After-market Wheels ??

[bulldog 1]

In general, these cars tend to come with factory supplied alloys. However there has been some variations,.i.e. Compomotives, Khans, etc..

I'd imagine that price and asthetics are the biggest factors in choosing a certain wheel.

It would be nice for everyone to see a variety of dfferent wheels chosen, so please post some pics.

lets face it, wheels can make or break a car.

[Stig]

I've not been a fan of aftermarket allows on an Ultima - but LS7TANGO's are an exception. They look fabulous on the car:

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

LuckyP's Dymags are awesome, but expensive, and if I'm brutally honest I don't think they 'work' aesthetically on the Ult (sorry Pete! )

[LuckyP]

Stig said:

I've not been a fan of aftermarket allows on an Ultima - but LS7TANGO's are an exception. They look fabulous on the car:

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

LuckyP's Dymags are awesome, but expensive, and if I'm brutally honest I don't think they 'work' aesthetically on the Ult (sorry Pete! )

Ouch!!!

[Captain Slog]

I thought Pete bought them to cut down on revolving mass for Trackday benefit, not looks.
Which was it Pete?

Steve

[LuckyP]

Captain Slog said:

I thought Pete bought them to cut down on revolving mass for Trackday benefit, not looks.
Which was it Pete?

Steve

Both!!

Don't mind Stig, he hasn't our European stylish tastes.

[Stig]

LuckyP said:

Captain Slog said:

I thought Pete bought them to cut down on revolving mass for Trackday benefit, not looks.
Which was it Pete?

Steve

Both!!

Don't mind Stig, he hasn't our European stylish tastes.

[Steve_D]

Will be looking long and hard at any Ultima with black wheels this coming weekend to convince myself I am happy with the look.

I am not a car cleaning type person and trying to keep the wheels looking half decent with little effort has beaten me so am looking at getting them painted or powder coated black/metallic black.
I also need to find some replacement wheel nuts as my second set of replacement factory crap-chrome nuts have rusted through.

Steve

[bluesatin]

If I don't go for Jeff's wheels I am very tempted to get the centers anodized satin black.

[TuxMan]

Got to admit i love the black centers as well !!

[qwick]

How easy is it to get a set of split rims anodised or powder coated? I like the idea of black centres, the chrome wheels are a little shiny for me.

[Scotty-Boy]

Relatively straightforward for powdecoating (and not too expensive either).

[kingb]

Scotty-Boy said:

Relatively straightforward for powdecoating (and not too expensive either).

will powder coat be tough enough

didnt think it was especially resiliant

[mkoch1]

Powder coat will hold up pretty well. If you thinking about coating the stock wheel, just realize the centers is sandwiched between the front and rear sections. I was going to have my centers coated black but I think i would look strange that the black doesn't go all the way out to the edge of the rim. I got a set of kinesis on order from Jeff with black center, should arrive in a couple of weeks.

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