New shoes for the Ty...

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Trevor

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My stock rims are smoked. My truck was a salvage at one time and the wheels are off of wrecked trucks. A Hunter GSP 9700 balancer couldn't come to a decent balance solution for three of the four rims so I get a nice vibe that starts up at 61mph and gets pretty bad by 75. I think the stock rims are part of what makes a Ty a Ty but when I looked at fixing the stockers at $110-$195 each and replacing the worn tires I decided not to do it right now. I went CHEAP on the 18's...I know there are ALOT better rims than these (see the 14.8lb 18x9's on my Stealth) but money was an issue and the Ty is not my ultimate performance vehicle.

Wheels: 18x8 +35mm Enkei CP1's with 5x4.75" bolt pattern. Weighed in at 23 lbs each. $651.96 shipped

Tires: 245/40/18 Kumho Ecsta 712's (At least they're not Hankooks of Sumitomos :p ) $555.92 shipped

Lugs: Mcgard Chrome Splinedrives M12 x 1.50 $81.90 shipped Ouch...

Rear Adapters/Spacers: Skulte 1" $165 shipped Still waiting on these...

I'll post pics once they're on. They should stick out about 0.24" further up front and 0.16" further in the back than stock. Here's a high res pic of the wheel:
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/product/wheels/enkcp1.sm.xl.jpg
 
Loeryder

Loeryder

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Yeah, those are gonna rock.

I can tell you if you paid that much for the lugs you might be pissed when the adapters get there.
In my case the skulte adapters have different threaded studs.
Maybe they have corrected that, or you can pick what studs you want in them.
 
AlaskaTy

AlaskaTy

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I think they look good, can you post some pics of the rims you have on your stealth too...I want to see what some 18lb-ers look like (is your stealth RWD?)
 
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