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Posted by: hollandhill Mar 22 2006, 05:52 PM

I'm in the process of having my narrow body converted to a steel flared gt body. I'm wondering which if these 2 sets of wheels would be eaisier to make fit. I realize both will need spacers but, which comes closer.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=270890&highlight=fuchs

or this:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=273007&highlight=fuchs
While I'm at it what is a fair price for my real nice oem 15x7 fuchs with yokohama a021r's with very little use?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Mar 22 2006, 06:13 PM

me? id go with 8's and 9's on a flared car....

i have 7/8's on a narrow body car......

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here ya go

Posted by: hollandhill Mar 22 2006, 06:18 PM

My research tells me your talk'n big $'s but, Any leads on where to find 8s and 9's would be great ??

Posted by: Aaron Cox Mar 22 2006, 07:07 PM

QUOTE (hollandhill @ Mar 22 2006, 05:18 PM)
My research tells me your talk'n big $'s but, Any leads on where to find 8s and 9's would be great ??

call/email/PM jason cullen on pelican.

he recently had like 10 NOS sets of 16x9's..... and has tons of wheels in his inventory.....

tell him i sent ya.

Posted by: BIGKAT_83 Mar 22 2006, 07:25 PM

Check these wheels out http://www.ccwheel.com/files/wheelprofiles.php almost affordable at about 2K a set. These look real nice and you can have them made in any size and offset.

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Bob

Posted by: SirAndy Mar 22 2006, 08:04 PM

8" and 9" are nice, problem is finding good street tires for them ...

7" and 8" will be cheaper and easier to get decent tires ...

oh, and if you manage to find 285/40x16 street tires, let me know, as i have been looking for a set for 2 years now ...
Andy

Posted by: howell914 Mar 23 2006, 10:13 AM

Are the ccw 17's? spacers? off set?

Posted by: Kerrys914 Mar 23 2006, 10:16 AM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 22 2006, 08:13 PM)

i have 7/8's on a narrow body car......

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Not actually NARROW is it

Nice looking car

Posted by: Mueller Mar 23 2006, 10:19 AM

QUOTE (howell914 @ Mar 23 2006, 09:13 AM)
Are the ccw 17's? spacers? off set?

why you would need spacers???

you can order them in the "correct" offset....well, they come in 1/2" increments, so a small 1/4" to 1/2" max is all that would be needed if the backspacing or offset is a tad bit on the wrong side....that is the beauty of custom wheels...spacers "shouldn't" be needed in most cases.....

Posted by: ss6 Mar 23 2006, 10:43 AM

I've got 7's and 8's (x16) on my flared car, no spacers. Note there are 2 offsets for the 8's, the further-out ones I have bring the 245's I'm running out to 1/4" from the flare lip. The 8's I bought at $550 for the pair. I'm told 7's are cheaper than 6's, since the 6" dish while skinny, is used to make 3 piece wheels, but the 7's can't.

You have an opportunity coming up for good deals, namely the Hershey, PA swap meet on April 22. It's a buyer's market there, just make sure you don't buy bent or cracked rims.

Am wondering why you need 9's, sure they look serious, but unless you're going to track the car, you're talking overkill.

Posted by: howell914 Mar 23 2006, 11:46 AM

I will be tracking the car but in a DE capacity so I guess 9's are not needed, but boy do they look sweet.