tires mabe..but in 88 they changed the rims thats how you can tell an 88 from other years. on 88's the front rim where the spoked area meets with the silver part. is almost flush in the rear , spokes are set in about an inch and a half. later
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Posts: 1232 From: Germantown, Wisconsin - Metro Milwaukee Area Registered: Sep 2001
Yeah, except 85-87 all were gray, in 88 you could get optional black or gold.
Here's a Q, how much do the GT wheels weigh? How wide are they? I'm thinking about getting after market light wheels (black), but if I can paint my black or find black ones and they are light enough, I'll just say with them
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Posts: 1753 From: Blowing Rock, NC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
------------------ 87 FIERO GT 2.8 5spd 0-60 in 6.8 seconds! 87 FIERO CPE 2.5 5spd 86 FIERO SE 2.5 AUTO 87 FIERO GT 2.8 4SPD If you found my advice helpful, please take the time to give me a positive rating. Thanks
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Posts: 1753 From: Blowing Rock, NC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
Ive never weighed them without tires on but if i remember correctly with rubber they just top 40lbs. Of course it will depend on the particular rubber, but they aint light by my standards.
If i was you id opt for some aftermarket wheels. They will look better anyways
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Posts: 1753 From: Blowing Rock, NC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
True aftermarket wheels look better, but I want to know what the stock weigh. While whe're on the subject of aftermarket wheels, what's the maxes I could have on 17's whith out modifying anything or without scrubing? 16s? 15lbs would be great, but if it's 40lbs, then screw that! They'll go REALLY high up on my "list" if they weight that much! lol
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Posts: 1753 From: Blowing Rock, NC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
86-87 GTs used 15x7 rims all around, but used 205 tires in front, 215 in the rear. The only color those years was grey.
In 88 they switched the front rim to a 15x6 and kept the same rear rim (unless they changed the offset... don't think they did). The tires were 205 front and 215 rear as well. GTs with grey interior came with black inset rims, Beechwood interior cars got the gold inset rims (maybe you could special order to switch the color?)
All Formulas got the black inset rims.
My bathroom scale says a GT rim weighs 30 lbs. with a good 215/60 tire (make sure the tire has no air because a full tire will add 32 lbs (joke). My wife says the bathroom scale is off, way off. (LOL)
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Jun 18th, 2003
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Posts: 1247 From: Calgary AB, Canada Registered: Jun 2001
ok my 16x7.5" rims on the car weigh in at 23lbs just wheel and 42lbs with a 225/50/16 pirelli p7000 tire. my gt rims with 225/60/15 (rear) yokohama AVS dB weigh in at 40-41lbs and the 205/60/15 (front) weigh 39-40. all weighed on the same scale. So no i dont have and cant easily get the rim weight but the wheel/tire combo weighs about the same as a set of relatively heavy aftermarket wheels. so id GUESS that the rims are in the 19-21lbs range. All with IMO very high quality tires.
Oh and as reference my 14" turbine wheels with snow tires yoko's 185/70/14 weigh in under 30lbs per wheel/tire.
