chrome reverse wheels

who's got the best deal on chrome reverse wheels, not the smoothie wheels, the real mccoy with the nubs for the caps, Anybody bought any reciently?

 

I just ordered some Wheel Vintique chrome reverse 15x10's through Summit Racing. I ordered a custom (minimum) backspace and they were around $115 a piece. Cool thing is Summit doesn't charge shipping, just that $8 fee.

 

allright... i am going to sound like a complete dipshit, and might regret asking, but if i dont i'll always be wondering as i am now...

What is a reverse wheel?
i left the "chrome" part out cause well... fukin duh. chrome is chrome.
i have heard the term used before, but not for some time. my dad used to say "nuttin cooler than chrome reverse wheels.

anyhoe... let the laughter begin!

 

I got mine from Early Wheel in Cali. Fast service, nice product. Mine are 5X5.5 bolt pattern with the early ford type centers, will take early ford centercaps. I ordered 2 15x5" with 2" backspacing and 2 15X6" with a 2" backspacing. $65 apiece plus shipping, I'm happy with them

 

hi mp33 nice looking wheels when you say early ford hub cap would the 33 34 35 type work. what kind of tires did you get and the size thanks

 

I got mine from WHeel Vintique. My rear are custom offset so it cost a little more and you have to pay with a money order in advance.

Front 15x5 (narrowist they offer) - non-reversed


The rear are 15x6 with 2.25 back space - true reverse, but in backwards as Moriarity mentioned

 

Boones! That combo looks AWESOME!!!

 

More like a '40 style cap. Tires are old Goodyear 670-15 front and Denman L78-15 rear

 

summit has them i must be a dumb ass, i couldn't find them in their catalog. i need a pair of 15x5"

 

online catalog has them, but it only lists 2 sizes. You'd be better off going straight to Wheel Vintiques.

 

Stockton Wheel and Coker Tire have about anything you may want.

pigpen

 

Or this.

 

I dont recommend Stockton Wheel. I used to like them when I was lived in Sacramento and could pick up. But when they say "in Stock" they don't mean it.

 

mp33, 65.00 a piece, that's a deal, did that inc. chrome? thanks for the help.

 

Yep, give him a call 805-688-1187. Nice guy, everything is made to order so he can keep the prices down.

 

And no extra charge for custum offsets. www.earlywheel.com

 

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online catalog has them, but it only lists 2 sizes. You'd be better off going straight to Wheel Vintiques.

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Since what I needed was not in the Summit catalog, I called Wheel Vintiques directly. After hearing what they wanted to charge me, plus the shipping, it was way more than the Summit prices. The guy said I could do a custom order thru Summit. Saved me a bunch of $$.

I had a bad experience with my first set of chrome reverse that I got from Stockton Wheel. They made me a custom 15x14, and it took MONTHS to get. The front 15x4's I had to send back due to bad chrome.

I'm swithching the rears to 15x10 on a cheater slick

 

If you have any stock wheels around from the 60s or earlier, look at the back side. See how the rim has a smooth taper to the drop instead of a step, that is what chrome reverse rims used to look like when they were truly reversed wheels. I did a few sets myself back when you could find rivited wheels laying around everywhere. I made one set with 56 Chevy centers and wider Buick rims. I ran them on the back my 59 cheby with 56 dogdish caps and trim rings, 25 years ago.

 

Has anyone come across a reverse chrome wheel larger than 15". I was looking around on the 'net for the last few days and could not find anything but 14/15". I hope this still on thread Thanks.

papa al

 

Damn those are deep. I wanted 15x4 for the front but no one made them, so I settled for 15x5"

 

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Has anyone come across a reverse chrome wheel larger than 15". I was looking around on the 'net for the last few days and could not find anything but 14/15". I hope this still on thread Thanks.

papa al

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Coker has both 16" and 17" chrome smoothies. As for Stockton Wheel, I've only bought from them once with no problems. Maybe I got lucky.

pigpen

 

mine came from stockton. took awhile to get them, but at the time it was them or cheap smoothies. glad i waited. if i'm looking at the pictures and the link right, those $65. wheels are smoothies.

 

I saw the same thing ,Regular chromies were $95, still better than the compitition.

 

i got completely screwed by stockton wheel..just wanted simple 5x5 6" wide..waited 2 months paid 120 apiece, and got yellow chrome that started to rust after the 1st wash!!! i called them they said to send them back and they would replait them. but i had to pay shipping both ways.. so i had to live with it.. i wanted to ship myself there and set fire to those assholes!

 

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Damn those are deep. I wanted 15x4 for the front but no one made them, so I settled for 15x5"



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Jeff who did you get yours from? i need some for my gasser

 

Never mind Jeff its on the first page.

 

Thanks for the timely input, guys.

I've been waiting to have a set of wheels made up and had looked into Stockton a long time ago. Based upon the opinions posted, I think I'll give Early Wheel a call and see if they will make what I need.

I need a set of 14" 4-lug wheels and can send them a set of wheels to start with if necessary. I need them reversed and chromed.

 

Ratster, I got my from Wheel Vintique. Took about 2 to 3 wks to get the special offet. Cost about $130 for the custom build, about 100 for standard.

 

Wheelkid, Rally America, took about 2 weeks including shipping them cross country (I actually ordered them right after I posted earlier in this thread, they came yesterday)

15x5, 5 on 4-1/2, with the holes made big enough to fit over my Volare rotors snouts, 3" backspace. He said these were '49 Ford centers, they match the ones I had made for the back that had the tapered rim reversed.