New shoes
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 17 2:11 pm
Feeling guilty because of the "death of a forum" thread, I thought I'd contribute a "what have you done to your Mopar today" type article...
My car came with 14" Rallyes, which always looked a bit lost in those big ol B body wheel arches, especially with 60 series rubber. A couple of years ago, I replaced the rears with 15x8 Rallyes, shod with 275/60 rubber, but that gave the car a "hot rod rake" which I didn't much care for.
A chance comment on Facebook recently led to purchasing a set of new 15x7s from Steve Hale for the front, and that spurred me to give the wheels a makeover:-
The car looks and rides a lot better on the 15s and taller tyres, which are 28" tall vs 26" previously.
My car came with 14" Rallyes, which always looked a bit lost in those big ol B body wheel arches, especially with 60 series rubber. A couple of years ago, I replaced the rears with 15x8 Rallyes, shod with 275/60 rubber, but that gave the car a "hot rod rake" which I didn't much care for.
A chance comment on Facebook recently led to purchasing a set of new 15x7s from Steve Hale for the front, and that spurred me to give the wheels a makeover:-
- I stripped and re-sprayed the rears with the correct Mopar Argent Rallye Wheel paint, to match the new fronts.
New centre caps with the correct 1970 "sparkle" finish
New correct acorn lugnuts (10 LH and 10 RH)
New polished trim rings
New front tyres 225/70
The car looks and rides a lot better on the 15s and taller tyres, which are 28" tall vs 26" previously.