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Old Apr 7, 2001 | 08:05 PM
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What wheels do you guys&gals think look better on a GTA???

Wheel 1-

Wheel 2-



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Old Apr 7, 2001 | 08:39 PM
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Neither. Sorry but they look cheap to me.
What's wrong with the stock GTA wheels?
BTW, Ronal R9s look great on T/A's
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Old Apr 7, 2001 | 10:15 PM
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I love the crosslace wheels,I was just thinking of a backup set for a car.

Here's a two nice sets of wheels...


Torque Thrust II/Crager/and other copys


and the Corvette ZR1/Camaro SS rims


Only problem with these,are that they cost a lot



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Old Apr 7, 2001 | 11:36 PM
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Torq Thrust D II look best on dark cars. I prefer the stock rims on a GTA.

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Old Apr 7, 2001 | 11:38 PM
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Someone on 3rdgen.org has an all black 91-92 Firebird with chrome TTII's,it looks complety mean!
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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 04:02 PM
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I'm going to keep the original wheels,I just wanted opinions on what people thought of those two wheels as a secondary/show/cruise set
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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 04:26 PM
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man. all those wheels look like complete sh*t except for the SS wheels... TT are so ****ing ugly. i would rather put a set of 13x7 wires, or a set of 14" tri-stars on my bird before the TT's. check out some billet specialities or american racing wheels for your car. they are about they only thing that do it justice IMO.
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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 08:11 PM
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IMO, the wheels you've shown have too large of a center-section and the spokes are too short and fat. If they were in a 17" or 18" rim size, they might look pretty good.

For me, the best looking wheel for these cars would have be a "stock-looking" GTA style rim in a 17 or 18 inch size.

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Old Apr 9, 2001 | 08:22 PM
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Id say wheel 2 by far ( chrome looks best with black )

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Old Apr 10, 2001 | 05:48 AM
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neither of them look good.
try the fourth generation trans am wheels. the 17x9 WS6 ones. they look awesome on thirdgens. yeah and ur stock cross lace ones look good too. i used to have them on my 91 bird. if not look into the Budnik Tiller 5's, those are awesome too.

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