|
Welcome to the Australian Ford Forums forum. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and inserts advertising. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features without post based advertising banners. Registration is simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. Please Note: All new registrations go through a manual approval queue to keep spammers out. This is checked twice each day so there will be a delay before your registration is activated. |
|
The Pub For General Automotive Related Talk |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
19-08-2017, 02:50 PM | #1 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 15
|
I currently have 18x8 Speedy Cheetahs (came with the Car) and want to go to a nice 5 spoke wheel and am thinking of either of these, the silver would go nice as would the black..
|
||
19-08-2017, 03:04 PM | #2 | ||
Regular member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 907
|
I like the silver mate. Too many black wheels at the moment floating around.
__________________
CURRENT 2013 335 GT - BMC twin filter, Herrod IC, injectors, fuel pump, oil breather, SC pulley and balancer, X-force 2 1/2" cat back with high flow cats = 453rwkw. Thanks to Lee at Real Dyno performance. OLD 2010 FPV F6 FG - Herrod CAI, Pedders extreme XA's, Whiteline fr & rear swaybars, PWR stepped IC, injectors, turbo dump pipe with Venom cat, Herrod piping kit = 350rwkw |
||
This user likes this post: |
19-08-2017, 03:11 PM | #3 | ||
*barks incessantly
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: SA
Posts: 1,563
|
Those silver ones are nice.
|
||
19-08-2017, 04:30 PM | #4 | ||
^^^^^^^^
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: online - duh
Posts: 9,642
|
+1 Silver
|
||
19-08-2017, 04:33 PM | #5 | ||
Donating Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Wellington NZ
Posts: 11,328
|
I'm normally a fan of black rims but the silver will suit your car colour a lot better.
|
||
19-08-2017, 04:49 PM | #6 | ||
Limited supply
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 1,441
|
i like the silver but saying that, blue is one of the colours black rims suit best imo
|
||
19-08-2017, 05:17 PM | #7 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 899
|
As I am 'old', ......black looks much like late 1960s 'rally prepped' hubcap-less black steel wheels.
Silver is timeless, and accentuates the design. |
||
19-08-2017, 05:31 PM | #8 | ||
Wait, what?
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: South eastern melbourne
Posts: 2,677
|
Depends on how interested you are on reaching in and washing the rim every time you wash the wheels, silver 5 spoke rims look great when they're clean, when black ones are dirty, they're still black,, regardless of your decision, you need to get those current ones off as quickly as possible for they are uuuuuuugggly!!!!!
|
||
This user likes this post: |
19-08-2017, 05:51 PM | #9 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 745
|
Hmmm there not bad what your suggesting but I don't know if I'm a fan, your current ones while there alright, they would suit a jap car probably better.
What about lenso rims, I don't know the name exactly but I wreckon these look so tough on some, especially on slammed xrs with the deep dish rears. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20140207/e6ebyhup.jpg Or maybe something like fr simmons, I'm a fan of them, yes there everywhere. Gold silver black all look good respectively, even shadow grey. https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram...MzUzMjIyMzg0.2 3rd choice would be either dark or silver agents, they look mad regardless. |
||
20-08-2017, 01:34 PM | #10 | |||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 15
|
Quote:
In saying that, I'm probably not searching for the right things Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk |
|||
19-08-2017, 05:54 PM | #11 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: In Front of a Monitor
Posts: 1,658
|
What is the name and make of the wheels you are looking at?
Do they offer a wider rim or different offset to fill out the guards more than the wheels you have on now as in a staggered look?
__________________
2004 Mercury Silver Falcon XR6T - 5 Speed 2017 Platinum White Mustang GT - 6 Speed 2022 Blue Thai-Special for Daily Duties - Auto |
||
19-08-2017, 06:36 PM | #12 | |||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 15
|
Quote:
Thanks for all the replies! |
|||
19-08-2017, 07:32 PM | #13 | ||
Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 7,940
|
|
||
19-08-2017, 07:42 PM | #14 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 15
|
|
||
19-08-2017, 08:21 PM | #15 | ||
Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 7,940
|
|
||
20-08-2017, 06:53 PM | #16 | ||
Wait, what?
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: South eastern melbourne
Posts: 2,677
|
Mine are 20s and I haven't had mine recalibrated, I went through 1 of those speed detector display sign thingys, with the cruise set on 100kph the sign read 102kph, I also regularly drive past a permanent speed camera on eastlink with cruise set at 101kph and I've never had a fine... Personally I wouldn't be too stressed about it
|
||
20-08-2017, 06:57 PM | #17 | ||
Wait, what?
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: South eastern melbourne
Posts: 2,677
|
I do see the traction control light come on when my foots on the floor and the rpm is at the top end, I'm. It sure if that's anything to do with the wheels although it hasn't always happened, other than that I don't have any problems..
Regarding profiles, mine are 35 front and 30 rear, that's just what the guy at the wheel joint said, guess that's just how they do it, maybe it's just a bit more protection for the front wheels...? Last edited by Lunch; 20-08-2017 at 07:04 PM. |
||
19-08-2017, 05:54 PM | #18 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,204
|
Black ones then paint them silver ;) But joking aside go silver
__________________
Had EB XR8 AU XR8 220 (awsome car ) AU Fairmont BA MK2 XR6 Turbo Now XDUB |
||
19-08-2017, 06:13 PM | #19 | ||
Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 7,940
|
Go with the silver....
The two disadvantages of black wheels are: 1. You don't get the visual separation between the rim and your nice low profile black tyres... They just blend into one round black blob, giving the illusion the car is higher off the ground. 2. No matter how careful you are.... Sooner or later you will get gutter rash. The damage will stand out much more with the underlying raw silver metal showing through the scratched black requiring a respray. Just my two cents |
||
19-08-2017, 06:22 PM | #20 | |||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 1,341
|
Quote:
|
|||
2 users like this post: |
19-08-2017, 06:23 PM | #21 | |||
"WHEEZER" POWERED
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Western Suburbs, Victoria
Posts: 1,385
|
Quote:
__________________
FG MK2 XR6 DAILY - BLOWN VE SSV Z SERIES TAILY
|
|||
This user likes this post: |
19-08-2017, 06:23 PM | #22 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: St Marys Tasmania
Posts: 3,556
|
G'day ,,,,Silver is the new black....go silver..they always look great..Cheers Rod
|
||
20-08-2017, 02:33 PM | #24 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,910
|
Personally I would go FR1 simmons in white with polished lip. Possibly silver or gold too. I threw a set of gold on my Mandarin BA and they transformed the car.
|
||
20-08-2017, 03:18 PM | #25 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 15
|
|
||
20-08-2017, 03:14 PM | #26 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: In Front of a Monitor
Posts: 1,658
|
Here are the wheels on a Mustang.
__________________
2004 Mercury Silver Falcon XR6T - 5 Speed 2017 Platinum White Mustang GT - 6 Speed 2022 Blue Thai-Special for Daily Duties - Auto |
||
20-08-2017, 06:37 PM | #29 | ||
Wait, what?
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: South eastern melbourne
Posts: 2,677
|
They're my wheels, look through my thread there's heaps of picks of them, 'not another FG thread' in show n shine
|
||
20-08-2017, 06:51 PM | #30 | ||
Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 7,940
|
My6.... You might want to read this thread below on going to 20 inch wheels....
https://www.fordforums.com.au/showpo...62&postcount=1 |
||
This user likes this post: |