Anyone w. Coys C5 15" on AlertK 69 Dart? Need Help!
Thanks Abody Joe! I will say that months ago when i searched for pictures your Dart was the 1 Dart that first made me consider the 17" rims. I'd love to go BBP in the rear and in fact that was the plan - it's just that the shop I have it at currently has bent me over a barrell big time. They do good work, but they build cars for rich and famous people that apparently just pay invoices and haven't done the work themselves so they don't know how long it should take. The last straw, which has resulted in me pulling the car, is over $3K in labor to hang a TTi exhaust and 8 hours of brake bleeding...at $85 an hour. The work is top notch but frankly those hours are beyond ridiculous and well over verbal estimates of the work. I essentially made the decision to have a very good shop finish the car and paid the price for doing a pay for the hour program (which is all they do). Based on my five months and triple the estimate invoices I'm currently staring at I can pretty much guarantee I'd be paying $1500 to put BBP axles in. I was going to have the shop just put the wheels/tires on so I could drive it when I pay the bill - and I'm moving from CA to MI next week so I wanted it done - but the more I think about it I may just have it shipped to MI with the shop rollers on it then swap out axles and do the measurements myself once I'm settled - I just worry I won't be able to make the Woodward Dream Cruise this year, which was my goal the whole time! Luckily the 17" rims and tires are plentiful so lead times may be null. Making rash decisions based on tight timelines and busy life circumstances can lead to poor results. I may just tackle this in MI when I can put my own hands on the car. If I make the cruise then great - if not, oh well.
Here's some pics of the car. Thinking of gun metal or black rims with the bright lip on the wheel. The stripe and hood scoop are a gloss black, not flat black, so I think gloss black spokes would match well or a gun metal to mimick the paint would work well. If I go 17" I do not want to go bright chrome or posished Aluminum - I think that might over emphasize the wheels and make them look too big - I'm trying to avoid stepping at all into the "ghetto sled" arena.