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Hello all, my first post on here. I own a 64 D100 CSS 318poly 727 auto. Im going to the pick n pull tomorrow to find a set of wider steel wheels for my 64. Ive read on here somewhere that I can get them from a 5th ave. or Diplomat? not sure. What years and models can I get 7 or 8 inch wide steel wh 
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Re: Looking for wider steel wheels
Posted by: JimmieD (66.81.121.---)
Posts: 1,090
Date: December 06, 2009 08:11PM

"i have bought 3 sets from WV, easy people to deal with. got a set of chrysler steels, 15x7 and 15x8 with red line caps and red line trim rings (rings are made for ford, but looked great..lol), put them on a 69 charger and they looked sharp as a razor. the car was red, so the red line caps and gloss black wheels set it off well. looking at doing the same on my next truck but in 16x7 on the front and 18x10 out back."

Ouch, owww, yipes, that is SOOOoooo retro & I'm just a hopeless chump for retro rods! Way back when: smooth & low, clean and sharp, simple & sano, rumbling deep and it went like stink....YEAH! Love the blacks with baby moons but also the deep red rims [some black in the red paint mix] with baby moons & trim rings was cool too.

On those moonies you can use a dull rounded punch about 1/4" & dimple around the hubcap edge that grips the wheel, helps them to hold on; also can use a sharper punch & go ahead and punch through so the ragged edge of the hole really grips. Sometimes had to do that on the rear so they wouldn't spin off on a burn out.

Stockton Wheel in California can custom build any wheel you can imagine. There were some quality control & customer service problems there a few years back, don't know if they ever got that worked out.

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