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Old May 16th, 2012, 11:22 AM
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Question help...ss2 or ss3

i have some rims that im not sure which they are but they have snapon hubs... the color on the rims are not original color. want to sell but dont want buyer to think i screwed them over with wrong info. 14s not sur about width
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Old May 16th, 2012, 12:05 PM
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Old May 16th, 2012, 12:08 PM
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If you look on the inside of the wheel it will tell you the mfg date and the size.
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Old May 16th, 2012, 12:51 PM
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Question would there be a big diffrence in price between the two

what would be a good price to sell for? all rims plus all the stuff in pictures plus 10 of the little stainless inserts? ill look when i have time there at my parents house. ill get more photos when i go there
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The only difference between a SSII and a SSIII wheel is the color. SSII were painted grey no matter what the color of the car and SSIII were painted body color.
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Originally Posted by priorityone
i have some rims that im not sure which they are but they have snapon hubs... the color on the rims are not original color. want to sell but dont want buyer to think i screwed them over with wrong info. 14s not sur about width
They are the optional Super Stock wheels. 14" is usually a 7" width. Check where oldcutlass said to look for confirmation. The style of these wheels has always generated arguments about what is SS11 or SS111. For all intents and purposes, these wheels would be the ones produced from around 75-88, mostly identifiable by the clip on style center cap. Early SS11 and SS111s have the bolt on cap. The other identifying feature (easily concealed) is the color. SS11's typically were an argent gray and the SS111's were body color.

The 5 reveal moldings are indicators of late 70's and up; although they can be changed out quite easily too.

So my opinion is these are SS111, later version but in real need of bead blasting and paint. To get top dollar, you would need all VG trim to go with them. One wheel looks like it has really bad surface pitting and a trim ring that you might as well just throw away (its even the wrong style if you compare it to the others)

These wheels aren't that rare. I can pick them up at a boneyard for 20-25 bucks each
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Those are 80's ss2 wheels. $20 each around here.

The debate continues.

There are 2 types of ss2 wheels in my opinion. Bolt on center style 68-74 and clip on center style. 75-88


To the best of my knowledge the ss3 designation only applies to the chromed models.
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if they got a nice poder coat what would be a good price. the prices online very so much. some sites want 170 percap and i heard new rings are junk.
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i have another post in small block engines

i need advice there 2. if anyone would like to look.
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They are late model SSIIIs. SSIIIs are painted body color so really what has been said is you paint them Argent, they are SSIIs, paint them body color - "magic" they are SSIIIs.

As others have said these are a dime a dozen, your trim rings are normal curbed rashed and banged up, the center caps are so so and faded. They really are only worth about 20 - 30 each. You powder coat them, they up the value a bit, but you'd be hard pressed to get more than $50 each unless you replace every part. Yes the new trim rings arent' the greatest but they look way better than any driver quality original trim ring out there. I wouldn't waste my time doing anything to them unless you can powder coat them for free.

The real deal is the 15 x 7 rims especially the two year only with the bolt on center cap or the H/O rim
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i feel really dumb now but 2 of them are 13 by 7 and from what i see so far all that looked pitted is mud and residue two 14s got through three so far one of the 14 is 14 by 6 cleaned the caked on oil dirt combo very easy two read made in canada.

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Old May 16th, 2012, 07:58 PM
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if they got a nice poder coat what would be a good price. the prices online very so much. some sites want 170 percap and i heard new rings are junk.
bead blast and leave them in primer. Whoever buys them can paint them whatever color they want. Much better sales pitch. 170/cap? No way hoser! You can buy them new from Thornton's for 49.00 each - licensed GM reproductions and they look amazing.

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i feel really dumb now but 2 of them are 13 by 7 and from what i see so far all that looked pitted is mud and residue two 14s got through three so far cleaned the caked on oil dirt combo very easy two read made in canada.
No way. Those wheels were either 14 or 15. The smaller 13 inch wheels don't look anything like that. Go back to the stampings and find the right one. It should say 14X7 and yes the JJ Made in Canada is normal on a lot of those wheels. If the 'pitting' is just mud then I would clean them up before offering them for sale.

As others have said, these aren't worth the time and money you seem to want to spend on them just to sell. They are money pits that you won't win on. Ditch the trim rings that look like crap and sell the whole shebang as is. The only SS wheels I'd pay good money for are the 15" chromed ones that were on the 83/84 HOs.
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Old May 17th, 2012, 12:05 PM
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your half right

the 14x7 not 13x7 .... the 13R screwed me up the other two are 14x6
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Hope you didn't get your hopes up but you won't get much for them. Wash them & throw them on your local CList. maybe you get $75 out of them?
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Old May 17th, 2012, 12:43 PM
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X2, there's not really a lot of demand for 14X6. Would be better if they were 14X7 or 15X7.
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I got $125 for a set of 4 with rings, caps, and good 70 series tires on em. Like every one said, not really desirable
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