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Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:53 pm
by caraddict
[quote="Levallois"]The Pannasports looked good - the genuine Libres look better.
Not without center caps they don't
Jon
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:58 pm
by Alvin
caraddict wrote:Levallois wrote:The Pannasports looked good - the genuine Libres look better.
Not without center caps they don't
Jon
Ha! Touche
Just a reminder before this turns into another familiar thread, there is a "Wheel Pictures" topic in the Wheels and Tires Forum here:
http://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5787
#reruns
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:05 pm
by Levallois
caraddict wrote:Levallois wrote:The Pannasports looked good - the genuine Libres look better.
Not without center caps they don't
Jon
Just got the wheels today Jon. Center caps are next on the hit parade. There are ALOT of center cap choices out there !
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 6:47 am
by carlkaty
I went with other, Western is my choice. Turbine is the one I have. Same as Dave's but my "blades" are painted body color and I have center caps of course, sorry Dave. (the picture of Dave's car in his driveway is capless!) Looks not quite dressed!
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:45 am
by msampsel
Levallois wrote:caraddict wrote:Levallois wrote:The Pannasports looked good - the genuine Libres look better.
Not without center caps they don't
Jon
Just got the wheels today Jon. Center caps are next on the hit parade. There are ALOT of center cap choices out there !
Humm,
I wonder if a new poll about what are your favorite wheels sans center caps would do well?
I'd be run off the forum
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:11 am
by caraddict
Levallois wrote:caraddict wrote:Levallois wrote:The Pannasports looked good - the genuine Libres look better.
Not without center caps they don't
Jon
Just got the wheels today Jon. Center caps are next on the hit parade. There are ALOT of center cap choices out there !
Ha!... you threw me a cookie so I couldn't resist. I actually have an original set of Libres set aside for #00003 but I don't have caps for mine either so if you find a place that sells them then I'd love to hear about it?
Jon
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:02 pm
by Levallois
Will do - got a lead from the wheels section. AKH Vintage Wheels. Sent them an email - no prices were quoted on the website - always a bad sign.
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:51 pm
by spl310
AKH is quite proud of what they have. I found some generic center caps some years back for my Libres. AKH has both early and late style iirc. The early are for a smaller diameter center hole.
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:24 pm
by Levallois
spl310 wrote: The early are for a smaller diameter center hole.
Is the 2 1/2-inch diameter the smaller or larger hole?
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:43 pm
by spl310
I believe that would be the larger of the two.
Re: What wheels are your favorite. You can write in a vote if you don't like my list or start your own poll.
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:15 pm
by guyatou
I love my 1960s 5-slot mags. They show off a hint of the painted calipers, and give it a historic, but more aggressive look than the stock steelies.
Picked 'em up from a forum member a while back, and did a restoration. Lots of sanding by hand. I decided to keep the matte look of the wheels, rather than polishing them to a shine. And I painted the backspace flat black. It adds a little contrast, and kept me from having to sand the backspace, which was pretty rough. If I ever get to drive the damn car, I also expect the painted backspace will make it easier to hide brake dust!
