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Steelies with Skinnys and Hubcaps

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by rpowell25, Nov 2, 2019.

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Steelies with Skinny's and Hubcaps

  1. Yeah!

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  2. Meh.

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  3. Nah.

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  1. Nov 3, 2019 at 1:32 PM
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    SeanBonham

    SeanBonham Well-Known Member

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    Side question. Did your TPMS fit in these wheels? Wondering if my stock (alloy wheel) tpms will fit in these steelies.
     
  2. Nov 3, 2019 at 1:35 PM
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    Clearwater Bill

    Clearwater Bill Never answer an anonymous letter

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    Paint the wheels red and add some trim rings, so only a small bit of the red actually shows.........

    The whole deal is budget friendly, easy to do, easy to change, and goes in the face of lemmings having to have black wheels.

    Dare to be different!

    I'll even join you with my 5 lug. :D

     
  3. Nov 3, 2019 at 5:09 PM
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    rpowell25

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    I did not install tpms on these wheels. I have them on my alloy wheels which will see the most use. I didn't feel like getting the correct sensors and paying to have them synced everytime I switched wheels.
     
  4. Nov 3, 2019 at 5:11 PM
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    rpowell25

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    Interesting idea....hmmmm. I'll see if I can Photoshop some ideas.
     
  5. Nov 4, 2019 at 3:34 PM
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    [​IMG]

    Something like this, but the outer lip not exposed.

    And if you could get a v8, even more awesome. :thumbsup::D
     
  6. Nov 19, 2021 at 5:10 PM
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    manderle

    manderle Taking my time.

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    3/2, on the level
    I like it. I had a '76 40 and I loved that truck and those wheels. 100% my opinion, but I think a lift on your truck with these wheels and caps would look good. Also, maybe more sidewall? I had 33" tires on those wheels and they looked awesome.

    IMG_4883 copy.jpg
    Man, I miss that truck....
     
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  7. Feb 18, 2022 at 8:12 PM
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    Jawest.az

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    Awesome how do I do that for my 05 prerunner?
     
  8. May 18, 2022 at 10:16 AM
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    How did this hub cap retention system hold up to road use? Looks great.
     
  9. May 18, 2022 at 12:47 PM
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    rpowell25

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    The retention system held ok but getting the caps off was a nightmare. In the end I decided that the look I wanted was not going to work on stock steelies and that going with custom steel wheels was not worth the added cost. Project abandoned.
     
  10. May 19, 2022 at 6:59 AM
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    Bugger, thanks for the reply.
     
  11. May 26, 2022 at 6:13 AM
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    Found these on ebay, figured check if anyone had tried them. Says its an alloy wheel, uses non OEM center caps. $1100 shipped in 16x8 black or white.
    B78A586A-A04D-4916-B20C-3AF6C0DCFB5E.jpg 44BE1376-E65F-41AA-81E6-1DDD844EDF1C.jpg
     
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  12. May 26, 2022 at 8:58 AM
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    Brooksmotos is the seller. Best I can find online a guy got a different set of their wheels for a Porsche and was happy.
     
  13. May 26, 2022 at 6:45 PM
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    I dont want to like this... but I kinda do...
     

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