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GTA Wheel fitment with Drums?

 
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Red Bird
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:06 pm    Post subject: GTA Wheel fitment with Drums? Reply with quote
Im picking up a pair of GTA Wheels, will they fit my 91 drum brake rear Firebird, without any issues? I dont know for sure, but im assuming all the GTA's had disk brake rears. I think they should bolt right up, just wondering if i'll need spacers. any input would be most appreciated.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They should bolt up fine. Depending on which drum brakes you have, you may *want* the spacer to space them out a bit though.

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iansane
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My TA came stock with those wheels and drum brakes with the spacer. Don't know what purpose the spacer served. Took it off the first time I did my brakes.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sweet Thx guys!
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
iansane wrote:
My TA came stock with those wheels and drum brakes with the spacer. Don't know what purpose the spacer served. Took it off the first time I did my brakes.


The idea of the spacer is to keep your wheels from bonding to the drums or getting a wash of rust on the backside of the rim.

Shrug

Dunno how useful it is. That's just the only purpose I've ever heard that they serve.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
aluminum drums would solve that problem too.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd heard that before Chris, but I would think that two like-metals would stick together easier than two different types of metals? But then again I'm not a chemist. Laughing
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