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Old 12-31-2008, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by kx slaughter king
and my floaters are gonna run $4,450... i want something half decent til then
throw some 13's on main..... lol.....until chu get the floaters. brand new wheels and tires for about 4 bills.
 
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Old 12-31-2008, 07:43 AM
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hmm... i dunno, im not really feelin the spokes, imho, to puerto rican looking.


for the price, im liking these http://www.hubcap-tire-wheel.com/boss-317-sf.html $95 a pop and comes with tires. they match the car, huge and flashy... 13's are more 67' impala, not 79 fleetwood
 
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Old 12-31-2008, 01:35 PM
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How do spokes make a car look "Puerto Rican"?



 
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Old 12-31-2008, 11:48 PM
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dont get me wrong, they lok good on that, i just dont think they fit my car to well.

its sorta a local saying, cus usuailly when you see a decent car with a ton of unnessacary, flashy mods a puerto rican is driving it... so it just sorta stuck, now if anything is to flashy or over the top with a car ya call it to pureto rican, around here at least.

it might look ok, just the way i pitcure it in my mind it dosent fit to well. maybe ill photoshop them onto mine and see how that comes out...
 
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Old 12-31-2008, 11:51 PM
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ant company names on who makes spokes?.. american racing? tezzen? lol, dub?
 
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Old 01-01-2009, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by BigRig18Wheeler
exactly....but those wheels you are looking at are for a front wheel drive car. they are a positive offset wheel, and even if the lug patern was right, they wouldnt work on your caddy.
wanna explain that to me... i found these http://nh.craigslist.org/pts/971615485.html but dont know if its fwd or not... what sthe difference?
 
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Old 01-01-2009, 05:56 AM
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good deal on those black ones.....but nope. Wont fit. remember the deep dish wheels? like you would see on an old 4x4 lifted truck. that is a reverse offset wheel. if you put that on your caddy, the wheel would stick way out from your fender. A positive offset wheel ( front wheel drive car, primarily ) has the lug bolts even wheel the outside lip edge off the wheel, so if you put those on your caddy the wheel would stick in and rub on the frame. a standard offset wheel has the lug bolts that bolt on right in the middle of the wheel. so half the wheel sticks in and half sticks out. the wire wheels on the pic that Sro posted. see how there is like a 3" lip on the wheels? those are a standard offset wheel.

Player, luxor, dayton and there are some cheaper companies that make wire wheels also.I don't remember the exact website, but google player wire wheels, they have a less inexpensive line of wires, and if you call them they will tell you who in your area is an authorized dealer or they can drop ship them for you and they usually pay freight.
 
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Old 01-01-2009, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by kx slaughter king
nope.....sux. nice looking wheels too. You could buy an adapter/spacer to make them fit...player makes those also, but the adapters would prob cost $100 each, and that wheel prob doesnt have the right weight rating for your car anyway.

I dont remember what year your car is, but it probably uses a standard offset with a 5x4.75 bolt pattern.

most fwd wheels like the black ones, are prob dual drilled 5x100 and 5x115. thats the most common anyway.
 



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