[robbie9999]

well guys I am still going crazy trying to figure out rim and tire size to go with
leaning towards 19 or 18 for sure ( my car in black with a 20 near it )

here is a 67 gto with 20 inch wheels it does' nt look tooo bad but it is kinda getting 4x4 ish - as far as the chrome thing not a big fan

[Bob Dillon]

Ugly.

[mitchgto]

purple gto, black bumpers???? I dont think so
20" rims??? I saw one driving a a couple of weeks ago, call me old fashion but I didnt like it but to each his own. If you like it, thats all the matters.

[Stuart]

I'll warn you, be prepared for some not-so-pleasant responses... There are a lot of old school people here who don't think much of those big wheels.

Personally, on a '66/'67 I'd say 17" is about as big as you can go without looking funny. I've seen a few '68 and newer GTOs with 18" rims that looked good but that's stretching it (no pun intended.)

It is your car, though, so make it look the way you want it.

[winbub]

Old school all the way. No place for 20" dubbs.

[Brian Baker]

Three words come to mind.

Hammered dog sh!t.

Sorry, old musclecars shouldn't have rims larger than 16" max on them...any larger and they just don't look right.

[77 Canamman]

Tasteful 17" rims are the max for almost all older cars. Anything more looks like chit.

[mitchgto]

Originally Posted by Brian Baker

Three words come to mind.

Hammered dog sh!t.

Sorry, old musclecars shouldn't have rims larger than 16" max on them...any larger and they just don't look right.

You forgot another word...Fugly

[wheelspin]

Circus Wagon, don't do it even if the wheels are free .

Les

[My19GTO67]

Does'nt look bad if you want to be on pimp my ride with snoop dogg or whatever the heck his name is!!!

[robbie9999]

wow - thanks guys for the comments

1. I have the stock 14x6 on there now rally wheels they look really cool

2. I am 30 having sold my new jetta to get this car ... so the generation gap is there and I do understand that old muscle cars should have that certain old school look ( not into gangsterish crap either ) but when I watch overhaulin and see chip put nice wheels on all the old school cars they make them look really clean and nice ...

and thats a compliment on the shape of these older car bodies ...
i am looking towards the black and silver wheel and not some big chrome thing

[winbub]

Robbie-
Those "black and silver wheels" are called Rally II's. I have a set of four 15x7 Rally II wheels for sale. I used them for about a year before purchasing new ones. PM me in you are interested.

Jeff

[mitchgto]

Im not too crazy what Foose does to most of the cars he works on. I went with Torque Thrust Originals, 15x8.

[Brian Baker]

Hey...I'm 38...these were the types of cars we drove in high school because ti was all we could afford. Leave the big hoopties for the ricer and negro-gang-banger crowd.

[BILL BOWMAN1]

I'd sooner set my car on fire first.

[Mattman]

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[rexus31]

I have 19" wheels on my '05 GTO but I would never go larger than 16", 17" max on a mid sixties car. It just doesn't look right. FWIW, I have 14" Cragars on my '64 GTO and plan on going with 14" steel wheels/hub caps or 14" Magnum 500's on the '65 Chrysler I'm restoring.

[66geeto]

do what you think looks good, My biggest pet peeve is when people raise their cars to put rims on that would be the true tragedy here. As long as you think it looks good I'd say go with it. I'm looking at either 17 or 18 torque thrust II's. Congrats on the buy by the way, Thats' exactly what I want to build mine to look like Black/black.

[jstackem]

I am 30 also, so we have no generation gap here. But these guys are right, you can't go bigger than 17. Be prepared to get negative comments if you go big. I like 20's on a large SUV, never on a car. Bad idea.

[scott70]

Those big rims look stupid on just about everything,even trucks.When i see them on a musclecar,i wanna puke!!!!!!UGLY!!!!!