dukeomer

I had ordered Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels back in Aug 2021. They finally arrived after almost 7 months. Attached are pictures of my Olds with the 15x7 wire wheels. I mounter American Classic 225-75-15 tires that have 1 3/8" wide white walls.

hurst68olds

good looking 1968 98

no1oldsfan

The wires look right at home. Nice ride. 👍

Bfg

Nice looking 98, but I would have gone with a black wall, the wide white walls takes away the beauty of the wire wheels. The 68’s never had a wide white wall that wide.

68DeltaCustom

Beautiful wheels on a beautiful car!

blakes7

Yes, I agree!!!!!

oldcutlass

Looks awesome, the wide whites make the look.

Olds64

Lookin good!

Did you get your wheels from Truespoke? How did you get the rocket emblem on the spinner? I would like to get wire wheels for my 71 98. Did you consider knock-off rims?

dukeomer

Yes, the wire wheels are from Truespoke. The rocket emblem was one of the two choices for the center cap. I don't know if they have knock-off rims.

dukeomer

After I installed the wheels, they was severe vibration in the front while braking. No vibration when crusing. When I consulted my mechanic, it was deemed necessary to install a 1/8" thk spacer in the front. As you can see from the picture of the front brake drums, the wire wheels were not flush.

Front brake drums

1/8" thk spacer
This solved the problem

Olds64

That's odd that you got the vibration only while braking and that a spacer fixed the problem. Were the wire wheels you got 5x5" bolt pattern, or did they have oblong bolt holes with spacers? I know you can buy Cragars that fit both the 5x5" and 5x4.75" bolt patterns.

Here are some knock-off Daytons offered by Truespoke:

https://www.truespoke.com/dayton-wire-wheels

BTW, I think those white walls are bad@$$! Were the American Classic white walls part of a package from Truespoke?

dukeomer

The wire wheels were 5x5" bolt pattern. I was trying to keep the cost low. The K-H I got were $600 each.