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Posted by: Jsun

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i just got new wheels this weekend what do you all think?

Posted by: HyeLifeLS

Looks nice

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

very nice
goes very well with the black paint

Posted by: Jsun

thanks guys its good to have some comments on it

what do u think next? does any one on here have exhaust on a N*? or should tint be next?
thanks again
Jason

Posted by: 97blacksts

tint it. and post pics. i'm about to tint mine as well. its a 97. black. i'd like to see what its going to look like. i don't mind the rims, but its not really my thing, i've always been in love with wire wheels so i might be going with some daytons for my car. either way, looks nice.

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

ohhh yess you need to do exhaust
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...7066 0775&n=2

Posted by: 97blacksts

i respect that but i don't know if i'd want it on my daily driver

Posted by: Jsun

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Originally Posted by 97blacksts

tint it. and post pics. i'm about to tint mine as well. its a 97. black. i'd like to see what its going to look like. i don't mind the rims, but its not really my thing, i've always been in love with wire wheels so i might be going with some daytons for my car. either way, looks nice.

how dark are you going to go? i had 5 % on my jeep and didnt get messed with by the police, but i think now that i have a caddy with wheels they might f*ck with me so i think i am goin like 20%...

and CadillacETC1997 what kind of exhaust is that?

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

custom cat back made by me at my job at an exhaust shop. she netted a dynoed gain of 11 hp with my exhaust.
pair of free flowing johns performance exhaust mufflers (full boar) 3 inch pipeing to a 2.5 inch y cat. total cost for me was 180 bucks, and 80 of that was for the 2 new chrome z/28 camaro rectangle tips on the back.

Posted by: Jsun

niiice! how much would that cost me if i were to take it somewhere to get it done...considering i dont work at a exhaust shop? haha and what about magnaflow or flowmaster? do you know what kind of sound either of them have on a N*?

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

my buddy put a set of flowmaster on his 97 ETC and mine blows his away and his mufflers cost more lol, i get him every time at the strip too. If you were to have it done prob around 3-4 hundred but its about the best hp and torque mod you can do to the N*

Posted by: 97blacksts

i'm doing 5% on the back five windows for now. its illegal to have any tint on the fronts and my buddy just got a ticket two days ago for having his fronts barely tinted at all. cost him 110$ for the ticket. so i'm kind of sketching. if i get a good price to tint the fronts i might end up doing it, but for now i'm just doign the back.

Posted by: 95ltc

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i just got new wheels this weekend what do you all think?

Looks tight, what year is it?

Posted by: Jsun

firstly,
it is a 1997 STS...and thanks for the comment! (95ltc)

secondly,
luckly around here you can do 35% on the driver and passenger sides and no limit on the back, and normally around here they dont write tickets they de-tint your car with a razor blade haha..so i think by next week sometime i will get 20 to 25% all around..pics soon hopefully.... but be careful when backing up at night with 5% it can be a bitch haha but it looks super clean i loove 5%...(97blacksts)

thirdly,
i think that the way you did it sounds great and maybe within a month or so i can have it haha $300 kills my pocket book and paycheck especially when i am a poor college student haha....but props for the sound! (CadillacETC1997)

ps sorry for the long post but its better than 3 seperate from me haha

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

i know the feeling man i am in college too im 19 and what i dont spend on food and school goes into that car lol

Posted by: 97blacksts

same thing here as well. ahahah

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

where you goin to school at?
i go to duquesne university in downtown pittsburgh pa

Posted by: Jsun

i go to Missouri State University, i am 19 as well and yah school food car...thats where the money goes (the little of it haha)

ps where do i go to buy lvc stickers? or is there a place on here?

Posted by: Jsun

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ohhh yess you need to do exhaust
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...7066 0775&n=2

i put the exhaust on they are single chamber flowmasters not quite as loud or mean as yours but its more of a mellow tone and i like it, when u put new exhaust on did it throw your service engine soon light? cuz mine came on but im not sure if something like that would cause it...

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

no i have no SES light and you shouldnt either

Posted by: Jsun

well i took it to my friends comp...and it was the TP sensor so i fixed that and we are all good it was just weird that it came on within 12 hours of putting exhaust on there ahah btw did you get your tips from a junkyard or what?

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

nope
ordered them from a fbody performance mag
they cost me 80 bucks for both

Posted by: 97blacksts

are you going to be tinting your windows Jsun. my car is in the shop getting tinted today. i can't wait to see how it turns out.

Posted by: 97blacksts

limo tint. ignore the filthy car.

Posted by: Jsun

that looks soo good! i cant wait for mine now...its just a matter of time i dont got much of it between everything and i just dont have time to be without a car for 2 to 4 hours...but it is coming soon! 20% all the way around...and man our cars loook almost identical..and i have the same problem with the cleanness too!

Posted by: 97blacksts

ahaha thanks, i'm really happy with it.

and as far as the uncleanliness goes, its somewhat embarassing. hahah. but after i posted this picture i realized that i needed to wash it more than i originally thought. so i took it out and cleaned it up today. i'm having it detailed later this week. some idiot at the cadillac dealership here thought it would be a good idea to run a power buffer over my car when it had a thin layer of dirt and he left some nasty swirls in it. they show up horribly in the sunlight so i'm getting a guy to polish them all out for me later this week. i'll post some pics afterwards, i'm really looking forward to seeign it after that.

Posted by: Jsun

just got mine tinted i went 5% all around i suspect i will get a couple of 80 dollar tickets but at least it doesnt go on insurance hahah i am pretty happy with it

Posted by: 97blacksts

the tint looks sick. good stuff.

Posted by: 00sevilleSLS

looks good i like it. those 20'S?

Posted by: 97blacksts

hmm, i think those are 19's. but i've been wrong before.

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