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Old Sep 8, 2001 | 07:22 PM
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91 and 92 Firehawk wheels

Does anyone know where I might be able to get a set of 91/92 Firhawk wheels? I was thinking SLP, but they are not able to help me. Any suggestions?
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Old Sep 8, 2001 | 09:48 PM
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Offhand, I think the brand they were made by is "ronal"? Just a quick guess to get you started.
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Old Sep 8, 2001 | 11:31 PM
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Those things are virtually non existant. Good luck finding a set.

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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 12:16 AM
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what do they look like?

does anyone have a pic?
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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 12:23 AM
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They are Ronal R15 rims, and they have been discontinued for some time now. Check Ebay or anyone you know that might be able to hook you up.
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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 08:01 AM
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Here is a pic

I found this at: http://members.home.net/maplehawk/1992.htm

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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 06:07 PM
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I hate to break this to you, but from what I've heard the firehawk rims are like the holy grail of thirdgen parts. There's a guy on the board with a green firebird who has lots of firehawk parts on it including rims. He said he was offered something like 6 grand for just his rims. I thought about trying to get some too, until I found out how rare they are.
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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 08:46 PM
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The rims are made by Ronal. Model R9. BAD NEWS!!! I tried everything possible to get a set. I called up Ronal and they told me to try E-bay. I called up other distributors to see if maybe they had some in storage and no luck. I have been looking and every company has told me good luck in finding them. Like everyone else said, They are RARE! Good Luck if you find them. If you find a pair let me know!
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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 10:01 PM
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Anybody seen the new camaro performance magazine or whatever it's called. They have a red iroc in there, with those rims, with the red inserts. Bad-a**. Too bad there really aren't any similair ones out there.
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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 10:06 PM
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ditto, g luck,

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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 10:55 PM
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I need to start a wheel company and make all the cool wheels that get discontinued.

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Old Sep 9, 2001 | 11:09 PM
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Some guy here later last year said that there was a firehawk in a junkyard next to his house. He was wondering if he should buy the wheels for a couple of hundred bucks. Needless to say he was going to get them. That is only way I can think of to find these things.

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Old Sep 10, 2001 | 07:41 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jm91rs:
Some guy here later last year said that there was a firehawk in a junkyard next to his house. He was wondering if he should buy the wheels for a couple of hundred bucks. Needless to say he was going to get them. That is only way I can think of to find these things.

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I can't imagine coming across a Firehawk in a junk yard. I couldn't imagine the owner being ignorant enough not to realize what that car is worth even totaled. If I ever came across one, I'd walk out with the whole car.


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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 04:26 AM
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well I know there knock off versions of them...just let me find where

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Old Sep 11, 2001 | 08:32 PM
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I know a guy who has a pair of the firehawk rims or they are repro. that look just identical to the pic posted above. He actually has them on his 57' Belair. I will take a look at them and see what he will give them to me for.
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