deekster_caddy's Riv pictures

I don't post many pics of my car due to it's current condition, but a few years ago I shined it up and my brother in law (professional photographer) took some great pics for me.

Here's that big ole Riviera Butt...

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If someone can help me thumbnail it or something for a quicker load I'd love to figure it out.

deekster_caddy wrote:

id tap that

keep that pic handy derek, i have plans for it

Mr.Riviera wrote:

keep that pic handy derek, i have plans for it

woah i caught that!

Wow i think i like the alloys on the black better than chrome.
Good looking car derek.

TonySmooth89 wrote:

Wow i think i like the alloys on the black better than chrome.
Good looking car derek.

Thanks. That picture is 3 years old, it's a rare day when it looks like that anymore.

it must suck living on an incline like that....

I think I've seen that ass in a Hip-Hop video. Sexy.

Chicken wrote:

it must suck living on an incline like that....

I'm really concerned about my left springs sagging, and my kids growing up with crooked spines and odd-length limbs...

LOL Your Riv looks good. Idk why its camera shy.

Oh, Derek, you and your big black ass.

Did I go too far?

That Riv needs some oval chrome guns out the back.....Nice looking Riv......

Okay, here's another from the same shoot:

(click on picture for full size)

IBx1 wrote:

Oh, Derek, you and your big black ass.

Did I go too far?

If only more people knew about my...

Okay. I realized I had no Showroom thread besides this one, so I renamed it and will finally post some pics of my car. I've only been posting here since the beginning... might as well add a few pics!

I just put on new (to me) wheels and tires, Borbet Type E 17x8 with 255/45/ZR17 BFGs. I am very impressed with the cornering improvements.

looks kind of like the amg wheels MB used on some of their cars. i like em! now you just need to lower it a little bit to fix some of the wheel gap.

Mr.Riviera wrote:

looks kind of like the amg wheels MB used on some of their cars. i like em! now you just need to lower it a little bit to fix some of the wheel gap.

Looks much more sporty. I want rims but i just bought new tires.

looks good man

I thought you said your paint was all peeling and shit....your car looks nice!

The rims look nice, did you pick them up used? Isn't that similar to newer Impala rims?

Mr.Riviera wrote:

i like em!

TonySmooth89 wrote:

Looks much more sporty.

SuperRiv07 wrote:

looks good man

Chicken wrote:

your car looks nice!

1998 Riv wrote:

The rims look nice,

99Rivman wrote:

Mr.Riviera wrote:

i like em!

TonySmooth89 wrote:

Looks much more sporty.

SuperRiv07 wrote:

looks good man

Chicken wrote:

your car looks nice!

1998 Riv wrote:

The rims look nice,

that he agrees so.........

I like those rims alot because they make the Riv look sportier, yet they don't go overboard. I'm interested in something like that, maybe just a tab more conservative-looking. I'm a bit torn when it comes to rims because mine has the 7-spoke chrome OEM rims, which are really nice-looking, but I think they date the car more than I like. I'd also like to get much wider tires than the 225s I have now.

I agree that there is too much wheel gap, but it looks really nice anyway.

I like the rims also I was tempted to get some 20s but im trying to go fast an big rims way to much im gonna sqeeze a 245 on my stock 16inch chromes

I agree that you guys are funny!

Seriously, the handling of the car is like 10 times better. What a huge difference. This is going from my stockers with worn out Michelin Pilots 225-60-16 (which I loved) to 245/45/ZR17s The old Pilots were only H rated, vs the new ZRs, plus the 45 profile is just awesome. They are a little shorter than stock, so the gap is more. I don't think I'm going to lower it since my winter tires will be stock sized too... but I can see where the looks would improve quite a bit. Lowered cars is not my thing.

Thanks a ton for the complements. I've been looking for rims pretty much since I bought the car. I like simple, easy to clean, sporty... these fit the bill nicely. The only thing I would have liked better is if I found them in chrome.

I got a pretty good deal on them used. Borbet doesn't make Type Es anymore. I paid $300, had to have one rim straightened (another $100) and bought two new tires (two of them had bad cracking). TireRack had the tires on closeout sale for $78.00 each, what a deal. My brother works at NTB on the side, so mounting and balancing was FREE and well done!!! So all in all I spent a little over $500 which is still a good deal for this setup.

Thanks for all the complements, I am very happy with the way they turned out!