stealthstylz
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markbognor
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My goodness they are big.
Whats the car then? - for some reason I think its a fox mustang
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stealthstylz
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Love the beast?  Just found the pics on an Aussie Falcon forum trying to find pics of them on a car. Matt |
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stealthstylz
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Apparantley the 18s were made by Wayne Grady from Homolgated Options.
The ones of Eric Bana's were custom made 17s.
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markbognor
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stealthstylz
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Yeah that's the one. What we need now is for one of the Aussie members to look in here, say they're a member of fordforums.com.au and go find build pics  Matt |
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What's the other tasty wheel in the boot (trunk?) ?
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MrSpeedy
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Must admit i clicked on this with tongue firmly in cheek and a handful of salt, but to be fair they're damn nice looking wheels!
You sure they're minilights? Lol
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Superlights are Australian aren't they?
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Minilites have never been boring anyway....they are the kind of alloy wheel that seems to suit a lot of cars
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bstardchild
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Minilites have never been boring anyway....they are the kind of alloy wheel that seems to suit a lot of cars And as a result they've been overdone to death |
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stefan
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18" minilites very cool. I want some in chevy/jag pcd
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POWER IS EVERYTHING WITHOUT CONTROL
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2010 transit 280
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"done to death." "boring".
As has matt black, nato green, flames, flake, lace, hydraulics, retro cars, modern cars, blah blah blah.
Whenever I hear people complaining about the ubiquity of a part, especially a wheel, I think of pseudo-bored self concious professional slackers planning thier next tat or piercing drawling "thats so played out man" (probably while spanking one off over yet another Mk2 Golf)
Minilites/Superlites look "right" on a lot of cars and are an unexpected "oh yeah" on a bunch of others.
To me this hobby is about doing whats right, and finding new types of "right" not just doing what is "different", because "different" without "right" is just ugly junk.
Poteet's building a protouring interpretation of a Trans Am themed '68 Firebird and thats on 20" Minilite clones. Not boring.
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"done to death." "boring". As has matt black, nato green, flames, flake, lace, hydraulics, retro cars, modern cars, blah blah blah. Whenever I hear people complaining about the ubiquity of a part, especially a wheel, I think of pseudo-bored self concious professional slackers planning thier next tat or piercing drawling "thats so played out man" (probably while spanking one off over yet another Mk2 Golf) Minilites/Superlites look "right" on a lot of cars and are an unexpected "oh yeah" on a bunch of others. To me this hobby is about doing whats right, and finding new types of "right" not just doing what is "different", because "different" without "right" is just ugly junk. Poteet's building a protouring interpretation of a Trans Am themed '68 Firebird and thats on 20" Minilite clones. Not boring. I love you man. In a completely heterosexual way ;D |
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Minilites have never been boring anyway....they are the kind of alloy wheel that seems to suit a lot of cars And as a result they've been overdone to death Much like bbs, ats (of all variants), slots, banded steels....... Everything has been done to death. It happens when they are sold in huge quantitys. Like most wheels. I frankly love minilights. Anyone can chuck em on a car. But making them look something special seems to be the idea. Decent tyre choice, rim size, detailing and ride hight over said wheel makes it look totally different than a 12" minilight shoved on some old mini to go to the shops.... |
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79cord
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I think I saw those wheels two weeks ago! Dad went to school with Wayne DRAPER who runs a modern "car customizing" business (ex-ford stylist) www.hointerceptor.com.au/Dropped by for a visit but he wasn't about. Background car would be one of his old projects (with Bob McWilliams) for a 1983 Ford falcon XE "HO phase 6" (Ford officially stopped with the Phase3 Falcon in '71) Couldn't find any pictures about of that though unfortunately... only one of the older "phase5" XD Falcons.   Another XE in a similar direction.  It mut be remembered there are a lot of good & bad examples of "Minilite" style wheels around, some getting pretty ugly. Much prefer the deeper offset versions and the longer spoke/smaller center interpretations like those shown or Watanabes. Some designs are all centre with lame knobbly little spokes while others spokes can become objectionably large - New Bmini.... |
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CIH
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Not keen on the body aggenda but a mk3 Granada with a fat v8 sounds hawt.
Also those Minilites in 18x10 could be Rota RB Drifts. Something like Et+10 off the top of my head.
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I don't think its Minilights that are done to death, i think its more "Minilights on pastel coloured mk1 escort/green 7/red mini" that gets a bit samey.
Stick a set on a jag or a CA Bedford and they'd be more interesting
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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the car in the op's thread looks like a XE or XF falcon, no such thing as a phase 6, ford did make a phase four, just 1, worth about 2mil, another company (not ford) made the phase 5 which was based on a XD falcon which was stick on bits really. the other wheel is called a snowflake was a standard ford wheel for the higher spec fairmonts etc. i am a member of that forum as well  |
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