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Help with details about my next wheel/time combo (original hubcaps/lowered)
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The attachment shows an example of what I'm going for. My truck is currently on rallys.
Parts needed: Hubcaps - found 'em. Rims - What are they? 15x? I imagine they're easy to find. Do I need any special clips to accept the hubcaps? Tires - I imagine it's a coker tire or something similar? Any direction? That'll it take for the wheel tire combo attached? Thanks |
Re: Help with details about my next wheel/time combo (original hubcaps/lowered)
Those wheel covers will snap on to your current rallys if you like and you can run wider Diamondback white wall tires. I'll see if I can dig up a pic of a member's truck with that setup.
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Interesting, so those hubcaps can fit on my 15" rally rims, eh? I'm so use to seeing them on the skinny rim + skinny tires like in the photo I attached, I'm definitely interested to see the example you mentioned on a wider tire.
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Re: Help with details about my next wheel/time combo (original hubcaps/lowered)
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Hey slap one of those wheel covers on one of your wheels and stand back. You may not like the wide wheel/full wheel cover combo.
Well I've looked through a 1,000 or more pics I have saved but I cannot find the ones I remember. I've lost a few in the crashes. Anyway the truck I remember is a 69 or 70 silver and white short fleetside. It had chrome rallys and 10's on the rear with I believe a 295/50/15 tire with about a 2" white wall. If I remember right he changed his direction and sold those tires here in the forum classifieds a couple years ago. For the life of me I cannot recall his username either. He did not have wheel covers over the rallys but the point of reference is the wide wheels and white wall tire combo. I thought it looked great. Maybe this will ring a bell and someone else remembers that truck. Here's an alternative wheel cover I like from a 69 Vette. |
Re: Help with details about my next wheel/time combo (original hubcaps/lowered)
Yes, the wheelcovers will mount on the rallye wheels. Tires appear to be 235/75-15 whitewalls still available through normal channels
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-4-Co...wAAOSwc6paAd8e |
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I have 15 x 7 rallys with 235/75 15 tires and those P01 hubcaps on a stock height truck.. The 7 inch rim makes the 235 tires pop a little wider.
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The '90 Blazer I bought new came with 235/75s mounted on 8" rallyes. I had found a rare set of 8" steelies about 15 years ago, had them powder coated juicy red with the intentions of mounting factory wheel covers on them, and have Diamondback make up a set of 3/8" whitewall 275/60s for an old man look yet road hugger wide oval look at the same time. Then I realized it would be a waste of those steelies only to hide them when far more common rallyes could be used. So I saved the juicy reds for hubcaps and did the same red on rallyes
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Re: Help with details about my next wheel/time combo (original hubcaps/lowered)
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I have 15x7 rallye wheels with cooper trendsetters 235/75/15. I absolutely love the truck and the look you are after
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^Thanks for the inspiration! I don't know if I've seen your truck before. I just read the build thread. Well done! Love those gauges too. I want to be as low as yours, so hopefully I can make that a reality in the future. Those cooper tires are 100% what i'm going to go with, and a great price. Just shopping for some cheap rally rims now, so I can keep my current 8" rallys + 275 BFGs as a separate set.
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Re: Help with details about my next wheel/time combo (original hubcaps/lowered)
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You can use the cheap "wagon wheels" too. Sometimes easier to find than rallys.
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Good call. Does anyone have a close up photo? What color is the wheel itself? Grey, white?
I got a set of hubcaps on ebay this week for $225US. There were not many available, so I'm happy. |
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If you mean the wagon wheels they are usually white or black. I painted mine.
If you mean the original wheels, I'm not sure... Good luck, Rg |
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I was thinking about your wheel cover/white wall look and that truck you posted up there is familiar so I just had to look it up. That particular truck is owned by member Bill Neumiller in Minnesota. He had a set of low and wides on it and changed to the setup you posted. I found a few more pics of his 72 Cheyenne.
Per Bill on the current setup, 'wheels are stock 15x6 with P235/75R15 with 3/4" whitewall. The truck was dropped when I purchased it but I'd have to guess it's a 3/4 static drop. I added a rear sway bar and quick ratio box for handling. Drives nice.' I like it both ways. |
Re: Help with details about my next wheel/time combo (original hubcaps/lowered)
Caps on above look so much better
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