RE: PH Blog: deep dish

[BBS-LM]

[suffolk009]

coolest racing wheels are the lightest. silly question.

[CDP]

It has to be the Bugatti Type 25 where they ran against the accepted practice and put lightweight wheels on while their competitors were trying to make them as heavy as possible:



It helps that wheels were as delicate and beautiful as the car they were fitted to.

[JDMDrifter]

BBS Turbo Fan

That's is all ...

[Scrof]

jaik said:

It has to be these. So many memories of racing my Scalextric version in this Texaco livery as a kid; it was always a bit faster and looser than the Shell one.

+1 - excellent choice sir!

[Wills2]

vtecblack said:

GentlePersuasion said:

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my immediate choice too, look good with/without the centre discs

They are great looking wheels.

[Mr2Mike]

suffolk009 said:

coolest racing wheels are the lightest. silly question.

The wheels on rally cars are not particularly light because they need to be very strong.

[DaveShark]

Beat me to it....

Lordbenny said:

[jimbro1000]

Mr2Mike said:

The wheels on rally cars are not particularly light because they need to be very strong.

The difference between lightweight racing alloys and heavy duty rally wheels is nothing like as much as you think - both are way, way stronger than regular monkey-metal road alloys. Not much to do with the design and so much more to do with the materials.

Technically the best strength to weight ratio was established for Lotus about 40(ish) years ago with the "Y" spoked design.

[specialman]

Wheels on 007's Esprit - epic blingdom

[anniesdad]

Some nice non-race cars on this thread.

[jamespink]

Form and function get my vote, beautiful Porsche Fuchs with Titanium wheel nuts, super light, super strong, sooooo beautiful!

[Reardy Mister]

jaik said:

It has to be these. So many memories of racing my Scalextric version in this Texaco livery as a kid; it was always a bit faster and looser than the Shell one.

Maybe because it was outside the regs. (I didn't know the Scalextric models were that accurate...)

[Shake]

[anonymous-user]

Has to be one of the following for me.

[Switch]

Shake said:

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Watanabe wheels. Nom. I've got a set of dinky 14" Wats from one of my old Cappuccino's to go on a project....

ETA:


I also love both of these sets of wheels (Biased)

The Rostyles Look great in my opinion (yes they're not wires but that's not the point)...
And the Shiny Steelies on the rail aren't too bad either (deep dish on the back end)

Edited by Switch on Monday 11th February 14:06

[Prof Prolapse]

Lordbenny said:

How long before someone posts a pic of a Ronal Teddy Bear?

In the mean time......

This belongs in the bad parking thread.

[topalwaysdown]

It has to be Peugeot's Speedline SL434 for me...



Not that I'm biased



I like the alternative 405 Pikes Peak wheels too

[mk1chopper]

alfa romeo gtv on 17inc teledials, bmw E46 m3 CSL alloys, bmw e36 328i sport BBS split rims

[DanS]

http://www.favcars.com/wallpapers-lister-jaguar-xj...

lister XJS...