Hi



not long ago i bought a 97 cadillac eldorado and i love it.

now i'm looking into buying some nice rims for the car. i really want to get 19" or 18" wire spokes but the only ones i found were on e-bay and on this other wierd website and they were around $500 for all 4, is this normal? regular billet rimms are $1200 to $2500 for some nice ones. should wire spoke rimms cost that much or are they going to fall apart when i hit a little bump on the highway? and i want to know if there is really a big difference between rwd and fwd drive rimms besides the offset? :banghead:
here some of the links to the wire spoke rimms i found:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2461789103&category=43958 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2461789103&category=43958)



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2463270815&category=6755 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2463270815&category=6755)


http://crite2000.zoovy.com/product/WW1005

Thanks for any help!

IMO spokes on any late model Caddy don't go well.... and defintily that big....

If you buy any of those wheels you will have problems. Buy Player or Dayton wheels 18” 100 spokes will run you about 250-300 a wheel. You will need a FWD offset most ebay auctions do not sell tem because they cost about 75$ more a wheel the RWD or STD. Where do you live? I have a set of 18” 100 spokes with adapters and custom engraved spinners with the Cadillac emblem cost $350 Michalin 245/45/18 tires that are almost new that I will sell for $1700 and a set of 16” 100 spoke Dayton’s with Vogue 225/60/16 tires in very good condition for $900. Now I have 20” Diablo Maximums wheels with 245/35/20 Nittos on my Eldorado.

http://cadillacforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1204
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Thanks.
Why are u selling your rims? would u recomend buying wirespokes at all? where did u get the ground effects? and one more question, does the ride get notisably stiffer when u put the 20" rims with the 245/35 tires? if the picture u have in attached thumbnails is with the 20" rims i might get 20" wirespokes or the 19" billet rims i wanted to get.

btw, i live in Brooklyn, New York.

I really like wire wheels but they are a pain to clean, I had the 18's and wanted some thing bigger and got a good deal on the 20's. If I were you i would get 20" 150 spoke Player wheels with 245/35/20. The ride is a little ruffer by my 98 ETC with the 20's still feels smother then my dads 2001 ETC. I got the body kit from sleepyvalley.com

Havent you guys ever used dayton wire wheel cleaner spray on, pressure wash off they will look like new.

Pat, that's a phat ass Eldo, bro. I got a question for you or LOWCOS. How often do you have to balance wire wheels, and how much does it cost?

97 Eldo, I'd do sport wheels, not wire wheels. 5 spoke and no bigger than 18, maybe 19.

Pat, that's a phat ass Eldo, bro. I got a question for you or LOWCOS. How often do you have to balance wire wheels, and how much does it cost?I have only balanced them once last year when I got them, It was free mounting My friend owns a lowrider shop.

shadow-:worship: your car is awesome, i want one. i'm do for a different vehicle in August. how much should i be looking at for an eldo around that year?


lowcos-car is pimpin, brah:coolgleam


pat-your car is phat, same color as mine!;)

I got my 97 ETC for $7,100 and it had 68,254 miles on it. The only thing that was wrong with it was the driver's side window (it didn't open or close) but i got that out of the way really cheap.

Vogue has some nice rims www.vogue-tyre.com (http://www.vogue-tyre.com)

Or some DTS rims