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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 08:14 PM
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15" Rims


Anyone know of these rims are original to my car? They're 15" and I thought that the 82s only came with 14". If they're original, then what should the caps look like?
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 08:29 PM
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Re: 15" Rims

What kind of camaro is it?? Might depend if it was a rs a z28 option I'm assuming read different answers online
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 09:43 PM
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Re: 15" Rims

Those Style Wheels Never Came In 14".
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 10:19 AM
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Re: 15" Rims

It's an 82 firebird s/e. And I knew the style never came in 14", but I thought the 82s didn't have a 15" option
Edit: and I know they look bad, it's a project and rims aren't high on the list while the floors falling through

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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 02:14 PM
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Re: 15" Rims

Originally Posted by Ljws1982
It's an 82 firebird s/e. And I knew the style never came in 14", but I thought the 82s didn't have a 15" option
Edit: and I know they look bad, it's a project and rims aren't high on the list while the floors falling through
Those wheels were used in various Camaro models from 1982-92. Mostly Z28s on the earlier years, and only on base model V6 RS's from 1991-92. They were never available on a Firebird.
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 02:48 PM
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Re: 15" Rims

An '82 Firebird S/E would have likely come with the Turbo Cast or Turbo Finned rims, either in 15" or 14". Does your car has the WS6 package ?
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Old May 2, 2015 | 09:24 AM
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It doesn't have ws6.
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Old May 2, 2015 | 10:15 AM
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Re: 15" Rims

Those are Camaro wheels, not Firebird.

They did not come on your car originally.

Doesn't mean they "won't work", you "can't use em", etc.; only, they're different.

Since your car is a S/E most likely they're a better wheel, functionally, than what came on it; even though FAR FROM competitive with anything modern. A Kia Forte probably has bigger tires than what would have come on those little pizza-cutter things that came on these cars back then.
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