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11-02-2017, 11:41 PM
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just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
How can you re invent the wheel...
. I LIKE IT.! . saw this on the interweb thought I would share . http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017...hite-wall.html SEMA 2017 .  .  . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .  .  .  . .
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11-03-2017, 12:07 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
You can have "the look", great handling and any size brake package imaginable. Dave Kindig used the same concept on the "Blue Suede Shoes" build a couple years ago, but I'm not sure he was the first to do it either. Cool idea anyway...
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11-03-2017, 12:13 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
those are NICE and pricey, but I like em
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11-03-2017, 01:14 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
Wow, pretty cool!
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11-03-2017, 03:02 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
They were marketed as "Port-A-Walls" back in the day, and are still called that in some circles, per the Google search...
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11-03-2017, 02:25 PM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
From looking at the cutaway pic it looks like the white part is part of the wheel.
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11-04-2017, 03:42 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
Why?
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11-04-2017, 08:20 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
Get the look of 15 inch wheels with none of the ride quality benefits at four times the price!
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11-04-2017, 09:14 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
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 that's pretty much what I was thinking. You have to be really into the sleeper look if you go this route. They do look very convincing which makes using these even more puzzling. I personally like the built in white wall wheels that Delmo makes which are a 22" scaled up version of stock wheels. I still don't really see the point of the built in whitewall (why not just run a 20" wheel with a white wall tire?) but the wheels are nice.
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12-01-2017, 07:03 PM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
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multiple of mine neighbors whine and beotch about low profile tires when they bend a rim
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12-01-2017, 07:28 PM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
I think it’s a great idea since you can run a WIDE tire that isn’t made in Wife white walls in 20”. Cool idea but they’re pricey.
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12-08-2017, 10:46 PM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
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12-12-2017, 07:07 PM
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12-12-2017, 10:53 PM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
I don't really see the point...
Only reason I can see is if you wanted to put 14" and larger rotors/brakes on your truck. Pro-touring guys may like them... |
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12-14-2017, 12:26 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
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I hear what your saying The fact that they can make them is amazing. I would never Purchase those type of rims....says the guy that used to run 17" Cragar SS on a 63 Fleetside .......... Sp . . .
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11-30-2017, 08:34 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
These have been around for a few years. They have been at the Detroit Autorama with the same cutout wheel on display for at least the last 2 years. Cool concept for a restomod.
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12-07-2017, 04:34 PM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
Running a set of those you should install a backup camera aimed at the curb when you parallel park.
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12-08-2017, 02:48 PM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
I see the put those on a few cars on *****in rides over the years and they do look presentable on the rigs they put them on.
As for myself I'll stay with the 15 inch wheels, hubcaps and 225 tires and a lot smoother ride and no broke or bent rims. I ran into a kid at the tire store a while back that had 20 something inch rims on his ride who had bent a rim in the first couple of days he had the wheels and tires. The tits were still showing on the damaged tire on the ruined wheel and his mom wasn't even happy that they had to spring for a new wheel and tire for it.
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12-14-2017, 02:44 AM
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Re: just when you think you seen it all cool stuff
Well rough ride/smooth ride my 77 dualie flatbed rides smoother than my 2000 Cad Deville or my 98 BMW do with 17 inch rims on both of them. I'd swear you can drive over a quarter with the BMW with the 235 45 17 tires and tell heads or tales.
That old 1 ton is a bit light on the front wheels with the 10 ft bed and hoist but the wife never complains about it riding rough like she does in the Cad. The 48 gets 225 75 15 wide whites this time around and I hope a ride to match.
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