I am looking into rims, i kinda like the 5 spoke chrome look, but if you could post a pic of yours, size and brand, that would be appreciated...

thanks

 

http://members.cardomain.com/kittenscamaro

check out my cardomain site..i have cragar s/s rims 16x7s all the way around,chrome

 

Heres one of my 88 IROC rims just need to paint them all the same color and get some skins for them.

 

16 X 8 AF Italia with 245 50 16's

 

Ronal R-!5's 17x9.5, custom painted to match. 275-40-ZR17's

 

ROH Snypers 17x8 in front 17x9 in rear the car is lowered with eibach sportilines springs..

 

17x8 ROH Snypers/ Eibach ProKit

 

You could always get crager drag stars thats whats going on my 85 (pic not my car it's my dads)

 

15x5 in front 15x10 out back

 

darn those must hook up great.

 

I like these rims... very clean...

 

 

Where did you find these? Do they come in any other sizes? I'm looking for 17X8.5 up front and 18x10 in the rear...

Bruce (90RS305)

 

Okay i dont want to hear from everyone going eww those are grose i dont like them. I have already put pics up for opinions before and it appears that im the only one who likes em? Theyre going on a 1990 silver iroc and i think theyre going to fit the over all theme of what i want my car to look like. Heres the pic.

 

These are Boyds and are very similar:

 

hi cg91ta

are you running 275/40/17 in the front too?? did it rub? how much did you low your car

 

Personally these rims are going on My Camaro

 

These are Weld Prostars 15X3.5 on the front and 15X10 on the back.

 

please tell me youre joking...less is more people less is more....

 

i think those m/ts are truck rims arnt they?

 

hmm must have a p/u rear end in the car since it is a 6 lug wheel lol

 

This is not my car but it did inspire my wheel choice.

 

i love custom billet wheels. the fronts are 18x8....wish they were 19 though.

 

Hmm.....

Bruce (90RS305)

 

are you trying to reference the fact that i said for people not to complain about my rims but i complained about someone elses?

The reason i told people not to complain about my rims is because ive put up posts before and i already am well aware that most people dont like them. Dont see why that removes my right to comment on peoples rims that i dont like?

 

Whow, calm down bro, if you've seen any of my other posts on the boards here I joke alot, I just found it kinda amusing. Believe me I hate people that start fights in threads. I think your rims look perdy tight actually. I almost looked into Boyds myself...

Bruce (90RS305)

 

im confused....no i just really didnt understand what you were trying to say. It happens. I dont really care.

 

Excellent choice of rims for your car, 97-1LE, they look absolutely great with the color as well. I'll always keep my stock rims around....but I'm heavily tempted by those!

 

So do using spacers for your rims have any negative effects on your vehicle? I'd love to put Corvette replicas on my car and other newer rims but our cars have the weird offset. I'm aprehensive about spacers though....

 

yes and no.......depends on alot of factors but if you have a week spot in your suspension and steering components you will notice it more.

 

Eagle 18X8s with Continental 255/40/ZR18 tires.

 

Can someone tell Kandied not to post pics of his car. It looks too good and makes me cry every time I see one... Did you ever find a good polishing compound for those new wheels man?

 

How about drag racing? I take my car to the track whenever I get the chance (hence one of the main reasons I want to be able to put the Corvette rims on) so they would be taking quite a bit of abuse. This is my main concern...

 

:rockon:


18x9.5" Polished Z06 (Replicas) by the NOT infamous AFS Wheels:

 

lol, I should have thought to ask you...are you using spacers for those? I want the same ones you've got...

 

follow this mans advice *tpiroc*

they are by no means the "best" casting from that company but they seem to do the trick and work very well. fear not as the adapters hold up during autox as well as drag racing. they do alter control on the street but some either don't notice are willing to sacrifice.

personally the extra 300 i spent for custom billet wheels was worth it but if i were to save going afs or some of the others i would have kept the z06.

as far as the polish........mothers billet aluminum is the best i've found at $13 for 4 .oz which is way too much in my opinion but it works. still need to use carnuba though.

 

@ 90RS305: Yeah, I went ahead with a 2" adapter on all four and it seems to work out about right

@ Kandied: Thanks for the info, I've used Mothers Aluminum polish, but I suppose I should consider the billet. I've also considered clear coating them after extensive polishing. As far as the finish goes; I've yet to see a flaw and I do love to sit and gaze lovingly at them

 

17" chrome IROC's

 

I like those rims... your car is off the hook too man... sweet...

 

thank you for the kind words.

 

Mothers makes the best stuff. I use all there cleaning, waxing, clay bar etc etc etc. I would have bout the polish but...well I dont have that much to polish, another guy reccomended this to me as well. Glad you solved that problem

 

alot of it depends on the actual metal itself. for billet aluminum so far they are definately the best i have found but for stainless steel and other larger pore metals the mothers doesn't work as good.

it's all trial and error. for more budget oriented ideas blue magic metal polish works almost as good as the mothers and at only $4 for 6 oz. it's a much better deal. at 1,000 a rim i figure it's best to make them look as good as possible but i use the blue magic on my underside and engine bay.

 

but i borrowed the car cause its sweeet and had fruityone "chop" on the wheels...most likely the wheels i'll end up with once i get the suspension and rear end out of the way:

 

those are black zr1's with the machined lip, in case anyone wanted to know.

 

Those are the rims I want, how much they cost you? 2 inch spacers all around I would assume?

 

When I ordered my rims from www.thirdgenresource.com they sent me spacers also but 2 are a lil more thicker, I put the thicker ones up front, and the other 2 in the back and I didn't have any problems either.

 

black zr1's look good on the grand sport where they belong. on that car they look like your running spares, obviously the real rims would look better then photoshop but it doesn't look nearly as nice as the stock rims do.

 

Look pretty good to me. To each his own I guess. StevenK, try your luck on ebay. AFS wheels almost always has them. I've seen them go for under $400 for 17x9.5 all around, if you get lucky. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2440816112 I haven't actually gotten them yet...You could save yourself some time and cash on rear spacers by gettin a fourth gen rear(bolts right up, just get the parking cables). Then ud have a sweet brake set up show off under the wheels and wouldn't need spacers since the offset would be correct . Heres a pic of a third gen with the wheels actually on.

 

It really depends on the color of the car to me. Those ZR1's look really good on the black car, but for the red car I think polished aluminum would look better. My car is GunMetal Grey so I think chrome/polished would look good, but black would be an eyesore.

 

OZ Monte Carlos, 17x9.5,


97 WS6 Wheels 17x9