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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:43:22 PM EDT
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Good on ya. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:44:08 PM EDT
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I think the low profiles would look like shit on my car.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:44:16 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. Yep! We called that the "pizza cutter" look. It single-handedly kept Gabriel (the company who made those air-adjustable shocks) in business! |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:45:15 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 A swing and a miss, strike one. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:45:41 PM EDT
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Quoted: I don't even remember the last time I saw a set of Cragars.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 |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:46:40 PM EDT
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It comes down to the specific application and what the owner is trying to accomplish. Both sides have valid points. End of argument.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:46:58 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  F'up paint and ghetto trash wheels ( Imhbo) not a fan. I had a '67 fastback mustang that was in Grassroots motorsports back in 2005. About 30% of the people would ask me "when are you going to flame it" or "why don't you make an Elanore out of it" I tried not to bunch the 'tards in the face. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:52:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:53:11 PM EDT
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Original Rally II's
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:56:46 PM EDT
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If it's got something like a g-machine's chassis and it's got the brakes to necessitate 18 inch wheels.
I'm okay with it. If this is what lurks under a 1st Gen Camaro body, yeah, I'll play the big wheels game(even though much over 17-18 inches is NOT needed). 
http://www.gmachinechassis.com/gm.aspx Or something like this that is a combination of modern road race technology mixed with old muscle looks. .jpg)
http://www.schwartzperformance.com/projects.aspx If it's something like a classic kept car where somebody just threw some stupid pimped out tires/wheels on it. No, not cool with it. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:57:06 PM EDT
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Quoted: 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. I always thought that was to get the Funny Car look. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 4:57:29 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. Ah, typical ARFcom. I don't like x, therefore x is a fag. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 5:48:14 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'... Those rims are not functional. Here is a photo that the SRT team at Dodge used in the 2008 One Lap of America. They used Foose made rims. Styled after the rims used on the original Challenger but rolling on 20's. After running the second lap at Road America Erich didn't have brakes as these Foose rims didn't provide enough brake cooling and you see what happened. Going into turn one the brake pedal went to the floor. 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 5:51:47 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. Ah, typical ARFcom. I don't like x, therefore x is a fag. Live it, learn it, love it. And he is a fag |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 5:53:48 PM EDT
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Because people like being different?
I hate when you see the same Cragar rims on every fucking SS. Yeah it was cool 40 years ago but some of the modern rims look good on old muscle and modern tire sizes help. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 5:58:50 PM EDT
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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. http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss74/66Stang/66%20Mustang/IMG_9396cp.jpg Those wheels look like they fit that car. They kind of have a classic look. That is a damn nice car you have. 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:04:34 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. Ah, typical ARFcom. I don't like x, therefore x is a fag. Live it, learn it, love it. And he is a fag Aw, you jealous? His wife's name is Lynne. From what I've heard about the guy, he's very nice and selfless...hardly deserving the kind of vitriol you're spewing. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:05:41 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: 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??!!!" I seriously wonder if they've ever had some dude do that? Poor guy is just waiting to get his 'baby' restored to factory condition, and his gf/wife/brother gives it to Foose to play with.  |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:17:03 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'... Those rims are not functional. Here is a photo that the SRT team at Dodge used in the 2008 One Lap of America. They used Foose made rims. Styled after the rims used on the original Challenger but rolling on 20's. After running the second lap at Road America Erich didn't have brakes as these Foose rims didn't provide enough brake cooling and you see what happened. Going into turn one the brake pedal went to the floor. http://blog.niot.net/blog-images/4_may/vanishing-point-challenger-meets-tire-wall-at-road-america.jpg http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/3073000-3073999/3073924_76_full.jpg http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/3073000-3073999/3073924_72_full.jpg I'm sorry but it's not Foose's fault that those retards chose a " style " rim for their racecar. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:19:20 PM EDT
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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. http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss74/66Stang/66%20Mustang/IMG_9396cp.jpg that's a good looking vehicle |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:22:38 PM EDT
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Makes more sense than driving 500 hp cars on bicycle tires and shit brakes. Enjoy your deathtrap, I'll take this, kthx.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:32:13 PM EDT
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Quoted: 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'... |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:36:14 PM EDT
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Makes more sense than driving 500 hp cars on bicycle tires and shit brakes. Enjoy your deathtrap, I'll take this, kthx. I will enjoy deathtraps! 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:37:13 PM EDT
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I would actually like to pass a law to ban this.
