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Old Aug 30, 2001 | 08:37 AM
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Jim85IROC ..... The wheels you were looking for?

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Old Aug 30, 2001 | 10:50 AM
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Those look like the ones! They look a little lighter than I remember tho. Where'd you find them?

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Old Aug 30, 2001 | 10:52 AM
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 / ?
I looked at pic2 as well. I remember seeing that TA before. Those wheels seem like they stick out too far in the back tho. I wonder if he got a custom offset or if those are the ones made for thirdgens.

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Old Aug 30, 2001 | 10:54 AM
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is that a rim on the emergancy tire?? I'm just wondering cuase that looks like the emgerancy tire, LMAO, HAHAHA!


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Old Aug 30, 2001 | 12:08 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jim85IROC:
Those look like the ones! They look a little lighter than I remember tho. Where'd you find them?

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Found them in the readers rides. I have no idea what size/offset they are. Sorry
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Old Aug 30, 2001 | 09:13 PM
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I'd hazard a guess and say they're 17x9 (considering the tires are 275s and I don't think ROH makes a 9.5" wide rim, only 9").
If that was the case, then you'd want a 5" backspacing.

And those are badass tires, that's the exact tire I run (size, brand, etc.).
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Old Aug 30, 2001 | 11:58 PM
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I'd like to see the rest of the vehicle. Looks like a Yukon or something cause it don't look like a thidgen.

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 04:17 AM
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Looks like a TA to me. I don't see many Yukons that low to the ground with 5 lug hubs...
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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 07:01 AM
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Transmission: T56 Magnum (Pending) / T5
Axle/Gears: 3.42 / ?
It's an 84 TA.


Jza, with a 5" backspacing, is it going to stick out like this one, or is it going to come out to the stock location? With my car being lowered, my other wheels (which stick out a 1/2" more than my stock wheels) rub my wheel opening over bumps.

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 07:33 AM
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Other than looking like it's on stilts, I really like it. This weekend maybe I'll trying taking pics of my car at the proper angle and working a little photoshop magic.

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 09:58 AM
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LOWERIT!!!!


brb. photoshop time.....

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 10:07 AM
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I Su CK!!!


someone take over and lower
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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 10:19 AM
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 / ?
Here's a trick I learned: Raise the wheels instead of lowering the car. Same effect, much, much less editing.

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 11:58 AM
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that be ws6transam's (Dan Burke's) car. one bad *** car

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 02:33 PM
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Ok, I lowered it just a couple seconds ago, and I personally think that car is better either way. I think it looks great lowered and not. 2 different styles. I too am buying a 1984 T/A with a LG4/Auto. So I am really diggin that car. Looks like the one I am going to buy with the exception of the wheels.

EDIT: Broken Image[USED TO BE A PICTURE HERE]

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 02:39 PM
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Dangit, the file was corrupt, I have to go to work so I will re-upload the picture tonight. This makes me so mad.

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 03:38 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jim85IROC:
Jza, with a 5" backspacing, is it going to stick out like this one, or is it going to come out to the stock location? With my car being lowered, my other wheels (which stick out a 1/2" more than my stock wheels) rub my wheel opening over bumps.
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It'll come to where it is in that picture: just inside the lip of the fender. My car is lowered with Eibach Pro-Kit springs, and it still never rubs. There's about a one-and-a-half to two-finger gap between the top of the tire and the edge of the fender on my car.
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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 07:13 PM
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Can you still get those rims in that color? They are really sweet.

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 08:40 PM
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Those are the ROH ZS wheels, in their "BLACK ICE" finish...I'm pretty sure they still make them...

www.roh.com/au

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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 11:19 PM
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I have 275/40 tires on 17x9 ROH Snypers which have the same backspacing as the ZS. My IROC has been lowered with Hotchkis springs, and I had a little bit of rubbing on the lip of the rear wheel well before I rolled it up with the handle of a baseball bat.

The backspacing in the front is just about perfect.

If I had an additional 1/4 inch of backspacing in the front, I think the wheel would hit the end link.


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Old Sep 1, 2001 | 11:17 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jza:
I'd hazard a guess and say they're 17x9 (considering the tires are 275s and I don't think ROH makes a 9.5" wide rim, only 9").
If that was the case, then you'd want a 5" backspacing.

And those are badass tires, that's the exact tire I run (size, brand, etc.).
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For the ZS style you can get 17x9.5 and 17x8.5.
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Old Sep 1, 2001 | 12:08 PM
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Seem alittle to thin for the rims on our style of cars. However some like to show of the disc brakes, I dunno why... I am waiting for the day when someone shows me a picture of the rim with one spoke (is that how its spelled?) THE L-RIM
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