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I had some 15X8" mesh custom wheels made for my GLHS many years ago. They were a 16" forged BBS center section that was cut down to 15". Originally they were a three piece wheel, but the wheel company made them into a two piece wheel. I did go with a slightly different offset front to rear but can't remember exactly what the actual offset was. It was a very, very, tight fit putting 225/50/15's on a Omni. Sold the car and the wheels went with the car (along with the Centurions). The guy ended up selling the GLHS to another TM member in Detroit, but the wheels were sold to M. Mills in Canada. The guy that owns my old GLHS actually bought Fiero wheels (for a second set of wheels for the car), but the wheels are not nearly as nice as the forged wheels I had made up. The guy that bought the forged wheels, put them on his nice Lancer Shelby. I had them on my GLHS for a short time, but for some reason I haven't been able to find any pictures I took of the car with them on. This was before I had a digital camera. I had it in a couple Car Craft Nationals shows that showed the factory wheels on one side of the car, while the other side had the 15X8" wheels. It was sort of a Jekyll & Hyde theme or street and race trim. It was really well received. Here is a couple pics of M. Mills Lancer Shelby with the wheels I had made up on his car.
Todd
Oh BTW, this was a very copied rim from BBS. There are many companies that pretty much stole this design from the original BBS wheel. Some are cast, while others are forged, so careful what your comparing to. Mine were very light at either just under 12 or 13 lbs. Pretty light for a 8" wide wheel.