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Old May 8, 2026 | 08:43 PM
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Torque Thrust look great!
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Old May 8, 2026 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by gjohnson
Looks great, what are the tire and wheel sizes? Any suspension mods?
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Originally Posted by AKjeff
Looks great, what are the tire and wheel sizes? Any suspension mods?
TTO 15X8.5 Rear 275/60/15 Front 245/60/15 Pro touring springs in the front drops the front@1" Heavy rear spring
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Old May 9, 2026 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by gjohnson
TTO 15X8.5 Rear 275/60/15 Front 245/60/15 Pro touring springs in the front drops the front@1" Heavy rear spring
Thanks. I was wondering how the 245's would look on 8.5 width rims, I want to run staggered tires when I need to replace my 255/60's.
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Torque Thrusts are great, and actually my favorite wheel of all time. Except..... Everyone has them on their C3. Seems that 90% of C3s have either TT or Rallys. I love em both, but a little overplayed IMO. I went the other way and found some restored Westerns. Vintage and era correct, but not Rallys or TT. If those are your two choices, slotted mags all day long.


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Old May 11, 2026 | 01:22 PM
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Slotted mags all day long.
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I've had slots on another car, loved the look but hated the polishing. Also, I think of slots as more of a 60's style. Love my 17" Torque Thrusts
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Torq Thrust all day long.


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Old May 15, 2026 | 05:38 PM
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They both look good. I wrestled with the same question. I went TT.
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Cragar also made slots. These were 8 1/2"


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Im coming into this late, but the Torque Thrust wheels have always been on my C3's, mainly because they were one of the original wheels the race teams used back in the day, those and the Mini-Lites

. Also, my car gets more compliments specific to the choice of wheels on it than anything else. Evidently a lot of people have opinions about the larger wheels and shorter tires on restomods than I imagined. By the way, you car is beautiful, nicely done. The slots are cool, ive always loved slots as well, but more on muscle cars like my 72 Nova SS. That looked cool with nice, deep slots. As did your Vette, but the TT-D's look better.
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Originally Posted by Gransport Autowerx
Im coming into this late, but the Torque Thrust wheels have always been on my C3's, mainly because they were one of the original wheels the race teams used back in the day, those and the Mini-Lites

. Also, my car gets more compliments specific to the choice of wheels on it than anything else. Evidently a lot of people have opinions about the larger wheels and shorter tires on restomods than I imagined. By the way, you car is beautiful, nicely done. The slots are cool, ive always loved slots as well, but more on muscle cars like my 72 Nova SS. That looked cool with nice, deep slots. As did your Vette, but the TT-D's look better.
Thanks GA... that looks fantastic, the more they are on there the more I know thats the right wheel for this car... sold the slots for the funds to pick up a 5 speed so good trade out for me.
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My vote is for the Torque Thrusts, but then I'm biased.



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