Im not 2 fond of either of those wheels honestly. May look better on the car than just a picture But of course, i can't complain, im running ford ranger front wheels on my comet.
I'm with Denis. I dont like the rivets. I say, get the AR's, grind off the rivets and weld the center in place.
I kinda like what's on it now.But if you're gonna spend on some lightweights I like the Bogarts,they look smooth without all the rivets,contours,dips & other weird stuff.JMO
got them Welp I broke down and got them. Really wanted the AR’s but I couldn’t get anything better then racers net.. and I wasn’t gonna give them more then I thought they would be worth! I like the bogarts but in the past they didn’t wanna help me out so they can eat my shorts! Mickey Thompson gave me a smoking deal and plus they gave me a contingency pay out on them if the car get any press. Which in itself would almost pay for the rims themselves. Besides the relationship I have with Mickey Thompson already with the tires and all it’s was best I thought to keep the that brand if you know what I mean. Your probably asking what the heck were wrong with the other rims. Well you know me I want something different! You know Maverick… get it? I mean I love the drag stars but everyone and their moms got them. I’ll be mounting some drag radials or my old M&H’s on the drag stars and use them just for the street. Not that I won’t be driving these on the street Besides for racing wanted something a bit lighter for the front rims. I am really happy with the front rims.. 3.5 inches wide and weight under 8 lbs.. one pieced forged and the rim was very true only took three 7gm weights! The rear wheels weight are the same but the offset is about a ½ inch deeper so I can change the tires later to 10.5s I bet most of you are asking why don’t they match.. Well look at Prostock and in fact the last few features they have done in Car Craft along with the 2005 Hot Rod Mustang project car. http://hotrod.com/projectbuild/113_0501_first they are the same deal. Guess the wheel guys say that they are the same, just a smaller version of the front ones.. ig: smaller holes or spaces. guess the weight savings is well worth more then the looks. With the new rims the removal of the actual front bumper (not the chrome cover) the fiberglass hood add on soon. I should have taken about 30 or so lbs off the front of the car. Anyways its gonna get me some use to looking at the car like this but at least its different? Or different? Or just different? Or nevermind!
thanks... but yeah its way lowered.. i took that picture with the camera on the ground.. so when you standing it really looks low... imagine if it didn't have 26 inch tall tires on the front! funny though.. thats when the car got most of its attendtion was after i lowered it back in the 90's... funny how something so little can make a big differance. the thing is i don't think it the best set up for drag racing. i have had these 6 cyl springs in my garage forever to put the car back up but.. i i like the way it looks that low. as far as guages its fuel and vac. both mech.
Maverick Man, you continue to impress the hell outa me with your cars and your brains. You have some AWESOME cars. Your website is absolutely awesome. I have always been proud of my dads car getting into a Magazine, but you got us beat by a mile! You truly are "The Original Maverick Man" IMO. Keep it up! Ohh, and your guestbook on your site gives me an error message.
your right, lowering the car is always my first step. This step has a great response when done right. I begin to like gauges outside the car. I guess it had to grow on me.
what car? what brains? you must have the wrong person but nah you dads car came a long way and truely had a great final design! again love the time line story on it too! thanks for the heads up on the guestbook.. i gotta look into that. yeah at the time the outside guages bothered me... but at the time they didn't have that inside regulator like the do know for the inside... not to menation they didn't have any electric ones at that time either. so i just mounted them outside. but i guess i got so use to it that way i mounted my other ones outside too... lol!
ok sure why don't i just get you a set of those new america racing rims too... what size would you like.. heck i'll throw in a set of tires too!
Wow! I knew you were a cool guy, but I didn't realize just how generous your really are! hehehe The new wheels look great. Well done.
