QOTD: What's Your Favorite Type Of Wheel?
Our gallery feature on wheels this morning got me thinking -- what type of wheel do you like best?
We can go with type -- like blacked-out, five-spoke, chrome, wire, et cetera. Or you can pick a particular car's look -- like the prancing-pony logo in the center of five spokes on the old Fox-body Mustangs.
Or maybe the wire wheels on Pontiacs?
Your turn. You know what to do. Sound off below.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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How about my '88 C4 OEM wheels. They're 9.5" x 17" white, aluminum 2-piece, directional salad-shooters... and so very '80s. with honorable mention for the ultra rare, 1-year only 11" x 17' 1990 ZR1 version, of which i also own & am currently refinishing in factory white for the 35th Anniversary car.
A five-spoke or double-five spoke usually looks good, is symmetrical to the lug pattern, and is usually relatively easy to clean because the spokes are usually flat and there is ample space to get between them. I've had 15 spokes that looked gorgeous, but they're a lot of work to keep that way. Back in the day I was perfectly fine with mid-trim Hondas with silver metallic ABS covers on steelies. Did the job, economical, easy to clean, and you could still remove the wheels without needing to remove the covers.