Hey, asking for you opinions

I'm trying to decide which way to go with wheels on my 69 vert:

Rallye II's w/redlines ( or radial TA's )

or

17" Boyds or Torque Thrust II's

I have changed the color combo on my car ( triple black ), added 400 hood, etc. so the car is not a "restored" trailer queen but it is/will be a nice car. I already have the ralley's but they need restored.

Scott

No question........Rallye II's w/redlines...IMHO,

Kel

No question........Rallye II's w/redlines...IMHO,
Is there an echo here?

well, check out Andys tires/rims on his pics , I think those are 17"... of course ,personnally I prefer Rallye II`s , or better yet Buick rims! :rolleyes: see mine on the online show, see sig. and you wonder HOW could I get the lettering front and rear tires to match up!? just coincidence ...

Rallye II's with wide oval raised white letters:

http://www.coker.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=17356&cat=&page=1

hahaha, look which rim those Coker tires are on!!! Buick rim!

I went 17" Budnik...

everyone and their uncle has the Rallye IIs

Ralley II's to restore the car to it's original classic glory.

No question........Rallye II's w/redlines...IMHO,

rally 2 wheels with any tire you choose

I agree with the majority here... Rally II's
Oversize chrome looks great on the newer cars and customs but for these old Birds, the factory wheel is the best. I would not put aftermarket wheels for the same reason I wouldn't install cloth bucket seats....hope that does not insult anyone because that is not my intent.
Really enjoy this site.http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f363/gar69/bird.jpg

Yep, Rally II's with the redlines

That looks sweet Blue67..

Also consider Scott if you upgrade brakes, the Rallye IIs won't fit. My 4 wheel disc Baer had alot to do with the wheels I picked. So I'm not on the purist path.

but even if it was 1967 and I just bought the car brand new, I still would of put a set of wheels on it..

My car would be wearing 1pc billet Cragars today but Weld dropped them to produce the "Sean John" line of wheels for rapper P Diddy and his peeps.

Wow.........thanks for all the replys/opinions. I do personlly believe that Pontiac had the best factory wheels offered.... and I love redlines ( except the freakin pricetag-LOL) If I do go with redlines, bias or new radial? I know the radial will drive 100% better......

The Coker's run nice with my car. I talked with a guy locally who is running bias redlines on his 68 with no problems but you must keep the tire pressure to spec. Our roads are very good here with no grooves, not like a corridor such as I-5 on the US side that I can think of now. If your roads are not great there in your area go with the radials.

Save up, charge 'em, whatever ya gotta do, go radials, again, IMHO

Kel

Wish they had wide oval radials...

i got bf goodrich 60 series tires with raised white letters.i like the look.i needed the widest tire on my car cause the smaller tires did not grip the road.i kept doing accidental burnouts. :rolleyes:

I'll definitely go with radial redlines from Coker. A local guy has told me the bias ply tires were to hard to run on around here and since he switched to radial, it drives perfect

I have noticed more 67-8's running redlines than 69's...any reason?

"too hard to run on"....?
Could you describe what he meant?
I'm considering the bias plys, because I want to store the ride and appearance to original. My car had Goodyear polyglas tire on it when I bought it in 81, and I remember the car riding very smooth. I was under the impression that bias ply were "softer" than radials....

Im gonna put mags on my ride,if Im gonna put out 200 per I want somthing a little different. Hey its your car not mine.I would consider 15-8 inch Ralleys though, the stability of bigger tires is a good thang! A friend had Cokers blow out on his Packard on the interstate.Redlines for show, radials for go!! MIK

Rally IIs please.

Lets keep our FGF Pimping to a minimum.............

Yes, but a fast pimp!! Rally ho!! MIK

Scott, you already have the Rally II's like you said. So restore them (pretty easy to do, just time consuming) all in all pretty cheap. Then add the tire of choice such as the Red Lines.

THEN, if possible, get the 17's you want, and you'll be able to completly change the look of your car in half an hour! I have the Smoothies on our Yukon, and if I would have seen the Foose Thrustar's before that, I would have gone that way! I saw them on the Impala they did on Overhaulin, with the center section is a natural finish, with the rim polished... and they were Awesome!
http://crews.rankmyride.com/data/shops//8/7/157//.medium/thrustar.jpg

Anyway, why not consider having the best of both worlds? Rally II's with Red Lines for shows, and 17" wheels with BFG's for week-end cruising? It's almost like having two cars!

Just my thoughts on this.

Brett - 67 Drop Top 455!
(I have 3 cars with two sets of wheels for each just this reason... Hope to do the bird at some point)

I believe I'm gonna go with both wheels ( like Brett said ). On all the muscle cars I've had, I usually had two sets of wheels for them - stock and aftermarket. I'm going to go ahead and start refinishing the ralleys and get those ready to install on the car when it gets back on the road.........which will be May

Thanks again to everybody for input

Scott

Good call Scott. I would consider myself a well trained novice, and I redid my wheels myself 3 years ago, not hard to do. They still look nice after 3 years and many, many miles.....



Kel

I replaced the standard drum brakes with a 4-wheel disc Baer Sport System. Cross-drilled, slotted and Zinc washed rotors with dual piston calipers. Special ordered a set of 5 Budnik 17x7 (3.875 bs) Diamond Lite Fat Lip Wheels wearing unidirectional Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 225-55ZR17 tires. Smoking rear ends are real expensive!


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Nice ride Johnny!!!!!!!

Thanks Scott, can't wait to get my motor back so I can drive it again.

i seen some 30 inch wheels and tires at the barret jackson auction last week.some say bigger is better.

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