Which wheels?

Started by Rupert, February 22, 2014, 09:37:06 PM

Wheels, which?

Top pic
8 (40%)
Middle pic
7 (35%)
Bottom pic
5 (25%)

Total Members Voted: 19

ChrisV

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Or Fikse FM5:









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ChrisV

Twists look surprisingly good on 944s, too...



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Northlands

Top wheels. I like the middle, but the top ones are what I'd choose.



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Quote from: ChrisV on March 05, 2014, 12:53:44 PM
Twists look surprisingly good on 944s, too...



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I love the 951 front bumper. Hell, I love the 951 altogether. I want one so badly


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Rupert

I'm not a huge fan of Turbo Twists. They kind of look like wheel covers to me...

I think I like the many-spoke wheels more than the five-ish spoke wheels, as well.
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Rupert

Well, one more thing to consider is that the Porsche wheels (bottom pic in the OP) can be found used and cheap. The others are all $$$ and hard to find used.
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Byteme

The ones on the car numbered 301. 

What color Porsche are you putting them on?  If silver or light grey I think some with Charcoal centers and brushed aluminum rims might look pretty good.

Rupert

Light green, like the bottom car in the OP. Also it's in my sig if you have those turned on.

I don't like multi colored wheels on this car. The styling is pretty simple and cohesive, and I think having different colored centers would be distracting.
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Quote from: Rupert on July 14, 2014, 12:27:13 PM
Well, one more thing to consider is that the Porsche wheels (bottom pic in the OP) can be found used and cheap. The others are all $$$ and hard to find used.

Good, because they suit the car far better than the other options.
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Byteme

Quote from: Rupert on July 14, 2014, 01:57:10 PM
Light green, like the bottom car in the OP. Also it's in my sig if you have those turned on.

I don't like multi colored wheels on this car. The styling is pretty simple and cohesive, and I think having different colored centers would be distracting.



I was thinking along the lines of something simple like the above.

Rupert

I know, but I don't like that. :P Basically modern Fuchs wheels-- cool for a 911, not so much for a 944, IMO.
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Quote from: Rupert on July 14, 2014, 01:57:10 PM
Light green, like the bottom car in the OP. Also it's in my sig if you have those turned on.

I don't like multi colored wheels on this car. The styling is pretty simple and cohesive, and I think having different colored centers would be distracting.

Wait, wait, wait.  You're telling me this car is green?



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Quote from: Raza  on July 14, 2014, 08:41:53 PM
Wait, wait, wait.  You're telling me this car is green?





Not quite the same color as mine.

I mean, it could be gray. :huh:
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hotrodalex

It's as gray as Dave's.

Rupert

Way different shade of gray.
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FlatBlackCaddy

944 colors kind of sucked, mine was hideous.


Rupert

I like some of them. Others kind of drown out the lines of the car, though.
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Rupert

I hate red cars. The grays and the lighter colors are good. Black is bad, white is terrible. It's got some sharp lines, and darker colors throw off the shadows from some angles so it just looks like a lump.
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MX793

Porsche Guard red is classic.  I also thought they looked good in silver and that champagne color they used to come in (my 240SX was a similar color).
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Alright, I don't hate red cars. I do hate owning red cars, though.

I do hate champagne colored cars. :lol:
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FlatBlackCaddy

Mine was that hideous champagne color, with a nice fade and patina to it. That made it look 10x worse.

FlatBlackCaddy

Actually looks like they called it pasadena yellow.

Just like this, less the stripes, it looked worse(the color) in person.


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Quote from: FlatBlackCaddy on July 19, 2014, 04:52:06 PM
Actually looks like they called it pasadena yellow.

Just like this, less the stripes, it looked worse(the color) in person.



Not sure that could look worse than what's in the picture.
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FlatBlackCaddy

It was a horrible color, possibly the worst color put on those cars.

Rupert

It looks like the Porsche version of a beat up 1978 Cordoba.
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