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oldsaw
oldsaw UltimaDork
9/19/16 4:38 p.m.
SkinnyG wrote: My daily for four years: Wheels were 15x7 "Centra," which I found used at a local tire shop.

Yummm; directional wheels on a Honda:

These are SL25's from Superlight (no relation to Superlite, aka Minilite knock-offs).

racerdave600
racerdave600 SuperDork
9/19/16 4:51 p.m.

I can't believe we've gotten this far without the MR2 Triangles. I still had multiple sets until recently.

slantvaliant
slantvaliant UltraDork
9/19/16 5:13 p.m.

Oddly enough, the Dodge Mirada had good-looking wheels:

slantvaliant
slantvaliant UltraDork
9/19/16 5:15 p.m.

Mustang SVO:

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi UberDork
9/19/16 6:46 p.m.
slantvaliant wrote: Mustang SVO:

Porsche sewer grates, man hole covers look a lot like the svo wheels  photo 1351198962.jpg

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi UberDork
9/19/16 6:49 p.m.
oldeskewltoy wrote: Trakyoto Drag 902.... aka Japanese 4 bolt Ronal R9's....

By far the best 4 lug version of the wheel, ARE/Enkei sold this version which is not as attractive.

 photo SU1HMDA3OTQtMjAxMTAzMDgtMTQyNC5qcGc.jpg

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/19/16 7:13 p.m.
EvanB wrote: In reply to chandlerGTi: Do you have anything in 4x108 sitting around?

4 X 108 is the unloved bastard son of Edsel Ford or something...why the FiST didn't come with 4x100s is beyond me. People are having custom hubs machined just to be able to find wheels!

The reason that 5-spoke wheels were popular:

Most Ferraris had that basic layout. Mmmmmm.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/19/16 7:14 p.m.

When the Firebird got the GN motor, it got the wheels too, only in Gold.

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
9/19/16 7:16 p.m.
SilverFleet wrote: Honorable mention: the wheels on late 80's Hot Wheels RULED. I have this exact car.

To this day, the fastest wheels on a hot wheels ive ever seen. Also the best.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/19/16 7:20 p.m.

Let's talk about 3-spoke wheels.


Not bad, almost passable.


Lost a little bit to production, but still doesn't make me want to vomit.


No!


Grrrhhmmmmm. (I threw up in my mouth a bit)


Let's add nipples!

Please, make it stop!


HURLCHUCKPUKE!

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/19/16 7:23 p.m.

Ugh, at least they never stooped so low as to make TWO spoke wheels.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/19/16 7:27 p.m.


At least Ford was out there making the meat-slicer wheels on the SHO and not messing about with three-spoke abominations...

Aw Jeez Ford?!?!?!?

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
9/19/16 7:46 p.m.

I only want to argue about three spoke wheels a little. Advan and advan v2s.........

JamesMcD
JamesMcD Dork
9/19/16 8:12 p.m.
SilverFleet wrote: Honorable mention: the wheels on late 80's Hot Wheels RULED. I have this exact car.

You know, that wheel existed in real life on the GC 626:

gearheadE30
gearheadE30 HalfDork
9/20/16 7:46 a.m.

Beretta GTU (GTZ?)

Jay
Jay UltraDork
9/20/16 1:59 p.m.

I like 3-spoke wheels. But yeah they're very hard to do properly and if you get them wrong they look like buttcake.

Imagine a dished, brushed, 16x7/8 staggered version of the AW11 wheel. Yes.

SilverFleet
SilverFleet UberDork
9/20/16 3:56 p.m.
gearheadE30 wrote: Beretta GTU (GTZ?)

I don't care what anyone says, I would rock one of those as a daily in a heartbeat (of America). But seriously, they still look great.

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi UberDork
9/20/16 5:48 p.m.
SilverFleet wrote:
gearheadE30 wrote: Beretta GTU (GTZ?)
I don't care what anyone says, I would rock one of those as a daily in a heartbeat (of America). But seriously, they still look great.

I saw those on a corrado, are they 5x100? It looked great!

93gsxturbo
93gsxturbo Dork
9/20/16 6:18 p.m.

Yeah 5x100. Yeah Berettas are awesome.

Reminder - buy a Beretta.

Esoteric Nixon
Esoteric Nixon UltraDork
9/20/16 6:50 p.m.
chandlerGTi wrote: BBS Mahle, technically a 70's wheel but they were on lots of E24/w126/911 in the eighties  photo A95CamDump030.jpg

Seriously man, if you ever come across a nice set of wheels for a W126 let me know. I am looking for a set for mine.

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi UberDork
11/19/16 7:26 a.m.
JamesMcD wrote:
SilverFleet wrote: Honorable mention: the wheels on late 80's Hot Wheels RULED. I have this exact car.
You know, that wheel existed in real life on the GC 626:

There was a set of MoMos that looked like this, but turned to eleven. I'll see if I still have pics on a floppy disc somewhere lol...

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltimaDork
11/19/16 8:19 a.m.

I'm ashamed of all of you. 6 pages and not one mention of the VW Pirelli wheels?

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 SuperDork
11/19/16 10:12 a.m.

In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:

Oh my. I must have those!

These weren't the ones I was thinking of, but close...

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltimaDork
11/19/16 11:36 a.m.

I really want a time machine to go back and buy old things. I would love to get a hold of some old catalogs.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltimaDork
11/19/16 11:39 a.m.

I also had these on my '86 Subaru GL Coupe.

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