3rd gen T/A Cross-lace wheels on a 4th gen Bird

[mapolley07]

I have a 95 V6 Firebird (eventually getting LT1 swapped) that is white in color. I spotted some of the 3rd gen crosslace wheels at a local junkyard and was thinking about throwing them on my car.

This is the style of wheel I am looking at
http://users.rcn.com/mbrandsma/91Firebird/Exterior/skyline05.JPG

Anyway, I would have the gold portion of the wheel powdercoated or painted black and change the center caps maybe. I just want to know what you guys think about how these wheels would look on an early 4th gen.

If anyone could Photoshop these wheels onto a white 4th gen 'bird that would be awesome

[harner]

There's a guy on the local forums who has a '99 NBM Firehawk and rocked some gold crosslace wheels for about a week. I wasn't really impressed.

[harner]

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/99Hawk6spd/wheels001.jpg

I found a pic of it. Looks decent, but I'd much rather the Firehawk wheels on it. As far as a white v6 early 4th gen body style, I don't think it would be as nice as black Vette wheels or aftermarket.

[Chris]

They dont look right. The offsets make them stick out if you are going for the low rider look

[96lt1m6]

i wouldnt.... the older on newer doesnt work

[jaysz2893]

I cant find a pic I took last year at a car show here. A dude had them on his 4th gen. Tires were too small, backspace/offset was wrong and they generally looked out of place. Year One makes them for the 4th gen cars in bigger sizes too. They are not cheap. FWIW i got my Black Deep Dish ZR1's with tires delivered for about a grand.

[mapolley07]

Everyone is suggesting 'Vette wheels, but I wanted to go a different direction. Seems like Z06 and ZR1 wheels are pretty common, and I wanted to go a little off-the-wall. I really kind of want to go for the muscle car look with a fair amount of tire, the older wheels, and not much of a drop.

For those that have seen them, do the cross-lace wheels stick out past the body? I would like to fill the wheel wells out some more width-wise and thought the 3rd gen wheels might do what I want. Either way, I think I'll try them and if I don't like them, I can probably sell them for what I'll end up paying and not lose anything.

I'm a college student, so money isn't super plentiful, and I thought this might be a way to lose my ugly ass salad shooter ABS wheels

[jaysz2893]

I have seen them and they do stick out past the lip

[mapolley07]

I have seen them and they do stick out past the lip

Thats what I was afraid of. I'd like a wheel/tire combo that will come out flush with the body, like the rear wheels of the car in your sig. I hate having tires that are like 3-4" inboard of the quarter panel

[95formula383lt1]

i had them on mine for a week when my other tires were to screwed to drive on. they fit decent i guess im not sure if they were sticking out much at all, but looked bad imo


http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt273/95fomula383lt1/gtarimsonta3.jpg
http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt273/95fomula383lt1/gtarimsonta.jpg
http://i619.photobucket.com/albums/tt273/95fomula383lt1/gtarimsonta2.jpg

[mapolley07]

i had them on mine for a week when my other tires were to screwed to drive on. they fit decent i guess im not sure if they were sticking out much at all, but looked bad imo


Thanks for posting pics, I actually think I like them, but maybe not on a black car. They would def look better on my car since its white, IMO.

I think I'm going to go for it, they don't look quite like I hoped, but I still like it.

[95formula383lt1]

they could look better with 245/50s but still there a small rim. i had them on there for less then a week i think. the tires were a 235/55 so a bit taller.

[Firebat]

There has been a local V6 4th gen bird that has been running thirdgen wheels for years here, 15's though. They don't look out of place at all. I hate thirdgen firebird wheels though because the center caps always seem to fall off.

[mapolley07]

they could look better with 245/50s but still there a small rim. i had them on there for less then a week i think. the tires were a 235/55 so a bit taller.

Yeah, i think the stock tire size or even something a bit wider but not taller would look better. I'm not concerned with them being small, in fact, I like the 16" wheel size. I'm not so much a fan of really big wheels, I probably wouldn't go any bigger than 17s on my car, 18s max.

I'm debating going with white letter tires even to add to the old muscle car look a bit. I want a blend of new and old style on this car. I'm 21, so when the 93-97 'Birds were new, I was a kid and loved them. I was so excited to get my hands on one a couple months back for a great price, but I still love old muscle cars so I want a fusion so to speak of the two.


There has been a local V6 4th gen bird that has been running thirdgen wheels for years here, 15's though. They don't look out of place at all. I hate thirdgen firebird wheels though because the center caps always seem to fall off.

Awesome. I'm not too worried about the center caps falling off, I could super glue them on if they piss me off too much lol. I just love the cross-lace wheels, and they will be something different that most people aren't doing with the 4th gens