Yeah, I miss them so much that I plan on doing that to my spare set once I toss the bad tires!
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Yeah, I miss them so much that I plan on doing that to my spare set once I toss the bad tires!
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I COULD always save you time....
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Martin is making them. The rims in that video are real. Like I said, a guy here in Cincinnati has a set.Originally Posted by Accipiter
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Having a bigger rim size of stock wheels would absolutely make it perfect and even more contemporary. The Delorean shape still looks awesome today, but the stock wheels do make it look dated sometimes.
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We'll see if I get my hands on one of these sets of "big rims" otherwise we'll may strike a deal. Of course my car won't be rolling on them for a while though and I'm sure my "good tires" are flat spotted after 3 years.I've got a friend who powdercoats so I've got some options.
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Chiming in late but here it goes,
Deloreans IMO look best with factory wheels. If we were in 1989, aftermarket wheels would take the car to the next level, but now in 2012, the car is an antique and can carry itself on it's own merits.
I have seen more than a few with aftermarket wheels that look very nice(Pyro's car and Faisal's come to mind). Although you gain a little more updated look, you loose a little of that era in which the car represents. It just doesn't look right anymore.
The ONLY thing I wish I had done with regard to wheels was buy those wheels a member tried to sell a few years ago. He took a set of rear wheels, machined them down and made fronts out of them. His car looked great with factory 15's all around. His rear tires were 225 15's and fronts were 205 15's and it was perfect! The only thing that kept me from doing it was I had a machined finish on my wheels and they wouldn't match.
Last edited by Michael; 02-12-2012 at 07:13 AM.
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Do you have any pictures of the wheels you're talking about? I've got an extra set so I may look into that.
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They were on the old site when the seller posted pics of them on his car. I didn't save them but they looked like they belonged there. I believe he had the inside lip machine down and used spaces. He claimed it only rubbed at full turn.
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I remember that and you're right, they looked amazing!!!
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Uh OH! My bad. I might be confusing a new DeLorean wheel being manufactured by some one named Martin and the wheel under development by WelmoedJ which got cancelled.
Could some one from the other side of the Atlantic post some more information to this thread?
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