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Old 03-09-2008, 07:47 PM
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Default Blown GTO's Wheels and Tires, what would you do????

hey folks, my car is STILL down, motor issues, getting them sorted, but man, it's taking forever.....and ever...........and ever............and ever...........

anyhoo, while she's down, i thought i would tackle this never ending daunting task:

i am in the market for new wheels and tires.

these TT 2's came on it, they look good, but i am tired of having the same wheels everyone else has at the meets. plus, the rears are 10 inches with maybe 4 1/2 backspace, so they rub the rear fenders REAL bad. i have to have her hiked up to the sky to deal with it.

so, i have thought about everything from body colored steelies with poverty caps,(widened for the rear, ala b-man, loves his wheels and tires on ALL his rides....) to oldschool darker center torque thrust d's, 16's probably, to 17's of a billet style, from foose to the intro hurst looking ones. i still want the big and little look, i think the car just asks for it, albeit a dated look, the car just has that 'zinger' feel to it, ala the 'muscle machine' diecasts, and that's what i want to keep in theme with me thinks.

with that in mind, whatever i do, i would want the rears to be a bit bigger in side profile and width, but i suppose the rim diameter could be the same as the front as well. i like the more polished look that nice aluminum rims give, but i also like the look of no frills get down to business look of basic rims. the car already has a pretty mean stance and attitude to it, and sound, (3 inch exhaust all the way out with flowmaster super 40's, and electric exhaust cutouts...)

so i want to keep it in that vein, clean, mean, fightin' machine.

ok folks, let me hear it, ANY suggestions welcome, go ahead and have some fun with it!!


thanks peeps,

davey
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