What wheels are these?

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What wheels are these?

Post by Elvad » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:58 pm

My Sebring came with these, trim rings, and center caps. I think I am going to paint them the color of the body (T8) and use the black centercaps. Anybody know what these are called??
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by landon1 » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:48 pm

kinda look like mid-late 70s B-body wheels - i think used on magnums, but i'm no expert on stock wheels

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Post by Eric » Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:56 pm

Usually refered to as cop wheels....they were found on later 70s cop cars.
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by 471Magnum » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:55 am

Eric wrote:Usually refered to as cop wheels....they were found on later 70s cop cars.
Those are not cop wheels. Cop wheels have the hubcap lugs.

Those are late 70's early 80's wheels that came on Magnums. Very hard to find. You might be surprised to find what they're worth.

The Aspen/Volare kit cars also used a similar wheel, although I believe it was wider and had a textured finish.
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by Smellslike1974 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:11 am

Maybe there are certain years that look the same?

Heres a set of cop car rims i googled.Look very similar....

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the above is from an 87 cruiser...
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by bruce » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:21 am

You can see the hub cap nubs on those. My vote would be for Super Coupe wheels which used those center caps and had NO provision for hub caps.
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by Eric » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:10 pm

Good catch....I need to pay a little more attention!
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by bruce » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:31 pm

I think the Eric to Bruce "taking him to school" score is still about 100 to 1 Eric! :D
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by Smellslike1974 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:26 pm

Oh i thought i saw a nub. :oops:
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by bruce » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:31 pm

Yours had a nub bub, the original post didn't... :D

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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by Smellslike1974 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:25 pm

bruce wrote:Yours had a nub bub, the original post didn't... :D
"thought i saw a nub"

On original post. :D
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by Elvad » Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:27 pm

They came with the car from the factory, the weird thing is the normal wheel codes are not on the fender tag, It just says "U" and no number. Another weird option on my car is bucket seats and a column shift.

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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by 471Magnum » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:18 pm

Elvad wrote:They came with the car from the factory, the weird thing is the normal wheel codes are not on the fender tag, It just says "U" and no number. Another weird option on my car is bucket seats and a column shift.
Wheel codes are never on the fender tag. They are "W" codes and only appear on the broadcast sheet (and window sticker). There are a lot of option codes that don't appear.

The "U" indicates the vehicle was produced for the domestic market.

Bucket seats and column aren't that unusual. The 71 GTX I owned was equipped that way and I've seen many others. I'm sure someone can chime in with production figures.
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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by landon1 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:33 pm

i think mostly those wheels are off of magnums. the "super coupe" wheels were a wider version at 8" vs 7", and i think there are also differences as it relates to trim rings as well

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Re: What wheels are these?

Post by Eric » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:09 pm

Elvad wrote:They came with the car from the factory, the weird thing is the normal wheel codes are not on the fender tag, It just says "U" and no number. Another weird option on my car is bucket seats and a column shift.
The U on the fender tag designates the car was built to US specifications.
Are you sure the car came from the factory with these wheels?
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