Ace-Garageguy Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 Yuck, rather like beauty, is largely in the eye of the beholder...even though yuck usually defies accepted "good" design definitions. That said, I kinda like the see-through wheels...for a show car (I wouldn't run 'em at speed on anything I trusted my life to), and have been working on a full-scale vehicle design that uses them as a pretty integral part of the whole first impression...as well as looking into the possibility of assembling my own using CMS spun alloy rims.
stitchdup Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 22 minutes ago, DukeE said: Ronal teddy bear wheels came out in 1978 iirc. Ronal is German company, so everything tested by TuV, quite roadworthy. Ronal made FWD offset mesh wheels before BBS really did. The xylophone wheels and the china plate wheels are much newer. Likely aimed at JDM market. Duh. I do think the xylophone wheels (colorwheel) are kinda neat. Evil teddy These are Borbet A 5 spokers that someone painted a roulette wheel on the rim, and the ball is the valve stem cap. Wood spokes painted, better if black. Porsche has normal 1-pc blacked out wheels. Baller needs the 3-pc roulette wheels. These are OEM Mazda wheels off a Mazda 121 Koala from '94. Michelin Mr. Bibendum wheels. Let the hatin' hate ? I'm sure i read somewhere that there are only 4 or 5 sets of those michelin man wheels. They were a competition prize or something like that. Theres a vw golf show car in the uk that was running a set
Fat Brian Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 USCP sells the teddy bear wheels in 14 and 17 inch.
DukeE Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 Best I can tell, they made about 50 sets of Bibendum wheels. At least they fit standard tires, unlike the TRX's I dealt with long ago. Great tires still.
Belugawrx Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 2 hours ago, DukeE said: Let the hatin' hate ? those do sumthin'...only on that car tho
Belugawrx Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, DukeE said: . Edited January 13, 2020 by Belugawrx
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stitchdup Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 The teddys work on some cars but the ones on this golf are fully custom. I find these real daisy mags kinds ugly but i'm sure they'd be better in silver
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