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Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:07 pm
by integrale_evo
ZedLeg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:07 am
Aye, they don't usually call them turbines but the C4 Corvette wheels are ace.
vette wheels are great. Handed too I think which definitely gets bonus points.
I love the clio ones, but they’re not handed which is annoying.
Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:17 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Jobbo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:23 pm
Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:34 am
Jobbo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:11 am
Yes, but - not a patch on the Williams alloys are they?
I would respectfully disagree
They're both nice and completely different things. Williams Speedlines on a 1.8 16v would be affront
The Williams is hardly a different thing - same bodywork, for a start.
Car Magazine had a 16v on silver versions of the gold Williams alloys before the Williams appeared, and they're perfect on it.
I meant the wheels are very different things. Clearly the 16v and Williams aren't
Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:12 pm
by integrale_evo
These are probably the nicest i8 wheels, and they’re handed
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Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:24 pm
by Pete_
ZedLeg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:52 pm
Yeah the 993 Turbo has similar looking wheels, they have more of a twist in the spokes though.
There's a 993 in the spec very similar to below (but with darker colour wheels) that seems to be permanently parked near my office - the wheels really suit it IMO.
When Merc SLRs were currently I much preferred the 722 style wheels, but not I think I actually prefer the turbine style on the standard one.
Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:01 am
by ZedLeg
Yeah, they are the best oem wheels for a 993 imo.
Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:48 am
by Jobbo
I'm a big fan of the 17" Cup2s on a 993; the 18"s look a bit too big for the car. And the finish on the ones on the C2s with slightly darker centres is just perfect:
Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:00 am
by mik
What
@Jobbo said - Cup2’s work great and the Turbo twisty wheels spokes always looked chunky and therefore visually “heavy” to me.
Mille Miglia made an 18” Cup-esque design for a while that arguably look even better…. But weren’t the best quality apparently.
Re: Are there any turbine-style wheels that look better
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:27 am
by Jobbo
Too big - they look ill-poportioned.
There was a 17" version of the 15" Corrado VR6 Speedline wheels made which attracted a fair bit of enthusiasm but to me they looked wrong:
ETA: those larger ones are described as 16"s on Reddit where I found that image, but I was sure they were 17"s - still look wrong, whatever.