post any suggestions for any wheels out there that will bolt up directly to our cars for $150-200 a rim msrp in a 17" size.

they have to be a 1 piece forged/cast design as i only have 12 days to finish this particular project for contest. looking for something like the TTII in design but cheap and painted or otherwise is of no concern. the car is a 84, custom permanent convertible roadster with no top at all. it's viper blue with white and red theme.

any suggestions i'd appreciate it!

 

hey, i feel like i should be taking advice from you not givin it but i got slp's zr1 replica for $600 a set. i know they dont look much like a tt2 but i think they look killer on my bird, people that dont know any better thin i spent alot of money. good luck!

 

Eagle Alloys has a couple. One is a 212 I think, kinda has a teardrop look. The 202 I think is there TTII style.

 

Here are those cheap Eagle Alloys
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=43956


Good price for the wheels but I would want the real thing.

 

thanks for the opinions... i haven't looked into a single piece design in awhile so i'm not aware of what's really out there and i don't have time to have anything built so i need something you can walk into a tire store and get the next day.we've only been given a budget of $600 for wheels and tires but i have a set of 245/45/17's laying around i'm going to donate to up the wheel size on the project so i'm trying to find something resonable that will get away from the 15" stock wheels on it now.

 

that is sthe recomended tire size for the slp's i know shipping took several weeks but if you called them and explained your delima they would probobly work with ya

 

I got each of my 17x9 snypers for $200 each. They are a single piece cast wheel and have the insides of the spoke painted and the faces polished. They are clear coated and easy to keep clean and looking great.

 

I think you can pick up the ROH ZS in 17" with backspacing made for 3rd gens for less than $200 ea.

 

 

You guys should listen a little better, he cant afford wheels at $200 dollars each. His budget is around $600 and he needs tires. I would think about the SLP's even though they will cost you about $650 though but those tires you have will fit and hyper black looks pretty good imo. This is just my opinion but if you want I have plenty of pics. Mine also took under a week to ship from Hawks, dont ask me how because everything else I've ordered from them has taken 3 weeks.

If you dont want to do that I would refurbish some irocs, those are 17s right?

 

 

Alright I see what your saying but I still think a few of the mentioned wheels cost a little over $200. I'm still a little confused because he says $600 for wheels and tires yet also $150-200 which would come to $600-800 not including tires.

 

I dont think any mentioned wheels that were over 200 ea by more than a dollar or two.

ROH ZS 17x8.5 $184 ea

ROH Snyper 17x8 $202 ea

And the ones i posted are WELL under 200 each, heck they are $170 ea in chrome from www.discounttiredirect.com

Dont forget about the hot wheels rims Jeff.

 

Those look like newer mustang wheels

 

thanks for the opinions guys... the budget really kills it for sure. keeps it interesting though. trying to find something with a dish, unfortunately with such a close date at hand it's really, really difficult. i'll have to see what happens but again i appreciate it.

anything basic, flat and 5 star is what i'm looking for with a slight dish of any kind would be great.

so far i'm looking at something like this.

http://www.aewheel.com/wheels_detail.cfm?id=291

although heavy the gun metal painted inserts and chrome will go well with the paint theme and at $400 out the door it fits the budget very well.

 

HE HAS THE TIRES already.

He wants to spend about $600 for a set of rims, probably 17x8 probably since he has 245 series tires.

 

yeah 17x7-8.5 as long as the bolt pattern is good i can even make adapters to make it work.

 

Isn't 7.5 a bit skinny for our cars?

 

what kind of rims are these?

 

How much are these wheels??

 

Think they were close to 1grand maybe even more.

 

Damn I love those wheels man!

 

get WELD DRAGLITES! they are the epitome of american muscle wheels!

 

yes it is but have you ever tried to see what type of options are out there that actually look good and bolt right up. not to mention are only a phone call away with 1-2 shipping days.

rediculous.. now if i had 3-4 weeks to wait on boyd or the rest it wouldn't be a problem.

 

I wonder if any of the *ahem* "import enthusiast" brands offer a wheel in the bolt pattern and offset you need? $100 17" wheels are a dime a dozen in the import world.

 

True, but they are usually in a 17x 7 or 17 by 8 only. If you find anything bigger, it is not often.

 

you could get the voxx mg wheels i have them on my car and they were extremely cheap for some 17s'' about $110 from discount tires.

 

TireRack.com

 

I was going to suggest VOXX!

 

those wheels of the car on the dyno are ronal r15's and run bout 1200 for just the wheels...... hey kandied... i will let u barrow mine

 

Try telling Gm that!! The 82-87 z28 style wheels are 15 x 7!!

 

Hopefully its not too late Jeff, these can be done since you said you can get some adapters no prob:





They look very good and only $680 for the 17x9.

 

with adapters that puts me close to $1,000 which is way to much. thanks though.

 

This may be a little off topic, but just curious, what kind of contest are you in? Your on a time-line and budgeted. Is it sort of a fun fund raiser sort of thing? How long did you get start-finish to do it, and what were the rules you had to follow?

 

Figured u might have had a hookup on the adapters like the freebie tires. Oh well was worth a shot.

 

I still say powercoat, polish, or chrome a set of the stock wheels, probably some junky irocs. Dirt cheap often and can look very nice in the end.

 

Found those sport max wheels for $520 and free shipping maybe they fit within the budget now jeff ?

http://store.yahoo.com/autotoyaz/spmaxrawh9621.html

 

one week, $3,000 and the car was donated. just so happened it was a thirdgen.... it was a fundraiser for a cancer society. the car was raffled off at the end of the week. the show was sponsored by the detroit pistons, redwings, motorcity auction house, hagerty, auto city collision just to name a few.

as far as discounts... one can only work so much. many of the things for the restoration i donated from my other cars. i did what i could in the time i had, we tried to find wheels as cheap as we could and ended up using 16's because i couldn't find a decent 17" in time to use my tires. many companies threw out their hands to help but unfortunately wheels just weren't something that was possible in the time line. i could have bolted on something that looked completely wrong but decided against it. in the end a restored set of irocs went with her.

it was a fun experience, i appreciate all the suggestions but it's over now. the car raised $9,764 which was great.

 

Do you happen to have a picture of the car? Sounds very interesting .

 

That's excellent! Almost $10 grand raised. That's the kind of thing that makes hard work and running around worth it, love hearing about money being raised for great causes.

 

Jeff,

So how did the car turn out. Have any pics??