Crusin' 1980's

I'm having trouble finding a nice set of the 16" IROC (85-87) wheels and I'm wondering if there are any aftermarket version of these wheels sold in 16"(Non-Chrome). I know that Oasiswheels.com sells the 17" Replica, but I'd like to stick with the stock size. Any help out there? Thanks.

jstoltz

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why not just get a stock set? you can still find them pretty easy.

Crusin' 1980's

Its true that I can find a stock set, but its not as easy to find a stock set thats in very good condition.

jstoltz

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I can get the correct finish to strip and respray them. It is really easy to make them look new again.

Crusin' 1980's

Really? I talked to a guy that said he could refinished a set and make them look like new (or better) but it would cost between $200.00-$225.00 to do each wheel !!! To me thats too much money....I forgot to mention that i have a set of the 16" IROCS (withour tires), but they are a little too beat up for my likes...I bought them on E-bay thinking they were in better shape, so now I'm stuck with them and still looking for a nicer set...it sucks!...If you feel like re-conditioning a set for me, let me know and we can figure something out...

jstoltz

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normally all I do is strip all the clear off buff the machined portion of the rim and then mask them off and respray them with the oem color on the inserts and then spray all of the rim with clearcoat.

EvilCartman

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I'm basicly up the same creek. Bought a wheel that looked good off ebay, got it and it was freakin junk. One of the lugnut pockets was so beat to crap, there's no way I'd put it on my car. 2nd wheel just looked a bit dirty in the picture, got it and it's very nicked up and needs metal repair done to it. So now I'm stuck with a 135 dollar paperweight and another wheel that can be used for refinishing. The other 3 I got for free look good enough to go on the car as is.

Crusin' 1980's

Ok...this guys that i talked to seemed like he was going to to about 8 different steps to refinished each wheel...sounds like he was overkill about it.
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" respray them with the oem color on the inserts "

where do you get that from? I made another post about the paint code for the silver IROC wheels but didn't get any specific answer.

jstoltz

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honestly a friend of mine gets it and he doesn't even know where it comes from he gets it from his paint supplier and it is just a white can that says rally silver or california gold. It isn't cheap though. It comes in spray cans I am not sure if you can get a liquid to spray out of a spray gun. he charges me his cost which is $45 a can. It definitely isn't cheap but it is exact. and as far as the clear coat I just use duplicolor but if I could find something better I would. I think the duplicolor stuff is kinda thick

Crusin' 1980's

Hey JSTOLTZ, for some reason, I never thought of just having them sanded, buffed and clearcoated...I just went down to a garage and talked with this guy and he said he'd do just that for a lot less money than that other guy wanted...so it looks like I'm in good shape now...I just need one more IROC wheels that doesn't have any "gouge" marks...i have one wheel that has a couple deep mark around the center cap that can't be sanded down all the way... SO thanks for that recommendation!!!, they should look nice when they're done.

jstoltz

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glad to help. You could always get all of them polished completely (unless you want to polish the face and spray an accent color normally black.) unless you are just going for a stock look.

Crusin' 1980's

well, I'm going for a 'close to stock look'...a slight polished look and i think I"m going to have him paint the inlays just a slightly darker gray than stock to give the spokes/arms a little more contract...I told him to do one up for me and then I'd have him do the rest once I was satisfied with the first one...I'll post some pics so you can let me know what you think...he told me he'd do each one for about 75 bucks...this other guy wanted about 225 buck for each wheel.

shinez

totlay agree with a camaro nothing looks better then iroc rims polished i did mine compleatly polished and the car was not that far from stock but got so many looks and complements

datacop

Great IROC Z replica wheels. Great price!
http://customwheelsmarket.com/iroczwheels.html

I just bought 2 17x8 5x4.75 @ 1x$180 and 2 18x8 5x4.75 @ 1x$190 for my 87 IROC Z from here and they are sweet!
This was the only site I found to offer these wheels at an affordable price. These wheels offer a better than stock fit with 4.5 inch backspacing and 0mm offset which will fill the the wheelwells up putting the outer sidewall of the tires almost perfectly flush with fender flair with no spacers. The wheels shipped fast. I complimented these wheels with 245x45x17 Continental ContiExtremeContacts for the front and 245x40x18 ContiExtremeContacts for the rears.
This is known as Plus sizing the wheels and tires. Plus 1 in the front and Plus 2 in the rear. Had the tires road force balanced at my local chevy dealer. If you get road force balancing make sure you pop the extra $30 True Track option. You'll be glad you did!

