theBrit Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I am looking for torq thrust style wheels like this I was thinking 17"x9" 245 and 17"x10.5 285 or 295, I have VB steel arches like the ones on that blue car with the cobra stripes that crops up in many posts, 5 lug hubs and coil overs. http://www.americanracing.com sell them 17x8 17x9.5 17x11 - 9.5" is to wide for the front unless I do some extra work on the flares, I feel 8" is too small http://www.billetwheel.com sell them 17x8 and 17x9.5 all too small http://www.cragar.com sell them 17x8 17x9 all too small http://www.billetspecialties.com sell them 17x8 17x9.5 17x11 fronts too big or to small http://www.vintagewheelworks.com sell them 17x9 - YAY 17x11 might be ok YAY. So here are my questions Does anyone know of any company I missed ? Has anyone any experience with Vintage Wheel Works ? I have seen the American racing wheels and they are nice on the outside but not as well finished on the inside. I assume any wheel would be reasonably built/balanced, obviously spending $1000 per wheel gets perfection, but I do not want to get something that then requires a ton of lead on it. Thanks Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theBrit Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 I found another http://www.coloradocustom.com They do most sizes but are pricey. http://www.etwheels.com 17x8 17x9.5 17x11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iskone Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 You say the car is flared but 9.5" is too much for the front? Do you have stock springs? I don't know tight it is for you but have you tried the 9.5's? an extra .5" shouldn't be a deal breaker. Anyway before you spend $1k per wheel (which is insane for Torque Thrust style wheels) look into having the 8's widened to 9. I don't know what's in your area but I belive Stockton Wheel charges $100-$150 per inch. Isk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighft01 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Anyway before you spend $1k per wheel Isk 1000$ per wheel?? Dont you mean a set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iskone Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 1000$ per wheel?? Dont you mean a set? You would think. I was reading this. I assume any wheel would be reasonably built/balanced, obviously spending $1000 per wheel gets perfection, but I do not want to get something that then requires a ton of lead on it. Brit did you mean $1000 a set? I looked at the site and they were $1200 for for two 17x8's and two 17x9's. Isk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theBrit Posted March 11, 2006 Author Share Posted March 11, 2006 iskone, sorry I should have been more specific, none of the torq thust style wheels at that much each but colarado custom wheel is > 700 per wheel. I meant to say that I know you get what you pay for and HRE wheels can be 1000 each but even though I only want to spend hundreds a wheel, I dont want them to be out of true etc. As for the 1/2 inch I have measured it many times, to be honnest I dont know how some people fit some of the wheels you read about in stock arches. I assume they don't lower the car much. Maybe my technique is wrong. 1. put the car on stands 2. undo the thread spring perch and losen it right off 3. lift the under the control arm to place the hub at a normal 90 to the floor driving position - this should be worst case for the fender lip. 4. measure in from the hub face to the first thing that hits 5. measure out to the fender lip. I get Front SPRING - 5 3/4 ->|HUB outterface|<- 3 3/4 - Fender lip Rear SPRING - 5 1/2 ->|HUB outterface|<- 5.0 - Fender lip Worse still for the Torq Thust wheel I borrowed, which is listed as 17 x 9.5 the actual rim edges are 10.5" apart making the wheel actually 1 inch wider that you initialy think it is. Thanks for the link, I checked them out and they don't appear to do 17" rims unfortunatly These are the arches, they do not give that much extra space, there is another thread about this some place on here. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Please be aware that EVERY wheel will be ~ 1" wider than the stqated measurement - the bead width of tires. Therefore a 17x8" would work for you on front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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