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I asked once before if anyone knew if there were either an Army Air Corps or Air Force unit that flew captured fighter planes (like the Migs from Top Gun), and nobody responded...I thought it would be cool to paint the car with whatever scheme that unit used (assuming there were such a unit).

If you're stuck on those rotas, the +10 offset is your best bet (you would then need a 10mm spacer to bring the offset back to 0, as opposed to some of those other sizes that you would need to have an adapter made to use). It says there are only 18's available, so if you really want 16's, that's most likely not the wheel you're looking for.

the good thing about these flares is that a 10mm box end wrench should be all you need to take them off.

Thanks Dave, not too many others have been able to see the vision as of yet... There are a few problems with this project in general right now. Keep in mind it's not finished yet, and that I'm now a full time graduate student about 90 miles from where my car is in cryo-sleep. That is to say all these awesome plans that i've got simmering on the back burner are at least a year away from even getting started. Still on the to-do list: a)fabricate a tray that is sealed to the bottom of the intercooler itself that will be ducted from the two front corners of the tray to the fascia of the car. 2)build a "power bulge" that covers the pipe and creates a transition to the exposed top of the intercooler. c)top this power bulge with a louvered panel. d)replace my bad R200 with something that doesn't clunk and try to jump out from under the car while cruising... I've taken the liberty of including a concept I've made to illustrate this idea. Through the magic of Photoshop CS3 I have managed to do this really quick and ugly sketch of what i plan to do: You may wonder how that tray is going to clear the valve cover, and if that magic happens, how the feed tube will clear the fuel rail. I'll cut a hole in that bridge when I come to it...

thanks for the complement, in an effort to avoid any further thread jacking, the short answer is yes, the long answer may be found here: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=112218&highlight=operation+camo+zzzap

Best I can do...you can see the flares in the bottom left of the pic. I actually threw mine away (the market for celica supra flares is not a robust one) once i decided not to use them.

I do. Somewhere, there's a mustang drag car painted in a similar way that i saw a picture of in a magazine, but I've been unable to find it online anywhere.

I got a set from the junkyard once, they didn't look too bad if you reversed them front to back, but I never actually got around to mounting them. One problem you'll have is that there is a square cutout for the door ding strip on the celica supra that you will have to fill in some way. Not a deal breaker, but they'd look odd if you just slapped them on. If you do get around to it, be sure and post pictures. getting them from the boneyard is cheap, i think i paid $12 per side...I have a picture with them laying on the ground in the general vicinity of my car, but never thought to take one with them on...

I'd LOVE to see a Zero at an air show...mostly because almost none of them survived the war.

alright, game over. I found it. The best music video of all time: with the close second:

they are from the tampa bay area, much like myself...my sister once met the old lead singer when he went into her smoothie king and ordered a smoothie.

my opinion is that it was much much cooler before it was a wangan midnight clone, but it still looks pretty clean.

awesome!

That's actually not an intercooler, either. It used to be popular to mount oil coolers externally like that.

I also did the throttle body position, but mounted it underneath so I wouldn't have to cut the hood any more than necessary...

well, the camo zzzap! thread's only been viewed like 7,700+ times...almost once for every member...maybe you saw it there a few times? http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=112218&highlight=operation+camo+zzzap%21

oh man, that sounds awesome! what do you think shipping would be?

nope, just jacked it

Looks very similar to how I mounted mine, except my intercooler is a top mount...

Looking pretty good bluntmaster. by the way, this thread may interest you: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=111961&highlight=s30+drawings

i think these are in the wrong forum...clearly if you'd searched you would have known that all fantastic images of burnouts need to be attached to the "myth or matter of fact?" thread...http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=114696&highlight=myth+matter+fact Just kidding with you Hoov, awesome pics!

Terry, what are you going to do with those Advans?

hood clearance is never a problem...if you've got power tools and tin snips.

The Camo ZZZap!: 1977 280z: $200 Tokico 1" drop springs and struts(ebay): $199 Energy Suspension master bushing kit: $150 (IIRC...) 280ZXT turbo manifold: $100 Garrett T-04 turbo: $50 Nissan OEM Pulsar GTi-R intercooler: $40 Summit 16 gallon fuel cell: $100 10' or so of braided line and -AN fittings: $200+/- MSI fuel only: $150 with sensors IC piping: free Exhaust: free Front fascia Price before wheels: about $1300 Hoshino Impul RS-III 17X7 and 17X8 wheels: $799 shipped 1.5" hub adapters and lug nuts: $350 Price after wheels: about $2500 all that awesome on one car: priceless

Terry, I'd say you could replicate it, since this guy apparently did: http://www.japanesenostalgiccar.com/picture.cgi?section=events&article=zcarnatls2007&picnum=104 Might as well just put "game over" on the windshield...how do you compete with that?