What chrome 18's are you talkin about.?I thought the 18"bullits were delayed till at least OCT?RJOlson said:
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This is the 64E wheel
the center of each of the spokes is painted silver with the edge of the spoke and the rest of the wheel is polished and clear coated. This wheel is going to be very popular with those that wish to body coat, flame, ice, ghost paint or mirror the inside of that spoke. Just seeing this picture doesn't do this wheel justice. I read the 'words on the page' just like everybody else...and to be frank, I wouldn't have ordered this one myself. Having seen it, however, this is the wheel I want on my car...because I am going to do one of the above...either ice or ghost paint...stay tuned...LOL
This is the 64E wheel
the center of each of the spokes is painted silver with the edge of the spoke and the rest of the wheel is polished and clear coated. This wheel is going to be very popular with those that wish to body coat, flame, ice, ghost paint or mirror the inside of that spoke. Just seeing this picture doesn't do this wheel justice. I read the 'words on the page' just like everybody else...and to be frank, I wouldn't have ordered this one myself. Having seen it, however, this is the wheel I want on my car...because I am going to do one of the above...either ice or ghost paint...stay tuned...LOL
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Hey Tom,clubt said:
When I opened up the photo of the wheels, I just didn't like them. I actually don't like about 99.9 % of the after market wheels I've looked at. I'm an old school Cragar wheel lover. Ed called me and is going to replace the gears instead of shimming them. He's not happy w/ any singing/noise. He hasn't had any problems out of 100's of installs. It's just my rotten luck. I'm sweating now. I droped off the car at 8 AM and no word yet. I asked them 2x to make sure they have all the parts for the popping TSB. I saw this worker jump in a customer car and hammer it up the back of the dealership. I went in up to the desk and said, no way is that dude to touch my car. I will look it over real good and then some.
They still have the 2005 brochures in the salesroom and I opened one up to the page(9) where it pictures the "ready to strut" diagram of the front suspension. Here's a misprint I showed the nearest body.
Good luck on Thursday … I'll be there Friday.Liking the wheels and old school
Now I am NOT saying this next statement is true, because I have NO way of testing it, but one of my engineering buddys told me that you would not see the Cragar style in a 19 or larger because it would be unstable at speeds over 100MPH and since that might be the case at times(not me of course as I always obey the speed laws:evillol: )...I sure wish I could ask Mr. Peabody to put me in the waybackmachine and I could become an engineer and bodyman and airbrush artist...oh, yeah...and a race mechanic...but somehow...I don't think it's gonna happen...but then I would KNOW if some of these things I hear and read have a shred of truth to them...a 19in Cragar is TOO HEAVY???...well...maybe...they don't get very big..even on trucks...so maybe...
I don't like them the way they are, either...but that's up to each person....I want to do something with the center of the wheel spoke...and this lends itself to that purpose. Cragars in a bit larger configuration would have been my choice.sonny1213 said:Hey Tom,
When I opened up the photo of the wheels, I just didn't like them. I actually don't like about 99.9 % of the after market wheels I've looked at. I'm an old school Cragar wheel lover. Ed called me and is going to replace the gears instead of shimming them. He's not happy w/ any singing/noise. He hasn't had any problems out of 100's of installs. It's just my rotten luck. I'm sweating now. I droped off the car at 8 AM and no word yet. I asked them 2x to make sure they have all the parts for the popping TSB. I saw this worker jump in a customer car and hammer it up the back of the dealership. I went in up to the desk and said, no way is that dude to touch my car. I will look it over real good and then some.
They still have the 2005 brochures in the salesroom and I opened one up to the page(9) where it pictures the "ready to strut" diagram of the front suspension. Here's a misprint I showed the nearest body.
Now I am NOT saying this next statement is true, because I have NO way of testing it, but one of my engineering buddys told me that you would not see the Cragar style in a 19 or larger because it would be unstable at speeds over 100MPH and since that might be the case at times(not me of course as I always obey the speed laws:evillol: )...I sure wish I could ask Mr. Peabody to put me in the waybackmachine and I could become an engineer and bodyman and airbrush artist...oh, yeah...and a race mechanic...but somehow...I don't think it's gonna happen...but then I would KNOW if some of these things I hear and read have a shred of truth to them...a 19in Cragar is TOO HEAVY???...well...maybe...they don't get very big..even on trucks...so maybe...
Sonny, I'm with you. I love the bullets on my car, but they're heavier than I would have figured. I can't imaging them being unstable at speed because of weight in big sizes, look how fast some of those old steel rims have gone at bonneville, and they're pig heavy. I don't like the fanblades, although custom work in the center could be very cool. I like something with some depth to it. The only thing I've seen that I'd consider is the FRPP replica of the GT wheel. It's the one on the GT500. But, they don't offer it in satin yet, just chrome. Besides, I'm broke!!
:rollgrin: :drink: :laughlitt LOL, I hear ya on the besides I'm broke!! 14 year old has hockey & golf tryouts, back to school shopping, new paintball setup. fancy sneakers. airsoft crap and on and on. I need rims brother!!ultraclyde said:Sonny, I'm with you. I love the bullets on my car, but they're heavier than I would have figured. I can't imaging them being unstable at speed because of weight in big sizes, look how fast some of those old steel rims have gone at bonneville, and they're pig heavy. I don't like the fanblades, although custom work in the center could be very cool. I like something with some depth to it. The only thing I've seen that I'd consider is the FRPP replica of the GT wheel. It's the one on the GT500. But, they don't offer it in satin yet, just chrome. Besides, I'm broke!!
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