Nascar..protouring??

[SicMonte]

Ive been thinking....would the nascar look be considered pro-touring? I have an 88 monte carlo SS...duh...and want to do the pro-touring look....but also like the nascar look. My front suspension is already done with a SC&C stage 2 kit...im thinking about doing the hot rods to hell rear truck arm set up...and I have a nascar boom tube exhaust. But the thing thats killing me is the wheels/tires. I want to get some nice 17's or 18's...but they are way too much $ and the last set I had rode like crap. I have 16's on there now and it rides so much better. I was thinking about getting some 16" Diamond racing wheels....but that would go against the whole "pro-touring" thing. I dunno...just confused.

[71dusterdan]

as long as the car performers what is the difference, there are several nascar inspired cars around here. not to mention that body monte was a nascar ride. hell there are all kind of subgenres evolving around pro-touring. streetfighters, the soft lexus like performers, whatever. as long as it hauls the mail what is the diff. i would like to see your car as a stripped out nascar looking killer. later, Dan

[Steve Chryssos]

Do it!

[yellowrallys]

I was thinking about getting some 16" Diamond racing wheels....but that would go against the whole "pro-touring" thing. I dunno...just confused.

So....do what you think YOU would like, don't worry about going against the grain....who knows, you might start a whole new revolution. Personally, I think the Nascar look is cool. (especially that era) Nothing wrong with being different.

[ProBell]

I am all for doing something different. It is good think out side the box as they say. I have looked for 16 and 17" stock car wheels but have been unable to find them. Let me know if you find something that does not look like a truck wagging wheel. Randy

[zero g]

Rock on. I'm leaning toward that look myself. Aero makes some of those wheels in chrome also.

[SicMonte]

Aero makes them in 15" only...Diamond makes them in 16". The crager "sof 8" is almost the same style...and comes in a 17"...but im going to go with the Diamonds...since I will be actually racing it.

[68Formula]

Go for it. I was thinking of this as well. I want to find some 17" rims that are cheap, light, and paintable (looking for white to match part of the body).

[zero g]

Circle Racing used to make 16" wheels. But upon checking their web site I see they discontinued them.

[zero g]

Those soft 8's weigh about 40lbs each............too bad.

[68Formula]

I was wondering about those. Too bad indeed!

[SicMonte]

40lbs??!!! no thank you....

now...my car is a "suede" black...should i get chrome or black rims??

[TLWiltman]

Black steelies would look evil on your ride. BTW I LOVE the NASCAR-inspired cars. Plain evil!

[68Formula]

Black. Definitely black.

[McssGmachine]

Dude, Go with the suede black and black rims!

[SicMonte]

thats what im thinking of doing....

[71dusterdan]

yeah the soft 8's are heavy but they look absolutely wicked when i stand them next to my duster, specially with the front spoiler cut back to size and the hoop from the cage in. sorry that is how i spent my sunday, building the hoop, cutting the spoiler down and placing the wheels next to it. needless to say i was sexually harrasing myself today. i'm still debating having a red pinstripe painted on my soft 8's. I've got a real woody for this circle track vibe we are building into the duster, it is fresh and wicked. to bad by the time i hit the street it will be yesterday. sicmonte do it now before it passes. and as for suede black dont do it , you dont want to look like you are mimicking a certain mopar! lol hahaha!, Dan

[GBodyGMachine]

Ahh, your car looks good now.
Jeff

[SicMonte]

Too....many....choices!!!!!

[SicMonte]

yeah the soft 8's are heavy but they look absolutely wicked when i stand them next to my duster, specially with the front spoiler cut back to size and the hoop from the cage in. sorry that is how i spent my sunday, building the hoop, cutting the spoiler down and placing the wheels next to it. needless to say i was sexually harrasing myself today. i'm still debating having a red pinstripe painted on my soft 8's. I've got a real woody for this circle track vibe we are building into the duster, it is fresh and wicked. to bad by the time i hit the street it will be yesterday. sicmonte do it now before it passes. and as for suede black dont do it , you dont want to look like you are mimicking a certain mopar! lol hahaha!, Dan

what mopar would i be mimicking?