I have a black 87 GTA thats gettibg a fresh 350 and then a paint job. I was wanting to put rims on her along with some other things like a 3" exhaust. I was wondering how this rim would look on a GTA. Or if I would loose cool points. I am a 40 year old kid and not up to date on the cool stuff.
1.What size rim you you use to get the effect that the rear tires are wider than the fronts? I want at least a 16" or maybe 17" in the rear.
2.What size should I go for the front?
3. Also is there any websites that will have a pic ofmy car and will allow me to change styles so I can get an idea of wht it looks like. I found one on Tire Rack but it doesn't have many styles to choose from.
Here is a pic of the rims I like.
Thanks for the help

 

yeah , those are nice rims. I plan to get boyd coddington smoothies . Which look like that , but i can get them in a custom offset. I plan to get 9.5 all around, with 5.5 bs on the rear and 5.25 on the front. What a lot of guys on this board do is they run spacers and use corvette and camaro and trans am rims. I mean 93-02 ta and camaro rims. But those are some nice rims.

 

size of rim depends on personal taste and budget. 16-18 is a good range for our cars depending on what you like.

in answer to your first question just go with a wider rim in the back then the front. i found that 8"wide front/10" wide rear is the perfect setup for our cars if you don't mind slight inner fender massaging otherwise 9.5 or 9" rear is good depending on brand and wheel style.


2 and 3 piece billet wheels will give you ultimate versatility in size/width/design. cast wheels are rather limited for our cars which leave the choice of using adapters to make the larger offsets work.

either way just about anything can be done if you choose.

 

Here are some cool wheels to choose from

OZ Monte Carlos 17x9.5


1997 WS6 Wheels, 17x9


Corvette Grand Sport Wheels 17x9.5

 

centerlines saharas 17x8 in fronts and 17x9.5 in the rear

 

You might wanna try a search, theres tons of threads with countless rims pics.

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=208085


https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=208897

 

this is not a pic of mine but i do have the same rims i just dont have a pic on pc yet. these are ROH snyper rims. they look amazing on thidgens and make are cars look perfect! i get compliments everyday by strangers about how nice they are and look on the car.

 

i have to say i think these are the best rims, and they look AMAZING on thidgens! i really want them! i would have got them but i did not want to spend that much on rims right now so i got the next best thing. i will have these rims though! just as soon as i am done collage and working, so untill then i will just keep dreaming lol

if anyone has pics of these rims on other thirdgens can u PLEASE send them to me at daytona_24@rogers.com thanks

oh and to the person who owns this car>>your car looks sooooo nice! and if u got a link to more pic of it please give the link.
thanks

 

I like the Snypers, especially on ShiftyCapone's car....and Graboid's ride looks clean in those rims as always.

But personally, my favorite wheels for 3rdgen Camaros came right from the factory....

 

Hey thanks. Pics can be seen in the links in my sig. The Snyper wheels are a relatively cheap wheel that come in wide widths and perfect spacing. The are truly a bolt and go rim.

 

Not a GTA but may help with a visual. They are AR TT II's.

 

The tire rack site is the only one I know of that allows you to look at various rims, but the thirdgen archives will have millions of different pics of different rims, Id try a search. Anyway, the Snypers get my vote too, they fit and look perfect on a thirdgen. No one put up pics of them on a Firebird, heres mine, more pics in sig.

 

I like my 18s.. some people dont tho
not sure what they would look like on a TA but ya! good luck selecting!

 

Here are my TT 2's.......

 

A little closer....I know they're dirty but it's one of the only pics I have.

 

Eh, don't listen to anyone. Like many other cars on here - you have one of the tightest custom rides around. Awesome man!

 

thank you very much
Seeing your car makes me miss my 91z... oh well Im gonna grab one of these R7U Players cars that were only available in Canada
only 97 made

 

Refinished and cleared and topped off with a spun aluminum cap

 

GTA's bling bling!

 

Here's one for American Racing wheels (TTII's, etc). Look towards the bottom of the page - "Want to see..."
http://www.americanracing.com
You can even see what it looks like lowered and different colors.
Larry.

 

You don't wanna see mine, lol.

 

Rim Stop

You can try rims on your car here as well. Even make a new color for your car.

 

hmm no recent pictures but here is my car about 2 years ago...

 

Here is a recent shot of the rim when doing a LCA install.

 

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greezemonkey did you make that cap....i want to make a flush one for my wheels. have any leads?

 

17x9 ROH Snyper rims

 

just stockers from a 91/2 firebird, painted and polished of course

 

the gta crosslace rims are nice

 

finally got my boyds. they are a classic design .

 

personally i think stock 91-92 z28 rims are the best

 

Ronal are making these again now, R15s. Otherwise known as Firehawk wheels. Mine just happen to be chrome.

 

Wheels came on the car when I bought it, minus the spinners. Originally they had nasty bubble center cap things. Spinners may be odd, but they look 200% better than what was on it before. 1/2 *** polish job, they used to be 100% oxidized heheh...



..as soon as I can find some 16" IROCs or 16" GTA wheels (gold or black) for a good price, they're bought and on the car. But until I find a real good deal, then these will do just fine.. have for the 5+ years I've owned the car. 15x9s with 235 60 r15s


-Bud

 

they're not GTA... they just stock firebird/TA crosslace

 

NOLAN, THOSE RIMS ABSOLUTLY MAKE UR CAR.....AWESOME!:hail:

 

17x8 ZR1's

 

Hey Jeff, I'm not greezemonkey but if you want some caps made, I can make them. I made mine for my IROC wheels. Send me some dimensions and I can whip up one....send it to you and you can see if it fits and you like it.

James

 

sounds good james, email or pm me an address or contact number.

 

Heres mine!

 

HRE's

 

Hoo-ah! All stock and proud... Actually, I have a good bit of pent up ENVY after looking at threads like this, damnit.

 

here is a pic of my 17X9.5 black crosslace wheels the car has been lowered since this pic was taken but I don't have any new ones.

 

17x9.5 crosslace wheels?! holy crap, who makes them? where can you buy them?

 

:werd:

 

Thinking of selling em and going bigger.

 

Don't know for sure who makes them I think they were made by Epsilon. have no idea where to get them I bought them used from somebody on cz28 they are 4th gen offset and they are a 3 piece wheel. I might have located another set I'll keep you posted. would anyone be intrested in them if I can pick them up and if so do you want them black or gold?

 

lol dont they look good in my room hah

 

lol here are my rims... just ignore the missing front end part im fixing a bit of dear damage.. ( can be seen in the body forum)..the flames ont he window are a joke my friend did.. also the rims are 16 inch american racing rims and they are aluminum other then that i dont know anything about them they came with the car when i got it

 

and this is a pic of the rims on the car i had befor ei got my 86 .. it was an 83 Z with 91/92 body parts.. any way here you go they are 15 inch american racing rims also aluminum.. soem people hate them and soem people loved them
i like 16 inch wheels and bigger though caus ei dont like to see alot of tire it looks to truckish to me with 15 inch rims granted some look good but to me i hate 15 inch rims.. the only size tire i found that looked good on a 15 inch rim was 225/60/15 or 235/60.15 any bigger and it looks like its ment for a truck to me

also you can tell from the pics i love black camaros:lala:

 

ha omg i remember seeing a pic of the deer damage .. he flew over your t-tops and scratch it all up goin over .. thats crazy stuff. freakin pushed your radiator support in lol holy shat