Any suggestions on wheels for me?

I have a set of fair to poor condition alloys, a set of 95 Civilian steelies, 5 or 6 narrow whitewall tires, a set of trim rings a grinder, friend who can swap tires for me, and a budget that allows for a couple cans of paint... give me some ideas, thanks!

Honestly? I like the way it looks now...

I'm with Jay. Love those lace wheels with whites!

Let me tell you about the twin black stripes that I would be laying down next to the "County SS" sign...

Nice pics, btw.

Me three I like the stance and look that it has now, leave it alone, use the money elsewhere

Yeah, those wheels look nice...I guess it depends on the look you are trying to go for? I'd rock the set you have on!

I agree with everyone else and I love those wheels on my sedan

okay they are staying...what's the best way to clean them/polish them?

They are clear coated, so you don't want to polish, just clean. Use an "all wheel cleaner" (something like A2Z) and a toothbrush to get in the nooks and crannies.

I've got the exact same wheels that are going on my 9C1 this summer.

Leave them be!

I bought a nice new set of Primewell Sport PS860 White Letters. I am really itching to put them on some gloss black steelies with Chrome lugs and trim rings. Opinions?

That's the look I want.

you think the black will look good with the silver?

I think with the trim rings, yeah.


Do you have regular steelies or the awesome N97 wheels?

Regular 95 Steelies, which are smooth with no "nubs" in the center or holes.

Plain lugs but a steelie with rings looks like this.

So that's what my car will look like with N97's

I like....

So at least they are black rims so you get some idea.
No, I wasn't missing one nut, we had to destroy the lock nuts to get them off the other car and I have a stock nut on there....


I thought it looked funny and didn't like the center cap idea so.... I painted the bearing hub with spray paint.


So to sum up my suggestion, if you want to swap black rims with chromies, paint the centers silver to match (or bright aluminum paint) to pop the centers. I was surprised how much better it looked.

Dude those rims and tires are AWESOME Sprocket.

15x8 Crager soft 8s with 255/60/15s. rims have 4 in backspace. 5 in BS would be alot better as they rub in the back if I corner too hard.

I like those alot.

Hmmm they even come in 17x9... I think I'm interested.

I like the soft 8's. They look good on a blacked-out car with blackwall tires, too.

Not to hijack the thread (or to steal Sprocket's look, for that matter) but would these be good?

http://www.jegs.com/i/Cragar/260/3978950/10002/-1

Soft 8's 17x9 with 5" backspacing. Would they rub at all?

I honestly love the crosslace wheels. If you want to "sporty it up" put some raised white letter Radial TA's on them.

Don't know if this would work on those, but on my Impala wheels the clear-coat had yellowed, so I stripped it off with Aircraft stripper. You can get it at most parts stores. I've done this on S-10 4x4 wheels, Bonneville wheels, and (gulp) Ford Aerostar wheels.

Take the wheels off and lay them flat, and paint that remover on with an old paintbrush. Keep it off the tires and off YOU. Let it bubble up really well, and then blast it with a waterhose. It make take 2-3 coats and blasts, but it will get all that old clear off, and what's under it will be shiny and new!

You can leave the rough aluminum bare, but wax the polished aluminum with good carnuba wax like Meguires. Just do that every now and then and they will look fine.

My 2-cents.

-Mike