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Old 04-29-2015, 11:50 PM   #1
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Just got a set of 15x8 GM steelies for $120 to put on my 1965 GMC C10. Was it a good buy? I've heard they are rare but wanted to clarify.
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Old 04-30-2015, 12:05 AM   #2
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I think that is about what I paid for mine, I think it was $125
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Old 04-30-2015, 02:48 AM   #3
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Just got a set of 15x8 GM steelies for $120 to put on my 1965 GMC C10. Was it a good buy? I've heard they are rare but wanted to clarify.
Depends, if they are disk brake compliant they are more sought after than those that aren't...
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Old 04-30-2015, 02:51 AM   #4
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Yeah they are. They fit right over my new disk brake conversion kit.
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Old 04-30-2015, 09:58 AM   #5
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Re: Got my hands on some 8" steelies

I bought a pair in mint condition back in the early 90's and thought I was getting robbed at $35 each. When I converted to 5 lug I gave them away as they were rather common at the time. Had no idea they would become so hard to find in the future. $120 seems like a fair price now, the difficulty is in finding any worth having in the first place.

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Old 04-30-2015, 10:14 AM   #6
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Sounds like a fair price. I've been getting about $75 per wheel on the ones I've sold recently. If you got two you did good...if you got four, you did real good!
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Yep, good price to me.
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good price
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Considering how hard they are to find, consider it a very good deal!
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Old 04-30-2015, 09:24 PM   #10
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Re: Got my hands on some 8" steelies

Ill give you your money back right now lol I can't find any!!!
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Re: Got my hands on some 8" steelies

I just picked up a set with tires and paid $175. If you look on evilbay, they're outrageous.
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Re: Got my hands on some 8" steelies

I found an ad on CL the guy posted the wheels as 15x10 $60.00, but I could see they were not 15x10 but they were 15x8, the guy had no idea. He called me during the drive to look at them and said "sorry they are 15x8" I told him too bad i was hoping for the 15x10 but would he take $40.00 for the pair anyway? Deal 40.00 for two. But the guy had no idea what he had.....just a lucky day.
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Are you talking these steelies?
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And if you need the 5 lug center caps for the GM rally wheels i have an extra set of 4. Can't remeber if they say GMC or chevy though.
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I found an ad on CL the guy posted the wheels as 15x10 $60.00, but I could see they were not 15x10 but they were 15x8, the guy had no idea. He called me during the drive to look at them and said "sorry they are 15x8" I told him too bad i was hoping for the 15x10 but would he take $40.00 for the pair anyway? Deal 40.00 for two. But the guy had no idea what he had.....just a lucky day.
And I paid $300.00 for my set over here, before getting the tyres removed and getting them blasted and powder coated.

You did very well.

These were mine before, the chrome trims are not great, but I will live with them.



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Hate to say it but i got my 15x8 rally steelies for free. And i have a 15x7 for a spare. I guess i wasn't aware these were getting hard to find?
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And I paid $300.00 for my set over here, before getting the tyres removed and getting them blasted and powder coated.

You did very well.

These were mine before, the chrome trims are not great, but I will live with them.



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Hello, grizz. Your wheels look great in that bottom picture--it shows them up better. With the chrome trimmies, they look almost like 2 @ 8" and 2@7". But lower pic shows them to be equal width. Have any problem changing a rear, like with a flat?

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I would not call those steelies.........I would call those rally wheels. yes they are steel but My steelies were for dog dish caps...not rally caps..
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I was going to get a set of Rally's off of craigslist for $350 but they were attached to an 82 short frame rolling chassis.
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I would not call those steelies.........I would call those rally wheels. yes they are steel but My steelies were for dog dish caps...not rally caps..
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I was going to get a set of Rally's off of craigslist for $350 but they were attached to an 82 short frame rolling chassis.
rally wheels are a dime a dozen. they were pretty much standard on all gm 4 wheel drives through the 80's, I probably have 4 sets of them that I wish I could throw away, but it costs money to even do that , the ones we are talking about are the solid steel wheels 15X8 that accept the stock hubcap- I am pretty sure they were only available on the military blazers(?) and that is why they are so rare
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I picked up a pair of 4-nub steelies for 100 bucks...just as much to powder coat them, they are the ones to fit Disk brakes. getting harder to find though.
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Alright yes that is what i called steelies! Ill have to keep my eye out for a set! And i didnt think the rallys were that hard to find yet but idk.
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rally wheels are a dime a dozen. they were pretty much standard on all gm 4 wheel drives through the 80's, I probably have 4 sets of them that I wish I could throw away, but it costs money to even do that , the ones we are talking about are the solid steel wheels 15X8 that accept the stock hubcap- I am pretty sure they were only available on the military blazers(?) and that is why they are so rare
Yes.. I know that is what he is talking about. They are cool wheels and I wish I could find some but I doubt I every will.
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rally wheels are a dime a dozen. they were pretty much standard on all gm 4 wheel drives through the 80's, I probably have 4 sets of them that I wish I could throw away, but it costs money to even do that , the ones we are talking about are the solid steel wheels 15X8 that accept the stock hubcap- I am pretty sure they were only available on the military blazers(?) and that is why they are so rare
Check out the picture of the steelie I posted. Is mine the rare kind?
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