The wheel choice for the Cruiser.

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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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The wheel choice for the Cruiser.

After great advice on this forum, I came up with a set of wheels for the Cruiser. They are Chevy/GMC truck ralley wheels with aftermarket center caps. I had a local truck customizing shop make black centers for the caps, and put chome vinyl Oldsmobile emblems in the centers. I think they sort of have a factory look to them and are much more to my likeing than the wire hubcaps.
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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Very nice looking creation. Looks good on the car.
Old Jun 17, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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I never would have thought about doing that.. Looks good though! GM parts to boot!!
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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Looking good.
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 07:49 AM
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Nice looking! I thought of using C**** truck wheels w/'55 spinners on our '92 Custom Cruiser, but the cost of the spinners negated that idea! I note that a lot of the folks that write into CO have multiple Oldsmobile's; is that part of our problem, figuring out just where to put the money today on which car (we have Big Red/'68 Cutlass Convetible & Silver Bullet/'68 Cutlass Flat Top Wagon & the '92 White Custom Cruiser). Ah, the trials and tribulations of being an Olds owner and connoisseur.
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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What's also nice about those wheels is they are close to the body color of your wagon which makes them and even better fit.
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Aron Nance
Nice looking! I thought of using C**** truck wheels w/'55 spinners on our '92 Custom Cruiser, but the cost of the spinners negated that idea! I note that a lot of the folks that write into CO have multiple Oldsmobile's; is that part of our problem, figuring out just where to put the money today on which car (we have Big Red/'68 Cutlass Convetible & Silver Bullet/'68 Cutlass Flat Top Wagon & the '92 White Custom Cruiser). Ah, the trials and tribulations of being an Olds owner and connoisseur.

It's a good problem to have
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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I wish I had multiple Oldsmobiles.
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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I thought hard about the color to paint the wheels, what I used was Duplicolor wheel paint in Graphite. I felt the slighty darker color set off the chrome on the caps and the stainless on the trim rings.
Thanks to all for the complements.
Old Jun 18, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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Beautiful wheels...great choice.
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