Gold wheels

[jonny on the spot]

Why is it out of every 100 cars i see with stupid looking gold wheels 85 of them are driving like <deleted>? I mean over and above the usual atrocious driving.

Very strange.

[Kwasaki]

I like my dark gold mags and going from 16's to 18's has not done anything to make the truck speed more. 

[chuang]

To you it's stupid gold wheels, to them it's beauty

[Yellowtail]

[Liverpool Lou]

On 4/9/2022 at 8:09 AM, jonny on the spot said:

Why is it out of every 100 cars i see with stupid looking gold wheels 85 of them are driving like <deleted>? I mean over and above the usual atrocious driving.

Probably because they're too distracted keeping (or making up) stats on how well others drive and not concentrating on their own $hitty driving!

[ezzra]

So let me understand here, your grips are with people using gold coloured wheels or those who have them drives like bleep, bleep? (i filter my own profanities)...

[toofarnorth]

16 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Nice car shame about the wheels but whatever turns your crank.

[Ralf001]

Not a fan of gold wheels myself, Big Chromies is where its at.

 

[pedro01]

Don't see many gold wheels but after market wheels are certainly a matter of taste.

 

Some seem pretty garish to me.

 

What I find odd is people getting cars with good looking manufacturers wheels, then changing them and having to get new tires too.

[jonny on the spot]

My post was a tongue in cheek remark that an unusually high percentage of people who have purchased gold after market wheels also drive like <deleted>.

Sorry i should have made that clear, and no my gripe is not what people do to cars, my gripe is people driving like <deleted>.

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, jonny on the spot said:

My post was a tongue in cheek remark that an unusually high percentage of people who have purchased gold after market wheels also drive like <deleted>.

Sorry i should have made that clear, and no my gripe is not what people do to cars, my gripe is people driving like <deleted>.

So my Yamaha X-Max with its Gold rims tells you I drive like ......, nice to know that.  Sounds like you believe that if you have a red car your more at a chance of being pulled over and ticketed in the US as the car looks like it goes fast....give it a break.

[pedro01]

3 hours ago, jonny on the spot said:

My post was a tongue in cheek remark that an unusually high percentage of people who have purchased gold after market wheels also drive like <deleted>.

Sorry i should have made that clear, and no my gripe is not what people do to cars, my gripe is people driving like <deleted>.

We need pics ????

[Cake Monster]

On 4/9/2022 at 11:09 AM, chuang said:

To you it's stupid gold wheels, to them it's beauty

To many Thais, the first thing they do after buying a new Car or Pickup Truck is to install new Wheels and Tyres on the thing.

Basically saying, " here I am, and I have the Money to do this to my Wheels ".

These kind of Mods are banned in the UK.

Any mod made to your Car other than that specified by the manufacturer and the Model, are classed as Illegal and invalidate all Insurance cover.

[toofarnorth]

18 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

To many Thais, the first thing they do after buying a new Car or Pickup Truck is to install new Wheels and Tyres on the thing.

Basically saying, " here I am, and I have the Money to do this to my Wheels ".

These kind of Mods are banned in the UK.

Any mod made to your Car other than that specified by the manufacturer and the Model, are classed as Illegal and invalidate all Insurance cover.

And to Jonny above.  I agree , my old Vios has the same alloy wheels it came with but I never see another with them. Oh and all the ones I see with different wheels all look wrong to me.

I have never heard that from the UK but it kind of makes sense , Fitting a super charger to your little Korean import then adding oversized alloys would change the car a tad.

[Kwasaki]

54 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

To many Thais, the first thing they do after buying a new Car or Pickup Truck is to install new Wheels and Tyres on the thing.

Basically saying, " here I am, and I have the Money to do this to my Wheels ".

These kind of Mods are banned in the UK.

Any mod made to your Car other than that specified by the manufacturer and the Model, are classed as Illegal and invalidate all Insurance cover.

How little some know on here, it's SUV that mostly change rims and tyres,  most Thais with trucks trade their OEM wheels in for mags they can't afford new rims and tyres.

 

That's what I did instead of forking out something like 60,000 baht I  paid 2,500 baht. 

 

As for UK just one of 1000's or so of things that make it good to be in Thailand.

[Pumpuynarak]

Nice imo, standard wheels for a Subaru Impreza P1.

 

[actonion]

The 'Go faster' wheels,  just like the 'Go faster" racing stripes ,  once they're fitted  the car goes even faster so they think, just like the  125 cc bikes  with their 'Go faster' exhaust pipes...

[Yellowtail]

1 hour ago, actonion said:

The 'Go faster' wheels,  just like the 'Go faster" racing stripes ,  once they're fitted  the car goes even faster so they think, just like the  125 cc bikes  with their 'Go faster' exhaust pipes...

Much like TRD packages ion Toyotas and M packages on BMWs....

[Kwasaki]

14 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Much like TRD packages ion Toyotas and M packages on BMWs....

And like my Ferrari Badge on my bike. ????

 

????

 

[LarrySR]

18 hours ago, actonion said:

The 'Go faster' wheels,  just like the 'Go faster" racing stripes ,  once they're fitted  the car goes even faster so they think, just like the  125 cc bikes  with their 'Go faster' exhaust pipes...

Magnesium wheels 'gold/bronze' color, very light weight, expensive, improves acceleration, braking and stability resulting is a more dynamic driving experience... and indeed "GO FASTER"

You will see them on very high end bikes and cars. Add $27,000 to the price of your Porsche if you choose this option.

Hence, the color gold is popular since in mimics the look of Magnesium.

 

The high performance exhaust pipes indeed improve performance too and sound awesome. (but are stupid in a scooter)

 

 

[Kwasaki]

4 hours ago, LarrySR said:

Magnesium wheels 'gold/bronze' color, very light weight, expensive, improves acceleration, braking and stability resulting is a more dynamic driving experience... and indeed "GO FASTER"

You will see them on very high end bikes and cars. Add $27,000 to the price of your Porsche if you choose this option.

Hence, the color gold is popular since in mimics the look of Magnesium.

 

The high performance exhaust pipes indeed improve performance too and sound awesome. (but are stupid in a scooter)

 

 

Don't forget for trucks make sure they are of suitable strength for a pick up truck if buying or trading secondhand.

[actonion]

4 hours ago, LarrySR said:

Magnesium wheels 'gold/bronze' color, very light weight, expensive, improves acceleration, braking and stability resulting is a more dynamic driving experience... and indeed "GO FASTER"

You will see them on very high end bikes and cars. Add $27,000 to the price of your Porsche if you choose this option.

Hence, the color gold is popular since in mimics the look of Magnesium.

 

The high performance exhaust pipes indeed improve performance too and sound awesome. (but are stupid in a scooter)

 

 

We're talking Thailand, where an old Toyota or the likes of  have had  alloy wheels fitted with a gold spray paint... and exhaust pipes that have had their baffle plates removed to make the go fatser sound

[VocalNeal]

 

But I think Bronze is the GO????

[Kwasaki]

My truck wheels get called gold but I think there more bronze.

 

[Patong2]

The "mag" and "gold" wheels on some of the delapidated vehicles do surprise me.

 

What does puzzle me is why does anyone around my area (Phuket) drive on low profile tires when the roads are so poor and when the vehicle is lowered how do they get in and out of many driveways?