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Bought a new wheel for my spare tire...US Wheel Series 68. I think I can drill it and tap the holes and put my rally wheel center caps on this wheel. I think it is going to look good...15x8" so an inch wider than current wheels..and I bought a 1.5" beauty ring. I need to paint it gunmetal gray also.

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Shoot man I thought you had 15x8 rally wheels on the truck already. I have an odd number of 15" rallies off a 80's van I thought were 15x7 and they look narrow in comparison so figured yours had to be 8". I might have to measure mine and see if they are even skinnier.

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Unfortunately not...15x7...if yours are skinnier maybe they are 15x6? I really like the 15x8" I just got...I received the 1.5" trim ring today. I like how it looks on them. Makes the wheel look wider. Trying to decide what color to paint/powder coat them...gun metal gray or something else.

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5 & 6-lugTruck Ralley wheels were available in 7 & 8" widths. Aftermarket has even more. Van Ralley wheels were 6.5" wide.

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I put the beauty ring on to see what it was going to look like...I like it a lot. Now I need to find a truck rally center cap for my spare.

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That has always been my favorite look.
Black wheels with beauty rings. Simple and classic.

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Ah there we go then mystery solved other than if I have a mix of van and truck or all 1 or the other.

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I was thinking of painting them the same color as my wheels now..gun metal gray, but the matte black is a nice look. What do you think?

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My typical set-ups are Van Ralleys in front; 8" truck Ralleys in the rear on budget set-ups. The 7" wheels are harder to find thus cost more when you do find some & the aftermarket widths wider than 8" are similarly more expensive.

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I vote to paint the spare the same color. If you had it up underneath the bed, black would be fine, but since it's on the bedside and visible, making it match would look better in my opinion

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I agree..

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The spare is a nice finishing touch. I would paint it the same as your wheels.

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Truck is coming along nicely.

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Oh ya that'l be a cool spare.

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Thanks guys...I am going to paint it the same color as the rallys... gun metal gray. I think I may buy 4 more of these wheels and have a set of 5 matching and then eventually sell these 15x7 rally's.

Today I received some new rally cap emblems I special ordered from a seller in Portugal on Etsy. I told him what colors I wanted. I think these will look good on the caps...I will be keeping the caps on the new wheels. Here is a sneak peak...

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Installed my 4 way flasher today...

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That flasher looks real good down there. I wish they sold just the knob separately!

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Thanks Christian! I had to hunt high and low and got lucky to find that switch with the Bow Ties...the other switch I have has no markings on it at all.

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I think they do.
Pretty expensive but here might be one:
http://www.2040-parts.com/1963-64-ch...-knob-i458357/

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Oof, that's more than I paid for the switch itself with a GMC knob on it!

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I've read that the 2040-parts website is a scam website.

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Thanks for the heads up.

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Finally started working on my spare wheel...drilled and tapped for the truck rally cap and added a custom made red center decal.

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Just been driving the truck and getting ready for my move north. Moving to upstate NY in the next few months. My wife has already started her new job up there...living with her mom for now. Getting the house here ready to sell and looking for a house near Syracuse.

Finally installed my red rally cap decals...I like the look...a little different and a small pop of color. I also painted my new spare wheel to match the gray on the rally's..but no picture yet. Going to try and get the tire mounted later this week also.

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Looks really good Andy...Love the wheels

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Wheels turned out nice!

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^agree with all above lol very nice looking with the paint and trim

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Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I haven't gotten the spare mounted yet...maybe today. Guess I have been lazy.

I have had the truck back on the road since early December last year and just hit 3000 miles. I did an oil change at 500 miles and also changed out the plugs at 1000 miles as they were fouled from when I was tuning the engine from running super rich.

I did install sun visors this week though. I went with black since my seat was black, but maybe I should have done gray since my roof is silver...either way, I am not used to them yet since the passenger side never had one and I haven't had one on the DS in years.

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Truck looks great

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Looks great Andy....I also love the clock on the dash

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I like the black visors. Ties in well with the gauge cluster and seat

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Thanks John! I also LOVE LOVE the dash clock. Makes me happy every time I get in the truck!

Thanks Christian...I didn't notice them as much today when I ran errands...so I just need to get used to something above my head!

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Finally got my new wheel mounted for the spare. I like it a lot, even if they put a small chip in the wheel paint when they dropped something on it...I already touched it up and it wasn't very big....plus they didn't charge me anything to mount and balance it.

Whenever I need new tires for the truck (probably 2035), I will make all 5 tires the same.:lol:

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:metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::m etal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal::metal:

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Really haven't done much to the truck lately...maintenance mainly. I greased the front end last weekend and this week I put in new sway bar end links and sway bar front bushings. WHAT A DIFFERENCE that made! Made the truck handle so much better...the squeaks are gone...just so much better, it's like night and day.

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Sweet! Sounds like it's time for more cruising

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Read through the entire thread, great work. I have learned a ton and been inspired from 'someone who knew nothing and forgot most of it'...you do amazing work and the truck looks great! Thank you for sharing the details of this build.

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Thank you very much! That means a lot to me. This board has given so much back to me I just hope I can inspire or help someone with their truck.

I just hope when I start my next truck, I haven't forgotten too much. :)

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It's just like riding a bike, I think :lol: