http://www.hardcoretires.com The Home of Hard Core Tires, Information and More! Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:13:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many 17 inch and larger wheels give a good view of your brake calipers. That's not always preferred, especially if your calipers are plain or just ugly. One thing you can do is upgrade to an aftermarket set of performance brakes, which can have painted or powder coated bodies. These ... http://www.hardcoretires.com/88/big-brakes-big-wheels-and-big-calipers/ So you're trying to choose the right wheels for your car. It's hard to visualize what will look good. 15 inch or 17 inch? Staggered front to rear sizes? What style of racing wheels should you choose? There are a lot of questions. We all know wheels are expensive and ... http://www.hardcoretires.com/87/racing-wheels/ Lowering the back of a truck is almost always easier than lowering the front. With a typical straight rear axle, you can get lowering kits to get the truck down in the weeds. Swing hangers and more radical suspension changes will get you there. You can also flip the axle ... http://www.hardcoretires.com/86/bell-tech-rear-axle-flip-kits-c-section-kits/ This weeks wheel of the week is a little different. Steering Wheels are just as important to a car owner for looks. If you drive your car, you spend more time in front of the steering wheel than you do at the side of your car. We'll give the nod ... http://www.hardcoretires.com/85/steering-wheel-of-the-week-billet-specialties-psycho/ Mr. Lugnut makes a wide range of replacement lug nuts that you can use on your stock OEM rims or aftermarket types. Lug nut thread sizes range from Metric to SAE. Styles include closed end and open end; Mag lug nuts for flat flanges; Conical style lug nuts; Safety lug ... http://www.hardcoretires.com/84/every-kind-of-lug-nut-you-could-ever-need/ No question - American Racing designs and builds some sweet rims. This week's wheel of the week is the Cartel. The Cartel is a modern star shaped design with 8 main spokes. Each spoke is split into 2. Technically it's a 16 spoked star design. Available in 17, 18, 20 ... http://www.hardcoretires.com/83/american-racing-cartel-chrome-wheel-is-the-wheel-of-the-week/ Purchase a set of Dick Cepek Torque Wheels by June 15th, 2010 and get a rebate. Hey - That's tomorrow!!!!! http://www.hardcoretires.com/82/last-chance-dick-cepek-torque-wheels-rebate/ Visit Mickey Thompson's website for exact information on this rebate. Purchase a set of two 26-Inch, 28-Inch, or 29.5-Inch ET Drag tires for the rebate. If you also purchase two ET Front tires on the same invoice as the qualifying 2 ET Drag tires, you will receive an additional rebate. http://www.hardcoretires.com/81/last-chance-mickey-thompson-rebate-offer-on-drag-tires/ Cragar Chrome 600C Series S/S FWD is a new wheel with an old heritage. Coming from the same company that made the Cragar S/S, the new 600 C Series is a great new updated version of the classic wheel. http://www.hardcoretires.com/80/cragar-600c-series-ss-fwd-chrome/ Mickey Thompson has a sale page of clearance items and closeouts that you might want to check out every so often. I don't know how often it's updated, but there are some good deals on the page. http://www.hardcoretires.com/79/mickey-thompson-sale-page/