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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:18:51 PM EDT
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I don't get it either. Okay, I think low profile tires look good on some cars, but not all. I've never understood the huge ghetto goblin rims either..
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:20:44 PM EDT
[#2]
I love low profile on modern cars, but on classics I think it's stoooopid!
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:23:14 PM EDT
[#3]
LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:26:01 PM EDT
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 and Mickey Thompsons
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:26:05 PM EDT
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This is why God created Cragars.
ETA: dammit, too late |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:46:07 PM EDT
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some resto-mods look good like the silver mustang I saw go on the Mecus auction 2 wks ago, i'll hunt for a pic......
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:47:57 PM EDT
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Better handling?
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:51:58 PM EDT
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If it's good enough for Chip, I ain't complainin'... |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:54:56 PM EDT
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http://musclecarspecs.com/images/dodge/fose70challenger/images/Foose-70-Challenger-SA-Chip-2-1024x768.jpg If it's good enough for Chip, I ain't complainin'... ruined 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:56:18 PM EDT
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http://musclecarspecs.com/images/dodge/fose70challenger/images/Foose-70-Challenger-SA-Chip-2-1024x768.jpg If it's good enough for Chip, I ain't complainin'... Foose is a Fag. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:57:09 PM EDT
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I saw a beautiful 68 camaro today, just pristine, but as I pass it I noticed it has modern 5 star wheels with low profile tires. I just don't get it!?!?!?!? Am I the only one that thinks this is pitiful??????? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Looks 1000X better with newer deep dish wheels. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 3:57:31 PM EDT
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This is why God created Cragars. http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg ETA: dammit, too late BARF! 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:04:36 PM EDT
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I do not like the Chip Foose treatment.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:07:26 PM EDT
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http://musclecarspecs.com/images/dodge/fose70challenger/images/Foose-70-Challenger-SA-Chip-2-1024x768.jpg If it's good enough for Chip, I ain't complainin'... ruined If I see him anywhere near my Mustang I'm shooting. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:07:59 PM EDT
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Abomination.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:08:46 PM EDT
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I like how Foose did this 1965 Impala except for the SS Hood.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:10:43 PM EDT
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http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna If I was a car guy this is the only answer. Yes I was there when they were new. Beautiful wheels,none better. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:11:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna Dude. You must have made a typo. IIRC, the Laguna was introduced in 1973.  |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:13:06 PM EDT
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Foose is a nice guy but it makes me cry every time I see another classic car he destroyed.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:13:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: I saw a beautiful 68 camaro today, just pristine, but as I pass it I noticed it has modern 5 star wheels with low profile tires. I just don't get it!?!?!?!? Am I the only one that thinks this is pitiful??????? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yea it's dumb! Whats wrong with heavy ass stamped steel wheels! While we're at it, whats with the radial tires? Old cars like that deserve OEM skinny bias plys. So what if they slide off the road, it's what the car came with... Loosen up. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:13:54 PM EDT
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Depends on the car and the wheel. I've seen some that sucked, and some that were better than anything era original.
As for the Cragar S/S, to me they just reek of a '73 Camaro with a four year old primer job and at least three parts from JC Whitney |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:14:06 PM EDT
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It's like letting A2s into ther Retro Section .
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:14:53 PM EDT
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I do not like the Chip Foose treatment. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Niether do I. He reminds me of this guy: 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:15:04 PM EDT
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I do not like the Chip Foose treatment. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Nor do I... I would LOVE to see an episode of that "Overhaulin" show where the car's owner says "Why the fuck did you put those ghetto wheels on my 68 Camaro??!!!" |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:15:56 PM EDT
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I hate it. Destroying classics imo.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:15:57 PM EDT
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Quoted: Foose is a nice guy but it makes me cry every time I see another classic car he destroyed. You mean like on the TV show where they take peoples rusted out beaters that wern't going anywhere and at least get them back on the road? |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:16:00 PM EDT
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I was going to actually bring that up. With the paint schemes he does, he can pull off SOME of the new wheels. A lot of them still don't look good though. Cragers are the best imo.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:16:40 PM EDT
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I put 16x7 inch torque thrust II's on my 1965 mustang, they are a modern wheel (compared to the car), I think they look good, but it is my car.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:18:15 PM EDT
[#29]
Nothing irritates me more than people spending their hard earned cash on things they like!
