The 1A2 got "new" wheels

With my Roadmaster getting new tires, I had the old ones mounted on my 9C1 rims that came with the 1A2 Caprice. Bought some used center caps and polished them up. Heres the before and after results. I am glad to loose those damn hub caps, I like the look of them but almost every one made a ticking noise no matter what wheel they were one. I wasn't too sure if I was gonna like it at first, but these wheels look pretty good on this car. What do you guys think?

nice

Damn that really changes the appearance of the wagon.Now its got some attitude and now all you need is some tinted windows.To me wheels and tint make these wagons really pop!The darker the better.
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Flasheroo

I don't know, I like those hubcaps.

They're better than the stupid wires I have....

Yuck, I hated the wire caps mine had when I bought it.

The 9C1 wheels look good on yours

I do like the original hub caps too. The nice thing is there looks to be enough clearance between the hub cap and the center cap so I can throw my old hub caps on without taking anything off if the mood strikes me right.

I hate my wires too. A lot. I would kill for some clean 9C1 wheels... but right now it just isn't in the budget.

Stingroo wrote:

I hate my wires too. A lot. I would kill for some clean 9C1 wheels... but right now it just isn't in the budget.

That is why I made my own (close enough anyways) for less than $100 using the plain steel wheels.

Those look like the truck center caps. How did you get them to stay on? I have a set of those.

Looks good!! Always a Fan of the 9C1 wheels Might want to paint those wheel weights black so they blend in though.

brokecello wrote:

Looks good!! Always a Fan of the 9C1 wheels Might want to paint those wheel weights black so they blend in though.

I think I will. Too bad they didnt put them on the inside like I asked them too! I also have to get some chrome lug nuts. It has the regular nuts that are open on the end. What is weird is there is one original chrome nut with the closed end. Kind of odd for a car that came with these wheels.

Stingroo wrote:

Those look like the truck center caps. How did you get them to stay on? I have a set of those.

I cut the tops off the smaller black caps for cars and epoxied them to the inside of the larger truck lug covers.

The caps were $25 at a local swap meet and included the new covers. I got the small lug covers free at a local yard.

Wait... what?

So you just used regular lugs, then took the smaller lug cover's top, put it on the inside so the larger cover stays secure on your smaller lugs?

But my lugs aren't threaded for covers. Are they supposed to be? or did you not need them for your set up?

Oops, no I also had to get the threaded lugs from the yard, free also

Cut the tops off the smaller caps to make them shorter and stuck the threaded portion into the larger cap. It fits like a glove and is not coming out anytime soon.

Methinks I need to run to the junk yard.

What car did you get your threaded lugs from? I know the ones on the trucks are larger.

I found them laying around the Grand Am's, Monte's, etc. The covers were a little to harder to find because many of the cars had caps with them made into them. An early 90's F Body (Camaro/Firebird) would be a perfect donor of both pieces.

Well, then I'm on the hunt.

Thread hijack over.

I got a line on a set of N97's with tires. I love them on a WB4 car but not sure how it'll look with my wagon with wood trim... Maybe its time to pull the wood off

Stingroo wrote:

Methinks I need to run to the junk yard.

What car did you get your threaded lugs from? I know the ones on the trucks are larger.

lol, sounds like I know what you will be up to next week.

1A2's are SUPPOSED to have N97 wheels At least my former one came from the factory with them

I am sure the 1A2s came with these wheels. The spare in mine was also the 9C1 type. I went and bought some lugs from autozone the other day, but think I will return them. They look really cheap (big surprise).