[1971/455/HO/4-SPD]

Allright everyone, I am down to either the stock Snowflakes or some wheel vintiques 15 x 8 Rally II's What does everyone think? The car is pearl white with blue interior and blue screaming chicken............

[vtxman]

I know there is a lot of folks that like the Rally II's, but for me, nothing compares to the snowflakes on a 79 TA. That is what I am putting on mine. They are aluminum, not steel, and they look right.

When I see the Rally II's on a 79 TA, I automatically assume it is not a WS6 and must be a plain Janer.

I also have a set of 10th anniversary turbo wheels I will put on mine when I am in the mood for a change.

JMO

[2manyT/A'S]

The Rally II's DO tend to look MUCH better on the earlier cars.

On a T/A,from 74 on up,they pretty much NEED the pizzaz of Honeycombs,Snowflakes,Turbo's,etc.

A base bird,Formula OR Esprit can get by with Rally's & look GREAT.

If you had a stone stock looking "stripper " T/A,the Rally's would be GOOD,almost like the Poverty Cap look.

["QUICK-SILVER"]

What about the white painted turbo's, paint them the same color as the car.
A friend did this on a custom white third gen and it looked pretty good.

8" Rally II's change the looks quite a bit, don't know how to describe it, the aggressive stance with the old style wheel, eye catcher anyway.

I think it needs something different with the pearl white, the snow flakes would have to be extra bright.

[bonneville Joe]

Paint the snowflakes gold with the aluminum exposed ribs like on an SE. That would look awesome.

I totally agree with the above statements. 77 and later T/As at the bare minimum need snowflakes if you are going for a factory look. Ralleys look cheap on them.

[74TransAm]

I kinda like both. My 78 has a set of restored 8" snowflakes and they look great on it, but I also had a set of the 15 X 8 rally II's on it, and that really looked nice too. Sometimes I think I liked them better. All my non-Pontiac friends thought I was crazy for putting the snowflakes on, they said it made it look like a "Disco-Wagon"

I guess I would have to agree the snowflakes really look nice on later car's. On my 74 Trans Am I am restoring my original rally II's without trim rings. I think they look great on a white Trans Am like my 74. I also have a set of the Polycast Honeycombs but I doubt they ever see any use.

[gtohurstjudge]

Snowflake wheels definitely. I disagree on the gold......unless
you have gold decals, I think the grey background snowflakes look better on a white car. here's a pic of mine.....

[Warren Seale]

I would go with the argent snowflakes with blue decals. I like the gold snowflakes with red graphics since they have touches of gold along with the red and orange.




Warren

[1971/455/HO/4-SPD]

Right now there are Centerlines on the car. I will definately get the original Snowflakes re-done. It is either right away or after purchasing a set of Wheel Vintiques Rally II's. I agree that the grey would look great with the pearl white to tone it down a bit and set the wheels off. That is why I am leaning towards the Rally II without a trim ring. Does anyone have any pictures of Rally II's on a white bird??????

[HIOSILVER]

we done a 80 with white and had the grey decals grey 8" snowflakes grey background on the wheels looked great..

[2manyT/A'S]

Originally Posted by 1971/455/HO/4-SPD

Right now there are Centerlines on the car. I will definately get the original Snowflakes re-done. It is either right away or after purchasing a set of Wheel Vintiques Rally II's. I agree that the grey would look great with the pearl white to tone it down a bit and set the wheels off. That is why I am leaning towards the Rally II without a trim ring. Does anyone have any pictures of Rally II's on a white bird??????

You know,it's FUNNY,but whenever I see a Firebird or T/A (other than a 70/71 T/A) that has Rally II's without trim rings,the first thought that comes into my mind is that somebody has stolen the rings & the owner is TOO CHEAP to replace them.

(It just looks like somethings MISSING!)

[1971/455/HO/4-SPD]

Originally Posted by 2manyT/A'S

You know,it's FUNNY,but whenever I see a Firebird or T/A (other than a 70/71 T/A) that has Rally II's without trim rings,the first thought that comes into my mind is that somebody has stolen the rings & the owner is TOO CHEAP to replace them.

(It just looks like somethings MISSING!)

I am definately not a fan of the trim ring on the Rally II's. I took them off of my 71 HO car and liked that look a lot better. My 79 TA is far from stock and I want the car to look mean and understated, thus my affinity with the Rally II's!

[1971/455/HO/4-SPD]

Now this is what I am talking about! Ordered my Wheel Vintiques 15 x 8 Rally II's today!