How did you guys pick your rims

Hey was also wondering how you guys picked the rims on your car. did you stay with a traditional look or do you go with some of the newer style rims like something from foose or boyd. I have two in mind i like the old school style rims but i want something new and still old school feel so i was thinking about the boss 338 or the boyd's crown jewel lets hear those opinions guys and thanks for all the feedback on my paint choices

My ralleys came on my car. They look good and didn't cost me anything extra

I think eventually I'm going to go with a salt-flat style wheel. They look pretty good on these cars.

I wanted premium wheerls, but I want the stealth factor, so I bought the cernterline wheels that have a hubcap look. You see them, but you know they look good and think they are stock wheels. I bought 17 inch wheels so I could upgrade to larger brakes later on without buying more wheels. JB

ya im going with the centerlines but lets not have everyone on here with them lol

The original owner picked them for me

I met the owners of Rushforth Wheels and liked their style. After talking to them, was able to get in on a bulk wheel order with 9 other people for a discount.

At the time, they were a fairly new wheel company. I figured I could get a wheel that not many other people had. I'm not a big fan of seeing 2000 other cars with the same rims as me.

74Malibu383 wrote:I figured I could get a wheel that not many other people had. I'm not a big fan of seeing 2000 other cars with the same rims as me.

EXACTLY thats what i want but a lot of people have center line wheels

I made the decision when I first acquired my car about my wheels.

In 1987 My grandfather had a set of 15x7 wire-basket wheels put on the car and I liked them a lot. I felt that they suited the car extremely well. When I got the car in 2000, I decided that these will be the only style of wire-wheels I want on the car and that if anything happened to them, since they are no longer made and are impossible to find (especially in good shape), I would go back to either Turbine II's or Chevy Rally's. Everybody puts Cragars and American Racing Torque Thrusts on their classic/muscle cars and with the body style, they wouldn't work with me. If I had a 73-75, the possibility of Cragar S/S's was there, but not a 76-77. Also, I don't find 99% of wire wheels appealing. I'm not a lowrider person. As for anything larger than a 17-inch wheel... forget about it. Donks are an abomination... PERIOD.

Well as fate would have it, in January 2005 during a 2-day ice storm, I slid into a curb and bent one of my wheels. A local shop, which repaired some curb damage to one of the wheels 4 years prior, went out of business and since the wire-basket wheels I had were impossible to find, I decided to go with the 15x7 silver painted Chevy Rally wheels since the Rally's where optional wheels for the Monte Carlo from 1970 through 1977. I tried to find a nice set of Turbine II's, but those are almost impossible to find too (dammit, grandpa, why did you have to get rid of the original Turbines?).

Whatever I can get cheap

i have pontiac ralleys on my el camino right now but i really like the yearone z/28 replica wheels...their decently priced as well.

I love the Z wheels, Im thinking about putting my set on my 70 and putting the keystones I got from rago on the 4 door

Originally I was planning to build my Chevelle as a street going version of a Nascar, so I bought the appropriate Basset wheels to get that look. Then PHR built project Talladega , so my plans changed to the pro-touring style. The only wheels that fit the image of what I'm going for are Tenzo R Type M's or C6 Corvette ZR1 Wheels.

Cheapest for me.

Depends. If it's my daily driver, I look for cheap wheels that look decent. Great example is the aluminum Corvette Rallies on my 76. $100 & searching Craigslist for a day was all that it cost me. I like cheap for a DD.

OTOH, when I retire it from daily driving (possibly retired now ) I'm going for a lightweight 3 piece forged aluminum design. Cost will still be a factor, but weight & looks will be my main determining factors. I'm thinking Centerline Convo Pros since I've wanted them for nearly ten years now. If I can find a set though, I really want some Mickey Thompson ET Drags. They just stopped producing them, but surely they'll pop up on RJ, CL, or eBay.