abodyjoe
Well-Known Member
after doing nothing but drive my truck this past summer because i was working on the darts drive line swap and didn't want two vehicles apart i finally showed the truck some love..
the red wheels have been driving me nuts since i bought it over a year ago.. was just going to paint the 15x7's on it white but they just looked like they were too wide on the truck. would have liked a stock set of 16" wheels but they are hard to find and then to ship end up costing like $30 each for shipping on top of the purchase price.. would have loved a set of detroit steel wheels but they are crazy money and then i need tires on top of those. plus i like to use the truck as a truck and expensive wheels with low profile tires would make me nervous.. so i went with a set of 16x6 wheel vintiques smoothies. went 16" because a set of jeep take off tires can be found dirt cheap (paid $100 for all 5 tires)and thats what i ended up using.. i think it looks a ton better with the thinner wheels and tires on it.. kinda stock/modified at the same time.. had a local body shop match the original white paint thats showing on the roof.. and its damn close to the original white on the roof.. in the end i'm happy with how they look. the tires (225/75-16) are a little taller then what was on there so my highway rpm lowered a little too so thats a good thing too..
the red wheels have been driving me nuts since i bought it over a year ago.. was just going to paint the 15x7's on it white but they just looked like they were too wide on the truck. would have liked a stock set of 16" wheels but they are hard to find and then to ship end up costing like $30 each for shipping on top of the purchase price.. would have loved a set of detroit steel wheels but they are crazy money and then i need tires on top of those. plus i like to use the truck as a truck and expensive wheels with low profile tires would make me nervous.. so i went with a set of 16x6 wheel vintiques smoothies. went 16" because a set of jeep take off tires can be found dirt cheap (paid $100 for all 5 tires)and thats what i ended up using.. i think it looks a ton better with the thinner wheels and tires on it.. kinda stock/modified at the same time.. had a local body shop match the original white paint thats showing on the roof.. and its damn close to the original white on the roof.. in the end i'm happy with how they look. the tires (225/75-16) are a little taller then what was on there so my highway rpm lowered a little too so thats a good thing too..