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Originally Posted by Rustaholic
Hey, I just joined. I recently bought a 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix. It’s straight not a lot of rust except trunk which I just ordered a 3 piece pan. It has a 455 YW code and turbo 400, haven’t looked more for year. The guy I bought it from out front disc brakes on it with new booster. It came with 8 lug wheels but fronts are missing. I’m debating on going back to 8 lug set up. The 60-62s are different and since I’ve got the rears I would have to find matched fronts. What kind of problems am I asking for?
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You will find a number of threads concerning the trials and tribulations of 8-lug wheels. They have lots and lots of issues compared to using regular iron drums and in your case front disc brakes. IMO, you would be best served keeping the disc brakes and running them with aftermarket wheels and changing the rear to iron drums at least for now. Finding a good set of 4 8-lug wheels, drums, trim rings, caps and lug nuts is a needle in a haystack deal now days, IMO. Lots of pieces to have issues and 14" tall tires are hard to get and expensive. Everything about the 8-lug experience is big $$$. All that said, if you really want to run them, because you want "that look", plan on spending several thousand dollars on all the needed parts to get a good, complete set on the car. Good luck with your car.