Steel rims picture thread
 

I understand all those shiny, wide, big, light, expensive aftermarket wheels, stance etc. It looks nice. Wheels really can dress a car.

But I also like steel wheels. It looks purposeful. They don't break, they bend. They are cheap so you can spend you money on better tyres, or an extra set, or somebody who need the $$ better...

And more often than not, they actually help the handling of the car.
True to the original spirit of this car....

So please post pictures of the FR-S/GT86/BRZ with them here so we may enjoy them.

Who knows, perhaps this car actually looks good with them, if one bothers to take a descent picture...

I kinda get what you're saying. IMO this car isn't a honda or VW so it shouldn't fall into that fad with steelies. To each his own. Maybe as a winter setup it's understabdable but as a permanent look I wouldn't be a fan.

Quick google search:

http://i.imgur.com/tke7Qh.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/uh9goL4.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/HYx8Lal.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/sS2Agty.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/hK0CPEm.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/M6GykNW.jpg

I don't see any reason to put steelies on the car other than for winter use.:thumbsup:

Don't mean to launch a new style with widened steelies lowered with the fenders scraping the ground or something. Just some functional minimalism. Or people who just want the drive, not the looks. Or a cheap track set-up. Perhaps people just want to see what they look like in winter disguise...

Not trying to convince anybody this is the newest style thing, just want to see more pictures in one place :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8...0af76e79_c.jpg

http://www.subaru.jp/brz/brz/exterior/img/z6.jpg

More silver ones?

I have 16inch black steelies on my white BRZ for my Winter Tires. They did fine; but the car handles much better and feels more nimble with my stock wheels/tires.

Quite the opposite.

Steel wheels are heavier than aluminum wheels, so the extra unsprung weight hurt the handling.

There's absolute reason to run steelies unless you're esthetically retarded or absolute broke (in which case you should've even modify at all).

just sayin':)

You are obviously not a material sciences major,

Let me just clarify that you are wrong. while the weight per cube is less with aluminum it is also weaker and far more subject to failures due to fatigue/stress, it's properties also degrade as heat rises much quicker than most steel alloys.

Now most steel wheels (steelies) are not an optimized design for aesthetics (obviously what you are after) or performance, there are wheel companies out there that make nothing but true track rims from steel....have you ever seen an aluminum wheel in nascar? and why not do you think?

If you are taking a design all the way to the edge (which no aftermarket street wheel manufacturers do for public consumption) than you will end up with a magnesium, carbon, or billet aluminum wheel...but none of those things are even on your shopping list,

Please educate yourself before you attempt to educate the rest of the world...and no reading the rays catalog isn't education try some books published by forges (reynolds or kaiser for AL and Jorgensen or carpenter for steels) and then try to understand what is actually going on.

I was hoping to have a picture thread, not a discussion. My own fault I guess. Many would be suprised to learn how many "lightweight" aluminium wheels are in fact (much) heavier than steel rims, unless they cost a fortune or are named OZ or Enkei... Many confuse the effects of tyre choice with the factual contribution of the rims...

**** Steelies, donuts are the way to go!
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I think you can make steelies look cool,

http://rollinonsteelies.com/blog/wp-...2/img_0219.jpg

I think i threw up a bit in my mouth, looking at these cars, its ok though i swallowed it again. Its like having a supermodel gf and telling her to wear some potato sacks or something.

Perhaps some people don't want to show off, or just care more about what is under the "clothes".

And I disagree, wheels are like shoes, colour and body modifications are "clothes".

With that definition, a ft86 with steel wheels are for me the equivalent of something like this:
http://lamodellamafia.com/wp-content...ica-Hart-1.jpg

I also find the comment about being poor when you want steel wheels quite funny, especially when I read these forums where young people happily admit that they just spent all their money on a set of cool wheels ;)

Now with that out of the way, just pics please :popcorn: