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maneval69
02-25-2007, 11:57 AM
Here are pics of "Midnight" with her new wheels and tires.
KMC "Jacks and Five" with General Grabber UHP P255/55R18s
With the 8.5" wide wheel the tire's side wall doesn't bulge like 255/55's do on stock tires.
One note, I am going to do some grinding on the brake calipers. They are so close to the wheels that the stick-on wheel weights scrubbed on the calipers. It appears to only make contact on the cast flashing. So before my next balance and rotate, I am going to remove the casting flash and smooth the outer surface of the caliper. Then paint it.
Any suggestions on a color for the calipers?

I really need to take a photography class.

http://home.nc.rr.com/maneval69/car6-6.jpg
http://home.nc.rr.com/maneval69/car5-5.jpg
http://home.nc.rr.com/maneval69/car4-4.jpg
sugar-tj
02-25-2007, 12:38 PM
nice, are the wheels black or blue? i like them, as far as the caliper color, i like red.....
CANDYAPPLE
02-25-2007, 01:30 PM
Red red red...did I say RED? (Sweet looking ride!)


Cheers CANDYAPPLE:beerchug:
momsrockinride
02-25-2007, 01:35 PM
Red seems to be the color of choice around here :)

but one other option might be blue to match your car color - if you want to keep that darked out look
06SilverSteel
02-25-2007, 01:43 PM
good looking stuff!!
maneval69
02-25-2007, 03:10 PM
nice, are the wheels black or blue? i like them, as far as the caliper color, i like red.....

The wheels are black.

Does anyone have pictures of res calipers on a black wheel? (on a dark cooler car)
Big Country
02-25-2007, 03:40 PM
Very nice. I would consider using another color besides red. Against your blue, I just don't think red is the best choice. I personally would consider silver (or even black), but that's just me.
maneval69
02-25-2007, 06:18 PM
Very nice. I would consider using another color besides red. Against your blue, I just don't think red is the best choice. I personally would consider silver (or even black), but that's just me.

I didn't like the thought of red, too flashy for me. Silver would look clean and stand out but black would be easy to care for.

I have time to decide.
Becker
02-25-2007, 06:50 PM
Those wheels look good.

Now if you could just lower it a bit, it'd look even better. As for the red calipers with the blue, here's a picture. A little Photochopped, but I do have red on my blue magnum.
http://home.comcast.net/~slbrowning/Dscf0034-ws22.jpg