I know i shouldnt like these wheels on a ferrari but........
I know i shouldnt like these wheels on a ferrari but........
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i remember

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3,296 posts

208 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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Randomly surfing the net as you do, come across an album from a supercar meet in the u.s. Some nice stuff there, but this caught my eye

Ferrari 512BB cloud9




Now i'd normally slate loads of aftermarket wheels, only a rare occasion that i would say they BETTER the look of the car. Now i dont think these better them but then again at the same time they dont look terrible?

I know the sizing is different to the original wheels, and i like the look of the originals




Am i the only one to agree that these are not bad?


Just a couple others from the meet aswell





Then there is the truly atrocious


shoot

soad

34,319 posts

198 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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The ones in the first pic do stand out= not sure if that's good or bad thing though.

Blinged out chrome ones are a mess.

andyscole

205 posts

233 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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Tooooo big!!

MrPickle

139 posts

186 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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The first pic is quite funny, All got the same wheels apart from the end one. Same wheels but 3" larger.

Dont know if I like them on that tbh.. Just a bit too big?


Does the owner have even bigger moustache and hawaiian shirt


rossyIIa

290 posts

227 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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andyscole said:
Tooooo big!!
+1


Also it's amazing how the discs on that Vette don't need callipers!

legturbo

130 posts

224 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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i actually quite like the BB with those wheels, its weird but good!

the 'vette though??! that is truly awful!!

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

239 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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i remember said:
Randomly surfing the net as you do, come across an album from a supercar meet in the u.s. Some nice stuff there, but this caught my eye

Ferrari 512BB cloud9



Now i'd normally slate loads of aftermarket wheels, only a rare occasion that i would say they BETTER the look of the car. Now i dont think these better them but then again at the same time they dont look terrible?
Yes they look terrible and would indicate that not only has the person who put them on the car got no taste, they also have little understanding in the role that tyres play, not only in the handling of a car, but also in ride comfort

LukeBird

17,170 posts

231 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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That BB looks dreadful...!

FranKinFezza

1,073 posts

201 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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AndrewW-G said:
Yes they look terrible and would indicate that not only has the person who put them on the car got no taste, they also have little understanding in the role that tyres play, not only in the handling of a car, but also in ride comfort
^this^

The owner should be taken round the back and beaten repeatedly with a thorny stick
curse

and as for that Vettehurl NOT pretty

To the (modders) For the love of (insert deity here)
Buy a feking car you LIKE the look of
stop buggering up the ones the rest of us love AS THEY ARE furiousragesmashpunchranting


and breathe.

southpaw

5,999 posts

247 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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Im confsed by the headlights on the Vette under the bonnet...they're pointing backwards?!?

W00DY

16,441 posts

248 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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They are too big with too little tyre profile. I like the originals best but I imagine something between the two could look pretty awesome.

sk7ine man

604 posts

213 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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southpaw said:
Im confsed by the headlights on the Vette under the bonnet...they're pointing backwards?!?
They are flip up headlights

southpaw

5,999 posts

247 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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sk7ine man said:
southpaw said:
Im confsed by the headlights on the Vette under the bonnet...they're pointing backwards?!?
They are flip up headlights
They dont "flip" 180 degrees though surely? Every car with flip up headlights I've seen have just moved 20-30 degrees upwards but these, with the bonnet down, would be pointing towards the cabin!

z06tim

558 posts

208 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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southpaw said:
sk7ine man said:
southpaw said:
Im confsed by the headlights on the Vette under the bonnet...they're pointing backwards?!?
They are flip up headlights
They dont "flip" 180 degrees though surely? Every car with flip up headlights I've seen have just moved 20-30 degrees upwards but these, with the bonnet down, would be pointing towards the cabin!
They sure do. All the 84-96 Vettes have this headlight arrangement.

Chris944_S2

2,053 posts

245 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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southpaw said:
sk7ine man said:
southpaw said:
Im confsed by the headlights on the Vette under the bonnet...they're pointing backwards?!?
They are flip up headlights
They dont "flip" 180 degrees though surely? Every car with flip up headlights I've seen have just moved 20-30 degrees upwards but these, with the bonnet down, would be pointing towards the cabin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONMnkpxpkdY

freecar

4,249 posts

209 months

Saturday 13th November 2010
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southpaw said:
sk7ine man said:
southpaw said:
Im confsed by the headlights on the Vette under the bonnet...they're pointing backwards?!?
They are flip up headlights
They dont "flip" 180 degrees though surely? Every car with flip up headlights I've seen have just moved 20-30 degrees upwards but these, with the bonnet down, would be pointing towards the cabin!
A quick google shows that they do indeed flip many degrees!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Y7R4wfT4o

Well I never!