Cavalier 15s vs GTU 16s

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Cavalier 15s vs GTU 16s

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Apparently due to GM's unoriginality, I guess the GTU wheel was offered on cavaliers in the 90s, in a 15.

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I'm probably the last one in the world to find out about this, but I got little rustled when a cavi I was looking at had tiny gtu style rims with a bowtie center cap. Why do they get cool center caps? Why do they even get the style at all? They didn't get Z wheels...I mean if your gonna go into the parts bin for "inspiration"...

Perhaps I will put 15s on the front to give it that "no really its a rear wheel drive" look.


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They are also only 6" wide


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I've seen them on lots of different Cavy's but I typically see them on the Z24's.

So they get Baby-Z wheels, like the Baby-Z that they are.


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Koots wrote:So they get Baby-Z wheels, like the Baby-Z that they are.
they are gtu wheels... not Z lol

Minivans got the 15" baby Z26 wheels...


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I've seen those wheels on too many damn vehicles, It's hard to discern where they originally came from LOL


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Re: Cavalier 15s vs GTU 16s

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Burning_Beard wrote:Apparently due to GM's unoriginality, I guess the GTU wheel was offered on cavaliers in the 90s, in a 15.
Also, what's wrong with having a lot of interchangeable parts?

One reason why I really got into Honda's was due to their interchangeability with almost all of their entire product line. I know of guys running NSX brakes on hatchback civics with just a few part swaps. Just like our beloved GM products.

It sucks when you got a car that is composed of nothing but model specific parts and watch your wallet run dry when you need to replace anything.


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Koots wrote: Also, what's wrong with having a lot of interchangeable parts?
Nothing. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm referring to the GTU wheel design, manufactured in a whole different specification for a cavalier.


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Re: Cavalier 15s vs GTU 16s

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The GTU rims also look way better because they have a deeper dished offset.


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80zfreak wrote:The GTU rims also look way better because they have a deeper dished offset.
And they're directional...


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