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Survey: Chrome wire wheels on a wedge. Y/N

Postby Duplio7 » 23 Oct 2013 17:47

I vote yes. Here's my 1981 rag top. Image

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Postby Beans » 23 Oct 2013 17:55

I too beg to be different, a definite no to wire wheels on a wedge. Either period alloys or Original steels on a wedge for me ...

But it's your car [;)]

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Postby DNK » 23 Oct 2013 17:56

It's your car.
Are you happy with the look?

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Postby Duplio7 » 23 Oct 2013 18:23

I love it. I think in black, it really sets her off, makes her look like she comes from an earlier age. How many people under 30 will know what it is? That's the reason I decided not to put the badges on her.

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Postby Duplio7 » 23 Oct 2013 18:30

BTW, I have a set of 4 Alley Cats for sale, all with legal rubber.

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Postby jclay (RIP 2018) » 23 Oct 2013 18:32

Most people under 60 don't know! "Hey, I love your FIAT!"

Yes, to the look of the wire wheels, NOT to actually having them. Keeping them true, re-lacing them, having to run tubes and adjuster end covers, besides being hard to keep clean.

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Postby Maxwell » 23 Oct 2013 19:05

They look nice with the black - but on balance, a definite NO.

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Postby DNK » 23 Oct 2013 19:10

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Duplio7</i>

<font size="4">I love it.</font id="size4"> I think in black, it really sets her off, makes her look like she comes from an earlier age. How many people under 30 will know what it is? That's the reason I decided not to put the badges on her.

This never happened to the other fellah...!
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Then why worry what other people think

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Postby fastman » 23 Oct 2013 21:32

I'm with the majority. It's your car; who cares what others think. Heck, I even drive one of those cheap little English TR7s!

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Postby dursleyman » 23 Oct 2013 23:26

Not on a Wedge, seems to me wires are from the previous era.
OK on an MGB but not the Wedge, that my opinion for what its worth.

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Postby silverseven » 24 Oct 2013 00:34

I don't mind real wire wheels ....it's the cheesy aftermarket hub caps that kill me.

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Postby busheytrader » 26 Oct 2013 16:33

Not really keen on wire wheels on a Wedge....but they do look good on that all black DHC.......

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Postby bmcecosse » 26 Oct 2013 18:44

Ghastly on a TR7 -and terrible on an MGB...... Ok on a TC - but that's when they should STOP!

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Postby seven » 27 Oct 2013 13:23

No, that was until I saw the picture, Yes!!!![8D]

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