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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 12:40 PM
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Well I just got my Gta rims, only thing is I have what appears to be 3 rears and one front,(only one says front on the inside) is there any way to correct this via spacers?
Will it cause handling problems if I just leave it the way it is?
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Old Jun 21, 2003 | 12:50 PM
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It will look very odd with one tire sticking out further than the others. Your best bet is to look for someone willing to do a trade on a black crosslace rim. A front for a back.

It'll be cheapest that way. The other way is to contact a company called "Transwheel" in Indiana, they recondition rims and do excellent work. Too bad its about $200 for a new rim from them. The used set I bought had one bad rim, the seller lied, it was bent from the hub and couldn't be fixed at all. So I had to drop $200 on a new rim because I couldn't find anyone selling a used front gold crosslace rim.
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 04:48 PM
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Just to check, the offset is the same for three wheels. He may have forgot to write front on another wheel. The front should have the deeper offset.
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 09:59 PM
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It turns out that I do have 2 fronts and 2 rears, I measured the offset with my hand, but only one said front on the inside.The idiot at Crappy tire put them on wrong even though I mentioned the offset twice.
I phoned a local Gm dealer and he said the spacers on the back were 1/8(kinda small) but I've read in other posts that they should be 1/4.
Some people say I don't really need them.(cast drums)
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