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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: jon01]
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05/10/14 05:18 PM
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I have a set of 17" Stockton steelies on my wagon, 17x8 with 245/45/17 in front, and 17x10 with 315/35/17 in back.
They will take the same hubcap your wagon currently has on it.
I've been thinking about making a change, if you're interested let me know.
Mine handles fantastic with bigger t-bars and sway bars f/r. 25mph ramps at 45-50, it just hunkers down and goes.
That sounds interesting to me. PM'd you!
1967 Dodge Coronet Deluxe station wagon
1.03" T-bars, QA1 arms/rods, Cordoba/GM Metric/Volare brake & knuckle, XHDs, Hellwig rear sway, 318 Magnum w/ air gap, 727, 3.23s
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: jon01]
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05/16/14 01:52 PM
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I have a set of 17" Stockton steelies on my wagon, 17x8 with 245/45/17 in front, and 17x10 with 315/35/17 in back.
They will take the same hubcap your wagon currently has on it.
I've been thinking about making a change, if you're interested let me know.
Mine handles fantastic with bigger t-bars and sway bars f/r. 25mph ramps at 45-50, it just hunkers down and goes.
Count me in on wanting pictures of these on your wagon!
I'm watching this thread closely - the 14s on my 69 Satellite Wagon will be getting changed off sooner than later!
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: jon01]
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05/16/14 03:37 PM
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I have a set of 17" Stockton steelies on my wagon, 17x8 with 245/45/17 in front, and 17x10 with 315/35/17 in back.
Good grief. I shudder to think what those must weigh. 50#+ each or so.
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: roadrunninMark]
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05/17/14 05:58 PM
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Someone needs to make 16" or 17" steelie look in aluminum to accept the caps. ...
Someone needs to make 15" to 17" wheels with the steelie look in aluminum. Period.
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: BigBlockMopar]
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05/17/14 08:51 PM
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I'm buying Jon's 17" wheels off of his wagon when he gets his replacements figured out.
Not the lightest I'm sure, but they get me set up for good & relatively cheap tires. Plus I have zero qualms about how they'll look on my car… everything else in my price range I felt kind of iffy about at best.
1967 Dodge Coronet Deluxe station wagon
1.03" T-bars, QA1 arms/rods, Cordoba/GM Metric/Volare brake & knuckle, XHDs, Hellwig rear sway, 318 Magnum w/ air gap, 727, 3.23s
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: Secret Chimp]
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05/18/14 12:27 AM
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The '66-67 rear wheel well is very restrictive, on a '66 Belvedere 4dr winter beater I had once a factory 15x8 Ramcharger/pickup wouldn't work on the rear, and just as a guess, the wagon openings aren't much different. The '68-70 well is much bigger. I am guessing from the look you have the late '80s M body, 15x7 wheels on there now. Dippy cop car wheels are identical but with slots. Don't know, just sayin' ... 
It takes gasoline to interest me.
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: BigBlockMopar]
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05/18/14 05:09 PM
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Someone needs to make 16" or 17" steelie look in aluminum to accept the caps. ...
Someone needs to make 15" to 17" wheels with the steelie look in aluminum. Period.
to add to this I wish they made the aluminum version of D window steel wheels
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: VL21]
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05/18/14 09:04 PM
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The '66-67 rear wheel well is very restrictive, on a '66 Belvedere 4dr winter beater I had once a factory 15x8 Ramcharger/pickup wouldn't work on the rear, and just as a guess, the wagon openings aren't much different.
The '68-70 well is much bigger.
I am guessing from the look you have the late '80s M body, 15x7 wheels on there now. Dippy cop car wheels are identical but with slots.
Don't know, just sayin' ...
Well I'm adding around 3-3.5 inches in rim width and I'm going to use a 275 width tire vs the 215s I have now. I did some really rough measurements and I have around 2 inches between the sidewall and the outer fenderwell and 2.5-3 toward the inner well & spring.
The only solid comparison I could find was Hotchkis' 67 Coronet coupe they put all of their TVS stuff on back in 2009. They used 8 inch wide wheels with 255s in the rear for that one.
I don't know what the BS of these things is (yet), but if the width change is more or less equal inside to outside I'd think I'll be fine.
1967 Dodge Coronet Deluxe station wagon
1.03" T-bars, QA1 arms/rods, Cordoba/GM Metric/Volare brake & knuckle, XHDs, Hellwig rear sway, 318 Magnum w/ air gap, 727, 3.23s
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: BigBlockMopar]
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05/19/14 05:51 AM
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Someone needs to make 16" or 17" steelie look in aluminum to accept the caps. ...
Someone needs to make 15" to 17" wheels with the steelie look in aluminum. Period.
And NOT screw it up.
I've seen it done right once. Out ov probably a dozen different attempts. I must have seen it in a magazine because if it'd been online i'd have every pic available, but i dont. They were 18's and they looked about as good as possible, thinking a nice 8 outta 10. They actually looked good enough that it looked weird to see such a big steelie . Made the car look smaller. So one way or another, it will never look 100% right with excellent handling, but you shoot for the best you can do.
I have a cunning plan... on how to do it the best way, should i ever trip over a hockey bag full ov hundred dollar bills... until then, its aftermarket.
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: Pale_Roader]
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05/19/14 11:25 AM
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Someone needs to make 16" or 17" steelie look in aluminum to accept the caps. ...
Someone needs to make 15" to 17" wheels with the steelie look in aluminum. Period.
And NOT screw it up.
I've seen it done right once. Out ov probably a dozen different attempts. I must have seen it in a magazine because if it'd been online i'd have every pic available, but i dont. They were 18's and they looked about as good as possible, thinking a nice 8 outta 10. They actually looked good enough that it looked weird to see such a big steelie . Made the car look smaller. So one way or another, it will never look 100% right with excellent handling, but you shoot for the best you can do.
I have a cunning plan... on how to do it the best way, should i ever trip over a hockey bag full ov hundred dollar bills... until then, its aftermarket.
I here ya, but if I trip over that same bag I'd probably do a custom set of hurricane/vector wheels, the price quote I got was 15 grand for a set of 18's
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: PHJ426]
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05/20/14 01:13 AM
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These are 17x10 rear, and 17x8 front Coys C-55's not a bad price, I like the look. 
Last edited by redmist; 05/20/14 01:14 AM.
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: Secret Chimp]
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05/26/14 01:09 PM
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Well My opinion nothing looks ad cool ad the yo wheeels
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Re: Cheap but not ugly upsized wheel options for B-body
[Re: jon01]
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06/19/14 02:34 PM
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Sold the wheels to Charlie, I hope he can get them under his car, it'll look great with them!
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Count me in on wanting pictures of these on your wagon!
I'm watching this thread closely - the 14s on my 69 Satellite Wagon will be getting changed off sooner than later!
Sorry for the late response, here is the only pic I have of it handy.
It will be getting Billet Specialties Dagger G's with M/T 295/45/17 DR's in back so a bit more sidewall.
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I have a set of 17" Stockton steelies on my wagon, 17x8 with 245/45/17 in front, and 17x10 with 315/35/17 in back.
Good grief. I shudder to think what those must weigh. 50#+ each or so.
The rears are heavy but not as heavy as you would think. The 15x10's/37's I had on my Scout were much heavier.
Too heavy? Just add HP and brakes to compensate! 
I cant find them on their site, how much are they?
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