Robofuzz

I'm looking for pictures from people that have put the G8 19" alloy wheels on a GTO. I know there is some machining of the wheel, but who has done it?

Summerwolf

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Search ls1gto.com in the wheels/tires section. This topic has been beat to death over there.

Robofuzz

Yeah I spent a lot of time over there today trying to use their search function. Only found a couple of threads and virtually no pictures. Of course, it may have been that spending 2 hours searching wasn't enough time to sort through the noise to find what I was looking for.

Summerwolf

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No....

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthr...ight=G8+19%27s

2 minutes, max.

Robofuzz

Man - there's no need to be an ***. So you found a thread that you yourself posted in. Congrats. I looked for quite awhile at that site as well as a couple of others. I found very little info or pictures and the info was conflicting.

Thanks for the help.

Cool_Hand_Luke

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I like the looks of the G8 wheels on the GTO.

Wish I knew a shop that could do that without forking it up.

Robofuzz

Surely it can't be that difficult. It's just machining the center bore of the wheel a little bit, right?

Right now, I have the VZ Monaro wheels on mine. I like the look of the 19" G8 wheels - they look like a 19" version of the VZ wheels but with a machined look to them. I think they'd look great on my MBM.

breze84

Wont fit...

Robofuzz

I realize it won't fit without modification. However, there are apparently people using them after having the center bore of the wheels machined to be a little larger. The offsets appear to be compatible.

Summerwolf

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LOL, obviously you didn't see the photographic proof and multiple GTO owners that have them and they are fitting?

breze84

I know 2 people who have tried it and get strut rub and thats with boring out the hub...

FryZ71

Then they're running too wide a tire on the front...the all of the G8 wheels regardless of diameter are 8" wide w/ +48 offset just like the GTO's 8" wide wheels w/ +48.

a 245 in the front on stock wheels is a a crap shoot in terms of strut rub...some can do it and others can't. The ones that can't are stuck w/ either susp. upgrades, downsizing to a 235, running a 1/4" slip-over spacer, or saying f-it and getting aftermarket wheels. Stupid GTO wheelwells

novaflash2002

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