New Wheels

[Firebirdjones]

Here is a shot of my 70 formy with body color wheels and dog dishes. That's the way it was done back then, and would be an interesting difference from the norm on a blazer to do this. Something to think about. Really odd ball color combos was not all that unusual back then, I have a couple other muscle cars here that have odd factory color combos. Makes them a real eye catcher nowadays among the sea of black and red cars that pepper a car show.
One in particular is red with a black top, black interior, and white stripes. The other is green with white interior and black stripes. Both are original paint unrestored cars.

[nicosorange]

finished - with caps...

[Tbruz]

Love the look and I am trying to locate wheels and caps as I write this.
I have a line on three rims and am looking for the dog dish caps.
Can you verify the stock backspace; is it 3.5"?
Thanks for the inspiration!
Tbruz

[nicosorange]

Thanks. Not sure on backspace but will check and get back to you...

[Southcity]

Nicosorange - that looks awesome! a job well done and imho, just the way a proper Blazer should look. Please post more pics if possible.

[viking427]

GM's color code of the "white" paint used would be helpful too. There must be 50 shades of "white" and 4 shades of sheen (flat, eggshell, satin, gloss). The 69-72 Blazer dog dish caps are out there, but nice examples are getting pretty tough to find. Nice full wheel covers are even getting tough to find.

[MrGoodpliers]

Hey, Tbruz, I sent you a pm.

[Tbruz]

Done,
Finally got the wheels refinished and the tires mounted, Not sure if I will mount the dog dishes though, I like the steelie look.
Tbruz

[nicosorange]

great look. nicely done.

[Southcity]

Originally Posted by nicosorange

great look. nicely done.

x2 - love the color combo on your Blazer, are you able to provide info on your wheel & tire setup, sizes, brand etc.

[Tbruz]

I was originally looking for "Old School" stock rubber, L78-15 trying to match the one never used Uniroyal Snowplow tire I have as a spare.
Looked at a bunch of Traxion and other old school tires; found them too aggressive in tread. I finally settling on Firestone Trans Force AT LT235 75R15 mounted on stock Kelsey Hayes 15x6 rims.
Still getting used to the look versus the truck ralleys I had on it, but I like it!
Tbruz

[Southcity]

You nailed it, I prefer this wheel/tire combo to the other setup you used have.

[Tbruz]

Dog Dish look won me over!

[71swb4x4]

Wow that is a sharp Blazer!!

[Big Block]

Originally Posted by Tbruz

Dog Dish look won me over!

It really looks good with the stock wheels and dog dish caps. I actually like it better than the rally wheels. Very nice looking Blazer.

[Firebirdjones]

Always a good look. I had a set of 5 15x6's for the longest time, couldn't fine a set of dog dish caps that were nice enough so I never put the wheels on.

Then I started leaning towards 15x8 wheels instead and figured if I were to do it, the 8's are what I'd use, so I sold the 15x6's. Never found any 8" wheels either so I just gave up on the whole idea

Looks good Tbruz

[Tbruz]

Thanks.
I feel like I hijacked this thread from Nicosorange but once I saw his setup I knew I had to set mine up similarly: took almost a year to get it all pulled together.

The rears caps are really not in very good shape but they'll do until I can find a better set.

Now the Ralleye rim/tire set is for sale.
Also anyone close by in NH can have my spare set of stock 15x6 rims for free if they want to go "stock look".
Tbruz

[nicosorange]

No worries Tony, glad I could help with the inspiration. Your truck looks awesome.
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[tp85]

where are you guys buying the dog dish caps?

Originally Posted by Tbruz

Dog Dish look won me over!

[Firebirdjones]

Where ever you can find them. These trucks never led glorified lives so it's tough to find a really nice set.

[nicosorange]

I found 2 really good sets on ebay. You can also find great sets availible on this site.

[Firebirdjones]

Nico, if you come accross a really nice set you want to let go of give me a shout. I'll swing by.

[Senorx]

I know this is an old thread, but plenty of good info on Steelies. Did anybody ever verify the backspacing? Was there different versions with different backspacings?

[Moreyel]

One of the cooler things about this site is everyone's willingness to express their opinions. My 72 came with those ugly white spokers. I opted for the black aluminums. The only way I would go with the steelies would be if I was trying to get the original stock look. Granted, some of em look good, but I like different.

I think 67-72's Aluminum's look great.