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Old 09-17-2007, 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?
Old 09-17-2007, 07:41 PM
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Re: Whats with the wheels??

different offset
Old 09-17-2007, 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 09-18-2007, 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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what is the offset differance?
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Re: Whats with the wheels??

Front 0mm
Rear +16mm
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