Your Wheel Choice

**parshooter** · 09-09-2016, 12:29 PM

Some stock wheels are nice, some aren't. I like the wheel to contrast with the car: dark wheels (black) on light cars, chrome/light wheels on dark cars. Some of the larger tire retailers have an option on their website where you can put in your car model, with color, then pick wheels that you like, and it'll show you what those wheels look like on your car. Fun to play around with.

**zmcgovern45** · 09-09-2016, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Hammer77

Thanks everyone!

Zach what wheels are those on your old IS250?

They're made by MRR and are called Ground Force GF07.

They're an inexpensive, cast wheel that come in a variety of widths and can be ordered with custom offsets to fit your car exactly how you want them to.

Lexus IS250 - MRR Ground Force GF07 by Zach McGovern, on Flickr

**Pristine Image** · 09-09-2016, 01:23 PM

I'm a huge fan of some of the XD Series wheels from KMC and wheels from Hostile. I love the look of chrome on some and black on others. For me, I decided to get the gloss black with a tiny portion milled to blend in nicely with some of the chrome elsewhere on the truck. It all boils down to personal taste.

**dcjredline** · 09-09-2016, 04:41 PM

Yeah, knowing what car we are talking about would certainly help.

**Klasse Act** · 09-09-2016, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Hammer77

I was just out mowing my lawn, I live on a somewhat busy residential street. Once again I got thinking of some aftermarket wheels for my car, as I still have the stock ones. I started noticing different wheel finishes mostly stock, but a few aftermarket ones, even one with spray painted caps. I am thinking chrome, but I don't know yet, looked into it a little. Still up in the air.

So my question is whats your choice?

1. Do you stick with stock. There are some nice wheels right from the factory.
2. Or what finish? Aluminum, Chrome, Black(either gloss, flat, matte, matt, want to be politically correct on that)
3. Or do you prefer aftermarket?

Please share your thoughts.

I have an ongoing problem, I'm a wheel #####! I would like to know what type of wheels were talking about in your case, then I can go from there, thank you!

**Whitewater25** · 09-09-2016, 06:19 PM

Different varieties of black seem to be in right now and they look good on most vehicles.

**shadwell** · 09-09-2016, 07:33 PM

I selected the factory wheels I preferred....

Re finish, piano black and cnc cleared faces are the most work to keep pristine of any finish
I have had to work on... Same reason polished gloss black paint is hard work.

Look awesome when cleaned... Ordinary 10mins later...

**Klasse Act** · 09-09-2016, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by Whitewater25

Different varieties of black seem to be in right now and they look good on most vehicles.

Have you looked at them closely though. Gloss black wheels, until you get on top of them, are hard to see as far as style goes and because they're gloss black they are never EVER clean, especially barrels where applicable.

Satin black is as far as I can go with them and even then it has to be a theme of some kind.

Btw sorry to the AG staff, I see my words were ##### earlier. I guess I should've said wheel lady of the night

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**BrutalNoodle** · 09-09-2016, 08:12 PM

I'm more of an OEM guy. I tend to look for factory upgrades over aftermarket.

Personally, I would focus on brakes & suspension first before spending on wheels.

**PaulMys** · 09-09-2016, 08:19 PM

As stated above, It's a model-specific thing with me. I love my chrome sport wheels on my Ram truck. They were an option, and the stock silver/gun metal ones made the ones on the lot look simply awful, IMO.

Now on my wife's Jeep Wrangler, I would think chrome would be last choice. I think the brushed aluminum ones she has, or even the matte black she is thinking of getting look pretty damn nice.

And, for the record: I'm a strict OEM guy.