Resurrection of the chrome 5-1/2" wheel as part of Cal Look today!

[stealth67vw]

The car is still long axle so they do look full, but still kinda skinny. When I put in my built short axle gearbox I may go to 195s or 205s.

[stealth67vw]

Here are some new pictures I just took 20 minutes ago. Jim, recognize the exhaust?

I love your car,
yep mufflers look really good on your car.

I really really love your car.

Thanks man. It not DKP quality yet but it's a good 20 footer with a lot of battle scars and character. It's got a bad spot of paint to the right of the back window that bothers me. I'm going to replace the interior with the original red stuff this winter.

[javabug]

Yeah now it looks great.  Love the merged QPs (I want my own  ).

Maybe eventually swap out the 165s in front?  I know they're probably great for daily driving.

[alex d]

stealth67vw your car looks  right, congrats!

[stealth67vw]

Yeah now it looks great.  Love the merged QPs (I want my own  ).

Maybe eventually swap out the 165s in front?  I know they're probably great for daily driving.

This is my daily driver, actually my only running car so the 165s are gonna stay. I have to drive it in the rain and snow so I need some meat, not pizza cutters. If I could find 155s I would swap them out in a heart beat, but they are unobtanium in the US. I thought about narrowing the beam about 2 inches but it works the way it is.

[javabug]

I was going to suggest 155s, actually.  I bought one of those Vredestine Sport Classics in a 155 for my spare.  Really nice looking tire—I'll probably run them in the future when my car is a little more finished.

There's also those MINI tires—165/75 I think?  They look like a 145 from the side but are wide.  Not to be mistaken for the Smart car tires...they look ghey.  Too low profile.

[sheep]

Hey John !!! Do you recognize the freak in my avatar?? hahahahahahah

[louisb]

Here are some new pictures I just took 20 minutes ago. Jim, recognize the exhaust?

I like how your roll bar is not obvious from most angles. Is that a RLR bolt in setup or one you had made?

--louis

[stealth67vw]

It just some shitty bolt together thing I pulled out of my Baja. It's just sitting in there, I could bring myself to drill all the mounting holes in my absolutely beautiful floor pan. I'm not sure who made it. It probably wouldn't do squat in a roll over but it makes my g/f feel safer when I'm hauling ass down some backroad.

[stealth67vw]

Hey John !!! Do you recognize the freak in my avatar?? hahahahahahah

I know who it is, but I don't want to know the situation. I bet it involved Roofies and alcohol.  LOL

[John Rayburn]

I had them on mine just like everybody else in the world at that time. Like most people, I used them as a stop gap until I could get what I wanted. Probably went through a million or so sets of nipple caps; they were a constant theft item, finally started pulling them off the car whenever I stopped any where. I had both Stuttgart and Wolfsberg versions, whatever was on the shelf at Autohaus that particular week of replacement. I even cabled them to the wheels at one point, came out, no hubcaps. Just cut cables.

[j-f]

Some chromies on a 53. 

[JK Fab]

I know this is about the 5 lug chromie's but I really think the 4 lug 5-1/2" wheels in the rear look good as well.  But that is just me......

Jeff

[sheep]

There used to be a green 66 (I think ) on this forum that ran chromies with no caps . The car looked so bad ass. I havent seen it in awhile.If you know which car it is post some pics

hey sheep my dad says WTF does your opinion matter anyway. You eat raw mackerel and sell worms.

I do eat raw mackerel, but I dont sell worms.That is a real asshole thing to say. 

[John Rayburn]

Stock wheels that have been widened a little bit look cool. Dave Mason has a set that he's run on the car slicked down, and nicely painted. A really neat look.

[Cheesepanzer]

Not exactly Cal-Look, but its a set of 5 1/2 chromies with nipple hubcaps.  This is a shot of my '63 Single Cab taken a while back back when it ran a 1641 with 48 IDA's.