alloys.......what are the most beautiful?

CROCKETT64 · Post by **CROCKETT64** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:42 pm

hy guys

i post a dilemma ...

for all 480's fans:

what are the most beautiful alloys for you for the 480?

post pics please

thanks to all

sorry for my english..

pol · Post by **pol** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:20 pm

I think murf had a nice set but don't know what they are called...

U talking standard wheels or after market?

pol

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:05 pm

Cheers Pol, they are volvo "canis" wheels off a late model 460. The pictor wheels are nice as well in my opinion!

heres a pic of my canis:

And pictor:

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:30 pm

Hi Crockett,

what wheels someone prefers is really personal, a real matter of taste just like what is th best colour etcetera

I personally like the VESA rims very much, all 480-rims can be seen if you go to the website (follow the 'Home' link at the top), then log in there, go to 'Volvo 480', then go to 'Accessories', then go to 'Wheels' et voila

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:36 pm

vesa rims are damn nice, but ever tried clean years of baked on brake dust from all those lil sections!

pol · Post by **pol** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:11 pm

Murf, I was thinking of the second pic, as they are basically the same as the top pic but with a slit in the spokes.

Top pic ones look really good though. Have they had a re-furb? Think i'd like either of those if i was going to buy original volvo alloys.

pol

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:27 am

Nah, no refurb they were pretty good nick when i got them.
bought them off ebay for Â£90, JT picked them up for me and posted them to my bonny homeland for me

hebruins · Post by **hebruins** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:58 am

The best original wheels for the 480 are the taurus wheels ;D

The atlas are nice to by design, there just to small, I mean: 14" come on!!!!

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:19 pm

@Pol Just one thing about the Canis/Pictor rims though matey-:Unlike the Taurus theyare 5.5J not 6J.This makes a big visual difference.The wheels,in my opinion,need to fill the arches more as it is,especially those wide front arches!!!!

Me buying Canis for mine were proof of this.Spent 200 quid on em with nice Avon rubber on.Fitted,then thought fuck my wheels look skinny.Sold em straight on,back on with the Tauri!!!

RH Cups 16" are the nicest alloys Ive ever seen on a 480.They look like theyre meant to be there.Daniel480 in Germany had some so back in the old posts you should be able to find a pic of these.A little like Porsche Cups i think.

http://volvo480.northernscum.org.uk/for ... ght=rh+cup
Oh here ya go then!!!

Pandion · Post by **Pandion** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:25 pm

I have some rims similar to those posted by Coyote, but the volvo emblem is much, much smaller, with more 'spokes' and little holes. No idea if they are after-market, but were on the 480 i bought with the Theiss kit. Anyone any ideas? I'll post a couple of pics soon, if that helps.

They're also quite similar to the GT alloys, altho - unsurprisingly - i do prefer mine.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:43 pm

sounds like the 14" lyra alloys.
are they the same as these:

pol · Post by **pol** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:53 pm

I don't think the spokey BBS style alloys suit our cars at all.

pol

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:56 pm

Unlike the Taurus theyare 5.5J not 6J.This makes a big visual difference

i dont think it makes a huge difference. the main thing i notice between the 2 is that taurus have a slight dish on them where as canis are flat faced. i'm running 195 tyres on mine and it deffo beefs them up a bit.
danm thing needs the grip too!!!

what width are cetus? 5.5j as well? the celebs got 195 tyres too and it looks pretty beefy

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:58 pm

I don't think the spokey BBS style alloys suit our cars at all.

i wasnt all the keen on them either, maybe just cos i had to clean them with a toothbrush!!!!
anyways they have gone to scrapton-on-sea so i dont have to clean them anymore. pity as i could have sold them 3 times over since they left my ownership!!

pol · Post by **pol** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:36 pm

Scrapton-on-sea is also what I call a good scrappy down kent way! Can't remember it's real name...

pol

hebruins · Post by **hebruins** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:02 am

Murf wrote:
Unlike the Taurus theyare 5.5J not 6J.This makes a big visual difference
what width are cetus? 5.5j as well? the celebs got 195 tyres too and it looks pretty beefy

Yes 5.5J are the cetus

The only original 15" wheels that are 6J are: Vega, Vesa and Taurus, personally I to think that the 5,5J wheels incombination with the STD 185 tyres look small on the car.

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:08 am

I to think that the 5,5J wheels incombination with the STD 185 tyres look small on the car.

I have 195/50 on my cetus wheels and in my opinion itÂ´s the same story altough 195..too much empty space in the wheel arches..I think 195/55 on 5,5J would look better.

A set of Vega wheels would be nice. I also like Vesas, Lyras and...damn, you should have them all

pol · Post by **pol** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:11 am

A different one on each corner perhaps?

pol

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:20 am

pol wrote:A different one on each corner perhaps?

pol

Anton_K · Post by **Anton_K** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:38 am

good one