Cult alloys

Slidey

Just spotted a Mondeo this weekend with what appeared to be a mint set of TSW Venoms on it.

Knew what they were as soon as I saw them. Got me thinking what alloys are instantly recognisable and what ones receive and deserve cult status

So a few contenders are

Venoms


Superlites



Tsw Hockenheim



Care to add some more?

hi_im_fil

BBS LMs


And Wolfrace Katanas :pac::pac:

colm_mcm

most over-done alloy:


Let's not forget the TSW stealth too

AugustusMaximus

*Kol*

BBS RS instantly recognisable.




TSW Blades

colm_mcm

minilites



Ronal Teddy bear alloys

.Longshanks.

^ Love those mini wheels, but what is the story with the bear wheels?


These are instantly recognisable also

Seperate

This wheel has to be on at least 70% of Audi's in Ireland;

cianclarke

What I'd call "Aero Alloys":

Slidey

A relative new comer, Kahns

qz

TomMc

Slidey

Damn I was just abut to upload the Fuchs wheel.

The Alfa ones reminded me of the old mk3 escort wheels with the 4 round circle in them.

qz

Slidey wrote: »

The Alfa ones reminded me of the old mk3 escort wheels with the 4 round circle in them.

My shoes

colm_mcm

This Saab alloy and other variations of the theme.

rebel.ranter

Had the TSW Stealths & BBS RCs on past cars, what about the Momo Arrow, had them on an e34 5 series, they looked the bomb! (Back when 17' wheels were big.



I can't believe that no one has mentioned Alley Cats! You were no one on the '80s with out them! (Just missed driving in the '80s myself so can't claim to have owned a set. I know guys who put them on vans, Twin Cams, Minis....

rebel.ranter

TomMc wrote: »

There was a beautiful custom original (real) VW Beetle (metallic green) with these wheels on. The car won the top prize at Bug Jam Show ten years ago.

TomMc wrote: »

Again another popular mod for the original (real) VW Beelte

*Kol*

Well if we are going back in time I have to include slot mag alloys then!!

Nforce

I've had both of these types on a mk1 Golf GTi back in the day...

Original 9 spokes..



Azev A in 17"

Nforce

...

And polished EMPI 8 spokes on my VW beetle..like these..



and 18" RS4's (actually S-lines...but very similar) on my vw Bora..

*Kol*

Had nearly forgotten these, Revolutions

*Kol*

And of course Oz Super Turismo

TomMc

rebel.ranter wrote: »

There was a beautiful custom original (real) VW Beetle (metallic green) with these wheels on. The car won the top prize at Bug Jam Show ten years ago.

Yeh, I remember it. Think they were Williams brothers from Limerick or thereabouts. De-seamed, de-guttered, solenoid door locks and with a digital dash. Saw it at Leopardstown one year and was featured in Volksworld as well.

*Kol*

Any customised beetle worth its salt has a set of empi's or fuchs wheels. Real classics.

TomMc

BRM's;)

*Kol*

TomMc wrote: »

BRM's;)

Agreed!!! But you see the BRMs more on the campers? I think they have a fuchs lookalike though?

rebel.ranter

That's the guys alright. Saw it when it just literally beem finished, at Two Mile Inn VW meet. Have the Volksworld article in the attic. Met guy who bought it from Williams bros a few years later, car was still perfect. If it is still going that VW meet should be on somewhere in Lumerick next weekend.
Had a Beetle with Wellers which I swiftly changed to the EMPI 8s, always wanted a pre '67 5 stud to have a set of BRMs on.

Amzie

hi_im_fil wrote: »

BBS LMs


And Wolfrace Katanas :pac::pac:

aw I used to have those katanas on my old car!! good times:D

TomMc

Always liked these two, so right for the cars, fantastic designs (although hard to clean)!

TomMc

rebel.ranter wrote: »

That's the guys alright. Saw it when it just literally beem finished, at Two Mile Inn VW meet. Have the Volksworld article in the attic. Met guy who bought it from Williams bros a few years later, car was still perfect. If it is still going that VW meet should be on somewhere in Lumerick next weekend.
Had a Beetle with Wellers which I swiftly changed to the EMPI 8s, always wanted a pre '67 5 stud to have a set of BRMs on.

Fond memories indeed. I settled for Riviera's on mine at the time, although needed spacers to clear the disc brake conversion kit. Pitty Machine 7 were not around in those days.


and then of course there was also cookie cutters

rebel.ranter

I had dropped spindles with drums all round, 1776cc with twin choke webers, 1.2L gearbox(es x 4 ).
Happy days they were.

high horse

I have 15" BBS crossspokes on my BMW E30. Classics for this shape 3-series imo

rebel.ranter

Hi Brian, you linked to a file on your desktop. Had an e30 with TSW stealths, going to get another e30 as soon as I figure out where I can put it!
BBS are the only wheel for them now that I'm a bit wiser.

Rovi

Seperate wrote: »

This wheel has to be on at least 70% of Audi's in Ireland;

What kind of a looser would have those on their car?

NewApproach

*Kol* wrote: »

Well if we are going back in time I have to include slot mag alloys then!!

They're alloys?!! :eek:

maidhc

NewApproach wrote: »

They're alloys?!! :eek:

Of course they are, and are clearly fitted to a scimitar.

*Kol*

maidhc wrote: »

Of course they are, and are clearly fitted to a scimitar.

How did you know that?? Was it through the photo link???

Slidey

Ronal Turbos.

Henry Ford III

Ford RS 4 spokes

EPM

Like the Momo Arrows from earlier, but BBS CK's would be mine...

Slidey

@Henry Ford, you know the name of those Ford alloys you would see on the mk3 Escorts.

The ones with 4 circles in them.

TomMc

I think they were referred to as Cloverleaf.

Henry Ford III

Slidey wrote: »

@Henry Ford, you know the name of those Ford alloys you would see on the mk3 Escorts.

The ones with 4 circles in them.

These?

L-M

BBS CH's



Helios wheels



I could go on, but there's too many.

Beta Ray Bill

Rota's

sexy wheels!!!!!