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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 20, 2024 0:41:58 GMT -5
Big fan of dogdish and steelies myself. But Keystones would look good on this car too.
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Post by TJ on Feb 20, 2024 5:24:46 GMT -5
Thanks, Kyle and Handlabeled! I appreciate your comments! This is a mock-up of the wheels, tires, and rotors. The wheels and tires came from the 2009 Challenger, I think. Nothing is glued on yet and I need to adjust them inward a little bit. They look a little big for this body to me. I could use a set of keystones on some regular tires or maybe just painted wheels with some dog dish hubcaps. What do y'all think? Oh man this looks amazing. I'm old school when it comes to wheels, Keystones or Cragers would look great
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Post by handiabled on Feb 20, 2024 9:30:46 GMT -5
I like the stock center caps but the classic Cragars are cool too
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Post by plstcjunky on Feb 20, 2024 12:49:35 GMT -5
Looks awesome to me just the way it is!
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Post by maverick on Feb 20, 2024 16:31:10 GMT -5
Steel wheels and poverty caps always look good on these Mopars but...The wheels on it now look right. I would use them!!
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Post by modelcarjr on Feb 20, 2024 18:58:24 GMT -5
Thanks, All! I appreciate your suggestions! I changed my mind on the wheels. So I did an extensive search of my tires and wheels parts boxes ( I have two scrapbooking cases full of tires and wheels) and came up with some wheel backs and some ideas on wheels for this build. I didn't find much that I liked. I still have the tires from the kit so I thought I would use them. However, the tires are Goodyear GT Radials that should have the outline white lettering which I am loathe to do. Then I remembered that I had purchased steelies and dog dish hubcaps from Fireball Modelworks. They would be perfect! So I painted the wheels and wheelbacks. I had previously painted the hubcaps with Alclad but it didn't come out chrome. So I re-painted them with a bright aluminum. While they were drying, I used a set of Fireball Goodyear Polyglas GT decals on the backside of the Goodyear GT Radial tires. Once everything was dry I assembled the wheels and hubcaps and applied the decals for the hubcaps which came with them. I like these much better for this build. My wife says they are ugly so I know i am on the right track! Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking! 😎
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Post by plstcjunky on Feb 20, 2024 19:10:10 GMT -5
Well now, that set-up also looks great! Looks much more stock, but cool !
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Post by keavdog on Feb 20, 2024 19:26:11 GMT -5
Ya - those look great!
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Post by kyledehart5 on Feb 20, 2024 23:48:45 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Just what I envisioned. Those are perfect in my opinion. Great choice and great job on those.
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Post by handiabled on Feb 21, 2024 2:09:49 GMT -5
Excellent job on the dog dish caps! I love the stock look of this!
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Post by maverick on Feb 21, 2024 15:40:38 GMT -5
Cant go wrong with those!!! Looks good!
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Post by modelcarjr on Feb 21, 2024 23:26:34 GMT -5
Thanks, Everyone! This one is done. See the Completed Model Cars section for final photos.
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