Wheels: hot or not?
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CarGeeksWife

Original Poster:

64 posts

177 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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I saw this car yesterday in Northampton & have to ask what it is that drives the owners of cars to put huge blingy wheels on their cars.

Bentley wheels on an A3? Is it just me or is this just really wrong?!!


iva cosworth

44,044 posts

193 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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My standard answer.

Seen worsesmile

HorneyMX5

5,754 posts

180 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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mackie1

8,169 posts

263 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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Seems to be a "thing" in VAG circles. IMO they are too big for that car but I've seen worse!

gaters

1,373 posts

227 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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How the hell does that car turn - surely the car will be continually scrapping the wheel on the underside of the front wing too. It looks ok but is it practical?

kambites

71,499 posts

251 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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Far too big.

P I Staker

3,308 posts

186 months

Friday 4th May 2012
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gaters said:
How the hell does that car turn - surely the car will be continually scrapping the wheel on the underside of the front wing too. It looks ok but is it practical?
Air.

davepoth

29,395 posts

229 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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gaters said:
How the hell does that car turn - surely the car will be continually scrapping the wheel on the underside of the front wing too. It looks ok but is it practical?
No, but it looks cool. biggrin

Working off the assumptions of

1)20 years ago, slow cars had small wheels with high profile tyres, and teetered around on tall suspension
2)fast cars had big wheels with lower profile tyres, and had lower suspension
3)fast cars are cool

The "dub scene" came to the conclusion that

1)Putting big wheels, low profile tyres and low suspension on my car will make it look like a fast car, and therefore cool
2)The bigger the wheels, the lower the profile the tyres, and the lower the suspension, the cooler the car will be
3) Putting an enormous pile of rubbish onto a roof rack of your deliberately rusted late model VW is AWESOME.




skene

2,800 posts

202 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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davepoth said:
Thats rank. But the A3 I really like!

soad

34,663 posts

206 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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kambites said:
Far too big.
Can only agree.

PumpkinSteve

4,250 posts

186 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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davepoth said:
No, but it looks cool. biggrin

Working off the assumptions of

1)20 years ago, slow cars had small wheels with high profile tyres, and teetered around on tall suspension
2)fast cars had big wheels with lower profile tyres, and had lower suspension
3)fast cars are cool

The "dub scene" came to the conclusion that

1)Putting big wheels, low profile tyres and low suspension on my car will make it look like a fast car, and therefore cool
2)The bigger the wheels, the lower the profile the tyres, and the lower the suspension, the cooler the car will be
3) Putting an enormous pile of rubbish onto a roof rack of your deliberately rusted late model VW is AWESOME.

I swear, VW scenesters are the biggest tts going.

tbc

3,017 posts

205 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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putting another brand wheels on your car is the height of stupidity

Baryonyx

18,283 posts

189 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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PumpkinSteve said:
I swear, VW scenesters are the biggest tts going.
+1

A3 looks crap too.

Dave Hedgehog

16,338 posts

234 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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Baryonyx said:
PumpkinSteve said:
I swear, VW scenesters are the biggest tts going.
+1

A3 looks crap too.
no one can fk up a car like a dubber biggrin

Mastodon2

14,327 posts

195 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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Putting wheels from another brand (even a brand from the same corporate family) is totally lame. No one thinks your Bentley is an Audi, no one is impressed that you can afford Bentley wheels - they will more likely think they are stolen.

Mis-matching wheels seems to be a pretty big thing in the DUB community. Aftermarket wheels are a popular mod wherever you go, but you don't see Lancer Evolution owners putting 20" Land Rover wheels on their cars. The mis-matching is as bad as the sizes the DUB boiz choose, often choosing wheels that are far too big for that cars.

XitUp

7,690 posts

234 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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On Wednesday I saw a Ford Focus with Rover wheeltrims on one side and bare steelies on t'other. Not sure what scene it was from.

skene said:
davepoth said:
Thats rank. But the A3 I really like!
I prefer the Golf.

Bloody hell, first time I've said that in a while.

Neilsfirst

567 posts

187 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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tbc said:
putting another brand wheels on your car is the height of stupidity
+1Really messes with the overall look.

Eighteeteewhy

7,259 posts

198 months

Saturday 5th May 2012
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They've been at it for years....