Changing Your Dodge Challenger Wheels is the Easiest Form of Personalization
Dodge Challenger has a ton of factory wheel options and even more in the aftermarket.
Over the past five years, Dodge Challenger sales have reached a series of modern records. That is good for FCA and for Mopar fans, and it is great to see so many modern muscle cars packing Hemi power cruising the streets. The downside is that if you have a modern Challenger, you might find that you are beginning to blend in with the crowd. While there are many trim levels and packages, in the end, the current Dodge coupe doesn’t look all that different from one model to the next.
The fact that your neighbor has a Challenger that looks just like yours might lead you to seek out customization options. When you begin the modifying route, the easiest step – and the first step for many people – is changing the wheels. There are many websites where you can shop for new wheels, but one outlet that has a great spread that ranges from factory reproductions to unique aftermarket designs is AmericanMuscle.com.
While window-shopping for wheels for my 2017 Hellcat Challenger, which has stock wheels and looks like many other Dodge muscle cars on the street, I came across the American Muscle website. It has one of the biggest spreads of factory and aftermarket wheels, with options for everyone. Whether you want the factory look on an older model, a wild design that will draw attention at a car show or lightweight wheels for your drag radials, this site has them.
The Factory Challenger Look
The Dodge Challenger has been offered with many different wheel options since being refreshed for the 2015 model year. The introduction of the Scat Pack and Hellcat models brought about several sporty, new wheel designs. It didn’t take long before owners of other models were buying take-off wheels from the Hellcat or Scat Pack, and since the wheels on the pre-2015 refresh have the same bolt pattern, these new wheels fit all modern models.
The one problem with OEM wheels is that they are crazy-expensive. If you have a pre-2015 model or a newer SXT or R/T and you want the original Hellcat wheel, you could order them from a dealership, but you will pay upwards of $800 per wheel. You can hunt around and find reconditioned factory wheels in the $500 range, but that is still a hefty price for used wheels. The best way to get Hellcat or Scat Pack wheels – or any OEM wheel – is to find a private seller who has a set that they removed and want to get out of their garage. Unfortunately, finding a set of wheels in that situation in your area can be tough.
Fortunately, the American Muscle website has a variety of factory wheels, including the early Hellcat and Scat Pack designs. In fact, the site has several different modern wheels, often in different sizes and colors. For example, they have the original Hellcat wheels in factory-look black for just $199 per wheel, but if you want your rear wheels to be a bit wider, they also have a 10-inch-wide version for $229. These 20-by-10-inch wheels are great for those who want to run a 305-wide rear tire. They also have those original Hellcat wheels in chrome, black chrome, bronze, silver and a few other colors, in addition to a machined finish option.
Along the same lines, American Muscle offers a Demon-style wheel, the 1320-style wheel, the Redeye-style wheel and several different designs from modern Scat Pack cars, all in multiple colors and sizes. Also, while there were fewer options in the 2008-through-2014 era, this website has factory wheel options in those styles as well. Every wheel is markedly less costly than the actual OEM option, even in used form.
Best of all, when you provide information about your car, including the color, many of the wheel options are shown on a Challenger in your color. That provides a great idea of what the different wheel colors look like against your exterior paint.
Full Custom Look
If you want to get completely away from the factory look, American Muscle has loads of options in that area as well. With brands like Foose, Asanti and Niche offering a variety of 20- and 22-inch wheels for the Dodge Challenger, just about every owner seeking the custom look will find something that they like. Whether the owner prefers a classic thick spoke, five-star design in chrome or a more modern, thin-spoke design in black with a polished lip, there are many options. There are even 17-inch Race Star wheels for those drag racers looking to run a smaller drag radial at the track.
Some of the aftermarket wheel options offer some resemblance to a factory design while others are clearly a custom layout. In every case, the wheels on this website are considerably less expensive than any OEM wheels and shipping is free.
Whether you are replacing a factory wheel, looking to add a factory wheel from another trim level or looking to get a completely unique look for your Dodge Challenger, AmericanMuscle.com is a great place to start your hunt. Click here to check out their Challenger wheel options.
Photos: Challenger images for Dodge Forum by Patrick Rall
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