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Xophertony

so, i was down in kfalls last weekend and i stoped by Rodney's place. he pointed out somthing interesting i had never noticed. the standard aloy wheels on firebirds (15/16" options) have both a concave and convex version. i have the concave, brandon has the convex. see for yourselves:

CONVEX (pic courtesy of chevymad):

CONCAVE (my car):

so now i have a question, which ones do you all like better. just the style, ignore the condition, as the only picture of brandons i could find non-powdrecoated don't look too hot. just the design of the wheel. this poll is just about these two styles, i myself prefer the GTAs to both of these, but of the two prefer the concave style more. not just because i have them either. it realy is the one i prefer.

MIDNITERIDER · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:14 am Post subject:

The concave for sure!!!!! Cool

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:42 am Post subject:

Brandon's. I don't necisarilly hate the others, I just thing his look better.

Either way, you need to swap the wheels on the GTA long before you mess with the ones on the little Bird. Rolling Eyes

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

I always liked the concave wheels better on the clean lines of Formula's.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:20 am Post subject:

I like wheels with a dish.

iansane · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:25 am Post subject:

Your leaving out the 16" version of your wheel that came on 88 and later formulas.

I'm partial to the convex wheels since I had them on my old 87. One year only on the formulas and 2-3 on the TAs

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:58 am Post subject:

ian, thats because the "fake rivits" wheels are too damn ugly to consider Shocked

... and asdfga3 yeah, i DO need GTA wheels... this was just a curiosity poll. i plan to leave those wheels on there for a long time. hell i ran THESE for two years before i got the 15s:

miamivice · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:

i voted for concave

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:02 am Post subject:

I'm with Paul.........I like my wheels to have a little bit of dish to them.

I'd probably put Early Z/28/ RS wheels on a base bird if I had one.

I love the star pattern of them and the IROCs.

Actually, the wheels I REALLY like are the ones like Rod has on his Camaro.

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject:

"pro-star" style. not actualy "pro-star" brand... i think those look good on birds and maros. his are shiney too.

chevymad · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

I like dished wheels, but can't stand the concave pontiac wheels for some reason. Between them and the one's I have i'd take the convex. I think the biggest reason is I like more rim in a dished wheel. The convex are dished but show no rim.

iansane · Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject:

Tony, I'm pretty sure there are TWO types of the concave 16" wheels. The riveted ones you're thinking of and a version like that without rivets.

Then again, I'm crazy.

Xophertony · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:25 am Post subject:

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject:

I don't think those are that ugly. They wouldn't be my first, second or third choice, that's for sure.

85 T/A WS6 · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

The convex has a more defined outer rim, the concave lacks in that definition..