New wheels...rally cool, or chav bling??

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Not that my opinion counts (according to another site :D :D ),

But I think they look OK, but not WOW.

I think this is down to a couple of factors - the ultra low profile tyres you have had to fit enhances the appearance of wheelarch gap - chunky black tyres in a chunky black hole look right, skinny black tyres (particularly next to white rims) in a chunky black hole doesnt look right. So I guess you need to wind the coilovers down somewhat. Also the spokes "appear" to lean inwards near the rim edge rather than outwards - same as the BBS on the GT3 - and as such just look a bit wrong, in fact I hate the wheels on the Porsche, but they are light and they do give better performance and were cheap so they fit the bill as far as Im concerned !!

I think once you get the ride heght down they will look fine.

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I just did this quickly in Paint ( I must remember to reload Photoshop) to give an idea of what I mean,

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I like the white wheels better. :grin:

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Think the white wheels look great mate. Those tyres are really low profile though and this with the large diameter wheels may not be the best for the cars handling.
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loving the white hoops!!! =P~
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Looking good Logan :-D

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Hate to say it but I really liked the old ones.

But the new white ones look great against a blue car.
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RX7 wrote:Hate to say it but I really liked the old ones.

But the new white ones look great against a blue car.
Think this is my problem, I love my Work rims....and these Rota's came up at a decent price, and with new tyres, and I wanted 2 sets of wheels...but now I am confused :? :? :roll:

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Bladerider wrote:I just did this quickly in Paint ( I must remember to reload Photoshop) to give an idea of what I mean,

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Bladerider wrote:Not that my opinion counts (according to another site :D :D ),

But I think they look OK, but not WOW.

I think this is down to a couple of factors - the ultra low profile tyres you have had to fit enhances the appearance of wheelarch gap - chunky black tyres in a chunky black hole look right, skinny black tyres (particularly next to white rims) in a chunky black hole doesnt look right. So I guess you need to wind the coilovers down somewhat. Also the spokes "appear" to lean inwards near the rim edge rather than outwards - same as the BBS on the GT3 - and as such just look a bit wrong, in fact I hate the wheels on the Porsche, but they are light and they do give better performance and were cheap so they fit the bill as far as Im concerned !!

I think once you get the ride heght down they will look fine.

J.
I understand what your saying, but there is an issue, 1. I don't have coilovers so can't wind em down, 2. even if I did I couldn't wind them down unless I really didn't want the car to handle well. As it is it sits circa 45mm lower than standard ride height and I think its even a tad too low on bumpy b-roads at the mo.

i think I will live with them for a bit then, decide, if a nice set of Rays CE28's came up I would be like a rat up a drainpipe tho =P~

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