Honest feedback on wheel/tire combo please

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That's just junk on junk. I never liked the Magnum based cars and those wheels make it look even more of what it is. Fugly.

Exactly. The point of those wheels IS to draw all the attention, because otherwise there's nothing interesting going on. Modern show car. Gotta be completely over the top if you want it to stand out.
 
The car looks excellent.
I'm 56 and a fan of newer wheels. The dudes that stick to stock sizes will ***** and insult guys like me but I don't care.
I cannot stand the look of painted steel wheels and small hubcaps on anything but a stripped down model from the 60s. I know that a lot of people like the look but to me, it has to fit the model.
Take this 65 Dart for example....
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In my opinion, this car looks fine with the wheel choice. I don't like them on Duster-Demon-Dart Sport models or anything built from -68 and later.
I wouldn't insult a man for using them if he is happy with them.
Although I love the larger diameter wheels, the tire has to have some sidewall so the 20" wheel look doesn't appeal to me in most cases.
At the same time, I also dig the "Day Two" period correct slotted wheels, the American Racing or Torque Thrust spoked wheels. One I really like is this style, made popular by Panasport:

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I really like those Panasports. Reminiscent of mini-lites.
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When I purchased my 71 Demon project in December 2020 it had these 5x4- 17" Boyd wheels with 225/50R17 up front and 225/55R17 low profile tires in the rear.

I absolutely HATED them when I first purchased the car but I have kind of grown used to them...like that old rust stain in the garage sink. I'm kind of old school with wheels.

If you wouldn't mind providing honest feedback I'd appreciate it. If you notice I deleted the side marker lights, so maybe these are more appropriate than say old school cragar's? I have a theory that low profile tires appeal to a certain age bracket so if you wouldn't mind giving your age +/- 10 yrs along with you "yeah" or "nay", I think it would be interesting.
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I think it blends pretty well, only thing i would maybe do is go with a 255/50R17 in the rear, the 255/50R17 is only roughly 1/4” bigger all the way around but will give you another 1” of tread width. The little bit of added height in the rear will also even out how the wheel well is filled, it may be the picture but it looks like the front tire is up in the wheel well a tad more than the rear. Going to the 255/50R17 would even it up while keeping the same stance. It looks good as is. Just a option.

Current setup.

Number 1 (Front Size) 225/50R17
Number 2 (Rear Size) 225/55R17

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Wider back tire option.

Number 1 (Front Tire) 225/50R17
Number2 (Rear Tire) 255/50R17

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57 and old school. Just like when I was a kid........slotted mags with 70's up front and 60's out back. That being said, my first impression of the "total package", is that it looks great.
 
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