"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/04/2016 at 16:11 • Filed to: wheelopnik, trans am, trans amess
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"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/04/2016 at 16:11 • Filed to: wheelopnik, trans am, trans amess | 2
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I’ve been trying to find black lace 16x8 Trans Am GTA/Buick GNX wheels for my ‘77 Trans Am project car since... well since I decided I wanted them. Problem is they’re PRICEY in good condition. So I started shopping used.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , but noticed why they were so cheaply listed on eBay. But at $40 per shipped I ain’t cared. I’ll just touch them up eventually. Currently they’re on the back of the car, keeping the rear axle off the ground.
That was two and a half years ago.... time flies. Since then I’ve been watching eBay, checking Craigslist, going to swap meets.... and literally NOTHING. Unless I want to spend $500+ on a set. No. I do not.
Then last week, a seller lists a black lace GTA wheel with a very basic one picture posting on eBay. I click on it, and it says there are TWO available. At $75 the price was steep, but they agreed to combine shipping, and I just happened to have some money set aside.
The next day I get an e-mail. They only had the one in black. The other was silver. The seller’s employee (its a wheel shop) listed it wrong.
Cancel the whole thing. I need TWO more.
Fast forward to a few days ago, and another black mesh GTA wheel pops up on eBay. No Buy It Now, so I wait. And wait. And with a minute to go I enter an opening bid. $35! Then eBay logs me out and I couldn’t buy it no more.
FACK.
So I emailed the guy, asked him to relist it, and he did!
The wheel has a tiny bend in the outer lip, but I can have it straightened, no biggie.
But I still need ONE MORE WHEEL.
So I contact the wheel shop guy, since they never re-listed the wheel, and asked if they still had the one black one.
They did. They listed it. I bought it.
It came today.
Looking closely it appears to have been re-painted, and doesn’t have the dimples at the end of the spokes like the other three I have.
OR, like the TWO MORE THAT WERE JUST LISTED TO EBAY TODAY >:(((
I... I might just end up with 6 wheels. YOLO.
And why not? I currently have a set of steelies from my Camry, two 15" Firebird wheels on the front subframe of the Trans Am, a set of snow tires on steelies for the Mazda, all seasons on the factory 17"s I took off last week, and the RX-8 wheels with summer tires on the car now.
So many wheels...
RallyWrench
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 16:14 |
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Extra wheels=drag tires.
TheJWT
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 16:36 |
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Yeah, they’re certainly not easy to find... I got lucky; Hawk’s was selling an original set on ebay and I jumped on them. A bit pricey, but they’re in great shape. Also they’re technically not the right year for my car (The early ones have the dimples, mine dont), but I can’t argue with how they look.
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Takuro Spirit
> RallyWrench
08/04/2016 at 16:45 |
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Slow car = can barely spin the ones on there now.
Oh you mean the TA.
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Takuro Spirit
> TheJWT
08/04/2016 at 16:47 |
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I forgot to mention too that they’re all rears. Another reason why a full set never appealed to me.
They do look like the sex on your car.
Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 16:49 |
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Extra wheels are a good thing with project cars.
“We need to move the ‘57.”
“Throw the old rallye’s on it!”
If only they fit around the calipers.
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TheJWT
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 16:53 |
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Ah right, forgot about that. I don’t know about second gets, but on third gens the fronts work on the rears, but not vice versa.
And thank you! I still have the ugly base model wheels I bought it with in case you want to add to your collection haha
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Takuro Spirit
> TheJWT
08/04/2016 at 17:00 |
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I’m good.
Got 2. 2’s enough.
My bird IS the word
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 17:48 |
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People around me still sell snowflakes for mine cheap,
Problem is they sell them by the next freaking day. I mean someone is going around and buying rims out from under me.
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Takuro Spirit
> My bird IS the word
08/04/2016 at 17:51 |
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15x7 or 8? Cause I see 7's everywhere, no one really wants them it seems.
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My bird IS the word
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 17:53 |
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almost had a set of 15x8s for 350$ and a set of turbo 15x8s from a pace car for 300$
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Takuro Spirit
> My bird IS the word
08/04/2016 at 17:57 |
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I coulda had a set of gold GTA wheels for $150 WITH TIRES but I had no monies and my wife said OK too late. They were gone.
Literally right around the corner from home, too.
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My bird IS the word
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 18:11 |
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I see some sets of the gold around here but I figured you wanted the black.
camaroboy68ss
> Takuro Spirit
08/04/2016 at 18:28 |
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It seems finding original wheels are just getting hard to find regardless of style. When I restored the 68 Camaro is took a long time to find true GM 15x7 Rally’s and this was 10 years ago. I have to stock wheels off my 14 SS Camaro and I can't give the things away
Bandit - destroyed his car
> Takuro Spirit
09/01/2016 at 00:12 |
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Use one as a spare. (Going through your posts now that you’re back to working on it)
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Bandit - destroyed his car
> My bird IS the word
09/01/2016 at 00:14 |
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If you want a set of gold 15x7s I have a full extra set I’m trying to sell.
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My bird IS the word
> Bandit - destroyed his car
09/01/2016 at 10:41 |
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thanks, the snowflakes I am trying to get 15x8s. Like the looks better. I am in the market for 15x7 turbo wheels though.
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Takuro Spirit
> Bandit - destroyed his car
09/01/2016 at 11:16 |
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I missed that last auction because stuff and thangs.
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Bandit - destroyed his car
> My bird IS the word
09/01/2016 at 11:27 |
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You could always look into the Year one 17x9 snowflakes if you want original looks with better tire options, that’s what I’m thinking about doing.
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My bird IS the word
> Bandit - destroyed his car
09/01/2016 at 12:02 |
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I want those but with a 3300$ car, I can't afford 1000$ wheels