 I only roll corvette rallies on my 68 Camaro.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:37:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:39:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: Those rims are not functional. Here is a photo that the SRT team at Dodge used in the 2008 One Lap of America. They used Foose made rims. Styled after the rims used on the original Challenger but rolling on 20's. After running the second lap at Road America Erich didn't have brakes as these Foose rims didn't provide enough brake cooling and you see what happened. Going into turn one the brake pedal went to the floor. Hay guyz lets choose a rim that completely occludes the front and rear rotors. BRAKE FADE HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN DAMN YOU FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE  |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:40:59 PM EDT
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Form follows function. Not the other way around. Usually when something works well it looks right. The low profile rims are just stupid.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:41:08 PM EDT
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I did it to clear my 13inch rotors.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:43:50 PM EDT
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I'm thinking DK should get these wheels: 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:45:42 PM EDT
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I don't even remember the last time I saw a set of Cragars.
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 gave a set away when I moved from Missouri. 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:48:44 PM EDT
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To each his own... I've always preferred a more "period correct" look. When I wanted to upgrade from stock steel wheels, it took a while to find a set of original '73 Mustang slotted aluminum wheels, but I thought it was worth the wait.
Depends on what you're after, of course. If I really wanted better handling, these probably wouldn't be the way to go. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:51:22 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 Cragar SS. I was gonna post that. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:51:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:53:24 PM EDT
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Freakin' gorgeous. Nice car. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 6:53:38 PM EDT
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Wheel Vintiques makes 16 to 18' Rally's for the Chevy's and does so in 5 and 6 lug with standard and custom spacing, they look awesome and are a great way to give your bowtie the old school look and allow room for much more serious braking.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:12:20 PM EDT
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I want someone to say..."Nice car" not "Nice wheels"
I'm a 'tard as far as posting a picture on a website. If there's a person that i can email a pic to will you post it for me? |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:24:28 PM EDT
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These or Cragar s/s is all you need.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:27:57 PM EDT
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I hate modern wheels on old muscle cars. And Chip Foose should be strung up by his balls and kicked in the face.
I'm OK with modernizing the engine, suspension, brakes, etc. but it should look correct on a stock looking car. For a modified car, go for whatever you want. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:30:28 PM EDT
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Quoted: 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'... Never been a fan of any of his stuff and fail to see how he made a name in design. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:50:24 PM EDT
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Mopar Rallye wheels FTW!
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:51:36 PM EDT
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I hate modern wheels on old muscle cars. And Chip Foose should be strung up by his balls and kicked in the face. I'm OK with modernizing the engine, suspension, brakes, etc. but it should look correct on a stock looking car. For a modified car, go for whatever you want. Exactly...but all these Foose cars people are bitching about aren't being restored to the factory look... They are heavily modified for that street rod look that pretty much would look horrible with factory rims and tires... |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:52:27 PM EDT
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I didn't think Cragars would look right on this one,so I went more "modern".
Personally I like the Corvette Rallys with the stainless trim rings the most. 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:53:34 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 Back in the mid eighties when I was earning $3 something an hour working a fryer after shool, those Cragars were the first thing I saved up for and bought for my 69 Camaro. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 7:55:17 PM EDT
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I like them.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 8:15:20 PM EDT
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Here is one I shot this past summer. When he got it back he put some black wheels on it,I'm glad he decided to put aluminum wheels on it.
They set it off better than the black wheels do. 
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Posted: 2/5/2011 8:20:16 PM EDT
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Quoted: Here is one I shot this past summer. When he got it back he put some black wheels on it,I'm glad he decided to put aluminum wheels on it. They set it off better than the black wheels do. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm116/shortbed71/DSC00901.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm116/shortbed71/DSC01323.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm116/shortbed71/DSC01320.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm116/shortbed71/DSC00902.jpg YES! |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 8:34:21 PM EDT
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No sir you are not. I don't get it either, it's a classic, keep it classic.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 8:36:33 PM EDT
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Why? Because technology isn't stagnant.
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Posted: 2/5/2011 8:45:29 PM EDT
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I would actually like to pass a law to ban this. I only roll corvette rallies on my 68 Camaro. Oh goodie another reason to dislike EXPcustom not only are you a Leftist but you drive a bow tie I should have known............. |
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Posted: 2/5/2011 8:47:55 PM EDT
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Mother MoPar approves of this post! |
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