Is anybody running the hurricane bolt on wheels that look like original halibrand knock offs. If so i would love to see some pictures of them mounted on the car.
Here is what i am talking about.
Thanks so much!
http://www.hurricane-motorsports.com/wheels.jsp
Fake Knock Offs.... ;D
I don't have any pictures, or know anyone that is using them on their Huirricane except for the 98 car that Mike at Hurricane drives. I inspected the wheels and thought they were "real knock offs". The 98 car has the centers painted white and the outer rims are chrome, they look great.
Ask Mike at Hurricane to send you some pictures of the wheels. ;)
Best Regards, Bill
Hey Chris.
I think Mike W Has them on his car.
He has posted pictures of his wheels and tires on the second page of the Build Pictures section.
They look OK. They are steel rims with plastic/fiberglass covers. They should be fine with the standard brakes/hubs. If you upgrade to the wilwoods, I would recommend aluminum wheels. The wilwood front hub assemblies need an adapter to use steel rims.
Just one more thing to think about!
Regards,
Evan
someone came by my shop with a shell valley with team III wheels they look like halibrants with spiners in the middle and flanges thet cover the lug nuts they also had that old time rough cast look webbing
I would call bob from vintage wheels and speak with him see what kind of deals he has going
Bobby
I actually have the Team III wheels. I went for the bolt on type to be able to acurately torque them for track use.
See my build thread for pictures. They take awhile, and are not cheap. But, they are beautiful pieces.
Evan
I have the wheels with the fiberglass inserts, and I am having trouble getting wheels that are in good shape. I have had 3 sets now and all of them have been unsatisfactory. The chrome has pits or nicks in them and the edges of the rims are all beat up. It looks like the manufacturer needs to get his act together. I don't know, I might be too picky, but I think that they should not have dents and goughes in the edge of the rims. My Goodyear dealer said that he would not mount tires on them.
Any thoughts?
Hurricane is thrying to get this right for me.
Trainer7620
George Daulton
HM108
George, I have the wheels with the fiberglass inserts as well. The only problem I had with the wheels was that one of the rear wheels had a bent rim, but it looked like the shipper (UPS I think) may have hit it with a fork truck. Hurricane sent a new right away and it was fine. Sorry to hear you're have difficulties.
Sam
1076
My front inserts will not fit into the rims....has anyone else had this problem....I have sanded down the edges (as suggested by HM) and they dont fit for s**T. There are large gaps between the insert and the rim. The rear ones fit fine.
Chris
Hi Sam,
Yeah, it has been frustrating to say the least. Hurricane has been great about working on it for me. I am ssure they will get it corrected . It is hard to tell if the problem is handling in shipping or poor product from the manufacturer. (?) They have been delivered in single one layer cardboard boxes and the wheels have cut right through the cardboard. They need to be packed a little better form the supplier.
Glad to hear that yours are OK. I'm sure mine will be.
Thanks,
George
HM1108
Chris, I haven't tried that yet, but I will tonight and let you know.
George
Chris, I tried my front inserts and they seem to fit OK. Now if I can just get some decent wheels.
George
Chris,
The front set of fiberglass inserts for your wheels should be smaller than the back. Mine fit ok!!
It almost sounds like they gave you two sets of back ones. Did your front ones have a sticker on them that said Front ?
they are the same size...2 labeled front...2 labeled rear.
I will send the fronts back.
Thanks Guys
Chris
I'm having the same problem the fronts don't fit right, will double check to see if they are the same front and back. The problem is, they are to wide and over hang the wheel.
Sounds like your having the same issue.
Keep me posted.
Thanks Randy
Another one.
I would love to see a pic of the 98 car with the centers painted white!!!!
Does anybody have some Pictures??
What you typically find on the fronts is there is most likely a high spot keeping the center from going deeper into the wheel. If you can find the high spot and sand it down a little, they slide inside the wheels very nicely. We just fit a set for a turn key car and had to massage the fronts a little and now they fit great. Hope this helps.
Mike
Mike,
I have tried it with the fronts and it doesnt work...I have sanded them down to the point where they almost have holes in the fiberglass. Are the fronts and the back different sizes???
Chris
I purchased the fiberglass insert wheels that you're talking about from Hurricane, painted the glass inserts with Rust-Oleum brilliant metallic finish after carefully preping them, " bodywork", and my car nut friends ask me if they are real knockoffs. Some of these people are professional wrenches and can't tell from less than six feet away. The fiberglass inserts are a little crude as delivered, but can be fixed with a little minor sanding, filling, priming and painting. I would buy them again because of the relatively low price.
Jim Koepke
HM1085
Jim, can you post a picture of the side view with the wheels on. I ordered 'em too and now I'm uneasy about the lot as I still don't have 'em here yet. Ken
Does anyone know the size of the tires required for the wheels with the fake knock offs?
:) Front 235 60 15, Back 295 50 15 They look great on the rims and on the car!!
Thanks Mike!
I ordered 245/60/15's for the front, 295/50/15's Avid S/T for my wheels. I had heard you could go with 315's for the rear. There are many discussions here on the site re. tires and wheels. Use the search engine to find them, also check out the manufacture's sites to check tire ht. so you don't end up with a cartoon car.
There is a easy fix, look at my build HM 1106.
They fit perfect :)
Hi Guys,
My front wheel fiberglass centers do not go all the way in either. They sit on top of the chrome allen head bolts that rim the steel wheel. It appears that if these bolts were not present the insert would fit right in. Looking at the pictures in this thread I did not notice any of these allen head bolts, did you remove them or do I have a different type of wheel? I guess it would be no big deal to remove them as long as they decorative only.
thanks,
moe
Moe, my rims came with no screws installed, take them out.
Good luck, mine took some work but I am happy with them.
Randy
Thanks Randy,
I'll take them out this weekend and let you know how it turns out.
Moe
They booby-trapped me! They weren't bolt's at all, they were chrome plated plastic plugs. Pulled them out with pliers and everything fits much better. Still require some sanding, etc., but they will look good when complete.
Moe