Vintage Wheels Black or Grey??
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From: Norwalk Ct
Vintage Wheels Black or Grey??
I recently put on the vintage one piece AR 200s I had restored. The spokes I had painted satin black but I saw a chevelle with some original TT D's last week and liked the way the gray spokes looked. I took one front wheel and stripped the black and used eastwoods cast gray and I kind of like it.......what do you guys think? For some reason the black spokes are beginng to look ricer "color coded" for some reason................. 
Last edited by lvrpool32; Sep 19, 2004 at 06:47 PM.
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From: Watkinsville, GA and Glen Cove, NY
Nick, I am the guy living right down the street fom you. I love the gray centers. I bought the P.S. Engineering wheel that copies the AR "D" wheel and I have been trying to decide what to do with the centers. Would love to see your car in person. It really is a beautiful car. I am only days from having mine back together so would love to hook up with you. Bill.
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71Coupe,
I'll get back to you tomorrow re the details as per the IM. Those are American Racing Torq Thrust IIs (model CL205) custom made with the appropriate backspacing, wheel width and offset for my 1967. I would advise that everyone consider those specs carefully before purchase wrt to caliper rub, tire size, fender chaffing and emergency brake bracket clearance. It's a heck of a bad experience to get the wheel and tire size wrong! Not just the cost but the potential for damage to fiberglass.
I'll get back to you tomorrow re the details as per the IM. Those are American Racing Torq Thrust IIs (model CL205) custom made with the appropriate backspacing, wheel width and offset for my 1967. I would advise that everyone consider those specs carefully before purchase wrt to caliper rub, tire size, fender chaffing and emergency brake bracket clearance. It's a heck of a bad experience to get the wheel and tire size wrong! Not just the cost but the potential for damage to fiberglass.
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Can you get a close up shot? I've been having trouble decing between the repro 200S or Torq thrust D's Seeing those painted look good. I have a 68 intenational blue, and was toying with the idea of painting the centers blue also... not sure yet if thats a 
