New Cokers for my 51 Chevy Pickup. Before and after. *More Pics added*

What a difference a set of wheels and tires make. I dont feel like I'm driving a street rod anymore. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics. Trim rings and center caps going on later..

Before



After


EDIT Here's a few more..

 

i vote for no rings or caps, just some spiders... would look nice

 

Looks good!

 

Spider caps are nice but I have 5x5.5 bolt pattern in the rear. DOH! they dont make those... Maybe could do some bullet lugs and push thru bullets..

Thanks Jolopy Joker..

 

nice truck. the whites make a big difference.

 

Hey that looks really good. It is amazing how the tire/wheel combo changes a look of any car, custom, or hot rod. I'd say go with the 49 merc dog disk cap, if you wheel has provision or maybe some other make wheelcovers from 49-54.

Ken

 

Looks like a totally different ride! Great job! Really brightens it up.

 

did you change the stance of the car at all either...it looks like the front sits a little higher now and less raked

 

Wheels and tires can make or break any vehicle. I did the same thing to my 49 Chevy pu. When I bought it, it came with 15x8 ralleys and "way too big" black walls. I changed them out to original style powder coated wheels with no center caps or rings and Firestone wide whites first thing. Gave it a whole different attitude.

 

The front is higher now because i went from the short 235/60/15 radial to the Much taller G78-15 Bias tires. The truck has TCI 4 Link out back. I lowerd the rear one inch by droping the coil over to the lowest mounting hole. Theres 3 holes to adjust the rear in 1 inch increments.

 

Looks great!! I agree with just spider caps...No rings....I love it!

 

Perfect. I agree, no caps though.

 

wow what a difference...looks really good man...

 

What front setup suspension are you running in that truck. It looks kick-ass!

 

Huge improvement.................it just went from something I wouldnt even bother to stop and look at to something I'd love to have in my driveway. BTW, three window Chevy's are 114% cooler than five windows and dont let anyone tell you otherwise.

 

Much better, nice truck!

 

I like it allot also and no caps seems to work or a full cap say '54 Merc or '55/56 Old standards (no spinner).

 

kool ride,put the rings and spiders on.

 

Very cool! Looks a lot better.

 

No question, awesome. Did you get your Alliance discount?

 

You dont need spiders, get bullets for the center Hole and put Chrome bullet Lugnuts on it... alot cheaper instead of finding original odd sized spiders. or just go with the bullet lugnuts, would look good too.

 

by all meens a lot better, love them w w w....

also go with some custom made wheel covers. make your own...




Rafa.

 

Its setup with a Heidts Mustang 2 with 2 inch Drop Spindles. It actually has some spacers on the front right now but I think I'm gonna take them off because the wheels dont sit inward as far as I thought they would.

Heck yea! Alliance Rules! I picked them up at the local Fresno Coker store. They kick ass by the way. I had them mount and balance them for me. They scrubbed off the blue stuff and gave a me free bottle of the white wall cleaner too. Great customer service.

 

That is a nice look. Are you running the G78-15 on the rear as well?

I've got G's on the front and H78-15 on the rear.

 

A thin ribbed ring with chrome lugnuts make a Black wheel look smooth. I like your truck and was planning on doing the same combo on my '56 GMC

 

i got wide whites on my 51 chevy truck also. i like the way a 50 olds cap looks with a bullet center

 

Yea G78-15 front and rear. I want to go with a custom feel for this truck. The Rallys and big n littles werent cutting it..

 

just more proff it dosent take a lot to make something look good,nice job-

 

Man that is sweet! Bullets and lugs 100%

 

looks good!