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Rims: Which design you prefer? Multi-spoke or 5 spokes?

Fabiaman

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Rims: Which design you prefer? Multi-spoke or 5 spokes?  

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Fabiaman

Fabiaman

1st Gear

I am given a 5 or 6 spoke rims for my new car. Personally dislike the 5 or 6 spoke rims, much prefer those multi spoke ones.

 

I told my SE... and she reacted a little bit surprised. She said the 5 or 6 spoke rims are more popular amongst her clients. In fact she has a customer who was given the multi spoke rims and is unhappy... now searching for a 5/6 spoke one to replace.

 

What is ur preference?

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Kelpie

Kelpie

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I am given a 5 or 6 spoke rims for my new car. Personally dislike the 5 or 6 spoke rims, much prefer those multi spoke ones.

 

I told my SE... and she reacted a little bit surprised. She said the 5 or 6 spoke rims are more popular amongst her clients. In fact she has a customer who was given the multi spoke rims and is unhappy... now searching for a 5/6 spoke one to replace.

 

What is ur preference?

 

1. To me it is not a matter of spokes but the thickness and depth of each spoke.

 

2. Multi spokes are usually harder to clean. Some tyres shop classified them as "classic" rims, I don't know why. IMHO, they only look their best on certain type of cars.

 

3. I may be wrong but slim/thin spokes give me a sense of insecurity. Just thinking aloud, imagine due to some unforseen reasons, the wheel crashes against a side wall, which one would have a higher chance of endurance, multiple slim/thin spokes versus 5/6 thicker spokes.

 

Regards,

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Furrynadz

Furrynadz

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u be surprised at the strength of the so called lightweight ultralight rims like oz ultralegs, they can take a real bloody hard beating and end up non worse off than minor scratches

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Potongboleh

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I am given a 5 or 6 spoke rims for my new car. Personally dislike the 5 or 6 spoke rims, much prefer those multi spoke ones.

 

I told my SE... and she reacted a little bit surprised. She said the 5 or 6 spoke rims are more popular amongst her clients. In fact she has a customer who was given the multi spoke rims and is unhappy... now searching for a 5/6 spoke one to replace.

 

What is ur preference?

 

Rim's design depends on type of vehicles.

Let's say its an MPV using 5 or 6 spokes rim isin't funny laugh.giflaugh.giflaugh.gif

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Bigtoothpick

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I am given a 5 or 6 spoke rims for my new car. Personally dislike the 5 or 6 spoke rims, much prefer those multi spoke ones.

 

I told my SE... and she reacted a little bit surprised. She said the 5 or 6 spoke rims are more popular amongst her clients. In fact she has a customer who was given the multi spoke rims and is unhappy... now searching for a 5/6 spoke one to replace.

 

What is ur preference?

 

5-spoke type much easier to wash. Especially if your brake generates a lot of brake dust... if very little space to reach in then when it comes to cleaning [sweatdrop]

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Circuit

Circuit

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depends ur wat car... JDM cars? or contis.?

 

cos u put a jap racing rim on a say juaguar ... or say ford mondero....

damn ugly.

 

if say ur one civic... or say jap racing ... i prefer those 5 spokes....

 

say something like ROTA slipstream..... 5 spokes light weight rims....

 

anyway take a pic of ur car.... then those magazine... inside got so many rims pics... put it over and

tell urself do u like it?

 

no like it.. ask everyone else also no use.

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Carmaniac

Carmaniac

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bro what car are you getting? And personally I think that any kind of rim can look nice, but there are several factors governing this lah..

 

1. compatibility. Like how one of our bros said just now.. Rims look different on different types of cars.

 

2. Deep dish or not? Imo deep dish rims look nice on contis and supercars, and those flat ones like OZ Superturismo don't look as nice on supercars with wide tyre widths.

 

3. Colour. From chrome to gunmetal, there is definitely a big difference in terms of looks. If you put chrome wheels on a Jap car it will only make it look even more plasticky and 'cheap', while chrome wheels look nicer on luxury sedans. [;)][rolleyes]

 

4. Overall Design. There are many areas of the rim that can make it look unique and different from others. Two rims with 5 spokes can be very different if one has a mixed colour scheme, different arrangement of the wheel nuts, etc.

 

But after all it is still up to your personal preference lah, you own and drive the car yourself, you should enjoy how it looks yourself and don't be swayed by other's opinions.

 

Just my opinions [;)]

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Zoomprotege

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Hey, what car r u getting? Guess some cars will look better in multi-spoke. I personally prefer multi-spokes.

 

Get the multispke and make sure your SE doesn't swap her other client's multispoke with yours.

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Fabiaman

Fabiaman

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I am getting a new S80 and they are giving the 5 or 6 spokes rim which I thought is inferior looking.

 

SE told me the multispoke S80 rims is for MY07, mine is a MY08 batch , hence the 5 spoke rims. Still deciding whether to tarde in my 5 spoke for a multispoke one... not sure if its worth the money spent.

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