How to spot pursuit rims - does anyone know?

Laila · #1 06-06-2006, 11:19 PM

Hi There

I have been told lots of different things about pursuit rims and I just want to clarify a couple of things -

1. They are wider than normal rims, for cornering, yes? (what are the dimensions?)
2. Are they silver in colour, while normal Holden rims are black?

Laila

VLDavo · #2 06-06-2006, 11:37 PM

i think on the Bt1s they got the 7 inch wide chasers....not much differs from chasers u find on a bt1 and a normal commodore there cheap thats about the only thing going for em lol

Laila · #3 06-06-2006, 11:44 PM

Yeah, they are cheap, but I didn't buy them, they came with my car.

I have just been looking around at other VY's and lots have black rims under the hubcaps, and I have only seen a few with silver (like mine - which is an ex police vehicle)

I was just trying to work out if you could tell for sure by the colour on a VY - black or silver?

Hmmm....

mouce · #4 07-06-2006, 07:16 AM

The true interceptor rims are a 15x7. Standard Holden rims are slightly narrower I think they are 15x6.

Officially the colour coding is that the interceptor rims are silver and the standards are black, but hey...a can of spray paint takes care of that.

AirStrike · #5 07-06-2006, 02:10 PM

Its stamped on the rim edge. Will have 15x7J from memory.
AirStrike

Laila · #6 07-06-2006, 06:29 PM

I ask because I have them, and I'm not really sure what makes them different.

All I know is a bunch of young guys were looking at my car at the lights the other day and ducking down in the back seat, acting dodgy etc,

I had a suit on and I figure they must have thought I was an undercover cop...

Would be cool to get some knowledge so I can spot cops too....

foammedia · #7 07-06-2006, 09:19 PM

You can get the 15x7 interceptors in black or silver, you can even buy a whole set of them with tires for $400

at Holden

Laila · #8 07-06-2006, 10:47 PM

So there is no real way of telling by looking at them briefly on the road then?

Rims behind a set of hub cap covers could be regular Holden black rims or silver - or a police black or silver pursuit issue set....

bummer....thought I might be able to learn a cool trick...

Keesh · #9 07-06-2006, 11:02 PM

i always thought they were just the same as stock silver commo rims.. they just happen to use them on police cars because there better looking than black ones.. i got 4 with tyres and caps for $50 from the guys at kmart auto.. they hav alot ov crap they chuck out or pay to get rid ov they gave me like 40 chrome wheel nuts aswell.. id hav them on right now but i lost my locknut adapter and hav to multygrip them off

white vn ss · #10 11-06-2006, 04:10 PM

the intercepter rim is not nothing special anymore they are the same rim as what is on all stock utes. 15x7in. only ex police commodores have these unless they have been changed by the owner. all vn to current so far run 15x6 from the factory. i think.

kymbo28 · #11 12-06-2006, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AirStrike

Its stamped on the rim edge. Will have 15x7J from memory.
AirStrike

yea its 7.00J x 15 just realised i had persuits

daveb8 · #12 20-06-2006, 04:06 PM

the vast majority of people who have vy/vz executives dont change their rims.

standard is BLACK rims with bridgestone RE92s 205/65/R15

cops have SILVER rims bridgestone turanzas 225/60/R15 96V (so yes they are 2cm wider)

so if you see a vz exec with silver rims under the hub caps chances are its an unmarked police car, or an ex-cop car. aerials mounted on the back window, the boot, or the bonnet are good indicators. oh and little red and blue lights on the parcel shelf (see third pic). here is SA a lot of them now have louves too which makes them stick out. and if you live in victoria all police cars have rear parking sensors which are not standard on the execs they drive (pics 1 & 2).