What do you think of these rims on my car?

[Esceptico]

The phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" comes to mind...

Your money though.

[funkyrobot]

Where are the penis alloys when you need them?

[cbmotorsport]

Esceptico said:

The phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" comes to mind...

Your money though.

You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter

[Tom22562]

cbmotorsport said:

Esceptico said:

The phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" comes to mind...

Your money though.

You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter

Bit of topic but I'm slightly curious to what your first car was?

[brrapp]

My wife had an Ibiza Sportrider, with the stupid 17 inch low profile OE wheels, naturally all chipped and scraped and which gave a terrible ride on bumpy country roads.
I managed to swap them for a brand new set of OE 14inch steel wheels and tyres from a big standard Polo. Improved the car no end, and I believe the boy racer Polo driver was happy too...idiot.

[Bennet]

Get some steel wheels with a nice high profile tyre and paint them silver.
It will stand out from the crowd and will probably ride better. Cheap tyres too.

[Triumph Man]

If it's your first car, I would suggest that your insurance is quite high, and these wheels would count as a modification which would probably increase it some more. Why not refurbish the ones that are already on it?

[Tom22562]

Triumph Man said:

If it's your first car, I would suggest that your insurance is quite high, and these wheels would count as a modification which would probably increase it some more. Why not refurbish the ones that are already on it?

Insurance was already notified of the change. They're beyond the state of repair

[pmfinch]

brrapp said:

My wife had an Ibiza Sportrider, with the stupid 17 inch low profile OE wheels, naturally all chipped and scraped and which gave a terrible ride on bumpy country roads.
I managed to swap them for a brand new set of OE 14inch steel wheels and tyres from a big standard Polo. Improved the car no end, and I believe the boy racer Polo driver was happy too...idiot.

So, you 'swapped' a set of 17" alloy wheels and presumably low profile tyres for a set of 14" steel wheels/tyres and you call the other person an idiot?

[hooblah]

pmfinch said:

So, you 'swapped' a set of 17" alloy wheels and presumably low profile tyres for a set of 14" steel wheels/tyres and you call the other person an idiot?

Haha.

[Esceptico]

Tom22562 said:

cbmotorsport said:

Esceptico said:

The phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" comes to mind...

Your money though.

You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter

Bit of topic but I'm slightly curious to what your first car was?

Nissan Micra. Bog standard. 3 years old when I bought it (paid cash). It was ugly. It was slow. I still liked it as it was my first car. Probably the car we kept the longest as I passed it onto my wife and bought something better (a Mazda - so long back I am not sure what the model was called. Had a two litre engine so felt like a rocket ship next to the Micra). I didn't try to make it look better though. Didn't see the point. Saved for 5 years and bought myself a 944 Turbo.

[Ultrafunkula]

OP, you forgot the first rule of PH - never ask for an opinion on PH.

For what it's worth, I prefer the second ones.

[Triumph Man]

pmfinch said:

brrapp said:

My wife had an Ibiza Sportrider, with the stupid 17 inch low profile OE wheels, naturally all chipped and scraped and which gave a terrible ride on bumpy country roads.
I managed to swap them for a brand new set of OE 14inch steel wheels and tyres from a big standard Polo. Improved the car no end, and I believe the boy racer Polo driver was happy too...idiot.

So, you 'swapped' a set of 17" alloy wheels and presumably low profile tyres for a set of 14" steel wheels/tyres and you call the other person an idiot?

I swapped a set of BMW Style 49 17" wheels for a set of 15" OEM cross spokes. They looked more in keeping, and stopped the dreaded "shimmy", and it rode better generally.

[shakotan]

JordanM200 said:

Get those original ones refurbed gloss black if you're gonna stay with 17's?

Gloss black wheels look tacky as hell.

[JordanM200]

shakotan said:

Gloss black wheels look tacky as hell.

Maybe, but the OP obviously likes gloss black as both of the links were gloss black alloys (or black at least!)

[MyVTECGoesBwaaah]

Team Dynamics Pro Race look good on a wide range of cars.

[Tom22562]

Any more suggestions for silver/gunmetal alloys for the ibiza that you think would look good?

[pti]

MyVTECGoesBwaaah said:

Team Dynamics Pro Race look good on a wide range of cars.

got them on my Clio (as have many, many others), simple, light, and look pretty good.

[grumpyscot]

Maybe have a look at this thread while you're at it
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[pti]

grumpyscot said:

Maybe have a look at this thread while you're at it
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

OP said:

Insurance was already notified of the change

Twice.