Please help with wheel choices
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From: vancouver wa
Please help with wheel choices
I have a new 1972 corvette, I want to put some wheels on my car. I'm thinking tork II's. I want the same look as I have witht the centerlines. Can anyone check my web site with centerlines. then tell me what size of tt2's i will need. I really dont understand back spacing... ect. If you have any pictures of different types of wheels, please post a picture and let us know what the sizes are.
thanks for your help. My 1972 with centerlines
thanks for your help. My 1972 with centerlines
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Personally I thing Centerline Auto Drags like yours or Convo Pros are about the best-looking wheels I've seen on the Sharks.
No disrespect intended to the TTII crowd. Those are nice-looking, too.
No disrespect intended to the TTII crowd. Those are nice-looking, too.
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Originally Posted by The Dude
Personally I thing Centerline Auto Drags like yours or Convo Pros are about the best-looking wheels I've seen on the Sharks.
No disrespect intended to the TTII crowd. Those are nice-looking, too.
No disrespect intended to the TTII crowd. Those are nice-looking, too.
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Originally Posted by jdunne
If you are getting new wheels,why not get 17" or 18" wheels so that you can get access to the modern tires which are much better than the old 15" ones.....john
That's my eventual plan.
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It's a matter of what you like, don't worry about the rest of us and what we personally like. Wheel choice for me depends on what kind of mood I'm in. Most wheels look great on sharks except for a couple of styles I've seen at Wal-mart. As for my choice I choose Centerline Daggers at 17 x 8 with 4.0 backspacing, this matches stock BS so no worries about caliper clearances.
Last edited by mrcorvette79; Jul 15, 2004 at 08:56 AM.
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We have the same rims. I know how you feel, I sometimes feel like changing my rims to chrome 17" or 18". Every time I ask someone they always talk me out of it. Maybe someone could do a photo chop with your pics and you get an idea what it would look like with other rims.
here is mine:
here is mine:
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Originally Posted by 80TexasC3
I wish tirerack.com or someone would include a C3 on their site to "try on" different styles.
http://www.superbuytires.com is the same way. Most online wheel dealers don't have a 68-82 Corvette listing. It's sad.BTW: HRE makes some awsome custom rims.
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[QUOTE=olouieo]We have the same rims. I know how you feel, I sometimes feel like changing my rims to chrome 17" or 18". Every time I ask someone they always talk me out of it. Maybe someone could do a photo chop with your pics and you get an idea what it would look like with other rims.
Here is your car with TTII's PS'ed on.
Here is your car with TTII's PS'ed on.
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Originally Posted by olouieo
Kermit thats cool. Can you please do the same with mine. 
Thanks.
Thanks.
I think your centerlines are
but it would look excellent with 17" or 18" TTII's also.
Last edited by kermit1654; Jul 16, 2004 at 09:31 AM.
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Originally Posted by kermit1654
Sure, but for some reason I can't get your images to show up?? Just red "X"s for some reason?
I don't know whats going on but I see them just fine. here is the link:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/.../sidevette.jpg
Try it and see if it works. Can you see my sig?
