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Woody
Woody MegaDork
3/1/15 10:42 a.m.

Mugen Bitchtocleans

bigdaddylee82
bigdaddylee82 Dork
3/1/15 10:52 a.m.

Volans

JFX001
JFX001 UberDork
3/1/15 11:50 a.m.

Dymags were also pretty cool...as seen on the Callaway Sledgehammer.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy UltraDork
3/1/15 1:20 p.m.

At one time in the early nineties I was madly in love with Enkei 84s. I still think that they would great on the right car.

gamby
gamby UltimaDork
3/1/15 1:22 p.m.
Mazdax605 wrote: Also Starquest wheels make anything look awesome!!

OMG you're right! Those look fanatastic on the old gal!

Knurled
Knurled UltimaDork
3/1/15 1:41 p.m.

OE wheels from the Sport Quattro.

Junkyard_Dog
Junkyard_Dog SuperDork
3/1/15 1:54 p.m.
Woody wrote: Mugen Bitchtocleans

Wow, somebody really hated detailers at Mugen. Makes my old BBS RSs look easy to clean... but I'm still buying a set for my current Miata.

gamby
gamby UltimaDork
3/1/15 2:27 p.m.
Appleseed wrote: Centerlines were ubiquitous on muscle in the 80s.

These, Dragstars and Draglites look SO dated now, IMHO. I think they really cheapen the look of a car.

That said, it looks like Cragar SS's might be having a resurgence in terms of being stylish.

mad_machine
mad_machine MegaDork
3/1/15 3:05 p.m.

saab may be the only company to ever pull off three spoke rims...

Trackmouse
Trackmouse Reader
3/1/15 3:10 p.m.

Fellas! Come on! We all know the Japanese won this game a LOOOONG time ago. http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/2010/02/17/wednesday-wall-jdm-old-school-wheels-ii/ And now, officially- /thread.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy UltraDork
3/1/15 3:19 p.m.
mad_machine wrote: saab may be the only company to ever pull off three spoke rims...

As much of huge SAAB fan as I am, I have to disagree. The SAAB 3 spoke rims were just OK, at best. The best 3 spoke factory rims were on Range Rovers.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
3/1/15 4:06 p.m.

In reply to gamby:

That said, with monochrome and the right heartbeat graphics, you'll nail the mid 80s look to a T.

Klayfish
Klayfish UltraDork
3/1/15 4:45 p.m.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 UltimaDork
3/1/15 4:45 p.m.

850Combat
850Combat New Reader
3/1/15 6:02 p.m.

That Isuzu looks great. Everybody probably knows that Volkswagen rejected that Giugiaro Italdesign design for the Series II Scirocco for their own similar but not as nice design.

Those wheels look great on it.

JFX001
JFX001 UberDork
3/1/15 6:08 p.m.

Centerline Champ 500's...usually seen on GM cars.

Nick_Comstock
Nick_Comstock PowerDork
3/1/15 6:13 p.m.
gamby wrote:
Appleseed wrote: Centerlines were ubiquitous on muscle in the 80s.
These, Dragstars and Draglites look SO dated now, IMHO. I think they really cheapen the look of a car. That said, it looks like Cragar SS's might be having a resurgence in terms of being stylish.

I felt that way about them back then too.

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
3/1/15 6:29 p.m.

My favorite 80's aftermarket wheels were the BBS mesh, hands down. Don't like the gold, they look best in silver or gunmetal.

My favorite OE wheel of the era:

Had them on my SE V6 4x4 extended cab. They just looked tough.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
3/1/15 6:36 p.m.

I used to love looking at the ads for Tire Rack and Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories in the 80's. I remember seeing the black and white shots of Rial, Ronal, BBS, Episolon, and Enkei wheels. I'm pretty sure that I saw all of them on early RX-7s back then. Before that, the only aftermarket wheels that I knew anything about were Cragars and Keystones.

Storz
Storz Dork
3/1/15 7:12 p.m.
Knurled wrote: OE wheels from the Sport Quattro.

Automotive perfection

mad_machine
mad_machine MegaDork
3/1/15 8:39 p.m.

sorta back to the alfa that started all this. The Fiat 124 Spider at the end of it's life received a supercharge in Europe.. with it came some tasty rims

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
3/1/15 9:01 p.m.
JamesMcD wrote: 90s?

I still need a set of these.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce PowerDork
3/1/15 9:19 p.m.

Cheese wheels as seen on Turbo Dodges. These happen to be on a LeBaron, but I think they came on Omni's. I think my dad still has a set in the barn somewhere.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
3/1/15 9:46 p.m.

In reply to mazdeuce:

They may have been on early Daytonas too.

sesto elemento
sesto elemento Dork
3/1/15 10:11 p.m.

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