion kit from our friends at ZZP that will not void warrenties and such:
HID conversion kit


I am also going to be finally installing the red LEDs I got a while back in the wheel wells and grills (lots of wiring. Going to tie them into the interior lights so they only work when the door is open or I manually turn the inside lights on...don't want any unnecessary tickets and all)

Stay tuned, I promise I will post some pictures in a few weeks when its all done

Sounds like you have a project. I've always wanted to ask this to anyone but never did, I do like most of the GPs that are running with Billets, but why do people get them if the enemy car (mustang) comes with them?

To me they arent the "enemy"...its just a different car... but mostly they remind me of the classic Cragar S/S wheel...it just so happens that Ford has offered them as a factory option, which doesnt come as a shock since Ford has been leading the charge when it comes to "retro"...I'm just glad they fit our cars cuz I like my wheels better then any other mod I've added to the car.

I've been thinking very strongly about getting a set of those lights and taping them off in a striped style somewhat similar to the stock tails...then shooting them with niteshades which should yield a very smooth look...then I can wire up some sequential turn signals ...but that will be later after I finish this mountain of mods I have going already (I have a bad scar from a mod bug bite...so does my checking account )

They are actually copies of an old rim caled the "Torque Thrust", the crager SS's were a bit differant, but similar none the less

I thought that the Torque Thrust wheels were made nowadays by American Racing, and were inspired by the Cragar S/S's

Torque Thrust "M":


"Bullitt":


Crager "SS":


Crager "SS" rims have been around since the 50's believe it or not.
All three wheels are very similar in shape, but are all made by differant comapnies so no one company will admit if they copied the other.
I guess you could say they are copies of either the Torque Thrust or the Crager SS. I just always felt they looked more like the Thrusts than the SS's personally.
(I actually owned a set of 1960's magnesium Torque Thrusts at one point on my 1980 Grand Prix (had a 301 V8...slow as hell!), those rims weighed in about 2lb each. Had a set of 14x7 for the fronts and a set of 14x10's in the back with some crazy 11" wide slicks I found at a garage sale for $5.00 each!. I had to put washers behind the rim so the tires wouldn't rub, LOL..oh the stupid things we do as kids I ended up selling them for a lousy $75.00...sigh, could probably get $500.00 or more these days for them)


"American Racing Equipment has re-introduced the original straight-spoke version of the Torq Thrust, the most recognized wheel in automotive history and an icon of vintage and muscle cars. Originally offered in magnesium in the early sixties, the Torq Thrust’s straight spoke silhouette, hailing from American Racing’s drag racing heritage, quickly became the most sought after design of its time."

I am still wondering though, will 245/40/18's make enough of a differance compared to 245/45/18's in tire height/speedometer calibration??

Yes, it will, the sidewall will only be 40% of the width of the tire as opposed to 45%. Thus a smaller tire diameter, and circumference, means more revolutions per minute.

There are sites that determine exact amounts but your speedo will be off, but if you want it to be exactly accurate, you will probably have to have your speedo recalibrated using a Powrtuner or a Mini-SRC from ZZP. Usually it'll be fast by 2-7%

Use this site to calculate. Its pretty damn close, but not as close as DHPs excel sheet for calibration via tuner. But pretty close.

Must...stop...spending..money...


Damn you ebay,..damn you..


($1900.00 worth of goodies on the way...)

Please specify... like what

..stuff..

When I get it all on, I promise to post some pics

For $1900, you'd better have a built L67 with an XP cam and GenV blower on the way

nope, rims/tires and stuff