Whats a nice set of inexpensive rims to get? i am on a tight budget i am only 17 and this is my first car so i dont really need to go all out for rims right now. I just want somehting thats inexpesnive but looks nicer than these stock RS rims!

 

"inexpensive" is an open-ended word. Inexpensive 17" wheels are ROH, or ZR1, Z06, Y2K Vette knock offs. Around $250/wheel give or take.

For 16", you can get black GTA wheels for about $520/set brand new, or used for $300. Same with IROC wheels.

In 15", you've got 10,000 choices for around $400-500/set.

You can also get some cheap-*** 14" chromies at Pep Boys for $25/each. It all depends on what you consider to be an improvement over stock, and what your budget is. Personally, I would upgrade to IROC or GTA wheels if I was on a tight budget. I have found very few affordable 15" wheels that I'd spend money on. I'd live with the stockers until I could afford the IROC or GTA style.

 

yeah the iroc rims sound great they look awesome for the price to. I was actually leaning towards getting those but wanted to see if there was nething else out there in that sort of price range!

 

I bought my set of 17" polished IROC wheels from www.performancewheeloutlet.com. I paid $800 for the set

 

15" Crager Street Stars are like $100 each. They seem to look pretty good on every car.

 

17! You can probably save money quicker then I can. Say dont tell you parents when or if you have a job so they cant ask for rent. Before you know it they want you to pay all the rent so they can kick back and do nothing. Well if it gets to that move out like I did and in this case I'm saving more money that living at home. This is the time when you can make the most money and its all profit. Remember one thing when your saving for the new rims. DONT TELL THEM YOU HAVE A JOB!!! If they find out .......SAY YOU GOT FIRED AND KEEP WORKING AAHAhhahaha!!!!:rockon:

 

I know where your coming from when you talk about doing things
on a tight budget. I'm not 17 anymore but I'm in graduate school
and moneys tight. I was going to get 17" ROH ZS's but after you
add in the initial cost of the rims and the bigger tires needed they
just didn't fit my budget. So I decided that I would get a used set
of 91-92 z28 rims and strip and polish them. This way I still have
wider and lower profile rubber than with the 15" rims I currently
have. By the way what tires are you going to get. I'm looking at
kumho tires from tirerack.com the 255/50/16's are only $92 and
I have heard really good things about their performance and
quality. I've included some pics of the before and afters with my
rims, and this is my first time ever polishing aluminium. I also
did it all by hand all it takes is a little time and patience.


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Good luck with your search

 

my friend got a set of crager SS's for $100. all four of em. and i have a frined selling a set of crager's with drag radials and the front skinnies for around 150 i believe.

 

I'm keeping the skinnies, but the backs are for sale. Cragar SS 14x10 with MT drag radials.

 

Hold onto them dude, Brian wants to buy them back and use them on the '69 pending a test fit.

 

16" '91-'92 Camaro rims are bad ***. Just polish them or lower your car or something.