Classic alloy wheel designs

[Evoluzione]

Wheels maketh the car.
Some cars have a wheel that no matter how much you try to break tradition with you'll be different, but never better. The integrale has it's Speedline Corse, the MX5 NC has the Enkei RPF1

[unpc]

Dapster said:

unpc said:

Has there ever been a 3 spoke wheel design that wasn't fugly? I don't recall ever seeing one.

We've had them on here already!

Edited by Dapster on Monday 1st March 22:59

Yes I know but I still think 3 spoke wheels look awful.

[jagfan2]

Trfcok said:

In terms of daily cars I have BMW 403M wheels on my F30 and Roulettes on my mini which are both lovely designs albeit I’m very unimpressed with the way the 403s have corroded!

I do like the 403s, mine are painted silver, but ferric grey is the way forward!

[Charles Sweeney]

1970s Wolfrace. As used on the S1 Lotus Esprit, seen in the Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me".

At the same time the main competitor was Cobra Superslots (Supaslots?) which were quite similar-looking but were a bit flat for me and didn't have the contours and flowing lines of the Wolfrace.

I liked the "space age" design on the 1970s Lotus Elite. I'm guessing they were magnesium as they were extremely light. Alloys used to be known as "mag wheels", guessing that was short for magnesium. Steel is an alloy, so technically a steel wheel is an alloy wheel!

[Noah EV]

juice said:

Sf_Manta said:

Surprised the CH-R from BBS didn't make it on yet.

Excellent choice !

Those were popular.
They made the CSL stand out above the usual M3.

Edited by Noah EV on Thursday 4th March 13:47

[Chewbacca NE]

markymarkthree said:

Dunlop's.



Or Turbo vecs ?

Turbovecs look great on Bedford CF vans

[Chewbacca NE]

Was a big fan of the wheels on a Riviera I once owned

[Sub5]

E36 Contours get a + 1 from me

Alfa Teledials, so iconic and an Alfa trademark. The modern 5 hole ones on the Giulia are probably my favourite wheels at the moment.

The Gold Speedlines from the classic Impreza still do it for me.

[Every day a journey]

jagfan2 said:

Trfcok said:

In terms of daily cars I have BMW 403M wheels on my F30 and Roulettes on my mini which are both lovely designs albeit I’m very unimpressed with the way the 403s have corroded!

I do like the 403s, mine are painted silver, but ferric grey is the way forward!

I'm sure they're very nice and that but the thread is about classic alloy wheel designs. Not ones you have on your run of the mill E/F/G whatever which was the whole point of the thread...

[200Plus Club]

Alfa wheels and some of the copies of classic alfa wheels just look "so right"

[Every day a journey]

200Plus Club said:

Alfa wheels and some of the copies of classic alfa wheels just look "so right"

And THAT is what this thread is about. Not some 403 on an F30 (whatever that is)

Thank you 200Plus Club and a great picture too.

[200Plus Club]

Every day a journey said:

200Plus Club said:

Alfa wheels and some of the copies of classic alfa wheels just look "so right"

And THAT is what this thread is about. Not some 403 on an F30 (whatever that is)

Thank you 200Plus Club and a great picture too.

In fairness that's the Alfaholics car, but thankfully I have one that looks identical too :-)

[GSE]

Great topic!

Opel Commodore B GS/E coupe with Ronal alloys:





Same design used on the MK1 Granada:

[Justin85]

[anonymous-user]

Dapster said:

We've had them on here already!



And this....

Edited by Dapster on Monday 1st March 22:59

Two cars you could take anywhere. Effortlessly cool!

[csd19]

The Vambo said:

unpc said:

Has there ever been a 3 spoke wheel design that wasn't fugly? I don't recall ever seeing one.

These?

Holy st, Project Thunder!!

[Stick Legs]

Justin85 said:

I love Aero-covers on the E35 M5's, so subtle and just right. Especially as the 3.6 M5 has the narrow grille and IMHO is prettier.

They also look like a 518i on white walls.

[Muddle238]

juice said:

Sf_Manta said:

Surprised the CH-R from BBS didn't make it on yet.

Excellent choice !

I knew I’d seen those before somewhere, pretty much identical to MG Rover’s Hairpin design from 2001-05

[radovich]

Charles Sweeney said:

1970s Wolfrace. As used on the S1 Lotus Esprit, seen in the Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me".

At the same time the main competitor was Cobra Superslots (Supaslots?) which were quite similar-looking but were a bit flat for me and didn't have the contours and flowing lines of the Wolfrace.

I liked the "space age" design on the 1970s Lotus Elite. I'm guessing they were magnesium as they were extremely light. Alloys used to be known as "mag wheels", guessing that was short for magnesium. Steel is an alloy, so technically a steel wheel is an alloy wheel!

Cobra Supaslots were the cheaper pretender to Wolfrace dish slot mags. In the late 70s (in the time of John Brown Wheels knocking these out), you could buy new Supaslots for around half to three-quarters of the price of Wolfrace wheels.

[GravelBen]

The instantly recognisable classic Impreza WRX wheel, most iconic in gold:




As mentioned several times the Minilites are up there as a classic style, or the Japanese equivalent RS Watanabe.