Thread: Help identify/find a wheel

Tweet

Anybody know anything about the wheel in the pic? I need to find another one of these wheels and trying to find out who made them has been tough. It has a load rating and a DOT number along with the logo like the one I created in the first pic that is on the back of the wheel. Does anyone recognize the symbol? Any info would be appreciated.

Jeff

They are from the late 80s to the 90s. we called them directionals.We have a set of them at a buddys shop, but i dont remember what brand name they were.They were made by the company that made the outlaw and outlaw II wheels.I want to say american racing but im not positive.I have some old hot rods magazines, ill dig them out and see what brand they were if i can find the magazines.

I had a set of those. They came on my 86 Buick GN. I've seen them called TelStars which you'd think they'd maybe be a Weld wheel like the ProStars. But I've never seen them in the Weld line that I remember. I think Summit used to sell these as a house brand too. I replaced them with a stock set of GN wheels. Mine even had a tri blade spinner on the bearing cups. I agree they do resemble the American/Centerline rivit rim wheels. What size and bolt pattern do you need? Every so often I see a set for sale on CL.

I'd look at Eagle Alloys or possibly Prime. Prime was a heavy distributor back in the 80s and early 90s. Western Wheels would be my other guess, but I think they were out of the game by then.

The symbol you posted, I just don't recognise at all.

I searched 70 pages of summits catalog,, this is the only wheel that came close
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/USW-26-5850/?rtype=10

In the 80's those wheels were on everything,, surely there are some still around,,

good luck

There's a set of those on a truck in our junkyard..I think they are 14X7 s with a 4.5 on 5 pattern

here in texas we called them sawblades, left wheel cutouts different than right.

john