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Can you put a wax on them to help them from rusting out so fast?
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#22
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I keep mine clean. No rust or peeling.
Never had a balance issue either.
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frittering and wasting the hours in an off hand way.... 1969 GTO, 455ci, 230/236 Pontiac Dude's "Butcher Special" Comp hyd roller cam with Crower HIPPO solid roller lifters, Q-jet, Edelbrock P4B-QJ, Doug's headers, ported 6X-8 (97cc) heads, TKO600, 3.73 geared Eaton Tru-Trac 8.5", hydroboost, rear disc brakes......and my greatest mechanical feat....a new heater core. |
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PS, I was military, thus the living in five different states. |
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My shop is the Ford dealer down the street, with one of the computer brain balancing machines. They discovered that I had a tire (Radial T/A) that was borderline unbalanceable and indexed it on the wheel in such a way that it's all as smooth as silk and has been for years. I run these on the freeway fairly frequently and can tell you it's all as smooth as silk. Lucky? Dunno. Happy? Yessir, I get compliments on the wheels every time I drive it. One thing I noticed on the Torque Thrust's. Every other car at the last cruise-in I went to had a set on it.
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frittering and wasting the hours in an off hand way.... 1969 GTO, 455ci, 230/236 Pontiac Dude's "Butcher Special" Comp hyd roller cam with Crower HIPPO solid roller lifters, Q-jet, Edelbrock P4B-QJ, Doug's headers, ported 6X-8 (97cc) heads, TKO600, 3.73 geared Eaton Tru-Trac 8.5", hydroboost, rear disc brakes......and my greatest mechanical feat....a new heater core. |
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Has anyone actually seen the aluminum version of the SS wheels? I will be buying wheels in the future and I will be buying cragar SS wheels. I am just wondering if the aluminum ones look exactly like the steel ones. It is hard to tell from a tiny picture in a catalog.
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Are they still in business? You get what you pay for....
R.P. |
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I bought a pair of Cragars off ebay. 15 x 10 , only paid $60 for the pair. I went to pick them up, to my surprise the wheels were bought over 20 years ago and had tires on them once but never mounted on a car, wrong bolt pattern. Practicly nos, they are perfect.
Are the ones being made now of a lesser quality than the older wheels? Btw they are 5 1/2" bolt pattern -not unilugs , perfect since i'm using a narrowed 9" with the truck bolt pattern. I have unilugs on the front for the 5" bolt pattern, I hope it helps to have the largest bolt pattern (4 1/2"-5" wheels) instead of being in the middle with the 4 3/4" like most gm's to center on the hub. |
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Mine are still perfect. I swapped the back 2, 14x7's about a year ago for a pair of 15x8's. I guess I was lucky again. They work great also. I guess I paid enough Roger.............
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frittering and wasting the hours in an off hand way.... 1969 GTO, 455ci, 230/236 Pontiac Dude's "Butcher Special" Comp hyd roller cam with Crower HIPPO solid roller lifters, Q-jet, Edelbrock P4B-QJ, Doug's headers, ported 6X-8 (97cc) heads, TKO600, 3.73 geared Eaton Tru-Trac 8.5", hydroboost, rear disc brakes......and my greatest mechanical feat....a new heater core. |
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Im ready to get one or other for my 4th gen Bird.
Im still leaning towards the SS vs the TT2 or TTc. The new aluminum ones are only in 16 and 17 inch. Is summit or Jegs the cheapest place to get these or is there some plce else cheaper? See my post on this from last week. |
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Cragar's website lists the aluminum SS in 15" but they only have a picture of one of the larger diameter (20"?) ones.
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whats the website?
I signed up for a catalog to be sent maybe in the next week or so Ill see what they are offering |
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Here's a wild idea...someone let me know how feasable or cost effective this would be...do some hunting on ebay for the size Cragars you want, no matter what the condition, as long as you can score them cheap. Then, have them blasted and chrome powdercoated. Anyone ever done that? How would that look/work and how much would it cost?
Tommy |
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