Hot Rods Vintique wheel

Something got me thinking…and since the Vintique thread got closed I’ll post this question here….(now everyone behave)..should I balance these wheels before I mount tires? That may save me a ton of h***le exchanging them. And what would be considered out of compliance? And no, I didn’t pay for the extended warranty

 

What Ford five lug wheel used 4.750 bolt pattern?

 

Definitely spin them up first, I've seen some shockers from WV

 

You can spin em and check the run out

I just bought 4 and they were fine

 

I had the axles drilled to match the torque thrust wheels I picked up when I built it 25 years ago. When you order the wheels you specify the bolt patterns

 

I haven't experienced this.......
But it seems like I've heard or read a conversation where the wheel was a little off-balance, and the tire was also a little off-balance, so the "heavy spot" of the tire was mounted 180* opposite the heavy spot of the wheel to cancel much of the off-balance issues. ..........or at least require very little weight correction.

 

...Always a great idea with any "new" wheel you plan to use but, especially with WV wheels. They had a run of really out of round wheels about 20 years ago (I got stuck with two) that left a bad taste in everyone's mouth regarding their quality. I honestly believe that they have fixed that situation as I bought 2 within the last 10 yrs. that were OK. Once you paint 'em, powdercoat 'em or mount a tire, they are yours!...Careful when buying used ones as I'm certain there are many bad ones still out there. Anyone need two?!!!

 

Mine we also spun a couple before the tires went on. They ran true and took a normal amount of weight with the tires mounted

 

I need to get four 6” wheels for my 51 so I can run the hubcaps I bought for it for Christmas. Would guys recommend me giving WV a try or go somewhere else?

 

...The last two that I bought, I got from Summit. Since I had been burned before on 2, I told the guy on the phone that I would spin them before mounting or painting them and if they were out of round, they're coming right back and I expect a refund. This, after I explained to him how I had been screwed before. He ***ured me that they knew about the WV problems and that the issues had been corrected. Sure enough, they were true. Now this was 10 yrs. ago, so proceed at your own risk.

 

I bought WV steels about 10 years ago from Summit. I did a comparison from an oem 1956 Ford 15x6 and the new 15x7 WV. You can easily see the difference in the stamping isn’t near as sharp as an oem wheel, not that anyone would notice anyways. I just painted them, mounted new TA’s and they balanced out fine….maybe I was lucky?

 

I’m wanting to run these Oldsmobile hubcaps on my 51 you think that the stock wheel is deep enough for them?

 

Check the runout by mounting the on a axle and rotate. If they are good then there won't be an issue.

I bought some smoothies identical to WV so I suspect we're from the same overseas manufacturer and there were absolutley spot on with no visible runout to the naked eye.

 

P***

 

I didn’t snap it all the way seated but this is why I went to the steel rim, rocket cap to match the rocket steering wheel and motor

 

I would have new wheels checked on a road force balancer to verify lateral/radial runout before mounting tires. The last WV series 64 wheels I bought about 10 years ago were good.

 

Probably not. I had to use wider wheels on my '51 (I think 6") to run '56 Olds covers.

 

Yes I think they would, but I could be wrong. Back in the50-60’s when there were no custom wheels wheel cover changes were normal and Olds “flippers” were very popular before the 56 “star fires”. I worked in a Sears automotive center from 1962-66 changing hundreds of tires and saw just about everything but it was-a long time ago!
I remember the Cadillac “sombreros” needing a deep wheel and they were a 5 on 5 which made it hard on Ford guys but not some Mercs.

 

I tried them on my stock 5” rims and they needed about an half inch more offset to seat. That’s why I was wondering if a stock 6” Ford wheel from 56 would work or just buy aftermarket.

 

Pretty easy to Hillbilly check runout . Stamped Steel wheels are not 100 % true .

 

That ring pushed thru around the center hole of the stock wheel adds a lot of strength to the lug nut area. The WV one I ruined didn't have it and collapsed when I tightened the nuts. Maybe I over torqued them but it's how I'd always done it to stock wheels.

Gary

 

Not yet, soon though

 

My son in law is a machinist , he’s got the stuff

 

I saw an incident that might have been a one off with Vintique, but one of the wheels slipped through their QC without the center section with the lug holes getting welded to the tire mounting ring. The tire got mounted without being noticed and luckily at slow driving speeds, the tire with the ring separated from the hub portion of the wheel. It did slight quarter panel damage, but no persons or other vehicles were damaged. So definitely check to make sure the ring and hub section are welded together before you mount the tires....

 

Good stuff guys, and I didn’t have to buy beer

 

When I got my custom-offset wheel vintiques artilleries in 2012, the distributor I bought them from recommended that I spin them on a balancer right out of the box to check for runout. We did so on my dad's balancer, they were true, so we dropped them off at powder coating the same day. No issues with those wheels at all.