Photos: Boyd 18s on my 1970 Chevelle SS

[Nine Ball]

Here is my new wheel/tire combo for the Chevelle.

Boyd Coddington "Junkyard Dog - Old School Gray"
Front: 18x8 with 4.0" backspacing
Rear: 18x10 with 5.5" backspacing
wheels were around ~$1600/set shipped

Tires are custom modified BFG KDW2, with the red lines added on by Diamond Back Classics.
Front: 245/40-18
Rear: 295/35-18
Tires were around ~$1400/set shipped

The wheel centers are not painted, they appear to be glass bead blasted aluminum and are bare. In direct sunlight, the blasted area sparkles pretty cool. It was getting dark, so these are the best pics I could get for now. The car is factory ride height, and I had to roll the rear fender lips to make sure these tires would not rub. I use an Eastwood fender roller on my cars, works great.

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Tony

[Larry Callahan]

Love the wheels and LOVE the redlines!!!

Very cool!

[dafabricata]

Those look great! and I agree the redlines are a nice touch...
Looks like the front could come down a bit.....IMO..
That car is BEAUTIFUL!

[Nine Ball]

haha, yeah I agree. The front didn't have a chance to settle for these pics. I mounted them, backed down the driveway and shot the photos before it got dark. Then I went for a spin around the block and the front sits level again.

Plus, the trunk is full of cast iron BBC parts, I mean FULL.

[jy211]

Gotta agree with Larry...the redlines are awesome :6gears:

[Yelcamino]

Sweet!

[Nine Ball]

Looks like the front could come down a bit.....IMO..


Yeah, that is my fault for not driving the car around before snapping the photos. It was getting dark, so I just put the wheels on and backed out of the garage for pics. The front didn't settle yet, until after I drove it around the block. Funny pics, it looks like I have an SBC with BBC springs up front ;)

[gmorris]

How much frame clearance do you have on the inside with the 5.5" BS? I'm going to 18X11's with 315's and figure I can get away with 6.25 to 6.5" but have to do some careful measuring to be sure.

Thanks

[Scatpack]

neat finish on the wheels and the redlines are a great idea

[Nine Ball]

How much frame clearance do you have on the inside with the 5.5" BS? I'm going to 18X11's with 315's and figure I can get away with 6.25 to 6.5" but have to do some careful measuring to be sure.

Thanks

I reached back there and had plenty of room with these 295s. I'll bet 305 wide would fit nicely too.

[PT Goat]

That is awesome.

I really, really want 18" Goodyear F1 redlines for the GTO, I just can't justify the $ right now.

[steemin]

Tony,
Looking good.
Normally I do not care for a redline tire on that type of wheel/tire combo.
But in this case it really POPS!:cool:
Scott

[nbecker]

The wheels look really good,I like natural metel wheels on red cars.

[6'9"Witha69]

:twothumbs:

[Zedzag]

Looking Goooood!

[bingham72]

Those redlines look awesome! Do you by the tires from Diamond or to you buy them and send the tires to them?

[Smock67]

Wow those redlines really mkae your car pop. loving the whole package.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

The wheels look awesome, as do the redlines. Nice work, Tony!

[Nine Ball]

Those redlines look awesome! Do you by the tires from Diamond or to you buy them and send the tires to them?

Diamond will buy the tires and modify them for you, that is what I did.

[Racie]

Nineball who did you order the wheels from...it definately looks sweet I wouldn't mind having those wheels in all polished....

[Nine Ball]

I got them from www.tomzwheels.com , they aren't listed on the site but they can order them for you.

[Racie]

Thanks Nineball my Monte is supposed to be going in the booth on Tues...I am using the color code you sent me a while back (Brazen) you have a great set of cars!!!!

[DriverzInc]

Wheels and tires look great Tony! Wish we could have done the deal for you, but I understand Tomz is a sponsor on LS1tech. Tires look perfect and match your car very well. You have a great eye for design...

[buickfunnycar.com]

Wow...stunning tire & wheel combo indeed!

I personally would darken the spokes up slightly which would give the car a more "muscular" look but if you like it...that's all that matters.

[InMotionJosh]

Sweet. I just ordered tires for my Chevelle project. Ordered a set of Nitto 295/25/22s and 245/30/20s all gonna be mounted on Budnik Gasser D. I was worried about the tires clearing in the back but I also have a 5.5 backspace so now im a little relieved

[Nine Ball]

more pics I took this past Saturday:

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[Mr.VENGEANCE]

damn if those dont look sick...

[WhiteG240]

Nice Car!! I think I would have used a little larger profile tire. They are just alittle too small for my taste. Still a gorgeous car though... :)

[Munster]

They look great and the package rocks.:hail: If you don't mind I stole a picture to place in the media forum (here) to see if some one could show me what these would look like with the Rally green on a 69 Camaro. These are the wheels that i have had in mind for my build but haven't been able to get word if they are available in 18" or 19" x 12" wide. After seeing these pics I'll probably go ahead and order them 10" wide and have the extra 2" speacially welded in. If I can get the back space close to what I want.:firefire:

[jeremy30thz]

Very nice!!! The redlines look great with the car

[gearheads78]

Very nice!!! I LOVE the redlines!!

[bigboi]

Got 10 words for ya... WOOOOOOOOOOOW!

Nice job bro. The wheels look awesome and the redline wheels look even better!

Nice! Nice! Nice!

bigboi

[MrQuick]

looks great tony...I wonder how the rims would look painted that darker grey the original SS rims were?

[Abbott]

Absolutly LOVE the look! But you'll hate the tread life of the KDWs.. i run them on my DD Audi, and after one summer they are already lookin a lil low:hmm: Beautiful car man!