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Old Apr 16, 2026 | 07:15 PM
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Found a set of wheels for my cutlass .

Fell into a set of 15 inch ssIII. Last weekend my wife and I went for a ride in the cutlass. We stopped for ice cream and we had someone stop and talk with us. Turns out he had the wheels. He got them when he bought an old GMC work van. He wanted them to go to an olds guy. I will change the center caps for the rocket ones. The ones that are on them are for a 442. Maybe someone would be willing to trade. The rims are high end drive quality.

Will have to get new lug nuts.
Tires are old 2014. So will swap tires at some point.
Old Apr 16, 2026 | 08:01 PM
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Those are a nice factory 80's 442 rim.
Old Apr 16, 2026 | 09:03 PM
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Please don't drive on old tires. Ten years should be the max.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 09:00 AM
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Wasn't planning on running the old tires will swap with the newer That are on the car now.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 10:33 AM
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I wasn't trying to be an ***. Those are very nice looking wheels. The tires I had mounted they put stick on weights on the back side of the wheels. Makes the wheels look a lot cleaner.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 12:15 PM
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Man those are nice, appears no rust at all.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Greg Rogers
Man those are nice, appears no rust at all.
Some rust on the back side and around the bolt holes.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 12:37 PM
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[QUOTE=redoldsman;1676611]I wasn't trying to be an ***

Didn't take it that way. We all know to many idiots that due to many dumb things.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by redoldsman
I wasn't trying to be an ***. Those are very nice looking wheels. The tires I had mounted they put stick on weights on the back side of the wheels. Makes the wheels look a lot cleaner.
Great suggestion on the wheel weights Glenn, I'm working on my SSII wheels for the '68, planning on doing the same thing.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by redoldsman
I wasn't trying to be an ***. Those are very nice looking wheels. The tires I had mounted they put stick on weights on the back side of the wheels. Makes the wheels look a lot cleaner.
Originally Posted by TRFREE
Great suggestion on the wheel weights Glenn, I'm working on my SSII wheels for the '68, planning on doing the same thing.
The problem in using the stick on weights is that the wheel/tire is static balanced, which is basically overcoming weight differences equivalent to the old bubble balance. With clip on weights on both sides, the wheel/tire is dynamic balanced which accounts for vibrations at speed which is more accurate.
Old Apr 17, 2026 | 02:52 PM
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Sweet! I think those look great on ANY post 68 model.
Old Apr 18, 2026 | 05:44 AM
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x2 on the stick on weights, plus they fall off. This has happened to me more than once
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