Hi Agian Guys,
Back to bug you all, I just wanted to Gauge Opinion,
My Car is a 66 Dynamic 88 , 4 door, Hard Top, and as mentioned on another thread
I want to change the Stock 14,s up to a nicer 15 inch rim , so that later on down the road I can have the option , off installing a Disc Brake Upgrade on the front.
The Converstion kit is available , but will only work wuth 15,s, and as I wanted 15,s on the Car anyway ......
I,ve looked at all sorts of wheels , but Nothing really works for me ,
The only thing I see is the Keystone Klassic , but I dont know if this would look really ridiculous on my Car ?
After all it is a Big Full size 4 door , if it was a 2 door I would prob just go ahead an stick em on , but .......

Any Thoughs or Comments would be gratefully recieved ,
I dont wanna make a fool off myself , lol

Oh Yeah.....
would a 15x7 onthe front an say a 15x8 on the rear work ?

 

You can mix wheel widths without incident. Since I am old school I do not think any aftermarket chrome or aluminum wheel will look good on your 88 with exception of possibly Crager SS's.....

 

I think a good look for your car (esp. because its a Dynamic, which has limited brightwork/trim) could be 15 inch painted steel rims with stock dog-dish hubcaps. The '66 dog-dish caps are a bit sought after, but they are now reproed:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...Q5fAccessories

The caps are not exactly cheap, but I bet they would look good on your car AND appeal to the purist that may exist in you!


Another alternative is what I did with my '65 Jetstar:



These are special 15" rims used on 67-68 big cars, often police vehicles (so somewhat rare). They use '66 era Toronado center caps and are designed to clear disc brakes. The rims are not easy to find, but I figured I'd throw that idea out there.

 

You have to be real careful about wheel design as well as wheel width, I remember Joe talking about SS wheels being used on earlier cars with disc conversions and certain ones don't have sufficient offset to clear the calipers in the conversion. A search may be useful, or Joe himself may comment here. My opinion on wheel styles in general would be do what you like. I do agree that certain wheel styles seem to "look right" on a 2 door or a sport coupe, etc. You might go over to the HAMB and cruise around there for a while. They have lots of pictures in their posts and although most of their cars are pre-64 the late fifties and early sixties may give you a good feel for how your car might look with similar wheels.

 

70's ford big cars Cop cars and taxis all had the 5x5 bolt pattern wheels and disc brakes. They will fit your Olds

 

I love the way those wheels look on your car!!!



I have weld prostars on the back of my '65 Delta 88 the rims are 15x9 with 3 1/2" of backspace and I am able to fit 295/50/15's in the back with out a problem. In the front i have the same rims but 15x7 with about 4' of backspace with 225/60/15 tires. I think that stance of the car looks real good and the big tires fit very well with the size of the car. I still have to put pictures of my finished car one of these days.