Boy, you like conformity, don't you?
I told you I was going to have another set of tires and wheels. That still doesn't solve my issue with the current setup, which is mostly what I'll use on the street.
BTW, those are Vintage Wheel Works V40's, if anyone cares.
I know they're VWW V40's, which is why I clamored. There's nothing conformist about those. They have the traditional Torque Thrust D "straight" spokes and look so much better than the amorphous blob shaped spokes on the TTII's that are so common. V40's are what I really want for the Javelin.
Anyway, I still think for the current setup you should play around with colors. If you don't want to paint the whole wheel, maybe paint the center caps and then get some vinyl for the lips. That would even help protect the wheels in the long-run. If you ever get tired of the all-black, take the vinyl off. Maybe even get some vinyl in a dull aluminum color to "tone it down". It should be pretty cheap and you can experiment with different looks.
Javelin wrote: YES YES YES YES!!!
I second that. Those look great!
Beautiful car. Love that color, so cool.
I would think some shorty headers would solve your problem? There must be a thousand versions of SBF header choices, should be something to cure your "ill".
Unless, as you've previously mentioned, hang-low headers were part of the look.
My two cents: Leave it as is, not really much to worry about - I think it has a LOT of old school vibe as is (and seems like that's what you're going for).
For the "perfect" look (IMO, yours may be different...), run shorty headers, drop the front a bit more, and run 225's out back (I do think the 245's are a bit big...).
To reiterate: BEAUTIFUL car.
bravenrace wrote:darkbuddha wrote: Just needs photoshop:Thanks for doing that. It is really helpful. Any chance you can photoshop Torq Thrusts on it?
Easy as pie, though it's even easier if you just google "torq thrust 65 Mustang"... there are a freaking ton of 'em! Anyway, here's a quicky 'chop with the torq thrusts:
IMHO, you could get 80% of the same look by painting the S/Ss with a cast aluminum shade similar to the torq thrusts' color... (to get you something like this):
I know the rims on the S/S are chrome, which is another part of what you're working against... chrome doesn't scream motorsports so much.
BTW, my favorite shade for this right now would be Duplicolor's Cast Coat Iron.
Thanks. The wheels on the car are the ones below, which unlike the 2 pc chromed wheels, are 1 pc aluminum with a black center and polished rim - No chrome. I thought the black would look better than the gray with the gold body. I think I still do, but your PS has me thinking. Thanks again!
I don't think I would go through the trouble of changing the color on them. I feel like I am in the minority that thinks they look great as-is, no color change needed, nor getting rid of them and getting something else...
I even like the chrome center caps.
Thanks failboat. I won't be changing the wheels, but one thing the PS with the all too common TT wheels did was show to me that my wheels are too shiny. Not sure what to do about that. I think the first thing I'll do is mock it up with some black center caps and go from there.
You could try painting them with plasti-dip to see how they would look with a flat black and peel it off if you don't like it?
In reply to EvanB:
I haven't tried using that before. How does it work and they have a flat black?
http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip
I haven't used it before but I have seen a few people use it on hoods and wheels and such with good results. It peels off when you don't want it anymore. Apparently you can get a flatter or glossier finish depending on how thick it goes on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwUuFUbulw8&feature=related
I'd leave it as is. Or add Panasports.
bravenrace wrote: ... but one thing the PS with the all too common TT wheels did was show to me that my wheels are too shiny. Not sure what to do about that.
It's excellent news that they are all aluminum. The thing to do then is to put a brushed finish on the rim (rather than the mirror polish on them right now). I think it would make a big difference.
If I were made of money, these wheels (AR Salt Flats) would be on anything remotely old and American.
Not sure if this helps, but at least it's not the cliche Cragars or Torque Thrusts.
As much as I love them, salt flats look meh on that car IMHO, especially in such a large diameter on what appears to be a stock ride height & stock stance car; they just look wrong to me. The real trouble is that folks simply pop on a set of wheels that they like, or they think are the E36 M3, and think they'll get the look they want. I did the same thing... once. I've photochopped wheels on my own car going all the way back to 1998 to avoid making that mistake again. Thankfully so, as it saved me from buying a lot of trendy crap that would've looked like E36 M3 and looked dated almost immediately. Fortunately, I don't think bravenrace has made that mistake with the Cragars, other than maybe tire size. It just needs a bit of ride height tweaking.
Yeah, I like the salt flats wheels also, but they belong on something that looks like it would run at the salt flats, IMO. Panasports are one of my all time favorite wheels, but for some reason I've never thought they looked good on my car. I think that's because they were not commonly used the road race 64-66 Mustangs back in the 60's. My front tires are 25.2" tall, and the rears are 26.6" tall. I can get a 215/65 tires for the front that would be 26.0" tall. I have to check to see if they'll fit, but if you look at pics of shelby's from the era, they ran pretty tall tires, so I'm wondering if they might make the car look a little better. I'm hesitant to go smaller on the rear unless that's the only answer, because I managed to do something most Mustang guys tell me isn't possible, and that's fit a 245 tire under the rear without interference.
Bigger fronts should work well. They'll match the rears better, fill up that fender gap, and your fronts are old anyway. Try it!
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