Basfdavid

Hi, I'm looking for two aluminum wheels for my corvette c3, anyone has any to sell, and if so to send to Spain, thanks.

Roma

2 Wheels ? Not 4

Basfdavid

yes, I Want 2 wheels, thanks

GUSTO14

Do you need these to match a pair you already have? If so, you should know there are two distinct style wheels. One has trapezoidal slots and one has rectangular slots.

...trapezoidal slots...

...rectangular slots...


You might want to post a picture of the ones you have...

Good luck... GUSTO

udornf4

those two photos are different? I can't see any difference.

Pardon my ignorance...

GUSTO14

Yes, they are, look closely at the slots. One set of slots is rectangular and one set is trapezoidal.

You can also see it in the "spokes". The wheels with the rectangular slots have trapezoidal spokes, the wheels with the trapezoidal slots have rectangular spokes.

It's subtle and they need to be close together before anyone would probably notice, but they are different...

GUSTO

doctorgene

I have two off an 1982, will those work,. One Fifty each, plus freight I don't know what kind of slots they have. They are OEM GM wheels that came on it. Have a great day. Gene

Basfdavid

good, did not know that there were two types of wheels, I do not see the difference, I put pictures of the tires that I have

give me prices

BTGRN75

Looks like they both have triangular spokes, but one (bottom pic.)has a higher degree of angle and more pronounced. Was there a year change?

loflite

Yes, there looks like there is a very slight difference. Would have been better if both pictures would have been shot from the same angle. It the rectangular slots are for real, they can't be factory.

GUSTO14

Basfdavid,
Clearly you have trapezoidal slots and straight spokes. I would just ask whomever you purchase wheels from to send you a picture to compare to yours. It would be beneficial it they were the same style.

Most of the wheels that the vendors are selling are the same style as you have, with the trapezoidal slots and straight spokes. Here's a '76-'79 wheel from Corvette Central...

http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....5Z5Z50000050G#
You shouldn't have any problem finding a set to match your wheels.

loflite,
Actually both styles of wheels I posted are original. I'm not exactly sure of the year of manufacture of each, but they both have GM part numbers on their back side. One wheel is Western Wheel made in USA (rectangular slots) and the other is Kelsey Hayes made in Mexico. But both are GM. They are both pre '78-'79 as they had black paint in the slots along with black centers and black on the back sides. The castings on the back side are also distinctly different. Then again I've seen a number of different styles of castings on the back.

If I were to guess, I would suspect that the rectangular slotted wheel is the earlier of the two just because I have seen so few of them.

Good luck... GUSTO

19corvette80

Western wheel was made in the USA and Kelsey Hayes was made in Mexico. That's why they look different. Different manufactures in the 80's but Kelsey Hayes end up buying out Western wheel.

Sabre34

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