View Full Version : What are these rims?


criddell
Apr 2nd, 06, 07:10 PM
Can anyone recognize these? I grabbed them somewhere off the web.

http://www.birdbarrier.com/car/MysteryWheel2.jpg

http://www.birdbarrier.com/car/MysteryWheel1.jpg

Bonus question, what size are they?

Thanks.

jackalope
Apr 3rd, 06, 01:38 AM
Neat looking wheels, for size they look pretty big id say 18s and 19s with the rear being something like a 275/30/19.... just a guess. Im going out on a limb here but id bet that theyre cheapo cast bmw wheels with small spacers or adapters. Just look at the center of any road and track or similar new car rag, the internet tire and wheel places have tons that look very similar.

Unless those are indeed 3 peice wheels, which means they're mucho deniro.

Also interestingly he has foose liscence plate, yet is definately not a overhaulin or foose camaro, and dosent look like his work regaurdless.

P.S. Restomod is a ford term haha, i think you mean pro touring.

69ProTouring
Apr 3rd, 06, 07:06 AM
Also interestingly he has foose liscence plate, yet is definately not a overhaulin or foose camaro, and dosent look like his work regaurdless.

That's Foose's 69. He's shown driving it on an episode of Rides.

criddell
Apr 3rd, 06, 08:52 AM
Actually, I don't think it is Foose's Camaro, at least not the same wheels he had on the epoisode of Overhaulin; those were multi-spoke wheels of some sort as I recall, I watched that episode several times (TiVo). If it is Chip's car, he's running rims he doesn't promote on the Foose Wheels site,

http://www.chipfoose.com/wheels.aspx?LinkID=tn8

Thanks for the help.

69ProTouring
Apr 3rd, 06, 09:35 AM
You're right about the wheels, but you never know if he changed them. I saw the Foose plate and it was a black 69 RS with white stripes. What a nice looking car. :thumbsup:

http://www.roadfly.org/magazine/galleries/article_photos_2005/photos/photos-02-2005/Smoke-'em-if-you-got-'em-pic-16-8790923.JPG

JV69z/28rs
Apr 3rd, 06, 04:46 PM
OK I'll give a try - 1st the pictures I think are from this web site - taken at SEMA by moderator DJD. The wheels are FOOSE 500s and can be see on Newstagia's web site. Now I'll start really guessing. The wheels I think are 18s front and 20s rear (hey the picture is not at the greatest angle). They don't list 19s as being avaiable - not that he can't have any size he wants. I'll go with 18x8s in the front and 20x10s in the rear because the rear tires look too streched for the wheels to be only 8.5s. Now the real hard part - the tires look like rubber bands. Conventional thinking would say fronts 225/40-18s and rears are 255/35-20s - the rears look streched - but here's my guess based on looks from this angle (based also on it being Chips car so why would it be conventional). Since the tires are probably BFGs (that's what's on the Foose cars - I think the tires are 225/ or 235/35-18s in the front (because the side wall looks so short) and 265/30-20s in the rear for the same reason. That's based on the sizes that BFG makes also. Now if someone that was at SEMA knows for sure that would be a big help.

zigman
Apr 3rd, 06, 04:48 PM
i'm pretty sure it's his car too{chips}

criddell
Apr 3rd, 06, 05:13 PM
I think you're right. Here's a link I found:

http://www.newstalgiawheel.com/productdetails.asp?id=4103

Mystery solved. Thanks.

JV69z/28rs
Apr 4th, 06, 08:08 PM
Not for anything but did anybody see tonight's Overhaulin'? The NAPA delivery S10 pick-up had the wheels on it. Timing is everything.