GTS Steering Wheels

[the ski man]

in true Rares style they are no where near as good as the originals.....

hahahaha

[stickthis]

Greg can tell you what a NOS one is worth. ;)

He has one with my name on it lol. Sell it Greg and I will hunt you down! haha.

They sell for about $1000 for a NOS wheel. No cap etc.
For a NOS cap. Depends.
HQ style one no badge about $150. With badge more!
HJ-HX plain one about $80-100
HZ one i have never seen a black one. (would have brought it if I did) but the NOS buckskin ones sell for about $35.

[ozbox]

good second hand 5ml wheel $550 plus...
good second hand 3ml wheel $350 plus..
nos 5ml..good luck but have seen $1500 a few years back..
nos 3ml i sold to jason for 1k but holgold want $1500..

my definition of good second hand is a wheel that has good grain still showing on the vinyl and is not bent..if its smooth as a babies bum and has kinks at the end of the spokes beware and dont pay a premium price..

[ozbox]

5 ml wheel with a 77 date code..which just talking to dr terry would be around the time side intrusion/crash protection adrs came in and from what can be figured out 3ml wheels started then..so mid hx.

pic above is 3ml wheel with hz cap.

interesting reading and a all the australian design rule numbers are in this link http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...n/pdf/vol1.pdf
side impact adr was january 1977

[stickthis]

nos 3ml i sold to jason for 1k but holgold want $1500..

Come on Greg. I thought you said I could have it for swap with an emu skull? :shifty:

[sstorana]

Here are some pics of the one out of the SS..

I brought this from Americam Autos, back in 1997, for $395!! It was still in the Bridgestone Box and was brand new!




As you can see, it was manufactured in 1994.. Yes, it is a 3mm version..



I have a 5mm version here as well, but there is no date code on it, just the 282... part number.

cheers
Mick

[ozbox]

ive got 10 or more broken/bent wheels hangin around here and when i get a chance i will go thru them all and see if any others have any sort of stamping/date code...i also have 2 more nos wheels at home which are 3 ml examples in bridgestone boxes,just cant get to them until i move a coupe and a van..

[the ski man]

can anyone confirm the rumour I've heard that after GM stopped making them they were remade by a third party (possibly bridgestone as eluded to in the previous post) however the black rubber wasnt quite as dark as the factory originals and had a considerably softer feel.

I've been told this by a few people but just wanted to know if this was merely a rumour or if there was truth to the matter.

[HK1837]

The new ones will be. They had the sample around when I was down there a few weeks ago, it was off for ADR testing. Will only be thin spoke though.