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I have been contemplating a few different wheel options lately. For a long time I wanted to go with the Minilite style wheels made by Team Three in San Leandro.
Recently I saw these Method Race wheels and I dug them. Loads of caliper clearance, plus they are pretty cheap at about $160 each if you shop around. The wheels are 17x8.5" 4.75" backspacing. The wheels are not offered in 5 on 4.5", I tried calling Method to see if I could buy "blank" wheels or possibly custom drill a set for me… Answer was "NO". I'm not sure they get that the muscle cars of the past basically use modern pickup offset wheels. Seems like if they chose to sell some in 5 on 4.5" people might buy them.
I'm too stubborn to go with "No", so I decided to buy some 5 on 5" wheels and dual drill them. I don't really like the dual drilled look (a bit "tuner"), later on I might try to fabricate up some sort of custom cap.
Cover your eyes if you don't like people fooling with wheels. Sound methods were used, trigonometry, proper tooling, milling machine with a decent DRO. It
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Recently I saw these Method Race wheels and I dug them. Loads of caliper clearance, plus they are pretty cheap at about $160 each if you shop around. The wheels are 17x8.5" 4.75" backspacing. The wheels are not offered in 5 on 4.5", I tried calling Method to see if I could buy "blank" wheels or possibly custom drill a set for me… Answer was "NO". I'm not sure they get that the muscle cars of the past basically use modern pickup offset wheels. Seems like if they chose to sell some in 5 on 4.5" people might buy them.
I'm too stubborn to go with "No", so I decided to buy some 5 on 5" wheels and dual drill them. I don't really like the dual drilled look (a bit "tuner"), later on I might try to fabricate up some sort of custom cap.
Cover your eyes if you don't like people fooling with wheels. Sound methods were used, trigonometry, proper tooling, milling machine with a decent DRO. It
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