Thread: Butt fugly wheels

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This might be one of the most subjective topics you could pick. The style of vehicle, which leads to the viewers expectations for what looks right, and the age of the viewer along with a bunch of other less prominent qualifiers all contribute. I'm in agreement on the comments about aspect ratio, spoke/face style on, let's say a '32 sedan, the more modern stuff just seems like a sour musical note at the symphony. But I have little problem with that sort of thing on say a current vintage performance car where that style and the resultant performance go hand in hand. I chuckle a bit at comments like Mike's about the red wheel, wide white combo. In the early '90s when some of us resurrected that look I can't tell you how many positive comments we got, "oh, I remember when I was in high school.............". Of course, that was the point. But in the intervening 20+ years it's become cliche to the point of boredom so has lost it's impact as a "styling statement" . Good topic though, lots to talk about............

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

.....This might be one of the most subjective topics you could pick. The style of vehicle, which leads to the viewers expectations for what looks right, and the age of the viewer along with a bunch of other less prominent qualifiers all contribute...........

You're on target again, Unc'a Bob. Case in point, we were out doing some preliminary shopping for a replacement SUV in the cold yesterday, and the kid who thought he was "selling" gave me the "....yeah, it's sittin' on 20's....", and I bit my tongue and didn't reply "It'd look a lot better on 17's or 18's....", but I was thinking that, and HE was thinking, "..but it'd look really sweet on 24's....."