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| Re: [GMCnet] 16" rims and tires [message #146228 is a reply to message #146191] |
Tue, 11 October 2011 20:42   |
Carl S.
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| Tom Huizenga wrote on Tue, 11 October 2011 15:24 |
I'm looking for rims and tires for my 78gmc royale. Can anybody put me
in the right direction to search for these?
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Tom,
Jim K. at Applied GMC is your best bet. Unless you can find a super deal on some used ones, I don't think you will beat his prices either.
http://www.appliedgmc.com/level.itml/icOid/489
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles, Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member
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| Re: [GMCnet] 16" rims and tires [message #146269 is a reply to message #146191] |
Wed, 12 October 2011 08:31 |
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Matt Colie
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| Tom Huizenga wrote on Tue, 11 October 2011 18:24 |
I'm looking for rims and tires for my 78gmc royale. Can anybody put me in the right direction to search for these?
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Tom,
Short summary:
If you can possibly afford to buy a full set from JimK, just do it and get it over with......
I do not believe anybody here has successfully purchased new steel wheels. (After three tries - I quit.) There are steel wheels used on pre-87 GMC duallies that do fit. But, most that can be found are badly corroded and beat up. The cost and time to acquire, blast, (hammer out the digs and grind off the burrs), paint and then reject those that are not true, is so high that if you can possibly afford to buy a new set of alloy from JimK, I strongly suggest that you do just that.
I have very limited resources and about two years before I need the first pair. It has taken me more than a year to collect seven wheels and of the nine collected so far, three will be probably have to be scrapped. The 34 pounds is also a little harder to handle than the 20 pounds that an Eagle weights.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] 16" rims and tires [message #146275 is a reply to message #146269] |
Wed, 12 October 2011 08:52 |
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cbwoodsr
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I have purchased new steel wheel(s)..
The 'Chinese' one's fit normal GMC's ok, if you have 80mm front calipers, they need a little grinding of caliper body to adequately clear, (less the 1/4 inch) or use the thin spacers and hub extenders, 70mm will clear ok.
IIRC, I 'think' I got it from JimK, but one of us doesn't remember.
CBWood
77 Kingslay
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