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Old 10-22-2010, 11:16 PM
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I will be restoring an 89 GTA and would love to find the original style wheels in larger sizes. Thanks for your help.
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as far as i know there are only repo in 16's still. there is one guy on turbobuick fabbing some in 17's for the GNX, (which they run 4 front GTA wheels).. trust me, you and about 1/2 mllion ppl are waiting for the same thing...
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I had found a company a while back taht had a wheel that looked JUST like the GTA style wheel..(Im redoing my 87 GTA) and I wanted to do 18s..Iv looked for the last 2 weeks or so but cant find them again. I emaild them the sizes I wanted and it was lie $4500 before tires! Wayyyyy to much for me but they were soo close to the orginals but in 17s-19s I think. I cant find the email either..If I find it Ill post a link.

Breed wheels has somthing similar but not what I was looking for..might take a look at there choices.
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YearOne has them, but there +$600; each!
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There different...Bandit style..
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Stay tuned. I'm in the process of working on something as we speak. If it works it will be 17" rims. For my setup I will need rims 11" wide for the rear but other widths would be available. I am only working on the rears do to traction problems with my car but this would work for either the front or rear wheels. For me I am leaving the fronts as they are.
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It seems like somebody who makes wheels would have figured this out a long time ago.
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I have donated a rear GTA wheel to the local wheel shop to see if it can be made into a 17" wheel. At first it was a no. Then after some brainstorming a "maybe". So I will say it is a 50-50 chance it can be done. The wheel shop is going to try a different method than they normally do when converting a 16" wheel to a 17". The price will be higher like $300 a wheel for the conversion if this works.
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you could also buy aftermarket wheels that looked alot like them and have them re-finished to replicate them.
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a guy turbobuick.com had them made in 18" and they look killer. they are about 3k-3500 though billet specialties made them i think. do a search on turbobuick you'll find them.
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i had the same idea, i wanted (still do really just no $ ) to oick up a white or maroon GTA and restore it, lower it etc. I was planning on using BMW style 5 rims, or BBS Rs. They are amazing rims and whats better is that they are cheap, and 3 piece, and there are companies that sell different size outer hoops which mean you can choose what lip to run, and you can customize your offset.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...:1&um=1&itbs=1

Small, but the same rims. BTW i would leave off the centercaps
http://www.thirdgen.org/firebird_fir..._december_1991

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/at...-rs-gold-1.jpg
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I have a black '92 GTA, and I would absolutely loooove to have an exact duplicate of the gold wheels in an 18" diameter! I followed the thread on Turbo Buick. Those wheels came out nice, but I would want the webbing near the wheel's center to be cut out just like the originals. It's amazing that the most beautiful wheel that GM ever used on a car was never replicated in a larger size by an aftermarket company for mass production... especially since that wheel is still in high demand.
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Good luck, I've always loved those rims. I had a black set on my 87 442 and mt 92 Z28.
keep us posted.
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Sounds like a job for oe wheels. My buddy just paid 1200 for four grand fronts for his Buick. Which is crazy. I would go with ccw classics
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i am looking for a set of just 16 if anything lol



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