There is one thing to be certain, blackwall tires hide most of the curb rashes much better than when we all ran whitewall tires. This is the new trendy thing to do and now it also includes the fancy high dollar sports cars, big convertibles, undercover cars, and the FBI. Today, if you go down any street in the USA, you will see “Sally Soccer Mom” driving a huge, extra large SUV (that she can barely see over the steering wheel, let alone see out clearly) with 24 inch black spoked rims on blackwall tires. (after the Buick Skylark wires got stolen) This was the final look of the 58 Impala in 1965, black Buick rims, and blackwalls. but, we did try to use the small chevy hubcaps in the center with and without the beauty rings.īut, what about the blackwalls and black rim look? So, in 1960, we decided to go all silver rims with blackwalls. Now, it was blackwalls with aluminum color and style rims. The factories even put custom wheels on most of the cars off of the assembly line to keep up with the custom car market. This look was simple to do and the whitewalls did get covered up from road grime within weeks.īy the time this fad was going on, custom wheels made their appearance and are still the standard for a custom look. Now, people had the all blackwall tires and the standard black rims. 17x8 5 Stud 5/150 Black Thunder Steel Wheel Rim 0 Offset Suit Landcruiser 79-100 114.00 Add to Cart 17x8 5 Stud Black Thunder Steel Rim 5/150, +30 suits Landcruiser 100/200 Series Pattern 114.00 Add to Cart 17X8 6 Stud BlackThunder Rim -23 Offset. This was the standard thing to do to all of the stock cars from the dealer showrooms and lots.įor some, it was to get rid of the whitewall tires by mounting them on the inside. Hubcaps…and for the custom look, chrome reversed wheels…etc.īy now, it was simply to pop off the stock hubcaps to show the black rims. But as time went on, it was something shiny made the stock car look different from the other brands on the street. In the beginning, the popular Model T’s and A’s came with black wires, so it was a standard look. It was the easiest and least expensive item to modify for a different look. But the way we all made them look gave each of us some individuality on our cars. Black steel wheels were stock items on most cars from the beginning.
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