When Did Black Wheels Become A Fad?
03-03-2011, 02:29 PM
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I suppose they are polished the more I think about it... Polished outside with what appears to be a cast inner portion of the rim, a lot more rough of a surface.
Not at all. The chrome Cragar S/S wheels on my Nova were first intorduced in 1964. Both chrome and black wheels have been around for many decades, previously in steel though. Chrome wheel accessories (trim rings, hub caps, etc.) have been around since well before the SBC V8 engine even.
Black and silver were the most common colors of factory steel wheels. However, there have been many examples of factory color-matched wheels (to body color) decades before that became popular with the ricers. Here is an example with a factory color matched setup (this is a '70, but this option was seen on various cars long before 1970):
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...70Cutlass1.jpg
Black and silver were the most common colors of factory steel wheels. However, there have been many examples of factory color-matched wheels (to body color) decades before that became popular with the ricers. Here is an example with a factory color matched setup (this is a '70, but this option was seen on various cars long before 1970):
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...70Cutlass1.jpg
That I agree with. Popularity for various styles comes and goes, but if something was ever truly popular there will usually be some sort of following for it, even when others have moved on.
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03-03-2011, 02:31 PM
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I believe you can blame whoever painted steelies black originally. I agree with the others when they say that it looks good on some cars, and horrible on others. It all depends on your color combo and style of rims you want.
Chrome looks even dirtier... ALL the time
. The amount of maintenance required to keep the finish is rediculous and chrome is more of a fad than black rims. "Oh mannnnn look at dem chrome 26's on dat caddy." Big rims is more of a fad than color of the rims. Style of rims is a big fad too. Spinners, for instance.
I don't know... Just my 2 cents.
Derek
Chrome looks even dirtier... ALL the time
. The amount of maintenance required to keep the finish is rediculous and chrome is more of a fad than black rims. "Oh mannnnn look at dem chrome 26's on dat caddy." Big rims is more of a fad than color of the rims. Style of rims is a big fad too. Spinners, for instance.I don't know... Just my 2 cents.
Derek
More maintenance?!?! Great!!! I ll just put extra liquid glass on my car while im at it! Chrome4life
03-03-2011, 02:35 PM
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. Just because I somewhat bashed Chrome Rims, don't think I don't like them, or think that I have Black Rims. I'll stick to my Gunmetal z06's for now. There are just certain style's of chrome rim's that I do not like, such as:
and...
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03-03-2011, 02:47 PM
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So I guess that means you wouldn't want to drive THIS bad boy around? What if it came with a matching chrome step ladder to help climb into it?
03-03-2011, 03:05 PM
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Here's a tasteful example of some pink-ish rims on an '87 Cutlass. I think they suit the car well.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...Homomobile.jpg
So I guess that means you wouldn't want to drive THIS bad boy around? What if it came with a matching chrome step ladder to help climb into it?
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...rmobile001.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...Homomobile.jpg
So I guess that means you wouldn't want to drive THIS bad boy around? What if it came with a matching chrome step ladder to help climb into it?
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...rmobile001.jpg
Some people... Have no taste.
Derek
03-03-2011, 03:44 PM
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Has anyone ever seen Trust's old T/A? That is the definition of black wheeled-sex.
http://i51.tinypic.com/15g8f3n.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/j9yioj.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/15g8f3n.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/j9yioj.jpg
They look ridiculously awesome.
03-03-2011, 03:59 PM
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I notice that a lot of people are going with black wheels these days. What inspired this fad?
I had this idea for my Grand National back in the day. I was going for the "sinister" look. Here is a pic of my GN with blacked out Vette wheels circa 1989.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...lacked-out.jpg
I had this idea for my Grand National back in the day. I was going for the "sinister" look. Here is a pic of my GN with blacked out Vette wheels circa 1989.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachmen...lacked-out.jpg
Like mentioned I think the wheels have to match the car..imo..
03-03-2011, 04:26 PM
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So Black on Blue for the winter
Its not my favorite look, but it does save my nicer wheels and looks better then the stock silver wheels.
Blue and Shiney in the Summer.
As soon as the weather starts turning $h!ty in the Fall i Pull my CCW's off and Mount my Black Painted stockers for Winter. For two reason's. Anyone who has owned a polished wheel like these it is beyond a normal polished wheel. ie polishing for about 45min to an hour ever Sat when i wash the car(During the Summer). Winter and salt and snow and sand.... on these...no way....
Damn rain water spots them...
My 2nd reason is i have all seasons on the stockers and summer tires on the CCW's.
Everyone has there .02 and i didnt want to waste another $1200 on wheels for the winter that could be going towards HP Mods.
Kyle
03-03-2011, 04:56 PM
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Has anyone ever seen Trust's old T/A? That is the definition of black wheeled-sex.
http://i51.tinypic.com/15g8f3n.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/j9yioj.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/15g8f3n.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/j9yioj.jpg
+1, I'd also like to know.
03-03-2011, 05:02 PM
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I saw it show up in 2 places. First, the honda's with the hub caps off was very popular in the early to late 90's. In the late 90's, I saw alot of the black, steel modular wheel with the yellow writing Dunlops, it was a Nascar wanna be look. It seemed to take off from that point.
03-03-2011, 06:30 PM
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I really wouldn't consider it a "fad" Ive been on this site for 6 years and been on other car sites for 7-8 years and people have always had black rims. Its just a matter of personal preference and what looks good on the car. I think no matter what chrome/polished will always be the majority though b/c it pretty much goes well with anything
03-03-2011, 06:31 PM
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Hahaha . Just because I somewhat bashed Chrome Rims, don't think I don't like them, or think that I have Black Rims. I'll stick to my Gunmetal z06's for now.
There are just certain style's of chrome rim's that I do not like, such as:
http://www.fastcoolcars.com/images/p...hrome-rims.jpg
and...
http://www.rollinbig.com/convertible..._on_chrome.jpg
Derek
. Just because I somewhat bashed Chrome Rims, don't think I don't like them, or think that I have Black Rims. I'll stick to my Gunmetal z06's for now. There are just certain style's of chrome rim's that I do not like, such as:
http://www.fastcoolcars.com/images/p...hrome-rims.jpg
and...
http://www.rollinbig.com/convertible..._on_chrome.jpg
Derek
You were bashing chrome?! I thought you were just giving me reasons to clean my car more
03-03-2011, 06:51 PM
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03-03-2011, 07:00 PM
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Far from a fad. Had my 1st set of black wheels 6+ years ago. A fad is something like Spinner wheels or something along those lines that is you see nowadays you laugh.
