Modern wheels look shit on old car thread

[Peter C]

I’ll start with this, taken from an MG Facebook group just now. 

 

I am sure that bigger crimes have been committed. Prove it.

 

[hairnet]

anything donk

[Marina door handles]

Most modernised rally Escorts sit on big wheels and look completely wrong.. Just say no kids!

[MorrisItalSLX]

Controversial opinion, minilites look shit on old British sports cars.

And they look especially shit on old British saloon cars.

[dean36014]

My bx on its winter wheels. I have to say they've grown on me as they fill the wheel arches to perfection.

[Six-cylinder]

One of our E class Mercedes is on standard wheels, the other on later C class wheels that I have never liked.

[Rustybullethole]

2 hours ago, Peter C said:

I’ll start with this, takes from an MG Facebook group just now. 

 

I am sure that bigger crimes have been committed. Prove it.

 

Kind of see what they were trying to do there. and feel it's definitely not the worst.

This is in a similar vain.

Ultimately though, no. Just stop it. 

[Erebus]

On 12/09/2025 at 18:23, 155V6 said:

How about this Minor I saw on FB Marketplace a while ago

This Traveller @155V6 posted on the Wheel Trim Crimes thread is a prime example

[eddyramrod]

Like I've got room to talk...

[DavieW]

There's a Ford Consul estate that pops up at shows on modern alloys like the MG at the top and it just looks wrong. 

[vtec-e]

MGB GT's on modern alloys - no.

RS1800's on low/ultra low profiles - no.

MG's on Minilites, that's OK, I've got used to it over the years.

Morris Minors and Marinas on Minilites/alloys - no.

My tuppence 😄

[New POD]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

One of our E class Mercedes is on standard wheels, the other on later C class wheels that I have never liked.

Was the detail design brief for both wheels "Design us an alloy wheel that looks like a cheap Charlie Brown's special* hub cap"  ? 

[aotb]

This Murena was particularly iffy. 

Not that I’m above it myself, Roadster wheels are cheap and plentiful. I bought these just for the tyres that were on them. 

[Lord Sterling]

They are Rover alloys but for the Mk2 2.0 Vitesse Turbo. They look horrible. I've always had a particular deep hatred of these alloys. I don't even like them on the Mk2.

These wheels are akin to an old man in a nice tuxedo but wearing it with old trainers.

[tooSavvy]

I'm schtum..... 😶‍🌫️

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[yes oui si]

5 hours ago, Marina door handles said:

Most modernised rally Escorts sit on big wheels and look completely wrong.. Just say no kids!

That's because they're minilites.

4 hours ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Controversial opinion, minilites look shit on old British sports cars.

 

 

And they look especially shit on old British saloon cars.

 

They look shit on anything.

[Rustybullethole]

e21 is not the worst though for me too big. 

As for the rest...

 

[outlaw118]

Obviously going to disagree on ORL MINILITES R SHIT argument, some are terrible but I'm very fond of them in this application:

 

[New POD]

1 hour ago, yes oui si said:

That's because they're minilites.

They look shit on anything.

Especially capris 

[Rustybullethole]

I've had to agree to both statements now ffs.

[eddyramrod]

One thing I will contribute: I absolutely hate seeing old cars wearing a tyre profile below about 70%.  It's RONG.

(WiFeY's new whites are 75% on 14" rims, as God intended.)

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, Erebus said:

This Traveller @155V6 posted on the Wheel Trim Crimes thread is a prime example

Thinking about it I had a Rover 114i SLi fitted with those horrid triple spoke alloys.

[Erebus]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Thinking about it I had a Rover 114i SLi fitted with those horrid triple spoke alloys.

I think Saabs might be the only cars it's acceptable to have three spoke wheels on

[New POD]

3 minutes ago, Erebus said:

I think Saabs might be the only cars it's acceptable to have three spoke wheels on

And Novas obviously. 

[bigfella2]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Thinking about it I had a Rover 114i SLi fitted with those horrid triple spoke alloys.

They look better on that than they do on a Peugeot 206.

[yes oui si]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Thinking about it I had a Rover 114i SLi fitted with those horrid triple spoke alloys.

 

Minilites are shite on capris.

Three spokes are best spokes.

Period-correct ATS option three spokes are best Capri wheels:

[eddyramrod]

No.

There's nothing better on a 1969-74 Capri than a RoStyle; 74-on demands an RS 4-spoke.

[garbaldy]

Spitty on moderns.  

[Soundwave]

Seen at a show waaaay back in 2007... MGA on Halfords special multifits.

[Tayne]

36 minutes ago, Erebus said:

I think Saabs might be the only cars it's acceptable to have three spoke wheels on

Ahem!