New wheels

[TKGN1]

Just put on new wheels from Intro Wheels (GT sport), 17 X 10 on rear (315 nittos), 17 X 8 fronts (245 nittos). Nice selection of wheels and can be made for custom widths, offsets, bolt pattern, and colors for a decent price.
I had already notched the frame for clearance for slicks, helped tuck the wheels in the rear.

 

[BlackMetal]

Looks great, love the 315s in back.

 

[jasjamz]

Ditto! Take some pics of the wheels and car showing the staggerd look please.

 

[hotshoteen]

cool

 

[Way2QWK]

do you have website for those wheels??

 

[TKGN1]

Intro Wheels : http://introwheels.com/wheels.shtml
I'll try and get a few more pics. I took the pics in mid afternoon sun and quality was poor, need to get some pics late evening(less sun).
Thanks for the compliments, I'm very happy how the wheels came out, very nice quailty, powder coating was perfect, and looks good on the car.
Most styles can be made from 15" to 24" OD with up to 10" width. Prices are very reasonable in my opinon based upon it is getting hard to find wheels that will fit our cars and you can order these with custom offsets to fit different applications. I went with 4" offset in front (15 X 8) and 5 1/2 offset in rear(15 X 10) which still clears the fender lip on my lowered set-up.

 

[GregInAtl]

Car looks great. How low did you go on susp drop?

 

[marred4life]

nice car, looks great.

 

[JDSfastGN]

looks awesome man. do you have any higher resolution pics at all? Also what suspension drop mods do you have? Has a great rake.

 

[BandAid]

How about a close up of the rears from a slight angle so I can really see the looks of the rim,,,they look very nice ,,,close up please...

 

[TKGN1]

Here are a few more pics I took yesterday, pics still don't do justice.
Suspension mods include: Eibach springs front/rear, QA1 shocks, BMR upper and lower front tubulars. At first the rake seemed a little excessive but I now like it. With the bigger LS1 brakes the car handles and brakes as well as it accelerates, really a fun car to drive.

 

[TKGN1]

few more pics

 

[BandAid]

Sweet,thanks

 

[disco stu]

That looks sharp.

 

[stickybones]

Wow. That's the nicest I've seen 315s look in the back. They're the right height and tucked into the wheel wells nicely. Looks like they belong there and it doesn't have that (IMO) stupid boy-racer-hot-rod look. Good luck with them.

 

[Tom Walker]

Beautiful Wheels

Any idea how much these weigh? More than T-Type wheels or less than GNs?

 

[TKGN1]

I kick myself for not wieghing them before I had the tires mounted. The shipping wieght from UPS was 30 lbs each, so I'm guessing around 28 lbs for the rears and maybe 26 lbs for the fronts. I'm not real sure on the wieght of the stock wheels, never had a set, but should be close to the same or less steel vs aluminum.
Just a side note, definately more traction going from 275s to the 315s. I could break the tires loose at around 50 mph with the 275s, takes way more throttle with the 315s, if they spin at all.

 

[TKGN1]

Just got finished making custom center caps for the new wheels.
Milled the turbo 6 emblem then polished the rest of the cap.
Came out really cool. Perks of running a machine shop :wink: !

 

[disco stu]

 

[RAMAIR1]

That looks awesome...nice caps too :biggrin: