[Blasst]

Mike,

Damn! Don't ever let me have my car next to yours looking from the rear!

I am surprised at your choice of wheel, not as a disappointment, but as having a deep lip on new wheels seems to be the pull lately, myself included. Yet they look good, real good!
Hard to beat a nice 5 spoke wheel, and you stepped outside the norm, and can't wait to see the car once she hits the ground.

 

[Blasst]

Mike,

Weigh those suckers before you bolt everything down. I'm interested in how much they weigh.

 

[Blasst]

The rears are 67 pounds each, they were shipped with the tires on and nothing but bubble wrap. Fronts were 62 pounds, the lugs and locks were included with the deal, so maybe a pound there.

As far as the deep lip, yeah they are cool and I looked for sometime for some and really didn't like what I was finding. So I said the hell with it. Especially since I got the rims for 450 bucks. the rubber was more of course, but oh well I couldn't really go wrong to be honest, if I didn't like them I would find something else. But I think that I am going to dig these.

I think though that I am going to notch the frame though and cut the spacer down to 2 inches in the back and have the same in the front, this would conceivably put the wheels in the same position as far as offset goes as they would be on a vette, I have always liked the look of a fat tire slightly tucked in, we will see. As you can see by the pics I need to clean up the other side of the garage to stage parts and everything else, it has been a dumping ground for the past few months.


I think that it will come out really good. Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it. And I am betting that it is going to look different on the ground for sure.

Ah, you are not that far off from stock then. I weighed those stock chrome wheels and tires I have for sale, and they came up at 60lbs.

And your rear widened wheels you just sold had to weigh at least another 2-4 pounds over stock I would think. So just lose 10-15 pounds yourself and you won't have any weight increase Mike.