Rim Job

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:16 pm

I reckon a nice gold/bronze set would look good on a silver FTO.

gus · Post by **gus** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:28 pm

yeah, i have decided that the scorpions i was lookin at are a bit over the top as well.

I dunno about gold though as i am eventually gonna get a respray from silver to probably a green or yellow with black tribal vinyls up the sides. I'm seriously thinking of these ones:

http://www.tempetyres.com.au/products_c ... art_no=459

they r cheaper than the crazy ones ($999 as opposed to $1500) and i reckon they look relatively flash for a simple 5 spoke. Is the size (17"x7") a problem??

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:31 pm

yeah now your talking...they looks nice...might even get myself a set one day!

BuCkEt · Post by **BuCkEt** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:53 pm

Those HP design ones are perfect man, stylish but not urine worthy.

Shadow chrome looks a treat on the silver FTO's (as I've got it on mine) and 17x7's will fit with no hassles whatsoever.

jap80x · Post by **jap80x** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:18 pm

i reckon these lookgreat on fto's...

Zenetti Tek - Chrome

HP Design - Chrome

XHP Boost - Chrome

Alba Chase - Chrome

Konig- Unkown - Polished Silver

Ozzy Racing 046 - Chrome

dont get something with to big of a dish because it looks funny on a front wheel drive car, and looks abit funny having deep dished chrome wheels ex (dished wheels suit tough cars (gold or silver rims), (flat wheels , little dish or none suit sporty, cute cars). jai

AJ · Post by AJ » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:39 pm

gus wrote:yeah, i have decided that the scorpions i was lookin at are a bit over the top as well.

I dunno about gold though as i am eventually gonna get a respray from silver to probably a green or yellow with black tribal vinyls up the sides. I'm seriously thinking of these ones:

http://www.tempetyres.com.au/products_c ... art_no=459

they r cheaper than the crazy ones ($999 as opposed to $1500) and i reckon they look relatively flash for a simple 5 spoke. Is the size (17"x7") a problem??

They are too common, you see them everywhere.

gus · Post by **gus** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:01 pm

Not common in the ville. Then again theres about 5 fto's up here.

Saying that though, i am still finding the crazy scorpions appealing.

Plenty of bling - it depends on where i want my paintjob to go. If i were to get flame vinyls all up the hood and sides i would jump on the scorpions like michael jackson on a schoolboy. But i find Tribal vinyls more attractive and im not sure how well those rims will go with them.

Tbone · Post by **Tbone** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:59 am

gus wrote:Out of the lot, my favourites were the verde scorpions with the gold trim. I like the look of mags that you can remove body parts in (looks a bit like blades, hence the kaos ones. i admit they will prolly look crap on an fto so i will avoid them)

My concern with verde ones is similar to khunjeng's. do you think they will be a little "busy" on an fto? I love the look of bling but i dont want them to be so bling that they will look tacky.

I'm in the same boat Gus! I have a silver FTO and I'm finding it really hard to find rims that will firstly suit the car, and secondly, the colour.

On my gunmetal Lancer I got shadow chrome 17"s and they look great together - the colours match well without looking tacky or standing out too much. Matching a colour to a medium silver is hard- I think a chrome would look good, but I've never been a fan of the cheap chrome look.

I reckon the pic of this silver FTO with large chromes looks good - not too "VIP boys", but still sporty. (got this pic from the "pictures of different FTOs" - interesting stuff there!)

Anyone out there have any pics of nice rims on a light coloured FTO?

bradlovell · Post by **bradlovell** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:55 pm

best rims to get a white ones! although not sure about white on a silver FTO. definately like white on Red, Black and White cars though!

Spud · Post by **Spud** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:36 pm

White rims!! Puke! I'm yet to see a any car that looks best with white rims. There is always better. Actually I'm yet to see a car that looks best with a white paint job.

Sorry I can stand white cars or white rims.

Tbone · Post by **Tbone** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:50 pm

Spud wrote:White rims!! Puke! I'm yet to see a any car that looks best with white rims. There is always better. Actually I'm yet to see a car that looks best with a white paint job.

Sorry I can stand white cars or white rims.

I always didn't like white cars, but I'm increasingly coming around - if they are clean, with a few choice vinyls or some some nice mods I reckon they can look pretty sporty. White rims only suit white cars though - they look a bit trashy on anything else.

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:58 pm

haha we all love the same car.... but gee we all have very different tastes on how the FTO should look

white is by far my favourite colour on the FTO (not so much on other cars), but agree it must be clean - same with any colour really....

rims - prefer a hyper silver or even shadow chrome... sometimes black rims can look quite cool too. not a big fan of white rims or super chromed.

Post by **dstocks** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:05 pm

I guess this is subjective, but the rims I have on my blue FTO looked really good on my previous FTO (Silver one). They are silver, but have a black tint (called Hyper Black). It really looked good on the silver.

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:07 pm

yep agreed dstocks hyper black can look realli good.

THere was an FTO owner in VIC who I met at the genesis meet - not sure if he still has the FTO..... black FTO, new black rims at the time (2years ago).... anyone remember who this is?

Tbone · Post by **Tbone** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:09 pm

dstocks wrote:I guess this is subjective, but the rims I have on my blue FTO looked really good on my previous FTO (Silver one). They are silver, but have a black tint (called Hyper Black). It really looked good on the silver.

Do you have any pics of it to post?

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:17 pm

Spud wrote:Actually I'm yet to see a car that looks best with a white paint job.

Will you be eating those words now, or would you rather save them for dinner?

Love my whitey FTO, 'tis hawt.

Also, this doubles as a picture of those HP style rims on an FTO. I reckon then look pretty good, but they are quite a common set of rims on lesser cars (read: holdens, fords, etc.)

bradlovell · Post by **bradlovell** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:26 pm

Same. i have a white FTO with white rims. Love it. Mate has a S15, red with White wheels and body kit, and it looks absolutely insane. the white wheels are what set it off!

Spud · Post by **Spud** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:54 pm

scarecrow wrote:
Spud wrote:Actually I'm yet to see a car that looks best with a white paint job.
Will you be eating those words now, or would you rather save them for dinner?

Hehe no I wont be eating my words. What I stated is I am yet to see a car that looks best with a white paint job. What this means is yes your white FTO looks really nice but it's not the best colour for the FTO (IMHO). I think your car would would look better in a different colour. Black and Silver are my personal favourites for the FTO.

But the same goes for any other car I have ever seen in my entire life. I have never ever seen a white car and thought "wow that is the very best colour for that car." Every white car I see I think gee that would look so much nicer in red, green, pink, purple, black, blue etc.

I actually saw a really really nice white WRX down in Chapel St (VIC) last Friday night and it had white rims as well. I was suprised that I found it really nice to look at. But still in the back of my head I'm thinking man it would look so much better in a handful of other colours than it does in white.

Post by **dstocks** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:56 am

Do you have any pics of it to post?

Not the best, but the only ones I have handy at the moment. They are pretty much the same as the ones Bennoz recently bought.

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:12 am

i like fto338's choice and deep dish ... i tried to it on my but you need spacer etc etc ... pain in ta ass to fit on on

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