What are the lamest factory wheels and lamest aftermarket wheels?

[chargervert]

The torque thrust wheels will look amazing on your car. They will change the entire persona of the car. He had to get those street tires pretty hot to pull off a 13.07. Doing a huge burnout to get the tires sticky enough to run that fast kinda gives away the whole sleeper thing before the race even started!

 

[cosgig]

Funny you should mention that, but if you look at my dads car, he is running polyglas tires in race trim. His big secret was to jack up the torsion bars all the way up to transfer the weight better to the rear wheels. He was also running H-70 tires on the rear. His car was also a 4 speed car. Enclosed is a copy of his time slip from the 1970 Summernationals, running an astounding 12:30@108 on those tires. That would’ve been the national record in E pure stock, but the other semi final contestant complained that the H-70’s were not stock tires, and Dad was forced to borrow a set of G’s to run in the final. Not being used to those, he spun on the line and couldn’t back up his time. He was still hunting down the Mustang for the win, but just ran out of track.

We loved that car and we were all sad to see it go, but my folks both worked at Burroughs and were laid off in the winter of 1971. Dad panicked and traded the car back in and got a 1971 slant 6 three speed Duster!

 

[WileE]

Look back at my post that pictures my car. This was purchased from the original owner, who drove it as his daily driver. He was not interested in buying new rims, he was interested in driving it to work to make money and feed his family. Not all cars back then we’re bought as hot rods, although they actually were. Now, tell me this isn’t a factory built sleeper….no stripes, no hood treatment, not even the engine call out sticker that was supposed to be standard equipment on the hood. 383 callout in the hood bulge, whitewall tires and dog dish hubcaps. The original spare is still in the trunk, and even after a couple of tire changes, the original owner saw fit to keep the dog dish caps. He did paint the rims black tho, but the original color is coming through.

I don't think anyone could consider a road runner a "sleeper". That's a great car there. And if you or anybody like the steel-wheel look, thats cool ! Hey, this is just about people's opinions. Some guys like blondes, some brunettes, some redheads.... some all !!

 

[chargervert]

Low twelves was pretty fast on bias tires,even if they were wider than stock. My parents struggled through the gas crisis with the 70 Charger R/T SE 440 car. A lot of people forget that most people could only afford one car back then, and you were lucky if you could afford to have a hot car. They had to pull double duty as the hot rod and the family car.

 

[cosgig]

I don't think anyone could consider a road runner a "sleeper". That's a great car there. And if you or anybody like the steel-wheel look, thats cool ! Hey, this is just about people's opinions. Some guys like blondes, some brunettes, some redheads.... some all !!

I’m with you, I like em all! As for wheels on cars, I like em all too, some cars look great with certain wheels, and others of the same model don’t. I like Rallyes, but only on a 1970 Roadrunner if it’s a plum crazy car with a white top. And, Plum Crazy is one of my least favorite colors, behind only Lime Green. Yep, I’m wierd that way. When I see a well appointed car with just the right rims, it always makes me smile. I don’t like donk wheels, but on FABO there’s a guy with a 64 Dart with 17’s that look like the Halibrand rims, and they look perfect on his car.

 

[WileE]

He wasn’t interested in winning any races. His story is typical…..fresh out of Vietnam, he wanted a Roadrunner but couldn’t afford it without help from his Dad. His first car, and first new car. He wanted a bench seat and a 383 with a 4 speed, and sat in every Roadrunner on the lot, but according to him “I just couldn’t get my *** in those damn bucket seats”. All the way in the back of the lot sat this car, he sat in it, grabbed the pistol grip and said “I’ll take it” to the salesman. The salesman told him it wasn’t what he thought it was and opened the hood, when he saw the 6bbl engine he yelled “where do I sign”? It had a trailer hitch on it when I got it and I asked him what that was on there. He told me he used to tow his buddies dragster to Milan on the weekends. I asked him if he ever ran the car and he said only once. He just couldn’t afford to have the car break down and he couldn’t get to work. He was the foreman at the Chevy spring plant about 5 miles from his house….”too far to walk” he said. He did however win his class and received this trophy. This was on the same street tires he drove on every day. He is a wonderful guy, and has an answer for every question I ask him. This is him, the car, and the trophy the day I took the car back after working on it for a year to get it back on the road. Incidentally, the car ran 13:07.

And, to quell your opinion of me and my love for dog dish, I’m considering buying a set of torq thrust rims for the car, because my Dad had those on his 70RR 6bbl convertible. And, my car and Dads both came through the same dealership, so there’s a kinship there.

That's a great story. And nobody's "wrong" for any preference of wheels, I always say, so what you like, it's your car. And very understandable why you like what you like.

 

[Coelacanth]

Wheels are like shoes or heels for women, and many of us call our cars "her". Dog dishes or steelies is like taking your girl out on the town wearing socks...or barefeet. Girls look more sexy wearing some nice heels!

 

[cosgig]

Low twelves was pretty fast on bias tires,even if they were wider than stock. My parents struggled through the gas crisis with the 70 Charger R/T SE 440 car. A lot of people forget that most people could only afford one car back then, and you were lucky if you could afford to have a hot car. They had to pull double duty as the hot rod and the family car.

