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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Whats with the wheels??
Why do my iroc wheels say front on the front wheels and rear on the rear wheels?

Do they have a differant offset, or is the clearence a little differant, or just one of GM's useless ideas?
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 07:41 PM
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Re: Whats with the wheels??
different offset
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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Re: Whats with the wheels??
Same on the 16" rims on the Firebird Formula.

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Old Sep 18, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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Re: Whats with the wheels??
Ive got an 87 IROC-Z with 16's
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 03:13 PM
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Re: Whats with the wheels??
what is the offset differance?
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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Front 0mm
Rear +16mm
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