Help me find some wheels for my Grand Prix.
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I agree that polished chrome would be a bit flashy but...I'm a big fan of the ones I have on my car (see siggy). When I was looking for rims I also looked at some from American Eagle...Pricey but pretty.
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Originally Posted by ssesc93
Shawn, what rims do you prefer having? Some factory Pontiac rims, some factory GM rims (other GM names) or some aftermarkets? Narrow it down.
Those caddy rims that were posted look really good, but if I bought them from that site with shipping and everything it would end up being $922! I am looking more in the price range of $500 or less.
Now that I am seeing how rediculously priced some of these wheels are, maybe I will leave the ugly stock wheels on it and just get some really nice tires and do some mods to the car or something. I knew that like aftermarket 18'* and bigger rims were pretty expensive, but I didn't think that some conservative looking stock 16'* or 17'* would be $200 a rim!
trofeo is right, I am looking for cheap nice looking rims. (not necessarily expensive looking, but rims that don't look like $5 rims) I just want to make the car look classy, not like I dumped a grand into wheels for it.
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There'* a set of the swoopy 01 SSEi wheels on ebay for around 400 buy it now price. I think keep your eyes on ebay for pontiac wheels, and you'll be good. Newer GP wheels would be cool.
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Originally Posted by BonneMeMN
There'* a set of the swoopy 01 SSEi wheels on ebay for around 400 buy it now price. I think keep your eyes on ebay for pontiac wheels, and you'll be good. Newer GP wheels would be cool.
I know you don't want them, but damn these would look sweet.
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Originally Posted by dbtk2
I agree that they would look cool, but those rims are a PITA to clean (took me 3 hours to clean the ones on our other turbo gp), and those are the same rims we have on the other turbo gp so I think it would look like I was trying to copy it. Not only that, but those wheels are really heavy, and again, they look stock, which isn't the look I am going for.
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Get some nice aftermarket ones! I just wanted to see what your car would look like with Ghetto Golds.
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Originally Posted by bonnie94sse
3 hours to clean! Takes me about 4 minutes per wheel. Orange Blast All Wheel Cleaner.
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Originally Posted by dbtk2
I am pretty sure the wheels hadn't been cleaned in probably 3-5 years when I cleaned them other than just being hosed off....
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I clean mine with a toothbrush thouroughly too and they look great. For some reason this wheel cleaner I use is better than anything else. I can go without cleaning the wheels for a couple weeks but the dust comes off easily.
But it would be nice to have some 5 spoke rims that would be nice and effortless to clean.
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