Classic alloy wheel designs
Discussion
ajprice said:
antipodes40 said:
Muddle238 said:
Bobtherallyfan said:
It must be just me, but I’ve never liked these wheels. They’re ok on a classic Mini but look out of place on anything else IMO. I have a Golf R, and covet a set of VW's Pretoria wheels.
The down side is that they appear to be made of chocolate, and I live in a land of many potholes.
In my younger days I had a set of Wolfrace Slot Mags on a VW Beetle. Spent more time polishing the things to get rid of the surface corrosion than I did driving the car.
Still looked cool, though.
Despite searching Google for a representative image, you're just going to have to use your imaginations.
When I was little, there was an XJ12C parked on my street with Wolf Race Slots, " I'm going to have one of those when I grow up" I told my mates, mind you, I also said that about a bright yellow Avenger Tiger with Rostyles and rear window louvres
When I was little, there was an XJ12C parked on my street with Wolf Race Slots, " I'm going to have one of those when I grow up" I told my mates, mind you, I also said that about a bright yellow Avenger Tiger with Rostyles and rear window louvres
radovich said:
Back in the day I had Turbo Vecs on my dark blue Scimitar SE5 which, in my humble opinion, set off the car nicely. You’ll have to visualise though, as unfortunately the car was stolen before I got round to taking a pic.
Had a set on my Mk1 Escort, they looked fabulous.But not as good as it looked on 15x8 Compomotive CX split rims, after I’d fitted bubble arches.
Every day a journey said:
Yeah, I'm bored. Lockdown huh?
Anyway, inspired by the thread about over engineered cars I got thinking about wheels (no idea why).
Nowdays there are literally dozens of different designs for each model of new car to 'personalise' it (yes MINI, you especially), but if you look back even to fairly recent history there are certain designs where that WAS the choice. Anything changed after that was, in reality, pretty bad taste...
Therefore ladies and gents I have come up with a selection of some rather iconic wheel designs. Feel free to add your favourites...
3. compomotive. Just screams rally car
Some good choices there, but the very heavy and ugly Compo is definitely not one of them. Take a look at the real deal, the Speedline Corse of which the Compo is a crude copy.Anyway, inspired by the thread about over engineered cars I got thinking about wheels (no idea why).
Nowdays there are literally dozens of different designs for each model of new car to 'personalise' it (yes MINI, you especially), but if you look back even to fairly recent history there are certain designs where that WAS the choice. Anything changed after that was, in reality, pretty bad taste...
Therefore ladies and gents I have come up with a selection of some rather iconic wheel designs. Feel free to add your favourites...
3. compomotive. Just screams rally car
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