3rd gen buffs in here please
03-11-2011, 08:53 PM
#1
3rd gen buffs in here please ok so I was talking to my buddy about wanting some gta wheels, and he tells me he has a pair and that I can come pick them up. well I get there and look at them and they are not gta's, and I had never seen them before. they had the mesh design of the gta wheels, but were natural aluminum finished, and were 15" 
so I loaded them up and brought them home. I have done some searching and have found out they are 85-90 firebird se wheels and are apparently very rare as I can only find very limited information on the cars and even less on the wheels. anyone know the value of these? they look exactly like these:
so I loaded them up and brought them home. I have done some searching and have found out they are 85-90 firebird se wheels and are apparently very rare as I can only find very limited information on the cars and even less on the wheels. anyone know the value of these? they look exactly like these:
03-11-2011, 09:26 PM
#3
ok. wasn't sure since I couldn't find much info on them. I was considering that also since I have located a set of black gta's like I want, and I have a set of 15x8" slicks sitting around. if they are of no value I will black the centers and use them for my slicks. thanks for the quick response
03-13-2011, 12:20 AM
#5
What kind of car do you have? I want a 88 trans am, not a GTA because GTA's werent available in standards.
Anyway, if you have a GTA there are three wheels you need to look at.
1) HRE 504. Very rare, available in big widths and big huge step lips, and are 3 piece and you can literally piece together your own special set up. I am picking up a set for my BMW 540i next week hopefully.
2) BBS Rs. Similar style to the HRE but much more attainable
3) BMW Style 5. basically a 2 piece version of the BBS Rs. Made by BBS. The RS is 3 piece the style 5 is 2 piece. Common and inexpensive. You need to leave the center caps off but these would all look great on any 3rd gen bird
Anyway, if you have a GTA there are three wheels you need to look at.
1) HRE 504. Very rare, available in big widths and big huge step lips, and are 3 piece and you can literally piece together your own special set up. I am picking up a set for my BMW 540i next week hopefully.
2) BBS Rs. Similar style to the HRE but much more attainable
3) BMW Style 5. basically a 2 piece version of the BBS Rs. Made by BBS. The RS is 3 piece the style 5 is 2 piece. Common and inexpensive. You need to leave the center caps off but these would all look great on any 3rd gen bird
03-13-2011, 01:02 AM
#6
Just some info for you. You could get a manual trans in the GTA from 87 all the way through 92. You just couldn't get the manual trans with the 5.7 engine. You could get a 5 speed with the LB9 in the GTA and if you selected the performance axle ratio G92 (3.45 in the 9 bolt and 3.42 in the 10 bolt) you got a hotter LB9 than if you didn't check that option. They recieved the L98 cam, dual cats, and a 145mph speedo that wasn't standard with the regular LB9 with a 5 speed.
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03-13-2011, 05:08 PM
#8
this is the first set I've ever seen. i see plenty of gta wheels around, but not these. I have a 99 ws6 as seen in my sig. and to disspell some myths I have read about putting these wheels on these cars, as I bolted a set onto my car last night for fitment and to see how they look:
the 16x8" REAR gta wheels will direct bolt on all the way around with no clearance issues
they DO NOT stick out
they don't look bad at all
the 16x8" REAR gta wheels will direct bolt on all the way around with no clearance issues
they DO NOT stick out
they don't look bad at all
