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Old 01-07-2011, 07:40 PM
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ive had two sets of aftermarket rims on my truck

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there were ion 171 rims 15 x 8s on 275 60s all the way around.
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these are rebel sahara rims 15 x 8 on 28 x 10.5s on front and 15 x 10 on 28 x 12.5 on back.
Hope these give you a good idea of what your truck can look like.
 
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Old 01-08-2011, 03:46 AM
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i prefer 15" black cragers
 
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Old 01-08-2011, 07:49 AM
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Go with the factory 70's. I dont think these trucks look good with modern wheels really. My thoughts only.
 
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For a few years, I did a bit of work for a couple of owners of old '50s and '60s Corvettes who were doing factory-stock restorations. I never was a purist or a restorer myself, and after working with these self-styled "gentleman-restorers" (meaning no mechanical skills) and their **** obsession with "correctness" in such areas as markings on the heads of bolts that were underneath the car, I avoid pure-restorers. I'm into improving any car I keep, making it better than what came out of the factory, which after all was built to a price target with an endless series of compromises (those early Corvettes, cute as they looked, were mechanically undistinguished). Not only won't it BE factory-stock, I want a car to LOOK at least slightly out-of-the-ordinary.

So with my old shop-truck (a '76 Camper Special with 460/C-6 which I hauled away after a big hemlock smashed it half-flat during a windstorm) I "shaved" all the chrome insignia pieces that look dopey and are a pain to clean around. And for the wheels (FINALLY he gets to the point!!), well, I'm too cheap to spend a pile on fancy cast ones, and this was a work truck and couldn't look too unprofessional, so I settled for using the stock hubcaps over rims painted with blue Hammerite, AND stainless trim-rings (I've heard them called "beauty rings," but don't really know what to call them). This is a good-looking yet cheap way to get a lightly-custom look even if you don't do anything else to the vehicle. I'm going to do the same thing with the old bread truck I'm picking up.

But I like the various treatments in the photos!
 
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Newer F150 wheels on older trucks

Anyone have the argent spoke wheel of the 80's & 90's with the trim ring and cap on an older truck?
I'm getting a set together now. I think it'll have that rallye wheel look. They are pretty tasteful for a modern wheel and not far off from the ol' "white spokes". Whaddya think?
 
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Originally Posted by AMtruckin
Anyone have the argent spoke wheel of the 80's & 90's with the trim ring and cap on an older truck?
I'm getting a set together now. I think it'll have that rallye wheel look. They are pretty tasteful for a modern wheel and not far off from the ol' "white spokes". Whaddya think?
I love these wheels! Here's my truck with them:
 
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Thant's exactly what I wanted to see. Mine's a 76. What size tires do you have?
 
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Thant's exactly what I wanted to see. Mine's a 76. What size tires do you have?
They are 255 70/R15's.
 
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