Here's the old ones






And here's the new ones








Opinions are welcome!


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Very nice they look great

 

I like the new shoes, what did ya do to or with the rims?

 

I like them but I'm not impartial since I've got a set of natural American Racing Vectors. That is what you have, right? Look like 15X8.5" ones, black like the Buick Grand Nationals. Theirs were 7" tho.

 

I started with a set of used American Racing Vector 15" x 8.5" rims. They were spotted and stained, but otherwise in good condition.



I cleaned them real good a few times with some degreasers and solvents. I tried like hell to get the spots out of them but I had no luck, so I went to the auto parts store and got some Duplicolor etching primer, somesemi gloss black wheel paint and some high temperature clear coat paint. I also sanded the outer rims with some medium and progressively finer sandpapers to a nice polish, this helped to minimize some of the minor curb rash marks on the rims. Everything got a coat of clear when it was finished including the polished outer rims. Iinstallednew center caps from Massey's Accessories, I posted earlier about them providing good customer service. I alsoinstalled new lug nuts purchased at the local auto parts store.

The old rims are going into storage. If I ever get serious enough about going to the drag strip, I will purchase a pair of Drag Radials and mount them on the old rims, then I can bolt them on for a day at the races and take them off when I am done.


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Lookin' goooood! Love theDV8'tion of the rims.My '73 has a set of old Crager SS that I'm gonna do that to. Great lookin' ride DV8...It's been DV8'ted! Cheers

 

You really improved the looks, well done. The original whells looked good, the new ones look great! PG.

 

That thing looks fast standing still now!

 

They look good. If you're interested, the L-82 crossed flags valve cover emblem fits nicely on the center caps.

Did you consider leaving the ribs bare polished alum.?

What size are the BFG T/As? Do you still have them?

FYI, Espree makes (or at least they used to)a bare alum. cleaner that contains phosphoric acid and that's what I use. Don't know if that would have helped yours tho.

 

DeeVeeEight nice wheels , I'm planning to go tomorrow to checkforgood shoes