want new wheels for my 86 cutlass
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I always recommend this site www.discountedwheelwarehouse.com ; I have went wheel shopping a few times in the last 5yr and went w/ a different vendor but I always check their first b/c the wheel and tire package together can save hundreds of dollars. Just beware some of the tires are 'closeout' deal for a reason they are 3-4 years old in some cases so you get what pay for. One time I got a full set of 4 Giovanna rims 18inches steel on Nexen tires $1100 shipped WITH the chrome lug nuts arrived in a few days tires were 32psi each - I checked. Had them on the car in under a week of ordering them.
http://www.newstalgiawheel.com/ is expensive but these are more suited to g-body; no tire packages in most cases however; You can pretty much count on BFG's being on sale at the discounted wheel warehouse site I posted first during the winter time those tires are a tough sell
When talking used rims its important to get more specific. There are just so many possibilities out there you've really got to narrow it down. I would suggest checking out the summit racing catalog you might be surprised to find some affordable alloys you could live with and not have to wonder if the lip is bent or any of the annoying things that can happen when messing w/ the used tire game.
www.summitracing.com has wheels for more like $89 a piece sometimes
www.summitracing.com has wheels for more like $89 a piece sometimes
If you're going to shop used, the junkyard is totally the place you should start. You can use wheels from Camaro Iroc-z , Roadmaster, early S10, the possibilites are endless... Lots of people around here are putting aluminum rims that came off drag racing cars on their winter beater. They are usually not 100% 'true' so they're not race ready anymore but work perfectly fine on a daily driver and have plenty of life left. Usually the person dumping their aluminum rims is nice enough to throw some street tires on to complete the set. Just saw a guy buy some decent aluminum rims for his station wagon that got retired from drag racing; he paid less than $200 and it came on street tires w decent tread. I just put Chevrolet Ralley wheels on my 85 Cutlass for only $150 now all I need is two beauty rings; but I wouldn't recommend it b/c I got the 14 inch and it was only a good deal for me b/c I knew where to get the 14 inch tires immediately. Most places aren't stocking the 14's right now so if you like the ralley wheels try harder for the 15 inch SSII olds wheels. They are more expensive but 15 inch tires are easier to acquire any day.
I just noticed that the first site I posted is kind of stupid unless you click the 'closeouts' section to see whats cheapest. Some wheels are selling on there for $80-100 a piece in the closeouts. I always liked 'American Racing' wheels and Giovanna but I was never really interested in the other rims on that site anyway which are mostly FWD bolt pattern anyway (and ugly as ****) My Giovanna rims looked like sculptures. They were a diamond in the rough in the closeout section after 10-11 'misses' of not liking any of the rims on there they popped up 1 day and I bought them immediately. If you call the phone number and you're going to pay up front they will try to throw deals at you over the phone that you can't get online. Those Giovanna 18's I had were $2,500 factory, $1,500 on the site but I got nearly $400 off by just talking to them on the phone
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/crr-3975812/overview/
$58 a piece brand new blacked out. Perfect wheel for 4 door cutty
$58 a piece brand new blacked out. Perfect wheel for 4 door cutty
pencero said:
If you decide to go this route just make sure you get these instead.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/crr-3975834/overview/
565bbchevy said:
was hoping someone had chimed in about that... hate to see the guy get excited about rims that fir a ford or dodge....
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