The Ugly Stock Wheels Thread

[Turbo]

I've never liked the wheels on the pre-facelift R230 SL 600

 

[Roger the Horse]

Speaking of alloys imitating hubcaps... Volvo has to be one of the worst offenders.

Personally I think that 740 looks gorgeous.

 

[Greycap]

Personally I think that 740 looks gorgeous.

It does. As does a 940 wearing the Pholus wheels as portrayed - indeed I have one of those myself. Yet they still look like hubcaps to Joe Average who knows jack about alloy wheels.

 

[ToyGTone]

1988-1994 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 rims (Z24 was the "sporty" package)



Absolutely hideous. Was the designer drunk when he created those wheels?

Just looked the car up on google:

Oh god no.

these wheels on the 458, nothing wrong with them, they just don't compliment the rest of the car

I don't like how the 5 spoke rims in the 458 looks way too thin.

I've never liked the wheels on the pre-facelift R230 SL 600

It doesn't look that bad tbh.


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Subaru XT Wheels.

 

[buickgnx88]

1988-1994 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 rims (Z24 was the "sporty" package)



Absolutely hideous. Was the designer drunk when he created those wheels?

Which is odd considering the previous '80s generation had some respectable 5-spoke wheels on the Z24.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Subaru XT Wheels.

These rims really are distasteful. Yuck.

 

[Michelin Man]

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Subaru XT Wheels.

Those wheels on the XT from the 1st pic, remind me in their design, of the Citroen BX GTi's wheels which were sort of similar:

Only they work much better on the Citroen, partly due to their slightly different design, but also because of the BX's shape. I've always thought they were a really nice wheel for the BX, particularly when they were in their classic gunmetal with polished lip form, just looked really cool to me.

 

[MedigoFlame]

I find the current Lexus ES wheels to be a mess.

The factory Nismo Juke wheels look like those cheap chrome/black wheels you find at a local tire shop.

 

[lbpomg95]

I must be the only one here who likes plain steel wheels - That Lancer RS looked great to me!

As for Volvo, I've rather liked a lot of their alloy wheel designs. There was one exception to that rule, however, which were their Peugeot-engined hyper-miling ford focus Frankensteining 'DRIVe' models...

And yet the C30 T5 and R-Design models are some of my favourite looking cars. This is function completely overruling form with no compromise. If it weren't for the wheels in that picture (and maybe the colour now I think about it) that C30 would look very smart!

 

[Danoff]

Just looked the car up on google:

Oh god no.


I don't like how the 5 spoke rims in the 458 looks way too thin.


It doesn't look that bad tbh.


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Subaru XT Wheels.

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... truly hideous sets of wheels.

I don't get the hate on the Ferrari 5-spoke. They don't look fragile to me, they look awesome and light.

 

[MedigoFlame]

I must be the only one here who likes plain steel wheels - That Lancer RS looked great to me!

As for Volvo, I've rather liked a lot of their alloy wheel designs. There was one exception to that rule, however, which were their Peugeot-engined hyper-miling ford focus Frankensteining 'DRIVe' models...

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And yet the C30 T5 and R-Design models are some of my favourite looking cars. This is function completely overruling form with no compromise. If it weren't for the wheels in that picture (and maybe the colour now I think about it) that C30 would look very smart!

I quite like the steel wheels on the RS as well. I mean, they're better than some of the other options performance cars have today.

It always seems to be the electric/hybrid versions of cars that get the worst wheels.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

 

[MedigoFlame]

The S-Chassis Nissan's had some ugly factory wheels.

 

[Turbo]

I swear, every time I see this wheel option the RAV4 I think they are hubcaps at first... awful design.

 

[MedigoFlame]

I love the Tacoma. But the wheels on the current Tacoma Limited are ugly. Especially with my disliking towards the two tone paint jobs that seems to be the trend.

Somehow doesn't fit the truck.... Same with the older Tacoma Limited.

 

[buickgnx88]

You know, if the centers of those first wheels were painted silver, they'd look amazing. As they are though, they aren't bad compared to, say, the Rav4 posted above it. The ones on the second picture aren't bad either, they would just look better not chromed.

If anything though, these wheels are uglier because they are the typical black-wheel-with-machined-face look.

 

[LM7325]

Oh look at the 525i with whitewalls... wait a minute...

Silly BMW...

 

[TheCracker]

Where's the 'dislike' button?

 

[LM7325]

They are pretty cool in a nerdy way.

But they still look like this at first glance.

 

[buickgnx88]

It's funny too because they are technically (functional) wheel covers that hide a nice set of alloys.

 

[MedigoFlame]

One of the optional wheels on the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor remind me too much of those ugly aftermarket wheels you see on "bro-dozers..."

 

[Suzumiya]

90s American sedan wheels like this Ford Contour are awful. And to seal the deal the car next to it seems to have ugly looking wheels too

 

[VXR]

The thread is invalidated by mentioning the M System wheels. They are godly.

 

[AlvaroF]

Compared to other offerings from VW these are pretty ugly and look cheap.

 

[Razor440]

These wheels from the Saturn Ion. Awful, only deserves to be on the Ion, and nothing else.

 

[RocZX]

I hate the high gross black wheels on the Grand Cherokee and other Jeep models

They look worse in person then they do in pics

 

[Rage0329]

They're even worse in person.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

The stock wheels on Ford Fusion hybrids. Blah.

 

[Turbo]

The stock wheels on Ford Fusion hybrids. Blah.

Those wheels are as boring as can be... nothing distasteful or ugly about them.

This, however, was the worst wheel design of the Ford Fusion.

 

[MedigoFlame]

I actually quite like the Ford Taurus SHO. But the current wheels look awful.