I'm ready to go with new shoes on the '54. Anyone have any recommendations on tire/wheel styles and sizes? I want to have a more traditional look, but I'm not an absolute die-hard traditionalist. Just want it to look good and be drivable. I know I want to go with white walls. I'm thinking maybe 14" black steel wheels up front w/spiders and trim rings, wearing a white wall radial. Out back the same wheels in a 15" with a white wall cheater slick tucked up in there. Thoughts? Recommendations? Keep the billet wheels? ha ha ha ha....
24 inch floaters? but if you dont have a 12 inch lift on the 54 you could always go with Big macs pic.. thats what im doing on my 51 chevy with some chrome reverse wheels
Ya, I used to run chrome reverse wheels back in the early '90s before I got the "pro touring" bug. Want to do something a little different. I think I'll p*** on the floaters... Nasty.
I used P185/70R15 BFG 2 1/4" Whitewall from Coker with spider caps and rings with my powdercoated factory wheels
Skyrodder, that looks great. Mine has more of a rake to it. Lower in front. More aggresive looking. I think I need a wider white wall to compensate for that stance or it looks a little "off"... Anyone running WW's with a rake rather than a taildragger type stance?
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That's perfect... What type/size tires are those? How wide is the white wall? Looks great man. Beautiful car.
They have the same bolt pattern as s-10's, camaros, and alot of other non-Full Size GM cars. A set of stock steel dog-dish S-10 wheels 14" would probably be about $50 at a junkyard.
just put new shoes on my 53 and what i thought was gonna be a simple project turned into a month long project went from stock dog dishes to olds fiestas which dont fit a stock chevy rim so after hunting down some steelies that were offset 1/2 inch got them on still getting used to the red but not a bad 50s look
Can't go wrong with steelies, spiders and WWW... sweet car and will look even better with the steelies... bUT don't change just to please the crowd... if your a billet guy..be a billet guy.... either way enjoy it, thats whats most important
I think a set of red wheels, with 2 1/4"-ish wide white bias-plys, and a set of lancers would look really good. I prefer 15's over 14's in steel wheels. That being said, I'm running 14" chrome steel wheels, with spiders on f-78s.
I've still got my billet gauge panel. ha ha ha... No, I LOVE the look of the white walls, and the car really is more of a custom. Leaded the hood, frenched dual antennas, frenched olds tail lights, trim removed/filled, shaved door handles, it's ready to finally be what it was meant to be. I've done my billet phase, and I'm kinda over that. Doesn't get me excited anymore.
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