View Poll Results: Which wheels do you think would look best on a silver Trans Am?

Wheel 1

2.48%

Wheel 2

15.70%

Wheel 3

6.61%

Wheel 4

51.24%

Wheel 5

0.83%

Wheel 6

Wheel 7

13.22%

Wheel 8

9.92%

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Jan 30, 2008 | 10:22 AM

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Modsquad

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Originally Posted by TravisDTD

The Beyren wheels are nice but I wouldn't try to force them on your car. They are built for BMW's and have a 5-120 bolt pattern and are hub centric for BMW. You need a 5-120.65mm bolt pattern for your Trans AM. You probably could force them on but you will have to bend the studs and that will increase the chance of breaking them off so.... unless you have the wheels re-drilled do not put them on your car.

I'm in engineering & manufacturing for a living. The tolerances on the 120.65 wheels are probably greater than the fraction of a millimeter. For instance, our standard tolerances where I work are .030 for numbers that go to the 2nd decimal (x.xx) and .015 for those that go to 3 (x.xxx). So that would be 0.381 & 0.762 respectively. Nine Ball has already commented on this also & he is an engineer. The problem is not with the lug pattern, although centering on the hubs probably could be the problem. There's just a lot more slop in bolting up wheels than .65mm. .65mm = 0.026" = less than 1/32" (0.03125).

The thing is, if someone made the correct centering rings for the BMW wheels, they would most likely work perfectly on the Fbodies...but from all I've read the centering rings are hit or miss.

Anyhow, for me, it's all a moot point as you can see I'll be going with much better wheels that are made for my car

Jan 30, 2008 | 11:46 AM

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Well, the decision is in, I said fk all the cheap **** & I'm getting these

Way to step up Marc. Those will also make your car quicker, an added bonus

Jan 30, 2008 | 12:10 PM

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Well, the decision is in, I said fk all the cheap **** & I'm getting these

Excellent choice!!!!

Jan 30, 2008 | 09:58 PM

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Wheel #2 in black and wheels #4

Jan 30, 2008 | 10:17 PM

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I like 2 and 6. Please get them wide enough

Jan 30, 2008 | 10:20 PM

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#4 or some tt2m's

Jan 30, 2008 | 10:20 PM

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Since you have a silver car number 2 would look sick cause you can do black accents (decals,ceta) to go with the black wheels. If I had money to get another play set of rims I would get black with a polished lip cause they look awesome. Good luck

Jan 30, 2008 | 11:51 PM

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LOL, I'm not getting any of them now, and mostly because they are all only available in 9.5" wide. I'm going with FM5's 17x9.5 fronts & 17x11 rears. I should get them this weekend & my buddy at discount is ordering me tires tomorrow....