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XtremeBowtie 12-11-2009 03:48 PM

73-87 with White Walls
 
Thinking about putting white walls and chrome smoothies / chrome reverse wheels on my 86 after I get air ride on it. I have found a few pics but I figured you guys would have some.

Thanks!

joe231 12-11-2009 03:57 PM

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I personally think the smoothies and white walls don't look right on these trucks......wrong era
but that is just my opinion, take it or leave it ;)

Mr.Scary 12-11-2009 04:22 PM

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Id like 2 at lease c a few pics if n e bodys got'em

bigblock73 12-11-2009 05:04 PM

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I have a pic of 1 or 2 at home, will post them later.

OJOE 12-11-2009 05:08 PM

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wide whites+flat or satin paint= ok

BIG10 12-11-2009 08:00 PM

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I love wide whites on older trucks, but not sure about a square body. I guess I'd have to see it.

ironroad9c1 12-11-2009 10:15 PM

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Vomitfest. Don't do it man, that is tacky as hell.

bigblock73 12-11-2009 10:57 PM

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If done properly, it looks good IMO. For example, I don't think you can put them on a stock suspension truck with rust and diff colored body panels...it just wouldn't look right.

moneyeater 12-12-2009 04:10 AM

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BGRAFX 12-12-2009 10:50 AM

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I've been contemplating wide whites for my suburban, already painted my rally's satin black. These are the only pics I have of square body trucks.

Does anyone know what these hubcaps are from???

joe231 12-12-2009 11:53 AM

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Those caps are from an Astro van

CoyoteCustoms 12-12-2009 12:00 PM

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Mine weren't wide whites but just a cheap white wall tire with rallys.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/DSC01998.jpg

wfomkivdrvr 12-12-2009 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BGRAFX (Post 3670185)
I've been contemplating wide whites for my suburban, already painted my rally's satin black. These are the only pics I have of square body trucks.

Does anyone know what these hubcaps are from???

80's s10 or astro van

ShowSS12 12-13-2009 01:25 AM

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http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...080aee7db9.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...9797033b43.jpg

Here is my 87 with wide whites.
I am going to be bagging it next week or the following week after I finish a few customer's cars....

turbo350 12-13-2009 10:27 AM

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The thick whiteys wouldn't look right on this one but stock type would.


http://www.virginialinex.com/album/r...8Silverado.jpg

BIG10 12-13-2009 04:57 PM

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I've got plain white walls for a stock look, not the wide ones. I guess they look alright on the rat rod style trucks. Coyote Customs, I'm really diggin' that truck.

BIG10 12-13-2009 04:58 PM

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Sorry, here's a pic.

68Timber 12-13-2009 05:06 PM

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I've never seen that done to a 73-87. Those trucks look great. The one at stock height could stand to come down a few inches but overall that looks a whole heck of a lot better than I would have guessed.

Mr.Scary 12-13-2009 05:30 PM

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ehhh not my thing

jchav62 12-14-2009 10:59 AM

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I never thought wide whites would look good on a square body, but since I went with a satin paint on my truck, I've been kicking around the idea. Some of these trucks look pretty sick!

Photoshop anyone?? :)

John Gilbert 06-02-2010 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by moneyeater (Post 3670040)

Man what a crack-up, you never know what you'll find on the Internet. This is a shot of my '79 somewhere in Kansas while I was driving cross-country during Americruise in Lincoln, Nebraska. I knew I was going to be on old Route 66 a lot so I might as well have whitewalls. The tourists on 66 flocked to the truck with cameras and didn't know it was as new as it is. Only 31-years old. There was a year cut-off of '72 down for Americruise, so I kind of did it to sneak in. Since this was taken I had to go to Toyos on 20s to clear the 14 and 13-inch Wilwood / CPP disc brake kit.

85Bowtie 06-02-2010 10:21 AM

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Wide white walls and smoothies in squarebodies make it look like a clown truck. Might as well paint Ringling Brothers Circus on the side

blazer2007 06-02-2010 10:21 AM

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I like this one

John Gilbert 06-02-2010 11:38 AM

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Here's some photos I took this morning. I dismounted the whitewalls from the widened rallys, and stuck them on the 6-lug wheels for my '68 GMC blackwall side out. The white rusty devil is my big-block '75 Big10 short Fleet with stock rallys with some kind of big ugly K-mart tires. That's California rust by the way, those early squarebodies rusted like a champ even in CA. The Toyos on 20s on my '79 Big10 still make it look like a "clown truck" because of the dated billet wheels, I bought 10-years ago for my '88, but its my truck, so I can do whatever I want to it. — In fact, I think I'll go clown some fool with it right now.

SBTork 06-02-2010 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by John Gilbert (Post 4009696)
Man what a crack-up, you never know what you'll find on the Internet. This is a shot of my '79 somewhere in Kansas while I was driving cross-country during Americruise in Lincoln, Nebraska. I knew I was going to be on old Route 66 a lot so I might as well have whitewalls. The tourists on 66 flocked to the truck with cameras and didn't know it was as new as it is. Only 31-years old. There was a year cut-off of '72 down for Americruise, so I kind of did it to sneak in. Since this was taken I had to go to Toyos on 20s to clear the 14 and 13-inch Wilwood / CPP disc brake kit.

Really? Do you have any pics of the new rolling stock?


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