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| | | | Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 239 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 239 | I have 6 lug 15" x 8" Rally wheels on my '55 1st series truck. I have stock suspension. I'm planning to lower the truck 3" all around. Looks like I'll have clearance issues with the front tires. If I lower the truck, I'll need to change out the wheels. I want 15" wheels. I like the stock wheels, also the artilley wheels and the smoothie wheels. There are lots of options using original and after market wheels. Looking for some input. Picture of existing wheel [IMG] http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr164/nels1954/001-8.jpg[/IMG]
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 8 | do you want to sell any set (4) 6 Lug 15" rims??? any pics??? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 239 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 239 | The existing wheels are not yet available for resale. Looking for input for the replacement wheels.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 | Check out Wheel Vintiques in Colorado
I've had two sets of steel wheels (incl. smoothies) made up there and they do good work.
They'll pretty much much make up any combo you might need and not bad
prices, either.
squire | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | had them on my 52, 15 inch with six lugs from same company see here
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | I don't see where lowering the truck will make any changes that would require a different wheel. If it's done right, lowering should not change any relationship of the wheel to the steering arms. Any clearance issues with the tires would need to be corrected with smaller diameter/narrower tires.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 2,074 | OK seeing your pic of wheel, you have a later model rim which may have a severe offset. You will need to see what she looks like after your lowering job is done, then you can have rims rebuilt to suit or find some that fit. I have a dropped axle under my 46 and factory rims work fine, however did have to heat and bend the steering arms a bit to work.
Good luck
Wheel shops can modify your rims: Paulsen's,Stockton wheel, Wheel Vintiques, Wheel SMiths etc. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | The rallys you have now are probably not going to work with the lowering you have in mind. They're too wide and the backspacing is not near deep enough. Chevs of the '40s has some wheels that you can custom order for backspacing. On a 5" wheel you'd probably want "0" offset (2 1/2" backspacing), but man......they're expensive. You could use most any stock 15" X 5 or 6" 6-lug truck wheel. From '55 to '60 they have 3 clips for stock hubcaps, '60 and up went to the "nubs" to hold the hubcaps on (these are the ones I'm using). | | |
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