theres a lot of good looking rims here

 

enkei rims i wanna get.. im gunna get 17"x9" at least with 275/45/17 tires

 

I dont think there is a lot of difference in the smoothie 2 rims compared to the TT2 rims. If there isnt a correct size offered in the smootie 2 for our car then Id get the TT2 wheels. There a lot cheaper too.

 

Well, the smoothie 2 rims have a different lip, valve stem placement and the main body (5 spokes) has a more sharp line down the center of each spoke. I think the Original smoothie rims looks a lot like the TT2 rims though.

I know this is a bit off subject but I really like the color of your car and I was also wondering if you took the nose emblem off or did you get a front end with no emblem or something?

 

Best looking rims on a thirdgen are the 10 spoke SS rims IMO. I just dont like spacers so I didnt get them.

 

I like these.

 

anyone know what rims therese are?

sizes?

 

these are a 18x9.5 vette wheels front and rear with 2.25 adapters. they have 275/35/18 nitto 555s on them. i put these on just to see what it would look like and how they would fit. it does not rub and they sit in the wheel well perfectly.

 

this is my sexy baby!!

 

Not a fan of the wheels, a lil too flashy/blingy for me. I like the rest of it though, nice and clean

 

those are ugly.

Rest of the car is nice though.

 

my 86 Iroc with centerline sundance laser's 18x9 f/r with 265/35 f/r but I plane on replacing them sometime this year with something better

 

rim

 

I like that deep offset of that wheel. How far past the rear quarters to they stick out?

 

not that much

 

I don't have tires for them yet because i don't wanna get stuck in snow.

 

anyone got pics of 85-90 birds with ZR1's?

 

I might be able to help since that is my car and I had them made by Fikse back in 1999. They are a one off set of Fikse FM/5's custom made for my car. They measure 17x9.5 front and 17x10.5 rear. I currently have Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 275/40/17 fronts and 315/35/17 rears on the car and I swap out rear tires with Nitto Drag radials on occasion.

 

No offense, but I think they look better on my IROC.



Thats the first bird I have seen with them however.

 

They are very slick......

 

Do anybody know who manfacture these rims and what model are they, Backspacing?
Any info will be greatly apprciated..

They look like the Zenetti Five Wheels can some one confirm this?

 

I don't think they are Zenetti's but I don't know for sure. Try PMing Graboid, thats his beautiful car.

 

Boyd Coddington Gotcha Hot Rods according to the woman who sent me that pic from sportruck.com

18X9 in the front 18X10 in the back with 5.5 and 6.0" backspacing respectively.

 

It's weird seeing my car with different wheels. I did a double take.

C6 wheels look good on a C6, I'm not impressed with them on most other cars. There are some great looking wheels in this thread though. Great thread.

 

I'm guessing you guys haven't seen some DRAG LITES on the third gen yet??

This pic prolly won't work tho...
so i attached it... talk about HOTTTT. i saw that car in the for sale forum(and on craigslist) and i was like "DAMNNNNNN"

 

smoothies i cant believe i didnt post here.

 

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Hey nice rims


I really like the black cross laces though,When I have extra loot Im gonna buy a set.Also the zo6,c5,c6,boyd cottiingtons kick major butt!

 

You posted in here. Go through the thread again.

I'm not a huge fan of the Ronals really, but damn they look good on this Camaro:

 

What offset was used and did they require the use of spacer?
From a website I see the lug pattern for our vehicle and 43 offset.

 

I don't know why, but I always liked the factory 16" 91-92 Anniversary rims. I know that like 17x9s would be better for handling, but I only got these for $400. I used to have the base model 15" RS rims. Those, I do not like!

 

Did she give you a price on these Rims?
Also I see a conflict that some web pages have them listed un the Gotcha Series and Other sites under the Signature Series. The Signature Series rims cost about 130.00 more per rim....

 

17" cragars. i like them, certainly a lot better than my stock ones...

 

Looking for the good old 18" to fill the wheel gap without lowering the vehicle.

 

18s without a drop is going to look a little silly on a thirdgen. imo

 

Hopefully not as silly as the picture in your username.

 

I agree that a thirdgen w/ 18s and NOT lowered looks stupid.
The whole point of using wide, low profile rims/tires is for
handling. Same as with lowering the car an 1" or 2".
Although using the 17" or 18" rims also helps using big
brake kits even more, and gives the car a custom look. But
again, big wheels and stock height doesn't look too good,
IMO. But that's me. To each his/her own!

 

Im suprised there are no spinnerz

 

I hope your joking with him cuz thats not a nice thing to say.

 

It's all good, I have a sense of humor.

 

Everytime I roll around the corner BLING BLING!!

 

Yo Homey!whered you find that pic of me and my car..lol..j/k

 

I've never actually seen another thirdgen running American Eagle 204s, which mine had when I bought it.



Pardon the mis-badged doors. That was the previous owner's fault and I don't feel like taking them off just yet since I don't have the time to touch the paint back up yet.

 

nothing personal.. but theirs probably good reason for it. Somehow rims can be attributed to the 80's Miami vice/wreadnek trends. Those are 80's rims.

 

Heh. '80s rims on an '80s car, what's so wrong with that?

I think they actually fit the car's looks pretty well. Of course, I never watched Miami Vice (I'm not much for TV really) so maybe I'm just not biased about it.

 

My theory... Thirdgens have not yet become classics.. almost their.. but not just yet. Very little about the 80's will be considered classic. I love the 80's, but some aspects I'd rather forget, 80's rims are amongst these things. If we are ever to elevate our vehicles to classic status, 80's rims MUST GO!. Oddly enough, stock rims on just about everything (except the iron dukes and some SC's) complimented the car well. The 80's aftermarket however, needs to be forgotten.

80's aftermarket.. rims


80's rims.. gone wrong









In conclusion, im not a fan of 80's aftermarket rims on TG's... their are obvious exceptions to this however, but i've strayed far enough off topic..... getting back on topic.

Dem is da hotness..

 

id like to see the car slammed onto the rims more tho, and the firechicken with the blower is nice and so is teh camaro w/ the black

 

i like the Firehawk Ronals 17 x 9.5 jeez i wonder y.. and i like stock rims

 

OMG! Those cars look TERRIBLE! I felt my stomach
turn when I saw those pics!

Jeez! I grew up in the 80s too! WOW! Have things
changed......

 

Er, yeah, those rims (with maybe the exception of the first one) are really bad, but so are the paint/body extras on those cars...

The way I see it, horrible isn't just the rims, it's also what aftermarket mods are put on them and how they were installed, as well as the paint jobs. And there's certainly a lot of new rims that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole, spinners are just at the top of the heap.