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:19:19 PM EDT
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http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna those are the only rims for classic muscle 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:21:22 PM EDT
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http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna those are the only rims for classic muscle You must be thinking of Torq-Thrusts.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:22:22 PM EDT
[#32]
I like simple, my car will have black 15" DOT Bassett steelies or some form of bigger wheel, but only to fit bigger brakes. As far as Foose goes, he's the real deal or was before he went all Hollywood. I don't care much for his style, but his skill is unquestionable. Hell, most folks hate my designs for old muscle cars, apparently flat white paint isn't for everybody.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:22:46 PM EDT
[#33]
I'm in agreement with the OP.
Edit: Start a poll, OP. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:24:06 PM EDT
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http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna those are the only rims for classic muscle You must be thinking of Torq-Thrusts. Torq-Thrusts would be my second choice. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:28:51 PM EDT
[#35]
Here's a great examples of an older car looking good with contemporary rims:
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:34:22 PM EDT
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I do not like the Chip Foose treatment. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Agreed. I hate it. High dollars, low taste. 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:34:40 PM EDT
[#37]
If I used the original wheels I would be limited on braking power, but more importantly tire width. The original wheels allowed the use of a 6 to 7 inch tire. I am conservatively using 9 inch tires now with no modifications to the car what so ever.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:36:48 PM EDT
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I like how Foose did this 1965 Impala except for the SS Hood. http://www.v8.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/Chevrolet-Impala-Super-Sport-1965-1.jpg http://www.mhtwheels.com/images/gallery/65%20Chevrolet%20Impala%20SS%20Nitrous.jpg gay |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:36:50 PM EDT
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http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna I had those on my '71 Chevelle. Except that the rear were deep dish. Polyglass wide ovals. Hurst shifter. Hooker headers. Eledelbrock. Holley. 8 track Toshiba. Those were the days. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:37:05 PM EDT
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I do not like the Chip Foose treatment. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Agreed. I hate it. High dollars, low taste. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/Trumpet1/stang.jpg I have a feeling 14" baby moons wouldn't clear the brakes on that car. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:38:32 PM EDT
[#41]
The worst thing about ghetto rims is they cost thousands, yet look cheap.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:38:52 PM EDT
[#42]
Not on mine.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:39:11 PM EDT
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I like how Foose did this 1965 Impala except for the SS Hood. http://www.v8.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/Chevrolet-Impala-Super-Sport-1965-1.jpg http://www.mhtwheels.com/images/gallery/65%20Chevrolet%20Impala%20SS%20Nitrous.jpg Ok, that's kind of cool though. Wouldn't fare too well on the potholes around here though. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:39:18 PM EDT
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I put 16x7 inch torque thrust II's on my 1965 mustang, they are a modern wheel (compared to the car), I think they look good, but it is my car. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I'm putting the same on my 1966 Tbird... ...because they're stronger than Cragar S/S rims, with very similar styling. Cragar S/S, for those of us who lived in the car world in the 70's and 80's––were King. 
I mean, if you didn't have Centerlines, they were King! 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:39:39 PM EDT
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http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna Thata a wheel |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:40:00 PM EDT
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My baby in Torque Thrust D's
 My other baby stock  |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:40:19 PM EDT
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http://musclecarspecs.com/images/dodge/fose70challenger/images/Foose-70-Challenger-SA-Chip-2-1024x768.jpg If it's good enough for Chip, I ain't complainin'... Foose is a Fag. This |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:40:48 PM EDT
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http://www.cragarwheel.com/_img/wheels/large/web_61_15_inch_SS1240452125.jpg LOL I remember I had these on my '70 Chevelle SS Laguna those are the only rims for classic muscle You must be thinking of Torq-Thrusts. Yar! I remember those...Good lookin' rims on the right car! Like 'em enough that their updated version (Torq-Thrust II) is going on my ride. Remember Keystone 5-spokes? |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:42:22 PM EDT
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Here's a great examples of an older car looking good with contemporary rims: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11/53_vortec/1964Skylark225-50R17front.jpg No, it looks ass. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:42:26 PM EDT
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People have been getting wheels and tires on muscle cars wrong for forty years, in the seventies and eighties the style was to get the widest possible tires on the back, and the thinnest tires on the front. Of course in those days low profile tires hadn't become common yet, to the tools would have 315/70/15 tires with four inches sticking out of either side of the back of their Transmaro.
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