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Help me decide on what rims to get

Started by _Marshall_ , Aug 30 2008 03:06 PM

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Poll: Help me decide on what rims to get (28 member(s) have cast votes)

Help me decide on what rims to get ??

17" = Simmons B45 (5 votes [17.86%])
Percentage of vote: 17.86%
17" = Simmons FR17 (15 votes [53.57%])
Percentage of vote: 53.57%
Deep Dish Dragways (3 votes [10.71%])
Percentage of vote: 10.71%
5 spoke dragways (2 votes [7.14%])
Percentage of vote: 7.14%
5 spoke Draglite (1 votes [3.57%])
Percentage of vote: 3.57%
15" = Cagar 641 (2 votes [7.14%])
Percentage of vote: 7.14%

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#1 _Marshall_

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 03:06 PM

Help me decide on what rims I should get for my LX hatch

15's or 17's. The rim and tyre combinations are;

Front 17"x7 with 225 or 245/40/17
Rear 17"x8 with 265/40/17

Front 15"x7 with 225 or 245/55/15
Rear 15"x8 with 265/55/15

8" is slightly illegal

but I can live with that :rockon:

Simmons B45
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Simmons FR17
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Deep Dish Dragways
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5 spoke dragways
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5 spoke Draglite
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Cagar 641

Extra info:
Simmons rims
B45 front 7" = $629
rear 8" = $654
FR17 x 7" =$674
17 x 8 = $700
Prices each incl GST Painted centre/polished outer
We usually do Torana wheels as 0 offset, HOWEVER, these cars are quite old now and usually modified so each car should be measured to ensure correct fitment.

Cragar 641 Series Super Star 15x8 $310.00ea
Cragar 641 Series Super Star 15x10 $325.00ea

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#2 _pallbag_

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 04:37 PM

Flared or unflared ?

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#3 MRLXSS

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 05:07 PM

If i had money, it would be FR17's for sure!

Pallbag has a good point though, flared or unflared?

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#4 _Marshall_

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 05:30 PM

Flared

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#5 _Skapinad_

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 06:05 PM

need to see them all on the car !

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#6 _Marshall_

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 06:51 PM

need to see them all on the car !

Best I can do.
( my plan is to end up with a Ultra Blue hatch similar to the one below )

Cagar ??
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Simmons FR17 ??
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5 spoke dragways ??
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#7 yel327

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 08:27 PM

My vote is for 15" Cragars. I reckon 17's look silly on a Torana, but just my opinion. Personal favourite is GTS rims made into 15x7 and 15x8 or 15x10, with painted centre and chrome rim. Also live ultra blue. My BO6 pack Overlander was originally that colour - looks great.

Edited by yel327, 30 August 2008 - 08:29 PM.

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#8 _Brewster_

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 09:09 PM

I reckon the 17's suite flared Torana's, but definitely not unflared though! :spoton:

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#9 _jake_

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Posted 01 September 2008 - 11:19 PM

everyone has 5 spoke dragways... i'd pick simmons or cragar...

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#10 _moot_

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Posted 02 September 2008 - 07:09 AM

17" simmons ,15" rims are for bogans or convos (the exception)

or you could get some hotwires or gts wheels and a missus named shazza and the transformation would be complete

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#11 MRLXSS

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Posted 02 September 2008 - 09:06 AM

17" simmons ,15" rims are for bogans or convos (the exception)

or you could get some hotwires or gts wheels and a missus named shazza and the transformation would be complete

HAHAHAHA!

Yeah, Convo's are hot!

Here are a few more influential pics

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Or these are ROH somethings
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#12 MRLXSS

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Posted 02 September 2008 - 09:09 AM

Front 15"x7 with 225 or 245/55/15
Rear 15"x8 with 265/55/15

I run, 15x7 on the front with 225/50/15 (Don't think you can get a 55 Profile)

and on the rear i run a 265/50/15 (Same deal, not sure of a 55 profile)

If you are going to run big wheels though, on a flared car, you have to get 10's on the back!!! You need DISH!

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#13 ollie

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Posted 02 September 2008 - 09:27 AM

Depends on the money you have, $immons FR17 are great for the custom offsets and stud patterns and you can fit in bigger brakes.

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#14 _luke186_

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Posted 02 September 2008 - 10:21 AM

deep dish dragways! keep it old school!

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#15 _AGGRO_

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Posted 02 September 2008 - 11:58 AM

Pretty sure b45's dont come in 17" but none of those wheels really grab my attention. Yeah they are all nice wheels, but been done alot on torana's before. Depends if you want to modernise the look a bit or if you want the old school toughie look.

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#16 76lxhatch

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Posted 02 September 2008 - 03:54 PM

15" rims are for bogans

And what's wrong with being a bogan? :spoton:

Mine has 15x8 front with 225/50s and 15x10 rear with 265/50s:
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#17 _Marshall_

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 08:19 PM

Sorry Simmons rims are 16"

I'm starting to lean towards the Simmons rims.

Now question TWO.

What spacing/offset should I go for? As it appears that Simmons can make almost any back spacing/offset
I want to fill the flairs as much as possible.

Some things to consider:

My diff is the standard width with OEM discs etc
Front end is std width and will have 290mm hopper stoppers

I can change the tracking by a maximum of 25mm

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#18 _AGGRO_

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Posted 05 September 2008 - 12:45 AM

the hoppers kit will push out ur front 8mm per side, i had my wheels measured up so they would fill the flares up as much as possible

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#19 76lxhatch

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Posted 05 September 2008 - 07:42 AM

In the pic above I have the Hoppers 290mm kit on the front with 4.25" back spacing on 8" rims. The rear end is R31 Skyline Borg Warner diff (10mm wider per side than standard) with 10" rims modified to 5.25" back space. Everything fits and looks nice. I have absolutely no idea what its like in relation to the original track, I imagine the rear must be a lot more than 25mm wider.