Most famous Rim styles ever
 

I saw this idea on a european board and I thought it would be cool to see what a predominatly US board with think.

What are the most distinct rim styles of all time?

On this board I would wager the Fuchs and phone dials are quickly mentioned, so I will start the list of with them:

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Heretic!!! Never mention phone dials in the same sentence as FUCHS!!! :D

Minilites
AR Torque Thrusts
Halibrands
Smoothies with baby moon caps and trim rings ;)

distinct??

wire wheels/knock offs.
80's ferrari wheels
bbs mesh
5-star/spoke
spinners!!!

Have to agree with the Cragar S/S's. Anyone alive during the 70's saw these wheels on practically any and every car manufactured, at one time or another.

http://www.armadaleautoparts.com/use.../cragar_ss.jpg

Of course, "Slots" were pretty popular also...

http://www.311s.org/tech/wheels/pics/5slot.jpg

Randy

Do those big ugly rims w/ very skinny tires on the bouncing cars count?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219440479.jpg

Keystone Classics.

I always liked these.

i'm pretty sure chariot wheels w/ blades on them are fairly distinct also

As mentioned, Cragar S/S or the American Racing copy. I never had a set, but I did have a set of "slots" on a Barracuda.


And every boy watching TV knew what car these were on:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219440989.jpg

Do you? ;)

Back in the day, you were a full-on stud if you were rollin' with Centerlines

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219441087.jpg

I think those 5-slot "mags" were the most popular in my 'hood

Ahem...

Nice rim shot!

Not Phone Dials, but these always got my 15-year-old panties in a wad.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219442480.jpg

Real Americans like on my 71 455 Skylark, as old as the car

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219442584.jpg

I always hated Keystone Classics for some reason.

And fake Cragar S/S wheels. I think Superior made knockoffs.



Cragar SuperTricks were the ones I liked the most. These are the "street super tricks or SS/T"
I prefer the dull, just out of the forging look the drag cars had.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219444321.jpg

I liked the original deep-bowl design much better.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219445829.jpg

Deeeep Diiish
 

Did someone say deep dish and then Fuchs. How 'bout a modern version.:Dhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219446369.jpg

I have always been partial to the original Halibrand style like this:

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...img/rpdwhl.jpg

Chevy Rally Wheels
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1219450856.jpg