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Old 11-04-2003, 07:26 PM
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Wheels on my Nova

Hey guys i have a question about the wheels on my 78 Nova. The picture i posted is of the Cragar super spoke wheels. The wheels on my car look identicle except fo the beadlock screws are black and the center cap doesn't say Cragar. My question is are they stock wheels? When i had the wheels off on the backside they had GM stamped in the back of them and a couple numbers. Thanks for the help. Look in my album at the wheels if you need to.
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Definately NOT a stock wheel for anything that I know of. If anything, the wheels that you have are just a different brand than Cragar. I do know that there were/are several different companies that make wheels that look like that.
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re: Wheels on my Nova

Ok if i got the numbers off of the back could i find out who made them? And why is there GM stamped in the back? oes it not stand for General Motors? Thanks
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re: Wheels on my Nova

Do not know for sure, but it may just mean that it is a GM pattern.
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re: Wheels on my Nova

Novaman...Check thru here and see if you can find them. I would check with American first though. Like Weimer stated...there are a lot of wheel manufacturers that make that style of wheel only they may be slightly different. I had a set on a small Dodge truck I had that was red to match the accents on the truck but can't remember the mfg. Here is the site http://www.performancemarket.com/wheels.htm

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I finally got the piece on the center cap clean and they are Progressive Custom wheels.m But i cant find any websites with mine on there.
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Novaman...Here you go.



Series 99 wheels. Here is the website... Click this litrtle blue text right HERE or right HERE


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Hey thanks Kevin! I have been looking for wheels for the back of my car that are identical to the ones i have now (same company). I wanted some 15x8s for the back (14x6now) and they are 55 bucks each there. So i thank you alot Kevin! Do Novas have a special bolt patern or is it just a standard 5 lug pattern thanks anyon who has helped.

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Standard GM bolt pattern 5 x 4 3/4" Almost everything GM has/had that bolt pattern....
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OK thanks guys for the help. Alright now backspacing and bolt pattern are two different things right. Because for my car i need 5 inch backspacing and the bolt pattern is 5x4-3/4. Does this sound right? Thanks for all the help!
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