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Old March 18th, 2010, 08:30 AM   #14
rooster99ss
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Originally Posted by firebirdmuscle View Post
rooster, got some new info. I went to the local rim shop today to get started on the rims and i come to find out that the 17x7 or x8 will not work on our cars for some reason dealing with the offset and backspacing, so the guy said anyway. he called american racing and got pretty much the same feedback and the AR rep said that only the 9.5 and 11 will work on our cars. so with that being said, looks like I am going to go with the 17x9.5 in the front and 17x11 in the rear. now the local shop told me that the wheel is made when you order it, which i already knew, and when i do order it and they ask for what kind of car, that when I tell them a firebird that they will build the wheel accoringly without me having to give them any specific backspacing or offset? and once agian that was straight from american racing. should i just do that or should i have a specific offset and backspacing to give them. I'm not wanting anything off the wall just around what everyone else is running on theirs.
awesome man, that's the way I would go! all you should have to do is tell them that it's for a firebird and they should do the rest

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exactly what do you mean by plans for my vehicle? and no, not really. i would like mine to be like in your old z-28 / roosters ride. i really like the way both of y'alls is
our wheels are deep dish bro (in the back)
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