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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: bazza2541 on February 24, 2008, 02:39:38 pm

Title: Wheel help.
Post by: bazza2541 on February 24, 2008, 02:39:38 pm
On the hunt for a set of 7x17inch wheels for my ST165.
Looking for something period and wanted to stay away from the Compomotive MO wheel.
So I went out and purchased a copy of MAX Power from 1993 to see what kind of rims were on offer back then.

 :-\ The biggest rim advertised in the magazine was a 16 and there were only two styles of wheel at that. However I did notice that the Compomotive CX range was out at that time, so on to compomotive I go, and this is what I have come up with......

(http://www.comp.co.uk/productpics/wheels/ML1770_l.jpg)
(http://www.comp.co.uk/productpics/wheels/CXR1770-5_l.jpg)
(http://www.comp.co.uk/productpics/wheels/TH2-1775_l.jpg)


What do you think? My car is black.
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 24, 2008, 03:04:33 pm
3rd rim, stunning, plus it was a rim of that era
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: bazza2541 on February 24, 2008, 03:07:57 pm
They all were available in the early 90's.
I really wanted a set of TH1's but they don't come in 7x17.
What do you think about the ML's, like a twin cam for big boys?
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 24, 2008, 03:13:18 pm
nah was watching a movis there the other night that had an old 67 fastback mustang with big rimmage and low profiles on, just didn't look right, superlite style rims are for 13" & 14", not any bigger
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: silkyst185 on February 24, 2008, 11:14:44 pm
definitely the 3rd and i'd get it sprayed white but each to there own :)
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 24, 2008, 11:21:40 pm
nah i'd be keeping it silver for a black car to be honest especially a 165, 185's can get away with it with the more modern looks but 165's should be keep simple looking
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: bazza2541 on February 24, 2008, 11:26:56 pm
Gold? For a John Player Special theme?
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 24, 2008, 11:27:59 pm
am NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: bazza2541 on February 24, 2008, 11:30:25 pm
(http://www.glv88.dial.pipex.com/jps.1.jpg)
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 24, 2008, 11:32:48 pm
still NOOOOOOOOO
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Post by: silkyst185 on February 24, 2008, 11:43:32 pm
hell yeah different is better it'll look savage on a black car :D
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 24, 2008, 11:45:00 pm
don't push him.......
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Post by: silkyst185 on February 24, 2008, 11:47:01 pm
lol do it go gold you know you want to :D
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 25, 2008, 03:50:13 am
you do it on yours sure as a test run and let us know how it looks
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Post by: ChrisW on February 25, 2008, 10:18:12 am
Hmmmm, gold alloys? I've seen those on..........oh what car was it? I think it was blue ;)
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 25, 2008, 02:20:22 pm
yeah exactly chris, scrap that toyota now own ffs
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: Bubbles on February 26, 2008, 09:20:09 pm
third rim the best

if it was me, white wheels even on a black car.



as for the gold wheels - lol - we had a bloke's car in last week.  when he phoned and booked he explained that he had gold wheels, and could we paint them black. I told him we take great pleasure in painting gold wheels ANY other colour.  i also guessed it was a scooby without him telling me!
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 26, 2008, 09:28:07 pm
there is a guy on another site here selling a black 185 with gold speedlines and its just a NOOOOOOOO from me, especially cause they're scooby rims

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p158/ritchierich68/P2260004.jpg
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: jackett on February 26, 2008, 10:58:31 pm
How about these in 17x8 from Reyland and very much from that era:

(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q76/jackett_photo/TH1780.jpg)
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 27, 2008, 12:32:34 am
they're a tidy rim too, what price are they, and is the 165 capable of taking an 8" rim clearing all the arches (inner and outter)
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: bazza2541 on February 27, 2008, 11:27:19 am
 :o :o :o £810 plus VAT and carraige and tyres.
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: andy wyatt on February 27, 2008, 06:56:36 pm
3rd rings definitley, but have you ever thought about black rims with a chrome outer ring.

Don't know if anyone agrees but I think these look really tidy, especially on a black car?
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: paul_gt4 on February 27, 2008, 10:44:03 pm
yeah maybe andy on a rounder or more euro looking car, but i think i'll hold my tongue til i see them
Title: Re: Wheel help.
Post by: silkyst185 on February 27, 2008, 10:59:40 pm
3rd rings definitley, but have you ever thought about black rims with a chrome outer ring.

Don't know if anyone agrees but I think these look really tidy, especially on a black car?

tis what i used to have not my thing at all in fact i hated them so much i gave them to the bin man :D