JPHarr's Fotothing

Before:
http://www.fotothing.com/JPHarr/photo/ca8b801972d216a2d0170eaacffed2de/

Here's my long story: I picked up this set of wheels for $20 at a garage sale. It was a hell of a deal. My plan was to get them sandblasted all shiny and clear-coated, then mount them on the '68 Mercury with a set of whitewall tires. Good plan, right?
So I had them sandblasted and not only painted clearcoat, but powder-coated in clear. It's a more expensive process that bonds better to the metal and provides a tougher exterior finish.
When they were done, they looked like crap. The sand-blasting didn't make them shiny as if they were polished but instead turned the aluminum a dull gray like pewter. Then the dude powder-coated them in clearcoat and sealed that ugly finish in for good.
I had a chat with the dude, decided it was my fault for not knowing exactly what I was purchasing, and then decided to have them powder-coated again, this time in argent silver. And here's how they look today. It's a vast improvement over how they were, but not quite as great as polished aluminum.
Whatever; they look good enough and pretty cool, too. So I was back to my plan of installing them on the Merc with new tires. I pulled off a front wheel from the car and put this wheel on the lug bolts.

But... it didn't fit. The disc brake assembly wouldn't fit inside the wheel. Do you know why? BECAUSE I MEASURED THEM WRONG WHEN I BOUGHT THEM! They are only 14-inch wheels instead of 15-inch wheels!

Here's my short story: Twenty bucks turned into something over three hundred bucks and I have a set of wheels that I cannot use. Anybody need some old-skool Dukes Of Hazzard aluminum fins in size 14 x 7 inches?