Are these factory rims?

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Are these factory rims?

November 16, 2004, 05:40:07 PM

http://www.motorheadtrader.com/userpics/MH110903181153A.JPG

Found some rims for sale wanting to know if they are factory or aftermarket.

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #1 – November 16, 2004, 06:03:34 PM

factory to what? think I might have seen something like that on the late 70's early 80's pintos, and mustangs. Maybe the cobra or rally versions

will flip throught the brochures and see what I can find.

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #2 – November 16, 2004, 06:31:11 PM

Those are a BBS-style wheel. Pretty rare and very desirable. Not sure what, if anything, they came stock on.

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #3 – November 16, 2004, 06:41:43 PM

I was thinking they were an einkie wheel, but BBS sounds to be a possibility too.

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Reply #4 – November 16, 2004, 06:48:35 PM

Here is the original ad for them.

1987 - thunderbird and mustang
09/09/2004 - OR - For Sale - A set of new summit p225/60r15 tires on gold keystone mags. These are 4 lug FORD. They came off my sisters one owner Thunderbird and have less than 500 miles on them. make offer -

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #5 – November 16, 2004, 07:19:16 PM

They're not factory on a T-Bird, but they did come on Saleen Mustangs. Very nice wheels

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Reply #6 – November 16, 2004, 11:06:39 PM

How about Cragar Keystone Klassic aftermarket wheels?

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Reply #7 – November 17, 2004, 02:35:08 PM

I like the cragar keystone klassic's. I really want to do the five lug swap so I can get a set of those.

Jim

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #8 – November 17, 2004, 04:01:47 PM

Those look like those Australian aftermarket wheels. I've never seen that crown logo on a centercap before.

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Reply #9 – November 17, 2004, 07:24:57 PM

Saleen mustangs got the ARE's, those arnt ARE's, but i dont know what they are, they almost look like the early (somewhere in 79-82ish) stang wheels when they had the cobra or GT or similar model

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #10 – November 17, 2004, 07:40:55 PM

Was it the "King Cobra" you were thinking of? I think they used that name from the end of the Mustang II thru the beginning of the Fox.

http://www.phoenixgraphix.com/ford/sk702.htm?

(the graphics are butt-ugly)

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #11 – November 18, 2004, 01:37:04 AM

Only other factory Mesh rims I can think of was the ASC Mclaren Capri and stang. However there mesh rim dosen't quite look like the one posted.

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #12 – November 18, 2004, 02:20:12 AM

King Cobra looks like it has bigger center caps.

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Reply #13 – November 18, 2004, 02:24:53 AM

Yeah, it's not an ASC McLaren wheel either:

Re: Are these factory rims?

Reply #14 – November 18, 2004, 10:52:32 AM

We have to solve this or it's going to drive me nuts.
Did anybody see "Mad Max" or "The Road Warrior?" Some of the cars in those movies are all modded out, and I swear I've seen those wheels before.