grassblaster

how do you like the wide body?

K9Leader

I think it is largely a generational thing. For those of us old enough (I'm 56) to remember when most cars came with plain old painted (usually black) steel wheels, perhaps dressed up with hub caps or wheel covers, black wheels connote that extreme base model cheap look. Styled wheels in chrome, brushed, polished, or silver paint were upscale options which morphed into standard equipment and as an upgrade option for larger/nicer/more exotic.

Those younger only know the styled wheels as standard equipment so they see those as ho-hum, run-of-the-mill but look at black wheels as mimicking what they see on race cars.

I see all black wheels as creating a negative void in the wheel wells and generally do not care for them. Black center with bright (chrome, polished/brushed, or bright painted) solve that problem and look pretty good with certain cars and/or colors. But that's just my opinion and my opinion matters only to me and to . . . ah, um . . . well, pretty much just me. Maybe my dogs, but their only interest in cars is whether they get to go.

K9Leader
Red cars are faster.

Vettemaster1985

pGlad you know your vettes,
1st -it's a c6 emblem, cuz of the motor......
2nd- mismatched wheels after a track day
3rd - JC Whitney catalog?????WTF try not to show your age too much....

Vettemaster1985

I love it... should of been that way from the factory imo...

ZFLASH

Thanks, you get the whole thing from when I first got it in'05 until now. Still looks brand new with 191k miles on the body, stock body to wide rear L8R ZFLASH

ZFLASH

I love it and it, gets a lot of attention and compliments. Thanks, L8R ZFLASH

grassblaster

green horn question:

Are the wheels the same size with the wide body?

or do you get a 1" or so 2" wider with the kit? I think my 206 already has a 11" wheel if i remember. think i'm running a 295 now

Time for a C-5

There's a beautiful set of 18/19 polished cray spiders in the for sale section. The tires are like new. All for $1,500 obo. If the tires weren't run flats they would be in my garage waiting for springtime.

I'm not a black wheel fan either. I've seen many look good up close but from a distance the black wheel surrounded by the black tire gets lost in the black wheelwell.

ZFLASH

My wheels are 20x12.5 with the tires being 345/25/20's. L8R ZFLASH

JETZ

Hey, don’t forget those ‘pimpin’ Caliper Covers yo, dem is so fly!

frank

chasboy

Shakey loves to stir the pot.....

grassblaster

Oh eesh

Shakeydeal

Yeah, it's what I live for......

ZO6 cracker

akanitro

Just some ideas of HRE wheels for comparison.

Mineolajoe

Amen Wheels need a little shine.

Amen!

Crosis

Dude, stop. If he didn't mention in his post they were plasti dipped you wouldn't know. SO how can they look cheap?

Vettemaster1985

Looks like someone stole shakey's hubcaps with those tsw wheels ..lol

grampi50

So is eating Tide pods, but I'm not into that trend either...

grampi50

I think you hit the nail on the head...black wheels + black tires + black wheel wells...it's kind of like watching a documentary about polar bear mating habits during a whiteout, you can't really see anything...now paint the car flat black and you have a shadow moving down the road...I see this color scheme on motorcycles all the time now and it's quite underwhelming...it's even worse on cars...