View Poll Results: Which wheels?

Firebird

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Mismatched saw blades

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May 8, 2024 | 09:03 AM

Sasquatchhunter

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Help me choose wheels!

Which wheels? I have a set of gen4 Pontiac Firebird/Trans Am 16s, then a mismatched set of saw blades. I will need spacers for the fonts if I do the firebird wheels, and one of the saw blades will be backwards. Will need new tires either way. 1996 trying to make an autocross car. Thoughts?

May 8, 2024 | 09:40 AM

B.W.

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I'd say go with the 17" sawblades, refinish them if it bothers you that they don't match. Maybe you can find a matching sawblade or two in the local classifieds.

May 8, 2024 | 10:29 AM

Faceman89

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Sawblades

May 8, 2024 | 10:53 AM

Rnroutlaw1

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Sawblades for sure

May 8, 2024 | 11:10 AM

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I've never really cared for the sawblades personally.

Don't really care fo the A-mold types either.

I wish I could install a set of vintage deep rims. There's just too much involved with it, though.

Anyway. Placing my two-bit opinion aside, those directional sawblades are designed to also cool your brakes a little. So I wouldn't keep the backward one on there. Comes down to form over function versus function over form.

May 12, 2024 | 12:58 PM

C4 Steck

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Sawblades all the way. They are super cheap to get two more of whatever type you have, 91-92 or 93-96. I just picked up a pair for $100

May 12, 2024 | 01:43 PM

VeryUnoriginal

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Honestly not really a fan of sawblades, but don't have the wallet for the wheels I really want on mine. I would just get a set of matching sawblades

May 12, 2024 | 04:13 PM

Kilobuck84

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You said you would need spacers for the fronts. Is that for offset, or clearance? My understanding is that many 16" rims will not clear the calipers on later cars.

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May 12, 2024 | 10:30 PM

Ravendagrey

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Since its a later car my vote is sawblades, I just went through the same but opposite dialema and decided to use my IROC Rims over my Sawblades being an earlier car.

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