I'm looking for a "cheap" upgrade for the summer wheels. I think that 16" on a daily driver is enough (max. 17") so I thought about using the GTZ rims. Since they came colored does anyone know if the burgundy red color is about the same like on our Fieros.
Or should I take the black ones?
Any suggestions on the tire size?
Thanks
Patrik

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His:
´91 Camaro Z28
´87 Pontiac Fiero GT

His and Hers:
´03 Volvo V40 T4

I saw some listings here http://search.ebay.com/sear...title=beretta+wheels

What model of wheel (year) are you talking about?

Arn

quote Originally posted by Arns85GT: What model of wheel (year) are you talking about?

He's talking about these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot...dZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Those are Chevy's "Garnet Red" which may be a little too red to match your car.

Note that the guy clarifies the color later in the listing since he has them listed as "bright red" which they are not.

The red sure looks different to me.

I think I'd take the black

Arn

I have a set of Black GTZ's in the attic of the garage..i would make you a great deal on them...
Just PM me.

I have z26 wheels on my fiero, they came on the 94/95's

quote Originally posted by darkhorizon: I have z26 wheels on my fiero, they came on the 94/95's

Any pics of the car and what tire size have you mounted?

@Ryan: Probably I'd be interested, but you would have to ship them overseas.

[This message has been edited by swisscheese (edited 03-15-2007).]

I put a set of GTZ's on a repainted dark blue / green 88 notchy. Three of them were black and the other was red. I chemically stripped the red powder coating off and painted it with an engine high temp low gloss paint. It turned out pretty close to the others. I am using 205/55/16 (just a no name brand all season tire). Black rims on a red car is a good combination. Only thing with red is that is seems to fade at different rates. Look at the top of the page with the red GT and black rims as an example.
Vern

i went with 215x50 on my gtz rims....mine are white...but i sanded down the 5 spokes to polish up the aluminum underneath and i left the rest the color they were painted...so when i have the car painted i will either have these rims chromed or i may just have the ousides painted the same color to match the car and repolish up the spokes to stand out....tim..

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205-50-16 front, 225-50-16 rear on an 88. Fits great.

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88 TTop coupe (96 3.4DOHC/5 speed in progress)
03 Vibe GT. 6spd
05 GTO, LS2, 6spd
01 Sonoma SLS, 5spd, ZQ8 sport suspension

[This message has been edited by qwikgta (edited 03-21-2007).]

I have a set of black GTZ wheels on my '88GT. I love them. Fronts are 205/55-16 and rears are 225/50-16 and that combo fits very wheel on a lowered '88.

quote Originally posted by qwikgta: .

Looks very nice!

my old GT



had 225's up front and 245/50/16's in back

Z26 wheels



I run 225/50/16 tires on those rims, I imagine the size I have on there in the video is really close to that, but those are just some random junkyard tires on there at the time.

[This message has been edited by darkhorizon (edited 03-16-2007).]

Ok, just checked with a local dealer, he wants $320.- for four used ones. don't know witch condition they are.
For the size I think 205/55 for the front is alright and some 225/50 back would look good i think.

Actually I have to photoshop them on my car. Don't know if the black ones look good on my dark red (or burgundy red) car with silver lower trim.

anyone know how wide thouse wheels are

They are 7" wide. I've got some early 90s grand am 16s that I am putting some summer tires on for my car, and those are some pretty easy to find wheels. I'd like to get some gtz wheels though just because I like the 5-spoke style better.

Swiss,
I like them, but of course I have them. I would recommend if you do it, paint them the same color as your ground effects, that way they look like part of the car. Im not sure the black is the best with that color combo.

They strip easy, and powdercoat or paint them the same gray and they would look great.

My $.02

RJ

I use 16" Beretta wheels on my 88, but I had to put a 1/2" spacer in the rear (longer studs!) and 1/4" spacer in front to keep the center to center track width to factory specs. Less tire scrub and longer tread life. Did not measure for earlier years, probably different though.

I have black GTZ wheels on my white Formula running 225/50-16 front and 245/50-16 rears, stick like glue with GForce Sports.

James

I have the rims now at home and will have them mounted by the end of the next week.

Just one question, do I need some spacers to mount them correctly or is the offset (42mm) right for a '87 GT?

They'll fit just right, no spacers required.

JazzMan

My neighbour has a set of those on his Beretta, that he stripped and polished. Very nice!!!

My rims are from an 87 Beretta.

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Southern Ontario Fiero Association
Yellow 85 Notchback(A.K.A. GodFearN)

The progress thread: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/077740.html

quote Originally posted by darkhorizon: Z26 wheels I run 225/50/16 tires on those rims, I imagine the size I have on there in the video is really close to that, but those are just some random junkyard tires on there at the time.

Good choice, same wheels we used on the wife's 88. We used the same 225\50\16 on the rear and 205\50\16 on the front.





She wanted something different than the usual spoke type wheels you see so much lately. Said she wanted something with a swirl pattern. I saw these wheels on a car in the junkyard and showed her, she fell in love with them. We ground the Chevrolet bowtie down flat, filled the area, and painted the center caps, put Pegasus stickers on them and clear coated. Turned out pretty good.

Max

quote Originally posted by Max The Chainsaw:

They look very nice too.

I probably would have bought them too, but since the later Berettas weren't sold over here (only until '92) I can't find some used ones.