Show off your alloys!

[FrankieNorway]

Originally Posted by leander

Attachment 84211

Another for you cas - yep 18"

Where did you get those lovely 18" s and how much did you pay?

[AlfaStealth]

This is the only car I have owned that I have had no urge to change the wheels, I just love them as so suit the car. However I have a set of Chrome ruff racing wheels off my last VXR that fit so maybe if we have a nice summer........ or just may sell

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t.../th_vxr024.jpg

[Oggy_GTA]

Originally Posted by cas

Oggy!

In fact, they've dropped down the priority list to just above 'personalised registration'. I'm more concerned with making the car go faster and (sound) better.

And buying faster graphics cards

[Badly]

Originally Posted by the graduate

I had to coment that looks stunning such a good camera angle

Hear hear. Probably the nicest 159 I've ever seen, the angle really does it justice.

[toshy]

I'm a bit of a wheel freak since my first car I changed the rims every year just because I got bored of them...

summer wheels I used till now - they were pre-my08 first summer, then I got another set of my08 ones
summer_v1.jpg



then I got it lowered (sorry, I cant find any other pic of it right now)
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winter wheels I had the last season. thought it would look better with black alloys but I was wrong...
winter_v1.jpg


...and I got them powder coated with some metallic silver (not the alloy silver). I have to take better pics of them when the snow will melt.
winter_v2.jpg


and the rims I'll use next summer (silver brera s ones). wanted to get 20" oz ultraleggeras but they would require spacer and 20" tires cost a fortune.
summer_v2.jpg

[Kalel]

Originally Posted by toshy

I'm a bit of a wheel freak since my first car I changed the rims every year just because I got bored of them...

and the rims I'll use next summer (silver brera s ones). wanted to get 20" oz ultraleggeras but they would require spacer and 20" tires cost a fortune.
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Let us know Toshy if you decide against using the Brera S alloys (if you get bored of them of course...)

[twissler]

Originally Posted by toshy

I'm a bit of a wheel freak since my first car I changed the rims every year just because I got bored of them...

summer wheels I used till now - they were pre-my08 first summer, then I got another set of my08 ones
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then I got it lowered (sorry, I cant find any other pic of it right now)
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winter wheels I had the last season. thought it would look better with black alloys but I was wrong...
Attachment 84234


...and I got them powder coated with some metallic silver (not the alloy silver). I have to take better pics of them when the snow will melt.
Attachment 84235


and the rims I'll use next summer (silver brera s ones). wanted to get 20" oz ultraleggeras but they would require spacer and 20" tires cost a fortune.
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Do you fancy donating some of those surplus rims?

[subra]

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...gg/159sw27.jpg

Another one

[W4RDT]

Here are my Brera S wheels on the 159

and the 18" horseshoes

[toshy]

I'm actually selling my 18" horseshoe wheels (245/40 sottozero w240 s2 tires, used ~6000km, no scratches whatsoever on them) cause I want to keep the 19" TIs for next winter (that if I'll still have the 159 then), but as you can see... I live far, far away and the transport to UK (not even thinking of Australia, Kalel ) costs a lot...

[Kalel]

Originally Posted by W4RDT

Here are my Brera S wheels on the 159

Spectacular W4RDT.

The 18' horseshoes look fantastic but the Brera S wheels......very tasty.

P.S. Where did you purchase the S alloys out of curiousity?

[W4RDT]

Originally Posted by Kalel

Spectacular W4RDT.

The 18' horseshoes look fantastic but the Brera S wheels......very tasty.

P.S. Where did you purchase the S alloys out of curiousity?

I got them off ebay, from the same seller as Bacon and toshy I think

[toshy]

yup, ebay it was... ride4life-2009 is the name of the seller.

[ukmike2008]

Nobody likes my alloys - except me! I have a set of standard 17 inch diamond flats and several sets of these (really cheap on eBay with tyres) >>>>>>

[leander]

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Hi FrankieNorway - these 18's are a current option on new cars , or available from AR dealers for about £750.

Rgds Leander

[tomfromtelford]

not a 159 but:
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...eUpload-20.jpg

I'm loving the Ti & Brera S alloys

[tomfromtelford]

Originally Posted by toshy

I'm actually selling my 18" horseshoe wheels (245/40 sottozero w240 s2 tires, used ~6000km, no scratches whatsoever on them) cause I want to keep the 19" TIs for next winter (that if I'll still have the 159 then), but as you can see... I live far, far away and the transport to UK (not even thinking of Australia, Kalel ) costs a lot...

19" Ti's are a sweet winter alloy

[toshy]

you know that because you get a lot of snow in Shropshire, is it?
actually spoked rims are better winter rims than "weird" designs than the classic alfa hole/horseshoe because snow doesn't get stuck between spokes as easily as it gets in the "horseshoes"... and trust me, frozen snow inside wheels is really nasty and it makes the car shake at speed as if the wheels aren't balanced. anyway, it's all in the tires you use

[Oggy_GTA]

Originally Posted by tomfromtelford

not a 159 but:
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...eUpload-20.jpg

I'm loving the Ti & Brera S alloys

Tom, how are you finding the eibach/fsd setup with 18" GTs on your 147? I guess the suspension was quite soft orignally on yours? Has lowering it caused any issues?

Looks sweeeet btw

[jsfletcher159]

Originally Posted by alfaholism

great colour - not many of the dark grey one's around - looks superb!

+1

[BeggarsBanquet]

Originally Posted by andypj

Brera 18" spoke wheels on mine. At first I wasn't quite sure but the more I see it the more I like them. I'd have loved a set of horseshoes - either style - but those that come up seem to be really expensive.

Those look great Andy! I think they suit the 159 much better than the Brera; a really nice look.

[andypj]

Originally Posted by ukmike2008

Nobody likes my alloys - except me! I have a set of standard 17 inch diamond flats and several sets of these (really cheap on eBay with tyres) >>>>>>

TBH, I think your wheels look better on your 159 than they do on the Brera. They certainly look better than the diamond flats (which look a bit too Germanic) IMHO.

[andypj]

Originally Posted by BeggarsBanquet

Those look great Andy! I think they suit the 159 much better than the Brera; a really nice look.

Thanks, certainly from this thread there don't seem to be many with anything much different. But then again it really is an expensive mistake to get it wrong!

[ukmike2008]

Originally Posted by andypj

TBH, I think your wheels look better on your 159 than they do on the Brera. They certainly look better than the diamond flats (which look a bit too Germanic) IMHO.

The nicest thing was that the last set cost me less brand new off eBay complete with new Michelin Primacy HP tyres, than a pair of tyres only would have cost me
(Easier to clean than the 18" version and loads easier than anything with spokes!)

[andypj]

Originally Posted by ukmike2008

The nicest thing was that the last set cost me less brand new off eBay complete with new Michelin Primacy HP tyres, than a pair of tyres only would have cost me
(Easier to clean than the 18" version and loads easier than anything with spokes!)

Hmmmm.....funny you should mention cleaning and spokes