I recently got a set of 17" Billet Specialties GTX65's for my '87 IROC Z. Here's how it turned out...


Before (will still be used at the track):



After:

 

Looks great! Its amazing how different wheels totally change the look of a car.

 

Looks great! I love that style of wheel, too bad they didn't offer that with the "soft lip". Looks really cool both ways

 

those wheels totally transform this car from a sweet pro streeter to an scca race car and i love it either way.

-Nice color btw

 

Love both sets but the Billet Specialties look real nice

 

very nice....

 

SWEEEEEEEEEEEET, DEF a change for the better

 

That looks really sweet, and I love Pro Stars. Give us the specs on the new stuff.

 

Front: 17x8 4.5 BS with 245-45-17 Nitto 555's
Rear: 17x9.5 5.5 BS with 275-40-17 Nitto 555's

The rear had very short springs with the old big/little setup. It was on the bump stops constantly. I replaced those with Eibach Sportlines.

 

Wow those are perfect...great stance!

 

Looks like 2 different cars.

 

looks awesome, i love the new ones. how much did they run you? i looked at their website and it said its like, $550 per wheel!!!

 

looks good man I can't decide which way I like it better I like both of them

 

wow those look sharp! love the marroon too.

brandon

 

looks great... what size rear tires do u run on ur old set? i was thinkin of gettin a set of slicks 4 my ride but i dont know what the right size was.

 

I purchased the wheels slightly used from another TGO member. These wheels can be purchased new for significantly less than $550 at places like Newstalgia Wheel.

 

They are 275-60-15 Nitto Drag Radials on 15x8 5.5 BS wheels.

 

dam o love both looks the before looks like you have mad power under the hood and the after looks likeagressive street killers love it

 

You really should tell/ show us what you have hiding under the hood. I see it say 427ci .... sounds hot!!

 

Looks like those are suh weet's old wheels from his 1LE with 5k miles. So yea, they were slightly used.

 

you could get them with a soft lip, but it'd cost more


I love the new look, they really bring new life to the car - good job

 

Here ya go. There's a hidden shot of squeeze too.

 

Thanks for the pointers on the grill screens awhile back. Those turned out great.

 

Those are the ones.

 

thanks!

 

Looks nice man, love the big block converions. I bet that is an interesting car on the street... no brake assist, wipers, power steering. Stripped down to the bare esentials . I bet it is a lot more fun parking that thing now that you have those nice fat tires on the front, and no p/s!!

- Hey where did you get the chrome strut caps?
Nice car!

 

im glad you said what size the drag rads are because i tried my dads from his 77ta with a 275 60 15 with 15x8 wheel and a 4.5 in bs , and they just hit the fender lip , id need to roll the fender to make em fit , i have sportlines so its real low, but i wonder how they would fit with the 5.5 inch bs .

 

It's very bare bones. No radio, heater, etc - but all the faceplates were retained to look stock. Everything that could be lightened has been. It works great on the street. I changed the brake pedal ratio to approx. 6:1 and it has great pedal feel. I don't drive it in the rain, but it's got a good coat of Rain-X just in case. I was nervous about the bigger tires with the manual steering box, but it's not any worse than the skinnies. Parallel parking can be a challenge, but other than that it's not a problem. The biggest issue on the street is ground clearance - speed bumps are a no-no.

The chrome strut caps were on the car when I purchased it, so I'm not sure who makes them.

 

With in 5.5 BS 15x8, it gets tight on inner fender well. The tire will hit the bump stop when you jack the rear by the frame and let the axle hang. Your axle will need to be near-perfectly centered to avoid hitting the fender lips. In the pics above with the 15's, my car sits about 1 - 1.5 inches LOWER than with the Sportlines. That's a 27.7 inch tire and the top of the fender well is only 26.5 inches from the ground.

 

Hey neil what are the specs on the pro stars.
Car looks awesome with the new wheels though.


Jeff.

 

hey neil remember me from the power tour? man the car is looking great but it looks even better in person everyone. i really like the wheels though it looks 5x better imo but i like the custom wheel look ALOT better compared to a drage wheel/tire combo's on any car. keep up the good work man

btw are you going on the tour next year? i think im going to skip next year with it being so far away. but we have family in kalamazoo where it is going through so idk if we will or not.

 

Rear: 15x8 5.5" backspacing with 275-60-15 Nitto Drag Radials
Front: 15x3.5" with 26X6.00R15LT Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/R Radials

 

Hey, I remember talking with you. Thanks for the compliments. I haven't decided about next year yet. If I do go, I might take a quieter, more comfortable car so that my dad can go with me. I loved 'roughing it' this past year in my bare bones IROC though.

 

Holy crap your car is awesome! I got family near Tampa, next time i'm down I just have to see that in person.