wheel help

[roadrunner440]

i want to put some nice wheels on my 73 roadrunner any one have any ideas i have been looking on summint for hours and nothing catches my eye it would be better if i could see them on a car would be better any one have any sugestions on wheels and tire size also i would like to put some wide tires on the rear and semi wide on the front how wide of wheels also would help thanks again all

[Mopar Nut]

These Mopar Rallye wheels would look good on a RR from YearOne available in 17x8 and 17x9.

[roadrunner440]

thats what i have on there now

[Patronus]

Dude. Picking wheels is the hardest part of a car, besides the color of course. It takes years. I would offer to you, run 17" wheels. I consider them to look the best, especially with a 13" brake rotor. The ratio just works out. You get better tire choices and a noticeable improvement in handling and braking. That said, besides a pro-touring wheel (modern) you have the 17" cast magnums to choose from. The '73 is a big car, the 17's will look awesome. There's a photoshop thread here, ask someone to mock something up for you.

[JB400]

What kind of look are you going for?

[roadrunner440]

i have 600hp i want to race sometimes no just look cool i want good handling and braking and some thing with meats on the rear idk y evey ones going to 17s now is doesnt look like a muscle care any more i look like somthing the brothers do in the hood im kind of looking twards the mag or a 5 spoke wheel i know what i want but cant find the wheel and im going blind going through summits 1000s of pages of the same wheel im just lost i guess

[roadrunner440]

also figuring out how wide to go with the tires i need tracktion too seems i can burn off my tires in all 3 grears front and rear i good combo would be helpfull

[HPP]

Wheel choice can be a pretty personal subject and what one guy likes another will hate. Kind of like finding a date. Any of us could have suggestions, but they may not float your boat.

The problem with 17 and 18 inch wheel set ups is you have to find tires with a good aspect ratio to balance the look on an older car. Too little sidewall and they look like crap and out of place. With a good sidewall aspect, they can really compliment the car's look while providing access to larger, less expensive, but high quality tires.

Maybe give us a clue at what your thinking. You don't seem to like the stock style rallye. Do you want a spoked layout with 6 or 8 or more spokes? Do you prefer a mesh style like some european cars. Are you more  inclined towards classic style like oval holes or 5 spokes. How about classic drag with solid discs? Modern drag with contoured or oval spokes. When you say race, are you hitting the bracket drags or open track days. You gotta put some skin in the fight for us to help.

[roadrunner440]

sorry for being so vague i was looking for vector wheels seems no 1 has any to sell n no ones repoping them yet again so i went with craigar ss 10 inch dish now 4 tires im going to go with 275 60 r 15 but what brand is best bf good rich radial ta or cooper etc...... and can any one inlighten me on what a speed rating is n what the letters stand for? thanks again pat

[dangina]

sorry for being so vague i was looking for vector wheels seems no 1 has any to sell n no ones repoping them yet again so i went with craigar ss 10 inch dish now 4 tires im going to go with 275 60 r 15 but what brand is best bf good rich radial ta or cooper etc...... and can any one inlighten me on what a speed rating is n what the letters stand for? thanks again pat

I've been wanting them to do vectors in a 17" for years! I'd even take steel ones at this point! here is some reading about speed ratings:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35

[HPP]

If you want Vectors, you are going to be looking for a long time and currently will be limited to 15" diameters. Perhaps since Year one is rolling out cast aluminum versions of popular stock wheels now, they could be convinced to do Vectors if enough people pinged them about it.

In 15" tires there is not a lot of choice for dedicated performance tires. Most 15" units are targeted for the show and shine crowd and are S or T rated or are dedicated race use and are not awesome street tires. There are two tires that are H rated in 15" sizes and those are Mickey Thompson SR and Maxxis Marauder SA1. Typically, higher speed ratings tend to point to tires with better traction capability and certainly are safer to use at sustained high speeds. Logically no one will be running their car at 115+mph for quarters of an hour at a time, but it is a nice yardstick to evulate capability and some people feel higher speed ratings tend to point towards higher quality tires.

[oldschool]

i have 600hp i want to race sometimes no just look cool i want good handling and braking and some thing with meats on the rear idk y evey ones going to 17s now is doesnt look like a muscle care any more i look like somthing the brothers do in the hood im kind of looking twards the mag or a 5 spoke wheel i know what i want but cant find the wheel and im going blind going through summits 1000s of pages of the same wheel im just lost i guess

you dont like the " chip foose pimp wheels "either...