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Old 05-14-2003, 03:29 PM
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I recently purchased an 85 Firebird with alloy wheels. I need center caps for these rims but I don't know if they're factory originals or not. I can't find a picture of them on the internet
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I recently purchased an 85 Firebird with alloy wheels. I need center caps for these rims but I don't know if they're factory originals or not. I can't find a picture of them on the internet

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Old 05-14-2003, 08:19 PM
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I would be willing to be those wheels are not factory, they almost look like Americian Racing wheels? ~76/80bird

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Old 05-14-2003, 09:49 PM
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Yeah, they appear to be the stock aluminum alloy wheels off an olds g-body. They were made for two years (1987-1988)and are pretty rare to find in complete original mint condition. Dig it...

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definitly an olds cutlass wheel.

try you local gm dealer they may be able to locate some in the parts system.

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Old 05-17-2003, 09:23 PM
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Ive got a set of complete wheels for sale for $3,000. They are very rare to find in this (excellent) condition. They come with the complmentary 1987 Olds Cutlass Salon pictured above.

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Old 05-20-2003, 04:58 PM
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Thanks!

Would you have a closer picture of the center caps and would you know who made the rims?

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Hey mrw...

I will try to get a closeup shot of the caps as soon as I can get my buddy over to take the shot and download it. Kids dropped my digital camera into the toilet, considering the neighboring contents I decided to flush. LOL.

Regarding manufacture, they were factory wheels that were subcontracted by the same company that made the stock rims for all the high end midsize GM cars I've seen from that era (T/A GTA, IROC, etc.). If you've ever seen the "brand mark", they appear to be the same. So, if you find out who made most of GM's alloy wheels during the 1980's you'll have the mystery solved.

The center caps come up alone, or with one or two entire wheel assemblies on ebay occasionally for reasonable. If you find an entire set of 4 wheels and caps for cheap, grab them. The wheels are apparently even more scarce than the full chrome 15x rallye II olds wheels only available on the 1983-1987 H/O and 442's. In the olds circles, these are worth a king's ransom in mint condition.

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I got a pic. For some reason it won't upload here. What's your email address? I'll send it to you.

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Thanks! Sorry to hear about the camera. I've got a couple of kids myself.

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Want some more??? LOL.

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