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GTS wheels and different offsets

Started by _Duck05_ , Jan 28 2006 10:49 PM

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#1 _Duck05_

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Posted 28 January 2006 - 10:49 PM

Hi all,
Hope someone can help me out here, I have 3 sets of GTS wheels, one set has been modified to 15" so there offset is no issue but the other two sets look un modified and have different offsets. So can anyone tell me if GTS wheels were factory made with these variations and for what reason/vehicle where they made for??? :huh:

At this point I don't have the measurements I only noticed they were different when sorting them out in an annual garage clean up.

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Duck05

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#2 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 28 January 2006 - 10:55 PM

If they are what I think they are, I'll buy them if they are for sale.

From the factory, there were two different offsets. Your HQ - WB GTS rim had an offset of +13. The other factory offset was for the L34/A9X. They had an offset of -6. This doesn't mean that somebody has had the offset changes for some reason or another. If done ny a professional wheel works, they will look stock, apart from the offset difference.

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#3 _Duck05_

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Posted 28 January 2006 - 11:07 PM

Thanks Chopper,
If a pro has done them is there any other way to tell the difference between GTS and A9x/l34 ones. Also if it is explainable how do correctly measure the offset?? Is there a value difference on today's market?
Sorry about so many questions..

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#4 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 28 January 2006 - 11:34 PM

If the BUF ( bolt up face ) of the rim is in the dead centre of the rim, it has zero offset. If the BUF is 13 MM closer to the outside edge of the rim, it has a +13 offset.

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#5 _JBM_

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Posted 29 January 2006 - 08:21 AM

A negative offset is equivalent to an inset, ie the BUF is between the wheel centrelines or inside the wheel track not outside them.

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#6 _devilsadvocate_

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Posted 29 January 2006 - 04:57 PM

Thanks Chopper for the info re offset(ive only ever seen it as a number - no units-had no idea what the number was referring to), its always measured in mm from the centre of the wheel? Do the Americans do the same?

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#7 REDA9X

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Posted 31 January 2006 - 08:26 PM

do you have any pics?

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#8 _Duck05_

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Posted 31 January 2006 - 10:42 PM

Sorry
No I don't have any pics at the moment, they are stacked away in the garage after my clean up, I hope to get a chance to get them out and measure the off set this weekend.
Can anyone answer my last question how do I ID them other than the off set, is there a stamp or symbol??? And are the torana ones anymore valuable than GTS ones??

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Duck

PS: to those guy's who sent PM's. If they turn out to be torana ones I will not sell them I will hang on to them..

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#9 a9x4dr

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Posted 31 January 2006 - 11:50 PM

For A9X they should be stamped 14x6JJ near the valve. L34 ones are stamped differently - I think it has to do with the year of manufacture so the 6JJ bit is different. I'm sure someone will respond to set the record straight there.

Yes the torana ones are worth more - check out the following link for a recent sale - assuming they got the asking price. If they were A9X rims, I'd say they would have gotten the asking price easy reconditioned or not.

http://www.australia...au/muscle/73577

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Posted 01 February 2006 - 06:18 AM

L34 and A9X ones are marked differently to each other and they do have stampings to identify them. If you can get some pics, I'll tell you exactly what you have. BTW, when you say, "if they turn out to be Torana ones" remember, they won't fit a Torana unless it's got HQ stud pattern, and only one or 2 is fairly useless unless yu have an A9X or L34.

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#11 _Sammy_

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Posted 01 February 2006 - 01:37 PM

For A9X they should be stamped 14x6JJ near the valve. L34 ones are stamped differently - I think it has to do with the year of manufacture so the 6JJ bit is different. I'm sure someone will respond to set the record straight there.

i was of the impression 14x6JJ was 14 inch diameter x 6 inch wide JJ = the type of lip for the tyre and rim to seal on.

just about every wheel i have seen has the JJ on it.

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#12 Toranavista

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Posted 01 February 2006 - 03:35 PM

Yes JJ describes the wheel bead type only.

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#13 _TUFF_

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Posted 01 February 2006 - 04:41 PM

So how do you know if one is for a l34 or A9X? If alot of rims have 6JJ x 14 on them?

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#14 _Duck05_

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Posted 02 February 2006 - 12:16 AM

Red A9x,
Whats the big secret!!! Twice now I have asked in this thread what the markings are to id A9x wheels, first no one responded, now you tell me they have markings but not what the markings are. Could you please let me know so I can just have a look and know what I have or have not got, I only paid GTS wheel price so if they are not A9x its all good.
Also I wrote torana meaning A9x/l34 ones as oppposed to monaro. I know they wont fit my LX 5000 and as I said in the initial post I have several sets of GTS wheels one set of which has a different off set, When I say set, I mean set of 4.
Thank You.

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#15 LS1LX

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Posted 02 February 2006 - 06:10 AM

Just go off your offsets, if the offset is right, then where all your markings are there should be a date either have a 4 (1974) or a 7 (1977).
The markings arent a problem, as long as the offset is correct where in business, I sent you a PM.