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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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Default Make your xB a Chevy Astro (no repost)

Here you go...includes emblem too hahaa


http://www.plus1inc.com/aero_page/stylekit_bb.html
Old Feb 8, 2004 | 09:11 PM
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those kits are nice
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 03:53 AM
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you know...in a strange way that actually looks really cool! hehe I like it! I would so get that especially if my dad gets the Astro van that he wants. :D
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 04:19 AM
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That's hot...
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 04:31 AM
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in Japan Astros are the ____ to have and bBs are a dime a dozzen.. Funny how backwards we al are hu?
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 07:07 AM
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That's hot...
that shot almost makes it look like an old Cheyenne pickup :D hehe
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 07:32 AM
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for some reason, seeing that comes across to me as being totally wrong. I know there's a tight resemblence of the Astro Van to the xB/bB, but doing that conversion almost feels the same as slapping on a dodge ram hood ornament onto a honda accord or plastering TRD stickers onto a Ford Explorer.

Just plain silly
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 07:38 AM
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yeah of course it's silly...still looks cool though
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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not my cup of tea, but to each their own
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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I think it looks much better then the one thats in the gallery....The blue one....this one fits so much better with the lines
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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that's rice!
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by highend


That's hot...



yea...that is hot...i would love to get a kit like that...thats nice...
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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cant get better than that...come on now...a tilting wing...ooooooo...that ish is phat...now who's gonna get that??....hehehehe...

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nice kit, but that wing is horrible.
Old Feb 9, 2004 | 08:08 PM
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I don't know...I kinda like the wing. I still like stock a lot more but this one's cool...but speaking of horrible check out the exhaust! eeeeeeewwwwwww....
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 01:06 AM
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my 2nd car was a 71 Chevy Chevelle and I loved it all the way up to the day I sold it, with that said GM sucks GM sucks GM sucks... sorry, I just hate seeing that body kit
Old Feb 18, 2004 | 03:57 PM
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is that wing? I thought wings were only usefull on rear wheel drive. Am I wrong here?
Old Feb 18, 2004 | 04:03 PM
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I don't know...I kinda like the wing. I still like stock a lot more but this one's cool...but speaking of horrible check out the exhaust! eeeeeeewwwwwww....
I gotta agree................wazzup w/ that exhaust!?! I always thought that wings were effective on RWD cars, but how comw most of the cars in the Speedvision TC series run wings? I can see stability, but downforce!?! Maybe I should ask my buddy who runs the series next time I see him. The owner forgot to take out the back window speakers when he got the windows tinted also.
Old Feb 19, 2004 | 02:01 AM
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The car doesn't have to be RWD for the rear end to get out from ya at over 100mph. The rear end is still the pivot point in a turn no matter what, if it's not planted on the ground good luck making it around a turn at high speed.
When that wing is flat it looks like a drag wing, which helps smooth out the air flow behind the car.
Old Feb 19, 2004 | 02:43 AM
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i like that wing!...and its electronically adjustable from inside the cab....sweeet
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