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My Mom had her old 65 Galaxie, but it wasn’t very reliable. And of course we all wanted to be in the Roadrunner any time we could. They finally traded that Galaxie on a 1973 Satellite Sebring Plus, my Moms first new car.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I don't think anyone could consider a road runner a "sleeper". That's a great car there. And if you or anybody like the steel-wheel look, thats cool ! Hey, this is just about people's opinions. Some guys like blondes, some brunettes, some redheads.... some all !!

Although I've always run Magnum 500s on my 440 GTXs, I made an exception on the Hemi car I used to own. There was a method to my madness, also based on my experience with the cars back when they were new. The dealer in my town sold multiple Hemi Road Runners. None of the cars ran dog dish caps on the street. But two of the cars spent more time on the lot than on the street as a result of the economics in place: they were expensive to buy and insure, and as result, hard to sell. When the cars were on the lot new, and when traded in, they wore poverty caps, and that's how my little pea brain was programmed to see them.

 

[cosgig]

For the record here, I like dog dish because they’re cheap, and when I’m putting together a car to sell, if I don’t have a set of rims and tires for it, I can always use dog dish. I like the wheels and tires to match, except for the old school max wedge look of Caslers and steel rims on the back, and Halibrands or like rims on the front. I’ll put full wheel covers on a car if I think it looks good, but I have yet to settle on any particular rims for my other cars. I keep the dog dish on the RR because that’s the way it came, and I was going for a preservation over a restoration. However, I have always loved the Torq Thrust wheels because they were on my Dads car, and my brother is running them on his car. They would look good on my RR as well, and yes, even I am tiring of the dog dish look. I know, shocker, right?

 

[68BabyBlue]

Wheels are like shoes or heels for women, and many of us call our cars "her". Dog dishes or steelies is like taking your girl out on the town wearing socks...or barefeet. Girls look more sexy wearing some nice heels!

Couldn't have said it better. And I think they have to match the period. When I owned my 1960 Chrysler 300F, I wouldn't let my wife set foot in it unless she was wearing an authentic pair of early 60s "roach killer" stiletto heels. Same outfit wouldn't fit with the '69 GTX - boots and miniskirt in the late 60s. As a benchmark, check out the old Linda Vaughn pics from 1965 to 1970. As the skirts got higher, the heels got lower.

 

[WileE]

Although I've always run Magnum 500s on my 440 GTXs, I made an exception on the Hemi car I used to own. There was a method to my madness, also based on my experience with the cars back when they were new. The dealer in my town sold multiple Hemi Road Runners. None of the cars ran dog dish caps on the street. But two of the cars spent more time on the lot than on the street as a result of the economics in place: they were expensive to buy and insure, and as result, hard to sell. When the cars were on the lot new, and when traded in, they wore poverty caps, and that's how my little pea brain was programmed to see them.

As I mentioned somewhere before, our tastes are many times based on experience. Mine, during the time these cars were new, and working in the garage where a good part of my business was chucking stock wheels for "mags" as we called them. For most, it was the "first step" in personalizing his car.

 

[WileE]

Couldn't have said it better. And I think they have to match the period. When I owned my 1960 Chrysler 300F, I wouldn't let my wife set foot in it unless she was wearing an authentic pair of early 60s "roach killer" pumps. Same outfit wouldn't fit with the '69 GTX - boots and miniskirt in the late 60s.

Had a buddy seat in my Charger way back then. My buddy sat in it next to me. My "buddy" had a very formidable rack and a miniskirt

 

[eldubb440]

I think the dog bowls look somewhat better if the wheels are black......... I always thought the body color wheels were a little goofy

 

[cosgig]

Had a buddy seat in my Charger way back then. My buddy sat in it next to me. My "buddy" had a very formidable rack and a miniskirt

 

[33 IMP]

My 70 Road Runner was Hemi orange V code 440 six barrel, 4 speed ,dana,with the black hood stripe and N96 Air grabber hood. No doubt what it was. Those factory f 70 tires didn't stand a chance against a 440 Six barrel engine, so even if he pulled off the sleeper look,he was still losing spinning the skinny useless tires on ugly wheels he wasn't winning any races. Spinning ain't winning.

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Wouldn't that car have F60s on it? My 69 A12 came with G70s.

 

[65Bel]

 

[6PKRTSE]

Nope. Looks Ghetto.

I never liked rallyes to begin with.Looks like

“Well we wanted to be mag wheels, but the best we can do is drill some holes in these steel wheels and kinda make them shiney by painting em silver, and adding an outer hubcap, I mean trim ring.”

There is not a factory 08-23 Challenger made that looks Ghetto.

 

[torredcuda]

20's on an old muscle car look ghetto, on new cars they look fine.

 

[6PKRTSE]

20's on an old muscle car look ghetto, on new cars they look fine.

Agreed, RR Fan Dan said that my 12' Challenger looks Ghetto with its factory wheels on it. The classic package includes these wheels and these are my favorite on the newer Challenger. Just my opinion.