That's why I had them developed........ to have something different. I could have been selfish and made it to where nobody else could purchase them, but I decided to share them with all of you. THEN, people talked a bunch of crap over the price....

Oh well, I like them and have had a bunch of compliments on them anywhere I take the car.

Looks like me and ScottyRock will be the only ones to have them!

I WAS going to have them made in 18's, but stretching the center pattern out that far didn't look right, so I stayed with 17's.

 

thanks for doing this and posting it. it looks great and has really helped me decide that i want to do 17 inch wheels with 315's and 255's. that is the perfect size for what i want to do.

 

Why so "narrow" on the front? I love my 275s & did ZERO ti make them fit, with no rubbing. I just got wheels that fit good. And wishing I had gone with 335s out back instead of 315s. Next time.....

 

stephen. 275's sound great except that i am planning to go with manual steering with no power assist. 255's will hurt in parking lot turns, but 275's will likely tear my shoulders apart again. i will also be HPDE, drag, road course, and autocross racing the car and it car is more likely to have oversteer than understeer already so i figure 255 will give me plenty of profile without adding the extra friction. also a little easier for hydroplaning on wet tracks/ roads.

 

I HATE 91-92 style wheel, but i think i fell in love with this design, you did a great job, and i also think they look killer in the photoshop colored versions too, maybe when people open their wallets they will catch on, too bad im poor

 

Well I hope to hear from Boyd Jr tomarrow. I talked to him the other day and he told me they would be done and shipped to me Friday, I hope.Its only been almost 5 months..

 

It took several months from concept to production to get them done. The programming was already finished and they passed the gov't standard testing etc... I don't see why it took that long to get your set, but then again, I don't know what Boyd has had on his plate over the last several months either...

To Itsarebuild - I ended up going with 245's on the front instead of the 255's as originally planned. The 255's were a hair taller than the 315's. The 245's match height perfectly to the 315's. Hope that helps.

Thanks for compliments, here's another pic, probably the most recent one I have. The car was a little dirty at the time, but here ya go...

 

I hope to hear something soon. My car is white. When I get my wheels, and fresh paint this spring, we should do a photo shoot, or Photo Shop them together.

 

I have read most of the posts.

1bad91z, what a fantastic job!!

You took an idea, a design, and made into reality.
Not many can say they created a marketable rim design.
Others will either like them or not, who cares.

The price is appropriate to the limited production rims of this caliber.
Probably on the bit high end of the average 3rd gen nut.

My preference is T/A's, not camaro's.
This style would not look good on a firebird.
If I had a Camaro........, I definately would consider these!

 

Congratulations. That is a truly classy wheel and your car looks outstanding. It is really refreshing to see something original and tasteful after all these years. My hat is off to you sir. A nice modification without completely changing the nature of the car.

 

Thanks for the compliments!

It's also nice to see some Firebird owners who appreciate them!

Most Firebird guys just complain that I didn't build a Firebird wheel, eventhough I own a Camaro....

I haven't really driven the car since last summer (when the last pic I posted was taken).., but when I can find the spare time I will clean up the car for more pics. I still need to send some better pics to Boyd for the website.

 

Boyd Jr called to let me know the wheels are getting the heat treatment and will be shipped monday or tuesday. I F-ing hope so. I just want what I have paid for, is that to much to ask for 20 weeks later....

 

I waited 6 months for my ROHs to come over on a boat from Austrailia. Wheels aren't usually quick or cheap when your getting exactly what you want.

 

Which ROHs did you get?

 

what do you think of the Ronal Firehawks?

 

looks like your dream car is for sale in maitland florida at the corvette dealership for $24+

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...looking-3.html

These are the wheels. They are Drift Rs. I wanted the 11" wide wheel which is not the normal width so I had to wait for them to come from ROH directly. The guys at Group A wheel took care of it all.

 

A link to a page with 10+ cars on it and you say "these" are the wheels........

Never mind. I know what the Drift RS look like.

 

Well If you look at my user name, you will see my car with the wheels. I was just saving bandwith by not posting my car all over the site.

 

Any word Scotty?

 

FYI: If you look on the upper RH corner you can click on the post number and then link it directly: >Link

 

NOPE, not since my last post.

 

that sucks, i was wandering why i never saw his show any more or saw him on t.v. at the high end car shows in vegas, and i was also wandering why i saw a bunch of his crew workin with chip foose on overhaulin....guess i know now.....



R.I.P. Boyd Coddington Sr.............

 

Yup...Foose hired the talent and left the others.

No respect for Boyd, especially when he got arrested for fraud. What a crook.

 

Well I got an email today. so I hope I will have my rims soon...

 

Well I got an invoice to day, but no Fed-Ex, UPS, or US Postal shipping info. So its any ones guess when they will get hear....

 

Can somebody photoshop this boyd camaro wheel in the pastel yellow that gm offered on the camaro and firebirds back in 1988? Thanks

 

Still no rims. But I did get some kick a$$ tee shirts and some rim wax.

 

What the heck is going on over there? Have you talked to Boyd or Vanessa?

 

Just got my wheels. No center cap wrench. Got some wheel wax and 2 tee shirts.

 

Cool and congrats!

What do you think about them?

Pics!!!

 

pics or ban!!

 

If you want to see pics that bad, then scroll up and look at the pics of them mounted on my car..

I'm sure he'll post pics when he has some to post.

 

I don't know, seems like a lot of work...

 

Maybe he's getting tires for them?

 

100% Agreed.

 

you sir are right, you GOT TO PAY TO PLAY... AND I am a PLAYER now with these rims.... the second one in the world....I think

 

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They are pretty awesome, aren't they!

What sizes did you end up going with, or did you just have Boyd duplicate the specs of mine?

I have some more ideas to customize my set a little further, but probably wont be until this summer.... I post pics after the mods..

Also, what tires did you decide on?

 

I got the same ones as you Sir, and I will be running 26x11.50 MT Et Streets and the same size in the front as you.

 

someone buy my ARE wheels so I can buy tires for my Boyds.... Please

 

oh boy, spent big coin on wheels and can't afford tires for them.

 

Scotty - did you mod your rear inner fender areas yet? Any closer to getting some rubber on those wheels? Also, if you want to have the white inserts painted on, you may want to do that before tires.....

 

ARE Sold today, ordered tires, all said and done, $715.26 4 tires mounted balanced. They will be done this friday. I will have pics this weekend got to mod my fender wells, and do a brake job, just a pad slap.

 

well now I am at WLC, Natinonal Guard trainng for 2 weeks, i will try to get some pics up. I LOVE the look of these wheels!!!!

 

Cool! What brand and size tires did you end up going with?

What all did you mod to get the rears to fit?

I had to cut out the bump stops and do some minor inner fender reshaping (heavy rubber mallet work).. It wasn't that bad and now there is plenty of room even when cornering hard.

Post some pics!

 

Yea it needs to be lowered< but after $800 in tires, i got to wait. Did every mod you did, but LCA. I have MT Drag Radial in rear and no name in front.

 

 

Awesome and congrats! I told you they would be worth the wait!

Mine sits about like yours does, but I'm going to wait to lower mine until after the LS swap because I'll need to lower the front a little more due to less weight.