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Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Finally, after what felt like forever, I found a set of Kelsey Hayes 16.5 x 9.75 steel wheels and caps for my 1972 K20.
I feel like I just found a pot of gold and had to share... I love the look of these wheels on our trucks. Anyone know of a good place that can restore my stainless caps? Miles |
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Nice those are hard to come by.
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Awesome!
What do you need to do to the hubcaps besides paint the black on the fronts? They look good!
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Overall they're in pretty good shape. The rears are close to perfect, but could use a good polish. I can do that myself. The front open caps have several small dents that need to be worked out and then a good polish. I'm capable of polishing/painting, but would like a pro to straighten them out.
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
These guys did an awesome job on my side trim, and were surprisingly reasonable.
http://www.kingoftrim.com/home.html
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
I had good luck with this polish:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=442352
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
don't forget to paint the bow tie the correct color... that's a 73 & up cap set.
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
For sure. I was also going to pop the center of the cap out too. Any tips on finding the correct shade of blue?
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Congratulations!!! My favorite wheel! I get jazzed when I see an old beater with one or two mix matched. I always want to offer to buy them a set of wagon wheels (or how ever many they need to replace the OEM-style. Just two weeks ago I was at an antique truck club gathering and a guy had a mid-70s K/20 with two of there and two aluminum slots. Man,he had two great 1/2 sets!
S100 makes great stuff. I've used the polish and the bike wash since it came out. And,thanks to Vectorit for that hook-up on trim resto.
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
I have been hunting a set of those for a while! Good find!
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Here is mine with 16.5s with brand new 3/4 4x4 caps that I bought new for $165 a piece....
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
I always run 9.75s but needed 8.25s for a project. I put together a set one wheel at a time and it took a while. As I recall,I already had one that was the original spare up under the '72 K/20 Cheyenne Super I bought in '91. I got one from Sakontr in Minnesota (I think that's where he is),a pair at a swap meet but one had questionable rust on the bead surface,and the final one I swapped an 8.25 clip-type to a guy from Jersey. So one came from California,two from Vermont,one from Minnesota,and one from New Jersey. They're powdercoated and ready for wheels now:
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
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Those wheels look great. I'm going to get my set powder coated white too. I think I still have two of those wheels in the 8.25 width. I was thinking about finding two more, but really wanted the wider 9.75's for my truck. |
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Nice score on the wheels. I have heard Krylon True Blue #1910 is a close match for the hub caps.
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Big money for tires no?
I had 16.5 wheels and ended up buying 16's and nice new rims cheaper then just 16.5 tires |
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
I was just thinking, I had a set of those big beast wheels on my K20 when I got it. I wasnt going for that particular look for my truck so I got a set of the little bit narrower ones. I traded off the wheels to a board member for a seat for my panel. I hope he got good use of em.
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Re: Jackpot... found a set of 16.5 wheels and caps for my K20
Very Nice find!
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