Iconic Wheels
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Rex Ironstone

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1,130 posts

220 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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I keep seeing these Subaru XVs all around town and they all seem to have a model specific wheel as below.


That got me to thinking about what models have an iconic wheel that you only associate with that model.

The BMW M1 sprung to mind. Any others?


Monty Python

4,813 posts

227 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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The 5-spoke design fitted to the Ferrari 308/328/Daytona:



E24man

8,142 posts

209 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Alpina wheels, BMW throwing stars and M-Parallels, Golf 'P' Pirelli wheels, the first lambo Countach ellipse wheels; all stunning IMHO

Captain Muppet

8,540 posts

295 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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R33 Skyline GTR wheels - as fitted to every other Nissan just as soon as eBay was invented.

wolves_wanderer

12,956 posts

267 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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juansolo

3,012 posts

308 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Fuchs


Hugo a Gogo

23,437 posts

263 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Face for Radio

1,777 posts

197 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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I'll never forget these wheels from when I was a boy:




Big Fat Fatty

3,315 posts

186 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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BMW have made some really nice wheels for their M cars, these are my favourites.

Vitorio

4,296 posts

173 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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I present to you, a lancia stratos with coffin-spoke wheels


spyder dryver

1,330 posts

246 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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So which cars do you immediately associate with the following?
(Yes, I know one is branded but you should have the answer in your head before you read the logo.)



Dave Hedgehog

16,366 posts

234 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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phone dials smile




Xtriple129

1,173 posts

187 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Saab and Jaguar XJ6?

Jayho

2,428 posts

200 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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On phone so no pics, but the gold alloys on Subaru impreza? They were model specific but I can't remember what model.

Alfa and cloverleaf wheels.

205gti 1.9 wheels.

Steamer

14,188 posts

243 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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ECG1000

399 posts

172 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Surpirsed no one has posted these up yet:

spyder dryver

1,330 posts

246 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Xtriple129 said:
Saab and Jaguar XJ6?
Correct, sir.

B'stard Child

31,151 posts

276 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Again Already :-)

Joe M

865 posts

275 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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TSW Venoms on any chavmobile 15 years ago.

Hartge220

960 posts

227 months

Friday 29th June 2012
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Saab wheels were called Inca alloys iirc