jginnane

Ever since we got the PWP TSX, we've been looking for the "right" rims. Wiffey spec'ed that she wanted 3-spoke white, just like a Hot Wheels cars. (Never mind the weight. )

So here's something that's popping up on Ebay tonight (except that they're silver, but the # of spokes is about right) --

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=43957

Feedback? Advice? You know how dam' hard it is to find ANYTHING in three-spokes, unless it's for a motorcycle or racing bike?

Would this set look ultra lame on a TSX?

Thanks for any and all comments!!

NeoChaser

Cause it feels really 1995 heheh...


i dono wut's the scene down there.. but locally, 3 spoke rims have died out...

dabuda

the rims will def fit...

but i think 3 spoke rims are ugly...i wouldnt get them

jginnane

Yeah, no one has them. It's like getting a set of rims in "rose gold" -- the kind of thing you see that you do a double take on, and maybe half the time you go "ew!"

From a practicality standpoint, if I get these and screw up one, I've got to toss all 4. It's not like there's a giant parts bin of unused rims waiting.

Plus, 3-spokes just don't seem like they'd keep their "roundness" as well as something with more contact points. Or if they did, they'd have to be overengineered to the point they'd weigh 40# apiece.

Well, wiffey didn't like the JDM rim set with Potenzas that zazen721 got... and those 4 rims (which are replaceable) plus premium fresh rubber cost less than this set of 4 used, naked rims.

But I'm also thinking that if we don't get something soon, it's just going to slide to next summer. And by then, maybe, we won't be putting more into the car.

dzuy

it's a negative sir! don't like three spoke wheels, but if you do get them.

txathlete

ghetto

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

3-spoke rims are about the worse design ever created. The original Viper had 3 spoke rims and those were ugly too. I would skip the 3-spoke design and get a nice 5-spoke. Actually, they really should refrain from making wheels with anything less than 5 spokes.

slo007

Don't like 'em.

xizor

3 spoke is uhhh... very JDM. might be cool, but hella ugly. there's a SC300 here with JDM 3 spoke black wheels with a blue lip. Freakiest wheels I've ever seen, sounds like the white 3 spoke ones you want. IMO 5 spokes or greater

TSX 'R' US

Hmmm...I'm not feeling those rims...

sauceman

These rims hurt my eyes!

I'll quote someone here last year who answered someone who was asking about replacing his OEM 17" with 16":

"If you do this, I'm gonna hunt you down and kill you for putting those on!!"

jginnane

Appreciate all the comments so far!

I've seen some really beautiful rims in the members' gallery. I _think_ wiffey would like some of those, particularly the various thin-spoke with polished rim looks. Unfortunately, she's in Vancouver at the moment, sans car, for my mother-in-law's funeral. (You Vancouver TSXers could freak out this nice Chinese lady by staging an impromptu TSX meet at the Flamingo Restaurant, 60th and Cambie, this weekend or next.

Back to the rims. She was really thinking massive-style spokes, not delicate and slender. Think of a Hot Wheels toy car. And if not white, she was talking chrome, which is to say, probably just polished. (At least she knows where she's going for the look. Not my choices, but then, even though I paid for it, Not My Car. )

captainjack

OK, it's official--I'm insane. I kind of LIKE them. Not on my car but still.
Go ahead, flame away. I guess I deserve it.

zazen721

hehehe im just seeing this now =) i like my rims