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Old 06-22-2006, 12:10 AM
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The car: 1968 Olds Cutlass

The rims that will be going on her are not our dream rims. Though we love TT2's and originally wanted them, they are so common on musclecars these days we decided to try something different. I attained some Eagle 212's (yeah, i know i know) for next to nothing and feel with some slight modifications they will work well....
They are 17X8 with 245/45/17 up front and 18X9.5 with 305/45/18 out back.

Heres what i'm thinkin.... (again, opinions are welcomed)

Paint the recessed sections dark grey or a matching blue, add black lugs, and plain center caps with the late60's-early70's Oldsmobile emblem CNC'ed on them.

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Old 06-22-2006, 02:36 AM
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Hmm not a bad idea. I would probably try to do the whole inside of the cutout sections as well.

It's been done on exotics for quite some time, give it a shot. Powdercoat is easy enough to remove if you don't like it.
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I think some BIG brakes would look cooler....


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Old 06-22-2006, 10:33 AM
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I like the blacked out section and lugs idea. Matching the blue just isn't doing it for me. Bill's right, I would see what painting/powdercoating the whole center would look like first.

Good photoshop job by the way. Try sinking the center of the rear wheel in more to make the hoop wider.
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Old 06-22-2006, 02:18 PM
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I like the blacked out section and lugs idea. Matching the blue just isn't doing it for me. Bill's right, I would see what painting/powdercoating the whole center would look like first.

Good photoshop job by the way. Try sinking the center of the rear wheel in more to make the hoop wider.
yeah, i had someone do a quickie PS for me, i dont have the program.

by whole center you mean just leave a polished lip?

and ofcourse big brakes will come, i just need rims big enough to fit them, the stock 14's arent going to cut it.
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Old 06-22-2006, 04:34 PM
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i like the look of that by itself, but feel it might be a bit too much black on a blue and white car. Maybe a medium grey would contrast a little less.
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