Put new rims on my TGP

[GOT2B GM]

They are Eagle Alloys 077's 18 X 8 polished aluminum with 245-40-18 Hankook Ventus HRII tires.

I painted the calipers the same gold as the engine.

Yes....I need a tripod. Let me know what you think.































Went to a wedding this weekend so I had my sister take a couple pics of me and my TGP all cleaned up.  :lol:

[turbo90gp]

SICK!! :icon_eek: :icon_eek:

[Invasion1]

Car looks awesome Matt!!!

I like those better then the Xlaces forsure

[pontiac6ksteawd]

Once again, I have to go against the grain here and say that I liked the X-Laces much better...

[R Dubya]

oh i can't wait to paint my other TGP black and go through it, top to bottom and front to back, someday i will have a black TGP that looks like that.  NICE!

[TGPilot]

Looks nice man! I am not one for chrome or polished wheels...but that looks sharp. :thumb:

[GOT2B GM]

Thanks guys!!

[Invasion1]

UPDATE SIG PIC...... ;)

[tyroelite]

looks awesome!!! what's the offset on them? looks like they could come out a little futher to better fill out the flares.

[futuretgp'er]

looks nice!   gaps though....TGP's should have come lower than a regular grand prix......a lot lower!!!  oh and another classic w-body decision.....everyone around the w-body scene gets these wheels.....or a set of "new stock wheels"  looks pretty aswome reguardless!  do you have HID's on there?  fooling me if they aren't!  also can you tell a difference in performance with bigger wheels/tell its slower!??!

[Prospeeder]

Totally Jeleous, that look insanly nice. Those goldies were nasty lookin, it looks freakin awsome now. You should get some of those HID or cool blues or what ever for the foglights also

[GOT2B GM]

I've got an 8000K HID kit in the lowbeams.

I plan on purchasing a birchmount and intrax springs soon to take care of the wheel gap.

There is not difference in performance because the overall diameter of the tire/rim combo is actually very close to stock.

Stock TGP rims have a +20mm offset I believe and these 077's have a +38mm offset. I have spacers that measure 8mm that I plan on installing so that would give me a +30mm offset.

In order to acheive stock looking offset I'd have to buy 18mm spacers and use longer wheel studs.

As for the people who like the x-laces better, I HATE cleaning x-laces, they are a pain in the ass.

Thanks for all the comments.

[Jeff M]

Dude, so much good to say :icon_eek:; lots of high level attention to detail in researching your setup with offsets and overall height and such, later maybe some lowering to keep board members happy :icon_lol: detailing the calipers, then on to the rest of the car with 8k HID (in my TSTE too :icon_mrgreen:) and proper yellow fogs, lots to comment on and all positive :thumb: .  Rims do look bad-ass on the 2-door, would look goofy on my 4-door but on your car, proper!  For those that still have gold crosslace, Wheel Clean!!!!! a flat black insert that goes behind the rim, in 6 years hardly any brake dust every shows up on my gold crosslace, and they are on to stay since I paid to have them refinished, had these on my first TGP back in 1990, and on all three cars now and no problems at all!  If you don't mind, seeing your 18s I would like to share my 18s that are on my TSTE, Kumho Ecsta SPT 235/45/18 with room to go 245 but don't want the daily 4-door to have too heavy of a tire.

I won't put my pic here as I do not want to steal your thread, even then if you would prefer for it to go away, let me know  :icon_cool:

http://www.turbograndprix.com//TSTERims003.jpg

Nice clean Black TGP with blacked-out headlights, after owning these for 16 years just cannot find anything that looks this good :icon_biggrin: or course we all have our own taste, so what ever turns on the other guy is......what he should drive!

Jeff M

[GOT2B GM]

Thanks Jeff! The rims on your TSTE look really nice too. That entire car looks very clean.

[Jeff M]

Thanks :icon_cool:.  Enough of the pealing paint problem had been painted before I got it so that helps, though a custom fender bender idea did not turn out so well on the other side :icon_cry: I can't wait to finish my black TGP up enough to drive it and rip some pavement, still my favorite to drive and look at when I come out to a parking lot, that's all I need to keep me loving it when you come out and it still makes you grin :icon_mrgreen:, I am sure you know the feeling :icon_cool:.  Only problem I found when others see the car is their need to mess with it, so other than some different wheel locks (smooth on the outside) got these to keep people from messing with my rides:

http://www.spin-caps.com/

Not sure how your valve stems are setup but they offer a few different versions, long ones and short one depending on your length of valve stem neck, but the idea is for this device to cover the black rubber of your valve stem and dress that part up as well add a theft deterrent.  Also the 2 sets of rims I did had the same "covered" approach to a standard/real chrome valve stem, so that part was basically swapped for the one that came with these spin caps.  There is another type of security cap but you have to pick a logo, of which none are all that great :icon_rolleyes:

Another that for some reason has no web site :icon_rolleyes: is Air Jak Flush Valve Stem 410-956-0240, there is no valve stem until you remove the dress-up cap and screw in your (all metal) valve stem for air pressure needs, totally flush and very clean when put back together, you just need a wheel that has a valve stem hole on a flat surface like on wide lip rims :icon_mrgreen: of which I don't have on my Grand Prixs.

Best of luck with everything, still enjoying looking again at your pics :icon_mrgreen:!

Jeff M