Do my alloys suit my car?

21inchguns

Before:

After:


I think lots of people don't like them but in my defense I needed new tyres when I found the alloys for sale and paid less for the alloys and brand new p-zeros than new tyres for the original alloys would have cost!

errlloyd

Car looks a bit smart, Alloys look a bit mean. I dunno just a silly opinion of mine though.

It'd be like wearing a suit, but also having an eyebrow piercing?

copacetic

they are disgusting. lovely car, ruined by the alloys.

Stevie Dakota

Sorry, before is much nicer IMO, after looks like a premier footballer wannabe.

Bonito

God no. Take them off.

deaglan169

errlloyd wrote: »

Car looks a bit smart, Alloys look a bit mean. I dunno just a silly opinion of mine though.

It'd be like wearing a suit, but also having an eyebrow piercing?

haha great quote personnally they look like some naff chrome hubcaps lidl had on offer not my cuppa tea

Alanstrainor

What a car, but, those wheels really look truly awful!

weeder

your car, keep em if ya like em.

Stoolbend

Nice car! But the before picture is way nicer.

CharlieCroker

+1.
if Maserati wanted to put chrome onto the car, they would have done it at the factory.
Origionals look 100% better.

just my opinion though. If you like them, leave them on

seanybiker

Very tacky looking.

wersal gummage

hideous.

how can you afford a class car like that and not afford tyres ?!

FearDark

I wasn't a fan of the "before" alloys at all...

but after seeing the second set of alloys theyre infinately better.

rebel.ranter

I would vote for the "before" too, sorry! Nice car though.

SeanKev

Jesus no.

pcardin

Do you still have the old ones? I could put on my Quattroporte (IV gen) if they are also 5x108. How much?

Hal1

The 1st set suit her better. Altough if the new alloys or chromes where sprayed in anthracite grey they might look better. They are too shinny.

Penisland

I think the after picture looks the best!

makes your car look professional but a bit wild at heart....like a maserati no?

21inchguns

pcardin wrote: »

Do you still have the old ones? I could put on my Quattroporte (IV gen) if they are also 5x108. How much?

Sorry I wouldn't sell them, if I ever sell the car I bet the new owner would prefer the originals...

Mr Benevolent

A Maserati does not need to be blinged up. Those wheels are a slur against the pedigree of that car.

21inchguns

I sort of agree with the opinions based on the pictures, my camera is a bit ****. I think they look good in the flesh, either way they are staying on, I am not bothered by what anybody thinks I was just wondering. Here is a better pic of the alloys on a Murcielago (20" same as mine).

copacetic

if it's any consolation, thats even worse than what you've done to your car...

Blut2

Lovely car, the new alloys are very tackey though. They look like something you'd find on a tarted up Honda Civic. Might be slightly less offensive if they were sprayed grey and not such bright chrome though like someone else suggested.

challengemaster

I don't think it really matters how good or bad your camera was with the state of those alloys. Nothing could make them look good.

biko

Looks ghetto.

jaffa20

I like them:o

They look very alfa romeoesque

argosy2006

how does it feel on road with those after market alloys compared to the original ones,

Eoin

Awful rims - shame to put them on such a lovely car.

T83

They're very American Racing late 90's style, kind of like you'd have seen on Mustangs and Camaros back then... Its the star shape around the bolt pattern thats putting American Racing in my head.

Honest reply, not my cup of tea at all, but then what is my cup of tea wont be somebody elses and so on, if you like them then keep them on it... a set of alloys hardly takes it into Barry Boys territory. Some people obviously do like them though, they wouldnt be available or manufactured otherwise.

You're also going to get some replies saying oh theyre probably very heavy and will effect the performance/fuel consumption. Theyre not really going to put a huge dent in the real world performance of a Maser now are they? And I sincerely doubt fuel consumption is a concern if your driving one of those to begin with.

evolutionqy7

i dunno they look cool :P seems most ppl disagree but after all its up to you if you think they suit it and make ya happy keep em on :P

Voodoomelon

Not awful, but you can't beat the originals.

Eoin

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Not awful, but you can't beat the originals.

Maybe I was being a bit harsh! They just don't suit the car at all.

PrettyBoy

The standard wheels look better, but it's your car, if you like the chrome wheels then why not have them on your car? The good thing about aftermarket wheels is that you can always take them off.

I've seen your car around a couple of times and the wheels definitely look better in person, especially when on the move.

Hogzy

Oh dear lord they look awful! Sorry but its true

bigbadbear

You should make a poll!

I am 50/50 and if people are saying the new ones look better in real life then they're probably the best

.Longshanks.

If changing the wells, stick to originals. What about these?

Bigger here

CathalDublin

Sorry going to have to go with the others and say no.
Thet look too cheap for a car of that class;)

Mr.David

Lovely car.

The wheels though shout two words - "New Money"

langdang

The new ones don't suit really, maybe on another car but they're a bit drug dealer tacky on the maserati.

EPM

Your choice obviously.

But thy are quite possible the worst wheels I have ever seen on one. They ruin the look of the whole car.

positron

The new alloys looks slightly better than the old one, imho.

Something like this, or one with even more spokes would be more "classy"

Wossack

would have been a good opportunity for a poll, so we could really quantify the level of bad taste on this board

Annuv

I find the after pic upsetting

2 Espressi

Not a fan of the the aftermartket wheels at all, it looks like you were too cheap to buy proper tyres, so slapped a set of cheapie wheels and tyres on instead.

Darsad

You photoshopped the pic right ?
Because thats the only way I could see anybody fitting those things on a car like that ! Hideous !!!
If you did physically fit them then you have gone from understated elegance and class to the bling bling of Dell Boy.

biko

Other examples in my opinion on how to take a nice car and make it less nice by putting wrong alloys on.

Max Power1

lol at the 4th pic!

Tinfoil alloys FTW

Matt Simis

Max Power1 wrote: »

lol at the 3rd pic!

Tinfoil alloys FTW

BBS Tinfoil alloys!

Theta

Chrome alloys look really cheap I think. But hey if you like them then its a winner.

CONM

They look awful and if one of the main reasons you bought them was that they were cheaper than buying new tyres for the maserati wheels, are you aware of what the service costs of a car like that are.

21inchguns

T83 wrote: »

They're very American Racing late 90's style, kind of like you'd have seen on Mustangs and Camaros back then... Its the star shape around the bolt pattern thats putting American Racing in my head.

Honest reply, not my cup of tea at all, but then what is my cup of tea wont be somebody elses and so on, if you like them then keep them on it... a set of alloys hardly takes it into Barry Boys territory. Some people obviously do like them though, they wouldnt be available or manufactured otherwise.

You're also going to get some replies saying oh theyre probably very heavy and will effect the performance/fuel consumption. Theyre not really going to put a huge dent in the real world performance of a Maser now are they? And I sincerely doubt fuel consumption is a concern if your driving one of those to begin with.

The performance isn't noticeably different and the fuel consumption is still only about 12mpg. I do drive it like a stole it and don't really do long motorway journeys.