I want to see some restored Iroc rims on some cars...I've looked countless hours on a good alternative wheel package, but I don't think repolished and repainted irocs can be beat...they flow well with the body style IMO..

so let me see what you have...show off your hard work

 

these look pretty nice. nice car too.

 

very nice car indeed. Those are aftermarkets and 17's though I believe...still a very nice car however...it would take alot of polishing on a stock wheel to get to those standards!!!

also, stock irocs are aluminum correct?

 

yes stock irocs are aluminum.

lol these are tripple chrome plated so yea alot of polishing! i really like the polished 85-87 irocs with black inserts though.

 

Here you go

 

lol did anyone even read this guys post?

 

i did some searching and I found quite a few pics of refinished wheels, but none of them are pics of them on the car..

aftermarket triple chrome plated irocs are neat, and nice to look at...but they aren't refinished stock irocs..

also, maroon88iroc, I know you were trying to sell that car...did it ever sell? I thought it was a good deal..

 

I was just thinking while reading this, that i wonder if you could get ahold of the makers of the chrome IROCS and buy a set before chrome in larger diameter than stock!!

 

I had my stock rims mine re machined and then hyper silver painted.This is what they looked like.I just wasn't happy with the look though and bought the replica triple chrome dipped 18's on a lower profile tire.To me looks way better!

 

nope it never sold. i wanted to sell it to buy an old car but my mom said that she would pay to get it painted if i kept it so i did that and im building a hopefully strong 350 for it now.

 

yea all silver jsut doesn't really pop. What looks the best in my eyes is a charcoal backround, then just the flat face get polished. Thats what I"m doing with mine I think..anybody ahve pictures of this? black is too dark of a backround, you have to lighten it up a bit, some sort of grey would look killer, then just polish the flat part of the spokes...yay or nay?

 

well that kinda sucks, an older camaro would be awesome, but you have a helluva car right now too. I'm surprised it didn't sell for that actually...atleast the mods continue though

 

Heres mine...

 

I've got my gold/aluminum stock '89 Irocs polished. They look pretty darn good, and I get lots of compliments on them at shows. My personal computer is down, and it has all my pics, but I'm sure there's a few floating around TGO if ya look hard enough!!!

....as for chrome Irocs.....well, not my thing. The beauty of Iroc wheels are in the design of the wheel. The shape and detail in the spokes. The lines that run into the hole for the lugnut. The contrast between the aluminum and the paint. They don't [I]need[I] more attention. The chrome just takes away from the wheel as a whole in my opinion.

I love chrome, but not on Irocs.

Talk to Jim's85Iroc

 

Is this what you're looking for?
Yahoo! Photos - jimmyj1423's Photos - 20001

 

only picture I have now but the rims could use a good wet sand and polish

 

very nice you guys...how are you all doing this? just stripping everything, wetsanding the spokes and masking off to paint the rest or what?

 

The painted areas on mine were still in good shape. So i masked them off then sanded with 100 grit on the flat areas. To get the clear off, then wet sanded up till about 2000 or so. Saves you from having to refinish them. If you like the color that is.

I pulled the masking tape. As i was using the 2000 on the bare metal parts. I used the 2000 on the painted areas to clean and flaten the clear. Then buffed the painted areas with paint polish.

I buffed the aluminum with cleaners like blue magic. I even hit them with a wool pad.

They could be alot better if i used the right stuff. I plan to buff them with some wheels and compounds made just for this type of thing. IM going to have the rears widened to 9". so i dont want to do to much to them till thats done. In case they scratch them up during the welding work.

 

nice...

any idea on how much it is to widen a rim? i would like to do the same with my irocs..

 

Somewhere around 150.00 a rim...is what i have been hearing.

Stock backspacing is around 4 7/8 on the rear give or take a few. So 1" wider should work without problems. Theres always spacers if you need them.

I would like to run 9.5s but not sure what im doing just yet.

Could even take a set of fronts and put them on the rear this will give you more back space to work with.

 

wheres mr. irocz when you need him. his rims are amazing.

 

yes i agree i think he has the nicest looking rims to comliment a third gen

 

Here are mine. I went with black inserts to make the spokes look thinner and giev the wheels a bigger look. I kinda miss them being on the car, and only could imagine what that 3gs I spent on wheels and tires could have bought(Turbo).

 

Did someone call...hehe. Thanks for the props guys.
Here is a pic of the rim:




More pics can be seen at my website

https://home.comcast.net/~ariesboy/Links/irocz_pics.htm

Tommy