Is it me, or are these the worst wheel ever?

What's wrong with the Miata wheels? I remember when they came out thinking they were kinda Minilight knock offs. Meh, I like um.

mad_machine wrote: Saab was the only company to make the three spoke rim work

Agreed, but I think these are three spoke too, technically, and I love them. I think they work design wise, although very 80's:

My vote for worst OEM wheels is the ones on the SC430:

6-spoke wheels work very nicely, IMHO. Audi "AVUS", for example.

nicksta43 wrote: In reply to RexSeven: I am a huge Pontiac fan, however I have to agree. After the Rally II wheel whichever highly paid stylist was in charge of wheels missed the boat.

[cough]GTA[/cough]

they are strong and light for an OEM wheel, and with the centers painted black they look good on anything with the GM 5X4.75 bolt pattern..

Buick thought they were good enough for the GNX- with different backspacing, of course..

my Nova:

my Monte:

my T Type:

and, yes, those are all the same set of wheels.. they even make my POS 86 Camaro and an 86 Caprice i used to have look good..

My Wife and Daughter wanted a set of the Bear wheels pained pink for the Mustang. I think they were targeted at a specific market segment.

In reply to novaderrik:

D'oh!!!

There's just too many ugly wheels available now for me to have a 'least favorite'. My vote for worst brand name that will probably sell a gazillion: Greed Wheels. This one is called the 'Krisp'.

Greed's tagline: 'Enough is never enough.'

codrus wrote: My vote for worst OEM wheels is the ones on the SC430: 6-spoke wheels work very nicely, IMHO. Audi "AVUS", for example.

Along with the wheels, to my eyes that is probably the worst proportioned car ever built. NOTHING works together. It looks like it got left in the oven too long and started to 'flow' a little bit.

my miata

novaderrik wrote: my Nova:

^^This rules. Cool car

I don't mind weirdo '80s wheels. It's tacky chrome that I can't stomach.

B430 wrote: I think pretty much every wheel marketed for trucks falls into this category. Why must the spokes always be totally flat? Then shaped in the ugliest way possible. And to top it all off paint random parts of the wheel black then chrome the rest. Seeing a truck with aftermarket wheels that look better than stock is a rare occurrence for me.

Rota ramz y0.

They make bitchin' truck ones, especially the TE37 truck knockoffs are killer (and cheap). I'm getting a set for my 1/2 ton chebby soon!

In reply to belteshazzar:

ATS Cups yessssssss PLZ!

In reply to HiTempguy:

They dont have their truck wheels in 5x114. Any reason i couldnt just run passenger wheels on my xj? I want te37 ish wheels on my xj badly.

These:

Fellas, fellas, you have forgotten about the Z24 wheel. My god, the horror!

Yeah, the 88-90 Z24 wheels are pretty bad. The 86-87 had a nice, simple 5 spoke wheel I really liked.

Daytons.

No. Just no.

Gearheadotaku wrote: Yeah, the 88-90 Z24 wheels are pretty bad. The 86-87 had a nice, simple 5 spoke wheel I really liked.

i liked these. put some on my fiero.

All of the TSW wheels I have ever seen

Luke wrote:

novaderrik wrote: my Nova:

^^This rules. Cool car I don't mind weirdo '80s wheels. It's tacky chrome that I can't stomach.

thanks.. i do miss that car- i sunk a lot of time, money, and blood into it and it did everything well. everyone that heard it liked the sound and everyone that rode in or drove it thought it was the mostest awesomest thing ever- even my mild mannered 55 year old mom. i traded it away for my 74 Monte the day before Thanksgiving '04..

but i kept the wheels and still have them- i have 2 sets, actually. all 4 "fronts" are currently on the T Type and all 4 "rears" were on my Camaro until i decided to buy 15" tires to put on Monte SS wheels (another good looking wheel on the right car.. but fugly on something like a later S10) for my Texas road trip...

jere wrote: All of the TSW wheels I have ever seen

Cant agree with that myself.

The omega was particularly hot, I would rock the Croft in the ad you posted on my GTI and the OG Hockenheim was a great looking wheel in its day.

Several members here are not fans of these wheels.

I can live with them......................

Woody wrote:

When I was a teenager in the late nineties I thought that these were the E36 M3! I'm older and wiser now, with better taste, but I still think that a set of these on the right car would be a good call. (Like a mildly hot-rodded civic hatch, or ae86 for example)