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Demon355 · 10-17-2007, 06:16 AM

Sportin' the 4" cowl, High rise, low to the ground...maybe I should run Z06 rims and be the black version

KillerZ302 · 10-17-2007, 09:30 PM

Thanks guys. I love them. The fronts do track (pull when they grab intersection lines and road reflectors) but I have gotten used to it. I dont know where these wheels came from cause I bought them from a guy who bought them new and never mounted tires on them. The boxes said OE wheel distributors in Sarasota Florida. They were ordered that custom size i think.
The fronts i had to grind down a lot the outter tie rods to fit the wheels. I also had to notch the front struts cause the edge would hit. I cant use my coilovers but I will just put them on the other car. It was either get rid of the coil overs and install dropped springs or run coilovers and be forced to space out the rims an additional 2.5 inches. I am really picky about that. I absolutely hate the look of nice wheels that stick out past the plastic inner splash gaurd on the top of the fender. It looks horrible when people do that and on here there is a ton of members who have it that way.
Front and rear spacers are 1.25 inches. I added .25 inches to front so that i can turn to the bump stop. Rims are 54 mm back spacing.
Hope that helps guys. I will get pics up on saturday of it on cement.

Ozz1967 · 10-17-2007, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GodSpeedGTA

you cant see any detail! Why is that cool? They might as well be ugly black steel wheels.

Sorry, I dont think you get the best in show award w/o spending some cash on some real rims. Just my opinion.

What wheels are those? They're pretty sweet.

19doug90 · 10-17-2007, 11:55 PM

right on
i think the biggest i want to go in the fronts is x9 just for the sake of driving it every day, only sizes ive seen have been 8.5 and 9.5 in the repro wheels tho, but those have those awful rivets on them.
i want either x9.5 or x10 out back for sure
ya i definitly love the look of those wheels on that car
what do you plan on doing about the headlight buckets? i think when i go white im going to paint them black, looks ****in evil
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i have to admit tho im putting in another vote for just 16" stock 2 stripe iroc wheels. Only reason i even want to replace my rims is because i want something bigger, love the way these look tho

Demon355 · 10-18-2007, 05:42 AM

Yay my tail lights

19doug90 · 10-18-2007, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Demon355

Yay my tail lights

4 am comments from the peanut gallery?

Demon355 · 10-18-2007, 05:23 PM

**** yah! Nothing else to do when I get home

90BlackGTA · 10-19-2007, 03:06 AM

I personally love the GTA's stock Gold Rims...anyone else?

Toyota h8r · 10-28-2007, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by GodSpeedGTA

you cant see any detail! Why is that cool? They might as well be ugly black steel wheels.

Sorry, I dont think you get the best in show award w/o spending some cash on some real rims. Just my opinion.

WHAT RIMS ARE THESE?????????
I Really like them.....so good looking on the car.
normally i like the gta 16" rims best....omg...these are awesome!

4playta · 10-28-2007, 05:57 AM

I love those wheels too...I think that look awesome on a firebird/TA it,s so hard to find just the right wheel for a TA, many wheels look good on a camaro but only a select few would look good on my car. I think those are Boze mesh wheels. The center looks alittle different to me though...I know boyd coddington make some wheels that look like that also maybe they are those?

AUSSIROC · 10-28-2007, 06:20 AM

Prob already been said, but nice rims are nothin' without the right STANCE.

Over 100K views. Thats gotta be a record right?

GodSpeedGTA · 10-28-2007, 01:38 PM

The wheels are ADR M-Sports in hyper black...i ran 19s in the back and 18s in the front with a 1" rake stance

Stephen · 10-28-2007, 01:49 PM

Looking up those ADRs. I only see FWD applications. Did you use spacer/adapters?

Toyota h8r · 10-28-2007, 01:49 PM

That = perfection on 4 wheels!

Is there anyway you can get the specs on those rims?
i personally would like to run 17"/17" or a 17"/18" style

But i couldnt care really. If my car could look that good......dayum

also you avatar goodspeed......where did you have that gauges done at? Looks great

Toyota h8r · 10-28-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Looking up those ADRs. I only see FWD applications. Did you use spacer/adapters?

I think he used the metric 5x120(dont know if thats right)

i see a lot of adr rims for bmw's that look similar

GodSpeedGTA · 10-28-2007, 02:15 PM

exactly! 5x120...our pattern is 5x120.65 but it doesnt hurt anything. I put them on myself in my driveway and just made sure they were put on very evenly and then I drove it and retorqued it.

I bought them off of ebay from a ADR supplier. They were advertising them for BMWs and 4th Gens so they shouldnt be fwd only. (also they come in 19x9.5 so they def arent FWD only) I bought a set with 35mm offset and used 1.25" adapters up front and 1" on the rear...they tuck my 295 30 19s BEAUTIFULLY.

They can be bought in 18x8 18x8.5 and 19 etc. I dont think they come in 17" however believe me 18s all around looks really pretty too. I dont know the warehouse I bought them from anymore bc it was like 2 years ago when I purchased. Believe it or not, I got my set slightly discounted at $900 shipped to my door!

GodSpeedGTA · 10-28-2007, 02:20 PM

They probably arent part of ADRs newer wheel line ups so finding a set might be difficult...just keep searching and surely someone still has some in the back of their warehouse

4playta · 10-28-2007, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by GodSpeedGTA

exactly! 5x120...our pattern is 5x120.65 but it doesnt hurt anything.

I actually heard from alot of people it does matter...it is not the correct bolt pattern. I wonder though if they make adaptors from 5x4.75 to 5x120.65?

GodSpeedGTA · 10-28-2007, 06:27 PM

well I believe that I am proof that it doesnt. Ive worked at Discount Tire for 3.5 years and I mounted the wheels with plenty of knowledge of what i was doing. You are talking about .65mm, i think someone put it best when they said...if you had your wheels overtorqued 10 ft lbs it would open the holes up by .65mm.

However, adaptitusa.com has plenty of adapters that change bolt patterns but you pay 2x the price of regular adapters. For saftey sake, I would recommend going with adaptitusa.com if you are concerned, but I have absolutely ZERO trouble.

4playta · 10-28-2007, 06:47 PM

What are your exact wheel sizes? 19" x what And 18" by what? 35mm offset on front and back? 295 30 19's in the back what size tires are you running in the front? Do you have any clearence issues? Sorry for asking so many questions but I have a black TA also and that is the exact look and stance I am after, you hit it right on the money big time. 120.65mm F**k it I will give it a try, the reason I said its the wrong size is because other wheel manufactures said they would not work?

GodSpeedGTA · 10-28-2007, 08:14 PM

here are the specs:

fronts: 18x8.5 35mm offset w/1.25" adapters 1.5" lip wrapped in 255 40 18s

rears: 19x9.5 35mm offset w/1" adapters 3.1" lip wrapped in 295 30 19s

my suspension is ground control weight jacks (coil overs) lowered about 3" in the front and 2.75" in the rear

Celticsfan · 11-21-2007, 08:59 PM

anyone running these?

ROH Fury? I havent looked atr offset but there not very expensive.

toxik IROC · 11-22-2007, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GodSpeedGTA

The wheels are ADR M-Sports in hyper black...i ran 19s in the back and 18s in the front with a 1" rake stance

any other pics i like what i see but i cant see much

Ozz1967 · 11-22-2007, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by toxik IROC

any other pics i like what i see but i cant see much

Scroll up, there's a bunch more that he posted.

As a side note, I went to their web-site and they only make 17x7's in a 4x100 pattern. The 5x120 is only in 18" and larger wheels. I'd love a set of 17's for my car, I wonder if they do custom orders. Hmm...