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Java Junky · 03-23-2007, 02:38 PM

'Couldn't agree with you guys more.
I've been doin' the dance'a the wheel virgins since I realized that I was gonna need separate sets of hoops for winter n' summer use. My road-kill sandcrab stock 17" units have become my official winter rims.
In my rush (as I've put up as an embarrassin' warnin' on more than a few occasions) to accomplish this I fell victim to a flim-flam man that convinced me that +48s would work on the rear of Stewie. Yeah. Pretty stupid.
'Good lookin' paperweights though.
While there is the safety offered by the folks at the 'Rack in that at least all the rims that they offer will fit, there's nothin' up there that has the kick-ass look of my ultimate wheel: the old anthracite Cragars ('look alot like the Mustang "Bullit" wheels). There's lots'a "lacey" lookin' stuff that seems to be popular, but, goin' by the looks n' the prices, not alodda options that I could happily sink my teeth into.
I eventually hazed over n' jus' put a pair of the 9", +55 WedSports on the rear n' made use of my ill-fated 7", +48 5Zigen FN01R-Cs up front.
I don't 'spect that I'm gonna be makin' the cover'a Better Homes n' Gardens with the mismatched rims, but I've hammered it through some pretty "not-quite-track-surface" corners n' nothin's rubbin' r' doin' anything that it's not supposed to 'cept ta stick. I can live with that.
Good luck in your search guys.
Be well.
Java

03-23-2007, 02:38 PM	#21 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,451	'Couldn't agree with you guys more. I've been doin' the dance'a the wheel virgins since I realized that I was gonna need separate sets of hoops for winter n' summer use. My road-kill sandcrab stock 17" units have become my official winter rims. In my rush (as I've put up as an embarrassin' warnin' on more than a few occasions) to accomplish this I fell victim to a flim-flam man that convinced me that +48s would work on the rear of Stewie. Yeah. Pretty stupid. 'Good lookin' paperweights though. While there is the safety offered by the folks at the 'Rack in that at least all the rims that they offer will fit, there's nothin' up there that has the kick-ass look of my ultimate wheel: the old anthracite Cragars ('look alot like the Mustang "Bullit" wheels). There's lots'a "lacey" lookin' stuff that seems to be popular, but, goin' by the looks n' the prices, not alodda options that I could happily sink my teeth into. I eventually hazed over n' jus' put a pair of the 9", +55 WedSports on the rear n' made use of my ill-fated 7", +48 5Zigen FN01R-Cs up front. I don't 'spect that I'm gonna be makin' the cover'a Better Homes n' Gardens with the mismatched rims, but I've hammered it through some pretty "not-quite-track-surface" corners n' nothin's rubbin' r' doin' anything that it's not supposed to 'cept ta stick. I can live with that. Good luck in your search guys. Be well. Java __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.