Check this link for Plus sizing the tires on your 87 Camaro
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...002619&yr=1987

89ROC-Z

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What do you guys think of this set-up? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-17...Q5fAccessories

TURBOPOWERED68

can you post up some more pictures?

BTW it looks badas s

92RS(real slow)

I just wish they made them in 9 or 9.5" width

mrowles89

How much do both sets of reproductions weigh?

datacop

Sorry, I dont know the wieght of the wheels. Try calling the phone number at this link http://customwheelsmarket.com/iroczwheels.html
during their normal business hours(M-F 10:00am - 4:00pm PST).
They should be able to tell you.

87IROC198Z

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I'm thinking of doing the same but also wondering if a 255/40/R18 would fit in the rear without spacers or mods. Do you have any pictures of your car with these wheels? Thanks!

87IROC198Z

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I'm thinking of doing the same but also wondering if a 255/40/R18 would fit in the rear without spacers or mods. Do you have any pictures of your car with these wheels? Thanks!

datacop

Sorry for the long turnaround. Here's a photo (attached) of mine taken while on a day trip to Cape
Girardeau MO a couple years ago. Car still looks as good as if not better than this pic and runs just as
nice and has since lost the catalytic converter you see hanging down on the passenger's side. Just
fell off somewhere along the way! :-) (Palms up, shoulders shrugged) What could I do but leave it by
the wayside?

According to what I read, per GM, the rear should be able to handle up to a 20" wheel and the front up
to a 19" wheel without requiring spacers.

It was recommended to use spacers so that the sidewall of the tires are even with the outer edge of
the wheel well flair. Not much more than a 1 15/16" inch spacer should be required. The best way to
determine that is after the the wheels are in place, measure the distance from the recessed sidewall to
the outer edge of the flair with a tape measure and space accordingly.

This is touted to increase wheel base slightly and add stability in hard cornering situations. Added to the
narrower height of the rear sidewall, rear end wash is virtually eliminated and the stability in high speed
cornering situations is improved even more.

As you see, I chose to go without the spacers for the time being, but I'm seriously contemplating using
them on the front because of a little rub of the inside rear of the front tires on the tie rods when I'm
making sharp turns.

But if you want to really protect your 87, make sure to do what I did and install a set of weld on
sub frame stabilizers and compliment that with the strut tower braces. That'll protect your uni-body
Camaro from crumbling like a beer can from repreated high speed cornering and other slalom event
driving scenarios.

I have more pics, but I think this one best demonstrates how sweet those OER rims look on the 87 IROC.

As the proud owner of a rare 1987 Z28 IROC-Z L98 20th Anniversary 5.7L Vin8 Special Edition 1 of 1585 produced out of the approximately 189,000 Camaros GM ran off in 1987, I of course think mine looks better than anyone elses out there. But then, that's just me. I'm sure I'll get flamed for that statement, but that is my belief. I've seen a lot of wannabe contenders, but none of them hold water against what I've done to this sweet ride! Which is still a stock build. The motor and transmission numbers still match.

If anything, the judges might possibly consider this slightly modified stock because of the ported and
powdercoated intake and plenum and the Holly Avenger 52mm throttle body upgrade. But she runs
like a bat outta hell and sounds twice as sweet with those 3 1/2" stove pipes. And with the upgrades,
too many to list here, she now puts out 1 HP per cubic inch at the wheels. I know, that's not much
compared to today's standards, but it's quite an improvement over stock 1987 standards.

But the fact that NOBODY out there has come up with another of the above series to match up to mine
says that mine is one of the last cars standing of the 20th Anniversary Corvette Package Editions. Alot
of people blow hot air about how theirs is close. But close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
and the wannabe builds will NEVER come close what mine already is! So eat your hearts out y'all... :-)
(Stated in the spirit of friendly competition!)

Later gator,
Datacop....