Report on AMES 14 x 6 Rally Trim Rings T111H
 

I've occasionally seen questions arise on these boards about stock style aftermarket trim rings. I thought I'd make up a little report on my experiences with the AMES T111H "14 x 6 Rally I & II wheel trim ring set Polished"
I have stock Rally II "JA" wheels. The T111H are advertised to be very close in shape to the original 67-68 trim rings for these wheels. I would have preferred brushed (correct for 67) but I suspected there is nothing special about the "brush" process that I couldn't do myself, so I went with the polished set. These I believe are chrome flashed stainless steel. They look very nice. Check out the pictures. In a couple pictures, I'm comparing a T111H to (what I believer to be) original brushed Rally wheel trim ring.
The "clips" are simply sharp edged tangs formed onto spring steel strips. The spring steel is thick and they don't give very well. In fact, in my first attempt at installing one the ring actually deformed from the heavy spring pressure of the "clips". I can't see how they'd work as is.
The tangs appeared to me to be sticking too far out and they'd have to really bend to fit to the wheel. I set out to bend the tangs back a little bit so they wouldn't have to bend as much. I mounted a heavy duty flat tip screwdriver in my vise and slipped the trim ring so that the tip of the screwdriver contacted the base of the tang. I was able to tap the bend in the tang to bend it down. I only bent the tangs closest to the rivets Note the angle of the tangs in the before and after picture of the tangs/clips.....

Installation with the modified tangs was much easier, and the rings didn't deform. You still scratch the ever loving heck out of the wheel paint, but it's covered up of course. I installed the rings as is, and ran them last summer. I still prefer the brushed look, so this summer I took them off, mounted them to a spare wheel, and mounted the wheel to my rear axle. I put the car into gear and sanded the wide face of the trim ring with 150 grit sandpaper, followed by a scotch-brite pad polish. I stayed away from the narrow face of the trim ring as this is supposed to remain shiny (as original one were). I'm happy with the result. DIY brushed trim rings.
The last pictures are of the brushed rings installed. Hope this helps others considering these.

Thanks for the information.
225 70 R 14 Tires?

They're 215 70 R14. Silvertown BFGs modified for the red stripe. I don't know where they were made, they were a gift from my wife...(I think from Summit Racing as a vendor).The tires feel mushy; I have an older set of same size BFGoodrich T/As and they are stiffer tires which I prefer. But the red line tire look wins.