Guest Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Can anybody tell me were i can get updated rims ,,or size ? for 1949 buick Super ,, I am looking to go to new radials,, but would like to keep my wide whites on the rims i have now,, i am looking for a rim that i can replace the orignals ,, any help would be appreciated ,,Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Rawling Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 I am using the origional 1950 rims on my 1950 Roadmaster with steel belted radials and have not had any problems. <P>I heard that you had to shot peen the rims to make them servicable with radials but I already had gone through one set of radial tires and was half way throught the second set with no problems so I just left them on the car. I drive the car every day and use it on the freeway at 65 mph. I expect that if there was going to be failure, it would have happened by now. <P>Are 49 rims made the same as 50 rims?<P>I put radial tire tubes in my radials because the rim may not be air tight as on rims made for radial tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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