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Old Dec 1, 2005 | 10:27 AM
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Need help on "polished" OEM Firebird wheels on eBay

I won these wheels on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting

Originally he said they were chrome and now he's saying he was mistaken and they are polished. However, I didn't know they made polished OEM wheels for the Firebird. Are those just painted wheels that someone took the paint off and polished the aluminum? Are these wheels any good?
Old Dec 1, 2005 | 05:02 PM
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Re: Need help on "polished" OEM Firebird wheels on eBay

it looks to me liike the silver powdercoated wheels that have been stripped and polished. I believe the ws6 wheels may have been like that, but i believe that the center cap said "ws6", not "abs". someone else will have to chime in.
Old Dec 1, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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Re: Need help on "polished" OEM Firebird wheels on eBay

I called the guy who is selling the wheels and he said that they are OEM polished aluminum wheels that they just took off a Firebird. He said they were only in production a couple years and are very rare. I think it's BS maybe but the wheels still look cool so I went ahead and got them.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 01:12 PM
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Re: Need help on "polished" OEM Firebird wheels on eBay

Originally Posted by johnnyb
it looks to me liike the silver powdercoated wheels that have been stripped and polished. I believe the ws6 wheels may have been like that, but i believe that the center cap said "ws6", not "abs". someone else will have to chime in.
Plus the WS6 wheels were 17" in whatever finish they were available in.
Old Dec 6, 2005 | 05:07 PM
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Those are 98-02 Base model Trans Am/Formula wheels that have been stripped and polished. They never came that way from the factory. The only polished wheels were WS6's.
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